SC - "What Every Peer Should Know" pamplet

[Alderton, Philippa]

Stefan asks:

>Huh??? Is there such a thing? Or is this a metaphor? If this hand-out
is real, how can I get a copy (I assume it is also available to us
peons)? And in addition, I would love to know who holds the copyright
as I think such an article, or series of articles, would make a
wonderful addition to the Florilegium. <

Actually, it's just kind of a running joke here in the MK, everytime we have
a Peer, particularly a Royal Peer, do something, um, less than Peer-like. It
would be a good idea, though- any of you Peers on the List willing to take
it on? I think it might be nice if we were to have an intro by a 4 way Peer
or two, explaining the duties expected of any Peer in general, with 4 more
sections collaborated on by 2 or 3 of each flavor of Peer, letting people
know what is expected of each specific Peerage, in terms of teaching their
specialty, acting as role models, etc. Perhaps there might even be a section
at the end, where we peons might speak about what we expect of a Peer.

Since I think it would be a good thing for the general populace to know as
well for Peers to have as a reference, your Florilegium would be a great
place to post it- it would therefor be easily accessible, downloadable, and
distributable. I know that the idea of the Vigil is to get much of this
information to the vigilee, as the Tanist position is intended to let a
Royal Peer find out what they're in for, but having a coherent, fairly
comprehensive manual available might be a Very Good Thing.

A few years ago, before the advent of email, such a thing might well have
been very difficult to coordinate, particularly across Kingdoms, as such a
manual must be, but I think today, it would be very doable. What do you
folks think? I'd like to hear from both Peers and non-Peers alike.

Phlip

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phlip at morganco.net

Philippa Farrour
Caer Frig
Southeastern Ohio

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