[ANSTHRLD] Is this normal? Is there a tracer system?

[Star - Ansteorra]

Thanks to everyone who beat me to the punch on this one...saves some
typing time for me.

One last thing to add, especially as you are thinking of becoming a
local herald:  most of these delays happen at the local level or in
the transit of the forms from the local to Asterisk.  When I held that
office, I got a phone call from a local, who said that he had express
mailed me some forms.  Exactly one month later, the express mail
packet made it to my house.  I have also had mail that never arrived
and involved emails to local heralds, regional heralds and their
counterparts in the exchequer who needed to cancel checks.

At the end of the day, everyone needs to follow up - local heralds who
submit should be looking for their submissions in the Gazette, and
submitters should be looking at the heralds web page where it explains
in great detail the submissions process and how to find out where you
submission might be.

Those web pages are not the private stomping ground for the CoH.  They
are for everyone.  As you look at becoming a local herald, please know
that one of the things that you are responsible for doing is educating
your populace and sometimes, education can mean learning about
something new together.

Druinne
Star

On 6/15/06, tmcd at panix.com <tmcd at panix.com> wrote:
> >>Is there a tracer system?
>
> Mari pointed out the Heraldic Submission Tracker.  I should note that
> it only tracks things once they hit kingdom.  Unfortunately, delays
> nowadays are almost always at local level.
>
> > >Especially after the local herald is two or three incarnations
> > >later than the one who accepted the original submission.  Is there
> > >a fast track for people who have been bumped by the system?
> >
> > Folks who have been victims of stuff like this tend to get as much
> > help and speed-up as possible.
>
> Off the top of my head, here's the plan that occurs to me.  If you
> haven't prodded the local herald in the past month or so, I'd try
> prodding one last time, ask for it to be sent within the next week or
> so, and ask for notification when they send it to Asterisk.  If that
> gets nowhere in a couple of weeks, I'd e-mail Asterisk, CCing the
> local herald and regional, giving the details (like dates and info on
> the cancelled check) and ask Asterisk how you can make the submission
> go thru.
>
> Asterisk might tell you to send the submission direct to her.  As Mari
> notes, submitters should keep copies of their submissions.  Maybe you
> can get the local to hand back the forms they received and save the
> submitter the trouble of redoing them.
>
> I'm sure it's frustrating and I wish I could apply heraldic Drano.
>
> Danet de Linccolne
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> Tim McDaniel; Reply-To: tmcd at panix.com
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