LR- Loch Ruadh Offices Open for Bids (long - please read)

[baron at elfsea.ansteorra.org]

Galen here...

I'd like to join Lord Padraig in urging anyone 
considering applying for office to go ahead and do so.  
There is no dishonor in applying and not being chosen; 
on the contrary, there is much honor in offering your 
services, and those of us with a voice in selecting 
officers remember with gratitude those who were not 
selected.

Also, please copy Allessandra and I on your 
applications; we like to know when people are 
volunteering to serve.

Finally, to the current and future officers, remember, 
the Baron & Baroness are your resource; please don't 
hesitate to contact us at need.  We're outside 
your "chain of command" so we're in a position to 
advise, correct, and intercede in a unique way.  We're 
here to help.

Elfsea has much to be proud of, Loch Ruadh among the 
rest.  Our Canton's health is our health.

- Galen

Quoting Sam Milligan <padraig_ruad at irishbard.com>:

> 
> As you know, several Offices in the Canton of Loch 
Ruadh are open for bid. 
> They are:  Seneschal, Chronicler, Herald, Minister of 
Arts and Sciences,
> Hospitaler, and Archery Marshal.
> 
> While interest has been expressed in submitting bids 
for various of these
> Office, no bids have been as yet received for any of 
them.
> 
> I have often said, and I truly believe, that there is 
a wealth of skill,
> talent and knowledge among the Populace of our fair 
Canton.  I ask that
> each of you carefully consider using your portion of 
those traits to serve
> Loch Ruadh, and to help us to continue to grow and 
prosper.
> 
> If you are a paid member, and are able to devote a 
portion of your time and
> effort to serve as an Officer of the Canton, I ask 
that you would consider
> submitting a bid for one of these Offices.  (This not 
to say that there is
> no place for non-paid members; you can be a deputy to 
any Officer without
> having to be a paid member.  If you are a non-paid 
member and are
> interested in a particular Office, please offer your 
services to the
> appropriate Officer as a deputy.)
> 
> Do you need experience in order to hold an Office?  
Experience is a useful
> thing, but not the overriding factor; much more 
important is the
> willingness to learn and to serve.  If you are 
interested in submitting a
> bid but want to know more about the duties of a 
particular Office, you can
> contact me, or better yet, the Regional Officer for 
that Office.  I will
> list the names and emails of the Regional Officers at 
the end of this
> missive.
> 
> You may have heard that Lord John Doe or Lady Jane 
Roe will be submitting a
> bid for a particular Office, and you are thinking 
that there is no use in
> submitting a bid, as he or she will surely be 
chosen.  This is certainly
> not the case.  The responsibility for choosing 
someone to fill an Office
> lies with the appropriate Central Regional Officer.  
That Regional Officer
> will very likely consult with the current holder of 
the local Office and
> with the Seneschal before choosing a new Officer, and 
may well have
> criteria for selection that would make John Doe or 
Jane Roe unsuitable. 
> Much better to provide the Central Regional Officers 
with several
> candidates for each Office and give them a hard 
decision to make than to
> have to fill the Office by default with the single 
candidate who submits a
> bid.  Or worse yet, to have the Office go vacant 
because the single
> candidate to submit a bid is unacceptable to the 
Regional Officer for some
> reason.
> 
> It may also seem that the Officers of the Canton are 
a closed clique,
> trading the various Offices among themselves; this, 
too, is not so.  Those
> who have served as Officers will often bid for 
another Office because they
> have learned something about that Office that 
interests them, or they like
> being involved in the mundane procedures necessary to 
the running of the
> Canton.  Or perhaps they are just masochistic.  In 
any case, we do not
> have, nor do we ever want to have, a “ruling clique” 
of people in Loch
> Ruadh.  “Leadership through Service” should be the 
motto of those who would
> be Officers.
> 
> Bids for Hospitaler and Archery Marshal will close at 
our May Populace
> Meeting.  Bids for the other Office will close at the 
June Populace
> Meeting.  Application for Office forms are available 
online at
> 
http://www.ansteorra.org/publications/forms/forms.html, 
or see me for a
> printed copy.  The completed form must be sent to the 
appropriate Regional
> Officer, and you must attach photocopies of your 
membership card and a
> photo ID, such as a driver’s license.  You should 
black out the driver’s
> license number on the copy.  Copies of the bid should 
also be sent to me as
> Seneschal, to the current Officer of the Office you 
are bidding for, as
> well as courtesy copies to the corresponding Baronial 
Officer and Their
> Excellencies, Galen and Allesandre.
> 
> Please contact me if you have any questions or if I 
can provide any more
> information.
> 
> I hope to see bids from many of you within the next 
few weeks.
> 
> In Service,
> Padraig
> 
> Central Regional Officers:
> 
> Seneschal:  Lady Afan ferch Elystan     
grrhine at swbell.net
> Herald:  Lady Nicolette de Loria     
central_herald at ansteorra.org 
> Chronicler:  Lady Ceinwien ferch Rhuel     
ceinweinswan at hotmail.com
> A&S Minister:  HL Julianna Vertue     
jwainwright at taylorpub.com
> Hospitaler:  Lady MagD’Leigha Mac an Ghabhann     
pookie2 at airmail.net 
> Archery Marshal:  Lady Elizabeth Hawkwood     
rbnew at ftw.nrcs.usda.gov 
> 
> 
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