[ANSTHRLD] Pursuivants/Heralds at Large

tmcd at panix.com tmcd at panix.com
Sun Nov 2 12:23:52 PST 2008


On Sat, 1 Nov 2008, Jay Rudin <rudin at ev1.net> wrote:
> Star wrote:
> > Is there any real merit to keeping this system in place?
>
> Actually, I think the real question is this: is there any real merit
> to putting it *back* into place?  This system may be in the rules,
> but it hasn't been used for years.

Actually, I think the realer question is this: what would we want to
accomplish with such a system?

- Identify people who can and are expected to fill in as roving
  submissions heralds now that branch heralds are no longer entirely
  mandatory, as I first assumed from the question?

- Reward people who are learned so as to reward learning and thereby
  cause more of it, as "learning enough to pass the test and earn the
  merit badge became a goal for lots of people", as Robin suggested
  was the purpose in the past?

- Identify people's specialties so that they can be "listed as a
  source deputy to the appropriate regional herald for assistance
  in the area of heraldry for which they passed the test", as I later
  noticed Star had actually written?

My knee-jerk reactions for each purpose were "branch heralds' test",
"award recommendations for Sable Thistles", and "the marketplace of
ideas called the Ansteorran Heralds' List", respectively ...

but maybe other people can think of other purposes or can argue that
my knee-jerks are not useful for purpose.

Danielis de Lindo Colonia
-- 
Tim McDaniel; Reply-To: tmcd at panix.com



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