[Scriptoris] Address Etiquette

[Kimberly Langhans]

I think that's a lovely compromise! Thanks, Hillary!
:)

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--- Hillary Greenslade <hillaryrg at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Replying to my own post, might be an etiquette
> no-no... but did a bit more websearching and came up
> with this: 
>    
>   The Secretary to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
> Buckingham Palace
> London, England  SW1A 1AA
>    
>   So, we could convert that to (tho a bit long): 
>   Susan of the Glenn, Principal Scribe of
> Excellencies John and Joan, Baron and Baroness of
> XYZ
> C/O  Mary Jones, real address, real city, real
> zipcode. 
>    
>   or perhaps: 
>   Principal Scribe of Excellencies John and Joan,
> Baron and Baroness of XYZ
>   C/O  Susan of the Glenn,  
>   Mary Jones, real address, real city, real zipcode.
> 
>    
>   Or just leave off the SCA name altogether, as the
> receipient won't care, 
>   you just want any returned letters back, so you
> know who didn't receive anything:
>    
>   Principal Scribe of Excellencies John and Joan,
> Baron and Baroness of XYZ
>   C/O  Mary Jones, real address, real city, real
> zipcode. 
>    
>   Cheers, Hillary
> 
> 
> Hillary Greenslade <hillaryrg at yahoo.com> wrote:
>   Actually, I agree with Sara that the reason I've
> never used the Excellencies return 'address' is that
> I need to know if the mail was returned, so I can
> make necessary adjustments to get the post
> delivered. 
> 
> However, a nice compromise to Tessa's suggestion of
> correct protocol, would be to setup the return
> address as below, using their Excellencies name,
> followed by the actual address of the sender: 
> 
> Excellencies John and Joan, Baron and Baroness of
> XYZ
> C/O Susan of the Glenn, Principal Scribe of Barony
> XYZ
> Attn: Mary Jones, real address, real city, real
> zipcode. 
> 
> That lets the receiver know that the document is
> from the representative of the B&B, the Scribes SCA
> name, and their real contact information, in the
> event the post office needs to return the mail.
> There is probably a more correct way to do the
> secondary name, rather than using C/O or Attn:, but
> since we are using pseudonyms for our SCA names,
> most Etiquette books don't cover that address
> variation. 
> 
> Anyone have a better idea?
> Hillary
> 
> tessa wrote:
> ...Bowing, Scraping, Bowing, Scraping...
> Sara, Hillary,
> Thank you for teaching my ancient and narrow mind
> the current
> ways of appropriate scroll-dom and deliveries
> thereof,
> if not from the hand of the Court at event, if then
> to be mailed.
> I yield to your greater knowledge, and do hereby
> offer
> apologies to Kaithlen Hamilton for my skewed request
> about return address.
> You are truly correct about not burdening the
> signatory with return mail...
> as well as invitation "returns."
> 
> While here, may I please add that it is so marvelous
> to see "pretty papers"
> go out for many venues, winners, participants, etc.
> Events are greatly 
> enhanced, but moreover,
> individual's hearts are warmed by receiving these
> works of art.
> Scribes rock!
> Tessa (who sometimes cannot even spell her name)
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