[ANSTHRLD] withdrawing a submission

[Teceangl]

Unless the submitter isn't really in love with their design, if the
other armory/name is not yet published n an LoAR, I do not recommend
withdrawing the submission.

For fatal _style_ problems, absolutely, but not because of some
speculative conflict.  I've been at that Wreath meeting where there
was a missing emblazon in the kingdom packet causing a return of a
submission that, had it been registered, would have been a conflict
for another submission coming up that same month. By not withdrawing,
the person who had all their paperwork together got the armory they
wanted.

Plus, if the submitter is a paid SCA member, they might trump a
non-member's submission.

Or, the other person might change personas and suddenly no longer want
that Norse/Italian/Japanese/Scottish motif and withdraw a week before
the Wreath meeting.

And, there have been several instances (okay, three I know of) where
each person sent off a permission to conflict for the other while
everything was in submission. Everyone won.

So counsel your clients to go through with it. Anything can happen,
has happened, and if you really like the design there are usually ways
to deal with it, but to throw away a perfectly good chance is not the
best idea.


I think the number one reason for withdrawl, though, is no longer
really wanting the design. It happens more often than you might think,
though usually at the kingdom level, so transparent to the CoA.

- Teceangl
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