[ANSTHRLD] Fwd: [Submissions_heralds] Yes, Virginia, there IS a Rules Draft.

[Kathleen O'Brien]

FYI: there's a typo in the link below.

The correct link is:  http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/regs.html

Mari



On 12/20/2011 10:45 PM, Joseph Percer wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> Here's the latest and greatest on the New! Rules for Submissions,
> which are set to be presented to the BoD at their January Meeting.
> Please read and digest. I'll keep you all updated on when these go
> into effect.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andrewe
> Star
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Marie de Blois<erminespot at gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 10:39 PM
> Subject: [Submissions_heralds] Yes, Virginia, there IS a Rules Draft.
> To: For Communication with and between Principal Heralds
> <principal-heralds at lists.sca.org>, A forum for Kingdom Submissions
> Heralds to be easily contacted<submissions_heralds at lists.sca.org>,
> Heraldic Education<herald-education at lists.sca.org>
>
>
> Happy Holidays!
>
> Joyous New Year!
>
> I hope you all are enjoying your Obligatory Winter Celebration of
> Things, because I have a BIG present for you all!
>
> The final draft of the new Rules for Submissions has been sent to the
> Board for approval. This draft incorporates many of the comments,
> suggestions, and brain goo of both heralds and the general populace
> over the last two and a half years.
>
> I know you've all been waiting (I read SCAHRLDS too), but we didn't
> want to just throw a Word .doc up and call it done.  So, we took the
> time to make both PDF and HTML versions of them and made (and
> HTMLified) the first two supplementary documents (hopefully, first of
> many).  The first one is a summary of the changes between the current
> rules and the final draft rules.  The second one is the Checklist for
> Submissions, a sort of ultra-condensed version of the final draft
> rules.
>
> These documents are finally available at:
> http://heraldry.sca.org/regs.html
>
> As Da'ud Bob says "Check 'em out!"
>
> Please also forward this to your kingdom's heraldry lists.  There's
> still a while before these rules will take effect, and there will be a
> transition period, but the sooner to check them out the better.  I'll
> also be working on training materials for these new rules, so stay
> tuned.
>
> To everyone who commented, answered the early survey, talked my ear
> off, let me talk at you for hours, cried at Juliana and I, offered
> brilliant suggestions (and not so brilliant suggestions), commented on
> either OSCAR rules posting - thank you.  Without your input, these
> rules would not be anywhere near as good.  I considered all your
> commentary (including the 60 pages of commentary on the last OSCAR
> draft alone!), and I have tried to handle as many of the concerns as I
> could (even if not resolving them in the way you suggested).  To my
> fantastic appendix assistants [1], my proofreaders [ibid], and most
> especially Istvan and Juliana - thank you; this wouldn't have been
> possible without you.
>
>
> I'll be around a bit more now that this is done, so feel free to send
> me all your comments, kudos, and complaints.
>
>
> Marie
>
> [1] Elsbeth Anne Roth, Juliana de Luna, Mari ingen Briain meic
> Donnchada, Cormac Mor, Lillia de Vaux, Alys Makintosh, Jeanne Marie
> Lecroix, Richenda du Jardin, Emma de Featherstan (and my apologies if
> I've forgotten anyone)
>
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