[ANSTHRLD] Febraury LoAR Cover Letter changes

[Bob Wade]

The Commentary for the March ILoI closes tomorrow.  It contains a submission with a maintained charge which could be affected by the Precedent from Wreath below.   Please take a second look at it after reading the Cover Letter.
 
Thanks,
Tostig

--- On Mon, 4/9/12, Bordure Herald <bordure at herald.ansteorra.org> wrote:


From: Bordure Herald <bordure at herald.ansteorra.org>
Subject: [ANSTHRLD] Febraury LoAR Cover Letter changes
To: heralds at lists.ansteorra.org
Date: Monday, April 9, 2012, 8:53 AM


Greetings,

The February LoAR has been sent to the e-mail lists and should be available
online soon. The Cover Letter has two items that will change how decisions
are made on submissions and I thought that they should be mentioned so that
everyone understands them.

First, Pelican has changed the way that names that are close to the
restricted titles are registered. I will only quote the summary to save
space:"

A byname that meets all three of these criteria (is not a direct claim to
rank, is used by people who have no particular rank, and is attested to
period) would be registerable, while a byname that does not would generally
be considered to create the appearance of a presumption of rank.
"
Note that a combination of bynames would be considered in the same way.

Secondly, Wreath has changed how sustained charges are defined. I am only
copying the ruling and not the discussion since the whole section is rather
long:"

As the current distinction between sustained and maintained has become
unwieldy, we are hereby returning to focusing on visual weight. This
standard does not rely upon rulers or other precise measurements: just as
with secondary and primary charges, when the visual weight difference makes
the appropriate charge group unclear, the item will be returned for redraw.

Most charges held by animate charges are maintained, and therefore will
continue to not contribute to difference. Only rarely will a held charge
have sufficient visual weight to be considered significant.

There are three possible cases:

            -  Touching charges with the same visual weight will be
considered equal charges and part of the same charge group (co-primaries,
co-secondaries, etc). Such arrangements will be blazoned with their
placement first. For example, *in fess an X sustained by a Y*.

            -  Touching charges where the held charge is obviously less
than half of the visual weight of the holding charge will be considered
maintained charges, and not count for difference. Such arrangements will be
blazoned as in recent practice, with the holding charge first and using the
term *maintaining*. For example, *a X maintaining a Y*.

            -  Touching charges where the held charge is more than half of
the visual weight of the holding charge, yet clearly not equal, may be
considered either maintained charges or, rarely, sustained secondary
charges. If the holding charge is a primary charge, and the held charge
would easily be considered a secondary charge if it were not held by the
primary charge, then the held charge will be considered a sustained
secondary charge. Such arrangements will be blazoned with the primary
charge first. For example, *an X sustaining a Y*. However, if the holding
charge is not a primary charge, the held charge will be considered a
maintained charge and not count for difference.

Held charges that blur the distinction between a secondary charge and a
primary charge will be registered as a secondary charge until the September
2012 Laurel meetings. After that date, any charges that blur the
distinction between a secondary charge and a primary charge, or between a
maintained charge and a secondary charge, will be returned for redraw.

Since we still desire to distinguish between maintained charges, which do
not count for difference, and those charges which do count as either
secondary or equal charges, we will continue to use the term
*maintained*for maintained charges, but will allow more variation in
blazon terms such
as *holding* instead of *sustaining* for co-primary charges as long as the
blazon remains clear.
"
Note that after September 2012 any held charge that is not clearly drawn as
a secondary charge or as a primary charge will be returned for redraw at
Laurel.

Finally, I encourage everyone to read the Cover Letters, Pelican in
particular has been doing a series on name sources over the last few
months.

-- 
Eirik Halfdanarson
Bordure Herald
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