<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>Should the local Herald recieve a notice of a return? I ask because of the
<BR>several Northkeep submissions that were returned but I never heard about it
<BR>untill I ran into Magnus at Steppes 12th night and asked him about it. He
<BR>then sent me the status of those submissions. When I discussed it with the
<BR>submitters at Populace meeting last night none of them had heard anything
<BR>about it.
<BR>
<BR>Robert Fitzmorgan
<BR>Barony of Northkeep
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>In a message dated 1/30/01 6:12:00 AM Central Standard Time,
<BR>magnus77840@hotmail.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I have checked my list for kingdom since
<BR>March 2000. Failing that I did a global
<BR>search of Daniels index and Laurel LoARs
<BR>since 1997 just in case something fell through.
<BR>
<BR>The only conclusion that can be drawn is there has
<BR>been no activity since 1997. Several scenarios
<BR>are possible.
<BR>The submitters time sense is misleading about
<BR>how long ago it was. The years fly by way too
<BR>fast.
<BR>There really was a resubmission and it was
<BR>never sent to Asterisk. I have been asked
<BR>concerning at least 10 submissions this past
<BR>year that have vanished at the local level.
<BR>The consulting tables and training new heralds
<BR>will slowly take care of that.
<BR>
<BR>What concerns me more that the style of
<BR>the device is the question of was the submitter
<BR>notified of the return. I get about 5-10
<BR>questions every consultation from a client
<BR>who never heard the fate of an item.
<BR>Granted this can be due to someone moving and
<BR>leaving no address to notify them. Local
<BR>heralds can also change and lose track of
<BR>submission status. Small branches may get
<BR>the Gazette and not read it.
<BR>
<BR>Of more concern to me is the possibility
<BR>that kingdom is not sending notices of
<BR>return in writing. Laurel requires this
<BR>for any return.
<BR>
<BR>It is too early in the morning to worry
<BR>about that.
<BR>
<BR>Oh well. I have been working on a list of
<BR>all submissions returned for the last 8 years
<BR>that were not resubmitted. It should make
<BR>interesting reading. We can see if there are
<BR>any patterns over time or by location for
<BR>unresolved submissions. The higher priority
<BR>is for returns for the last 2 1/4 years that
<BR>have not been resolved.
<BR>
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