[ANSTHRLD] on becoming a heraldic officer

[Crandall]

Crandall the Olde Phart here, 

Taking my name in vain are we? 
Though the statements of Amra apply to many. 

I, for example have held several positions within
the College and took my PE test from HL Alesandre
Oliphant, back when it was the only test. I
barely passed as I recall. I was named Herald of
the College during a meeting when I was Tressure.


And I have seen various versions of the
warranting class and test created and tested
throughout oh, these many years. 

I occasionally show up at meetings and help out
at tables. And when my voice allows I yell a bit.


I would like to see the College do more visible
things, such as taking time for recognition of
its own in court. Many people work very hard for
the College, and often seem to be taken for
granted. Simple thank you's are nice, but having
everyone watching while the Principal Herald
thanks you in court means a lot more, and may get
more folk involved. 

And if you are wondering, I am a bit busy with
everything else that I am involved with right
now. 
Maybe in a few years I will come back to the
fold. 
bwahahahaha

Crandall, Olde Phart 

--- "Mike C. Baker" <kihebard at hotmail.com> wrote:

> > Greetings all,
> > I've heard there's been a bit of confusion in
> regards to 
> > becoming a heraldic officer.  The
> requirements for becoming a 
> > heraldic officer (within Ansteorra) are that
> you be a paid 
> > member with immediate access to the Black
> Star, and maintain 
> > membership while in office.  Also, you must
> have a working 
> > telephone, and a valid mailing address. 
> Also, you must have 
> > completed a Heralds' Warranting Class before,
> or within 90 
> > days of, assuming the office.  Email access
> is not required, 
> > but highly recommended.
> > 
> > If you're interested in heraldry, talk to
> your local herald, 
> > or other heralds you know, about how you can
> get involved.  
> > There are several areas to participate in
> (and learn about) 
> > heraldry that don't require being an officer.
>  Voice heralds 
> > (field and site primarily) are always
> welcome, as are people 
> > interested in name/device
> research/consultation/commentary.
> > 
> > In service,
> > HL Alden Drake
> > Star Principal Herald
> 
> Not that I'm personally in a position to make
> application at the moment,
> but I do have a question that may affect others
> as well:  what if the
> individual has held heraldic office previously?
>  How recent an
> incarnation of the Warranting Class?
> 
> Background:  I've held local branch heraldic
> office for two separate
> Ansteorran branches (now named Moonschadowe,
> Wiesenfeuer), served as a
> local non-warranted deputy in three kingdoms
> (Ansteorra, Aethelmearc,
> Middle), taught formally and informally on
> heraldic subjects for longer
> than I've been an SCA member, served as
> non-titled staff at Laurel level
> -- for Da'ud Laurel II as well as Margaret
> Pelican -- AND commented both
> formally and informally off and on since AS
> XIV.  (Somewhere in my
> effects I still have a charter from the hand of
> Aureliane Rioghail as
> Star declaring me a Pursuivant Extraordinary,
> one issued before it
> became customary to issue such as warrants that
> expire ...) While all
> that probably qualifies me as Olde Pharte in
> the Crandall sense of the
> term, I have never actually taken an entire
> Warranting Class since they
> were instituted.  
> 
> I'll take care of that little detail some time,
> Real Soon Now (life
> events permitting), as a matter of following
> old training (Be Prepared).
> 
> Still leaves the question(s), for which I'm not
> sure I've seen a CURRENT
> answer.
> 
> Adieu, Amra / ttfn - Mike / Pax ... Kihe
> 
> Mike C. Baker
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One's sense of honor is the only thing that does not grow old, and the last pleasure, when one is worn out with age, is not, as the poet said, making money, but having the respect of one's fellow men.
-Thucydides