[ANSTHRLD] Fwd: Branch name enquiry - Really Old stuff

[tmcd at panix.com]

On Fri, 23 May 2008, doug bell <magnus77840 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> If there still is a local group active under that name then they
> control it.

As Tec lives in An Tir, and as the group apparently has no Web
presence at all (not even showing up on other groups' calendars), it's
pretty safe to say it's defunct.

> If the group was disbanded before 1982 then the name would have gone
> to the West.
> If after An Tir became a kingdom then An Tir owns it.
>
> Laruel may have to determine which of the kingdoms owns the name and
> correct the registration.  Then the owning kingdom can decide to
> keep or release it.
> Either way it is cleaned up.

AH mumble.C:

  C. Protection of Registered Items

  1. Registered Items Remain Registered - Once registered, an item
     shall be protected until written notice of release is received by
     the Laurel Office from the owner. In the case of defunct Society
     branches, release may be granted by joint consent of the Crown
     and Kingdom Seneschal after appropriate notice in the newsletter
     of the kingdom in which the branch was located. Protection shall
     continue to apply even if the item in question could not be
     registered under the Rules for Submission currently in effect
     (Grandfather Clause).

  2. Items Registered to Defunct Branches - When a branch is declared
     defunct, ownership of its registered items is automatically
     transferred to the kingdom. This transfer need not be reflected
     in the Armorial.

Oh great, another Magnus cat to the face.  "in which the branch was
located" tends to indicate the West, but it would be silly to put a
notice in the West's newsletter when the group's counties are in the
current borders of An Tir, and "automatically transferred to the
kingdom" is ambiguous.  Palimpsest!

Dannet Lincoln
-- 
Tim McDaniel; Reply-To: tmcd at panix.com