[Scriptoris] Award creations

[Jennifer Smith]

Darius has it correct.

As Asterisk Herald (internal submissions), I can shed a bit more light on
the process.

We do indeed have a "fast track" process -- in kingdom only. Most
submissions spend two months (well, three) in-kingdom before being sent up
to Laurel. Basically what happens is this:

Month X: submission is received by Asterisk Herald by the 15th of the month.
Month X+1: submission is printed on Internal Letter of Intent.
Month X+2: commentary is received until the 20th of the month following.
Month X+3: decision is made by Asterisk Herald, and acceptances are passed
along to Bordure Herald (external submissions) for the outgoing Letter of
Intent. 

In fast-track cases, the item skips directly to the outgoing LoI, thus
saving it a couple of months.  Fast-tracked items are checked as thoroughly
as possible by kingdom heraldic staff to make sure they're "good to go";
wouldn't be helpful to fast-track something that has a conflict, after all!
(Items other than Important Kingdom Stuff do get fast-tracked all the time,
by the way; usually quick fixes of stuff that was returned, appeals, really
really simple stuff, etc.)

In this specific case, the name and badge (if we are going to register a
badge, I assume so) have not yet crossed my desk.  I am sure Star will be
getting these items to me and/or Bordure very soon.  On an unrelated note,
the name for "Arc d'Or of Ansteorra" was fast-tracked on the March LoI.

-Emma de Fetherstan, Asterisk Herald

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> From: scriptoris-bounces+jds=randomgang.com at ansteorra.org 
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> On Behalf Of Star Signet
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 4:41 PM
> To: chiara at io.com; Scribes within Ansteorra - SCA,Inc.
> Subject: [Scriptoris] Award creations
> 
> Ches asked:
> 
> > But i have a different question and whoever answers it can change
> > the subject line to reflect the new thread. How can you create a new
> > award with name and heraldry given that it takes so long to get them
> > passed for normal folks? Is there a fast track for new awards?
> >
> > Chiara
> 
> Technicaly acording to copora and the CoA admin handbook, all 
> awards must be
> "ratified by Laurel Sovieriegn of arms."
> 
> What actually tends to happen is as follows
> 
> The crown says to a heraldicly inclined person on entourage 
> and/or Star
> principal, We are going to form a new award/order, we want to 
> call it this
> and use this armory, please make it happen.
> 
> Said Herald goes about trying to fufill the crowns wishes and 
> most times the
> crown goes ahead with the creation of said order/award.
> 
> about a month afterward we find out that name and or armory 
> wanted won't
> fly. and that brings us to where we now are on the Optio/Sable Talon.
> 
> This is of course a generalazation. Some crowns are more SCA 
> heraldry savy
> than others. Some simply have a good herald on Entourage.  
> All Crowns try to
> follow the rules in regards to creation of awards it just 
> doesn't always
> work out that way.
> 
> In my opinion the reason why we have these issues in 
> Ansteorra with our
> award names and orders is we, as a Kingdom,  very much like 
> the idea that
> "the Crowns word is Law" While this does contribute greatly 
> to the ambiance
> of our game it also contributes to bureaucratic quicksand.
> 
> Darius
> 
> 
> 
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