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

[Cantley_Tim at emc.com]

I would like to add my two cents worth here even though I'm not sure it's
worth that much.  As I was Loch Ruadh's previous and first Archery Marshal,
it was all very new to me.  I had never held a previous office in Loch Ruadh
or anywhere else for that matter nor had I deputied to anyone.  I may have
stumbled a little at first but I found that enthusiasm made up for my lack
of experience and I soon learned that I had plenty of resources to call on
for help, both in the Canton from other officers, as well as from Elfsea and
Steppes when it came to archery type matters.  It didn't hurt having the
Kingdom Archery Marshal, Lord Fearghus, right next door in Elfsea either.
In addition, the Central Regional Archery Marshal is our very own Lady
Elizabeth.  The next Archery Marshal for Loch Ruadh will have plenty of
resources to draw on for help, including me via email if not in person.
What I'm getting to here is I hope that someone picks up where I left off
and continues with this office in Loch Ruadh.  I know there is plenty of
interest in archery in Loch Ruadh and I would hate to see the canton without
a leader in this area.  Now as Padraig has mentioned, to be an officer in
Loch Ruadh, as well as a warranted archery marshal in Ansteorra, you must be
a paid member of the SCA.  I will offer to anyone that does not have a paid
membership that wants to become the next archery marshal but is not putting
in their bid for this office because of this, I will pay your first years
membership in the SCA.  Therfore now that is not an excuse for anyone not
taking over this office.  Padraig, I ask that you let me know if anyone is
interested in putting in their bid but are in this situation and I will work
to get you or them the money to remedy this situation.

Yours in service,

Laird Sean of Argyll

P.S.  If you are looking for targets, I have plenty of sheep for you to
shoot arrows at :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Sam Milligan [SMTP:padraig_ruad at irishbard.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, April 05, 2001 1:11 PM
> To:	loch-ruadh at ansteorra.org
> Subject:	LR- Loch Ruadh Offices Open for Bids (long - please read)
> 
> 
> 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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