[ANSTHRLD] AHSS classes on onomastics needed

[kobrien at texas.net]

> Heralds, 
> I'm seeing a number of voice and field, and administrative heraldry classes
> being submitted for
> AHSS 2006 in Emerald Keep on July 22nd, but not a whole lot on onomastics. 
> I've had a couple
> offered on armory that may work for that area.   
> 
> So, if you can offer a class or two on Onomastics naming
> standards/structures/construction, I'd love it...


I'm planning on attending and can certainly teach classes.

I'm responding to the list before I fill out the form, though, because I want 
to see what classes folks are interested in.  Once I get a feel for that, 
I'll provide all the class info.

So, to those of you planning to attend AHSS, what would you like to see in 
the names classes area?  Anything in particular?

The classes I have recently updated (and presented at KWHS as filler classes) 
are classes that I've presented before, so I don't know how many folks would 
be interested in them at AHSS - it kinda depends on interest and if folks 
have attended locations where they've been offered before.

These two classes are (previous venues noted in parenthesis):
     - Irish Names [an overview of names in Ireland during 
       our period] (KWHS 2003, at least two AHSS)
     - a class on how to create SCA household names 
       based on Irish Gaelic clan names (KWHS 2002, 2006)

I will be updating my "Period Name Construction" class to present it at 
Pennsic.  If folks would like to see it at this AHSS, I can update it sooner 
and have it ready for AHSS.  (This class is a general overview of naming 
practices in various cultures.  It's been presented at several AHSS in recent 
years.)

Depending on what folks are interested in, the other thought I had was to 
have a panel type class along the lines of: 

     Name Resources: what's good, what's not, and how to 
     tell the difference

The idea is that we could drag out a variety of books that folks could pass 
around, look through, and discuss.  The "how to tell the difference" portion 
would definitely apply to web articles as well as printed sources.

So, those of you attending AHSS, what would you like to see for classes?  Any 
of these?  Something different?

Mari