[Bards] DASMoBA and Kingdom Bard

[John Hirling]

 Greetings all

This response follows my earlier response in which I begged time to check
with Mistress Gwyneth Blackrose, MoAS, before I firmly inserted a foot in my
mouth about my duties and responsibilities.  That consultation has taken
place and I offer the following response.

The mission of the DMoAS for Bardic and Performance is to encourage bardic
and performance art.  That mission is shared with the Kingdom Bard, should
she or he accept it -- indeed, it is shared with every bard (especially
titled bards) and performer in Ansteorra -- the difference being that the
DMoAS is accountable and should be intentional.

Accordingly it is the duty and responsibility of the person holding the
office to seek out ways to improve bardic and performance art within the
kingdom.  Again, I suggest that is a role we all share, the difference being
that of accountability and intentionality.

In my case, as a laurel I also have the ability to act as your voice among
those who are entrusted with kingdom and interkingdom competitions and who
strive for some uniformity and predictability in judging competitions.

As you no doubt notice, these are fairly global and general responsibilities
and duties.  Neither Mistress Gwyneth nor I consider this a "from above"
office.   We do not deem it appropriate to take over someone else's
project(s) even when asked.  Projects ebb and flow and come and go.  Some
have terrific merit, other less.  We believe the kingdom and the projects
themselves are best served when those who have a passion for them stay in
charge.  Their authors are also probably the better people to find
successors.

This office will be happy to facilitate Bardic Collegia.  Is it the sense of
those participating (and lurking :) ) on this list that there should be at
least one bardic centered event each year?  Master Ulf shared his dream for
a bardic event with me that lit my fire but neither of us have been
successful in bringing it to fruition. What say you, bards and performers,
as to where this responsibility should lie?  Should the DMoAS be instigator
or facilitator?

~ As an aside, the lauralate has found that rotating some events is much
more efficacious than trying to sponsor every A&S event every year. ~

Thank you, Your Lordship, for bring this up.  I personally would be
interested in seeing your proposal either privately or posted to the list.
This office grew out of a perceived need rather than an preconceived
agenda.  It is still in its formative stage.

Yours in service,
~ihon







On 4/27/06, Alden Drake <alden_drake at sbcglobal.net > wrote:
>
>  I'm curious to know how the roles/duties/etc of the DASMoBA and the
> Kingdom Bard are going to be organized.  Dona Antonia and HL Kat went above
> and beyond as Kingdom Bards to be leaders of the bardic community, and in
> effect acted as both the Kingdom Bard *and* a DASMoBA, organizing things
> like the Ansteorran Bardic Collegium and publishing bardic articles and the
> like.    I think these two positions should work closely together for the
> betterment of bardic arts in our kingdom.  I'm just wondering if any thought
> had been given to how that should be done.
>
> I had sent a proposal for a DASMoBA to Mistress Jehanne (then Kingdom A&S
> Minister), but never got any feedback on it.  Now that there *is* such an
> office, I would like to know what the duties and responsibilities of that
> office are.  I would particularly like to include oversight of the
> Ansteorran bard book, "Voices of the Star", and the bardic website (
> bard.ansteorra.org) among the responsibilities of the DASMoBA.  I'm happy
> to continue working on them, but would really prefer them to have more
> validity as Ansteorran resources, and someone responsible to keep those two
> things going when I (and successive people doing those jobs) am (are) ready
> to step out.
>
> HL Alden
>
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