ANSTHRLD - Not - Grant question

[Roy Heath]

- --- jruble <jruble at napa-bbi.com> wrote:
> So has the college adopted an official plan of action to cover the remove 
> of the requirement for the office of herald in shires, cantons, etc.?
> 

I don't think anything official has been announced at this time.  It's a good idea to talk
about it and try to develop a plan though, because it seems likely to happen.

> To wit, is there going to be more open consultation tables, 
> herald-at-large wandering training sessions, and a new policy of 
> registering arms only through the branch herald?
> 

Consultation tables will only happen if there are people who care enough to bring out the
books and work them.  Training will only happen if people care enough to offer classes or
mentoring.  I'm willing to do both.  I won't be at Crown this weekend, but if anyone needs a
consultation table covered for an hour or two, let me know and I'll try to work it into my
schedule.

> Finally, is there anyway to encourage folks to want to become heralds? 
>  Tadgh and Daniel just went after each with verbal knives.  If either one 
> of them met a sudden untraceable demise or otherwise stopped playing, they 
> would take a large quantity of knowledge with them.  And those are only 
> two examples, though I can only think of a dozen or so that rank as highly 
> in heraldic knowledge.
> 

The one advantage that I can see from this potentially is that only those folks who are
actually interested in heraldry will be involved.  In other words, it won't be a warm body
holding the local office.  I'd personally favor warranting locals for shires that wish to
maintain an officer in ordinary if they can pass the PE test.

> It is a tough field of study, offering little recognition and fewer 
> rewards.  And yet it adds so much to this hobby of ours.  Its absence or 
> degradation of quality would be felt and reflected throughout our kingdom. 
> But who wants to study an arcane, impractical science?
> 

The SCA is already full of people who are willing to study arcane and impractical fields, by
modern standards.

> Yes, I disagree with the decision.  But it has been made.  Now how to we 
> use it for growth?
> 

People need to see that heralds do something useful for the game.  They need to be shown the
value of good armory and appropriate names.  I'd like to get some weekend roadshows going to
local areas that need help.  Blue jeans and t-shirts are fine for this kind of work, but the
important thing is to get out there and be active.

I thought that Countess Sarah did us a great favor with her first address in the Black Star
about always having planned to get a real name registered before Gunthar won the crown.  We
should follow up on that and try to get other up and coming fighters and consorts to register
their arms.

Anyone else?
Erc
henchman to Tadhg
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