ES - Deputy Needed

[Kingdom Seneschal of Ansteorra]

Here is the last word on Deputies.
There are two types of deputies.
Official and Unofficial:
Official deputies like Autocrats and 2nd in charge deputies must have 
memberships. If you want to be able to walk the walk and talk the talk you 
need a blue card. In order for you could to take over  another officer at a 
moment's you need to have a blue card.
Unofficial deputies can be appointed and can be in charge of local very 
specific areas without having a membership with in the sca.  Examples are 
Proofreaders, keepers of the stuff, etc... Unofficial deputies cannot 
replace officers, but can help share the load.

Richard Fairbourne

At 10:57 AM 9/29/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Warning:  Factual information and personal opinion to follow.
>
> >The rule is you must be a member who has access to a Black Star (not
> >necessarily be the recipient of one) to hold an office or be a deputy
> >for that office (since you may be called upon to take over the office).
>
>FACT:  There is no such rule for local level deputies.  As a deputy is an 
>unofficial position at local levels (at Regional and Kingdom levels there 
>are a number of officially designated Deputy positions), how can you 
>require official proof of membership to hold it?  And while a deputy may 
>fill in temporarily for an officer, he or she CANNOT take over the duties 
>of the office without being approved by the regional officer for that 
>office.  No one can just "take over" or succeed to an office.  A bid for 
>the office would have to be submitted just as under any other 
>circumstances, and would have to be approved.  The deputy is there to help 
>the warranted officer and to "close the gap" temporarily if something 
>happens so that the warranted officer cannot fulfill his/her 
>duties.  While both of my deputies are paid members, neither one would 
>automatically become Seneschal of Loch Ruadh if I should die, become 
>incapacitated, or kidnapped by extraterrestrials.  They would both have to s!
>ubmit bids to Baroness Dana as Central Regional Seneschal and await her 
>decision.
>
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> >Finally, if you can show us something to prove you have applied (a
> >cancelled check or a copy of a check ...) and you are otherwise
> >the choice for a deputy slot, we will hold the slot for you until the
> >membership card shows up. We have occasionally done the same for a
> >non-deputy position. We cannot really do more than that because
> >the proof of membership is required for legal and financial reasons.
>
>FACT:  The legal and financial aspects are coved by the inherent structure 
>of the SCA:  Local reports to Regional, who reports to Kingdom, who 
>reports to Corporate.  As in any reasonable chain of command, this is 
>decentralized so that the level above can take responsibility for the 
>level below if something happens to the person in that position.  Deputies 
>at the local level are helpers, and generally in the position of 
>apprentices, learning the trade, so to speak, and finding out if they have 
>a talent for and desire to hold a particular office.  There is no reason, 
>legal or otherwise, to demand that a deputy be a paid member.
>
>OPINION:  Many folk who have not yet become paid members may find that 
>being a deputy helps them to decide to become so.  I have been a paid 
>member for many years, and I would encourage everyone who plays to be a 
>paid member, because I think it is important to support the organization 
>as a whole, even if I am not holding an office at a particular 
>time.  However, when we start to demand that people become members in 
>order to participate in general, we are going to drive away some who would 
>have become paid members in time, because they felt excluded, or pushed 
>into something, or just were not ready at that time to make the complete 
>commitment.  Let people get their feet wet.  Some will become paid members 
>as soon as they find us.  Some will take some time to decide to become 
>paid members.  Some will never become paid members.  Some of the hardest 
>working people I have known in the SCA have not been paid members, but 
>they are always around to help with setup, tear-down, preparat!
>ion and running things.  Should we require that everyone who helps out be 
>a paid member?  I think we would sadly surprized at the smal number of 
>people we would have left to do things.
>
>Off the soapbox now.
>
>Padraig
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In Service to the Dream

Master Richard Fairbourne , OP
Kingdom Seneschal for Ansteorra
E-Mail: fairborn at swbell.net

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