[Scriptoris] Fw: [ANSTHRLD] Thanks from the outgoing Zodiacus

[Hillary Greenslade]

forwarded, Hillary



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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 22:00:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kimberly Langhans <sarapenrose at yahoo.com>
To: "Heralds List, Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA,    Inc."
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Subject: [ANSTHRLD] Thanks from the outgoing Zodiacus

My apologies to those who have already read this note in the latest Black Star, 
but I felt the word fame was worth repeating. I am stepping down as Zodiacus 
(Precedence) Herald at the upcoming King's Round Table, and turning the office 
over to Centurion Alejandro Ramirez Mendoza, who I am certain will do a 
superlative job.?I want to extend my sincere thanks?to the following good 
gentles, who helped make this job less like work and more like fun:
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????? The local heralds, landed nobles, and members of the populace who provided 

hundreds of updates and corrections to names, locations, and other OP minutiae, 
or sent in much-needed court reports.
????? All the Crowns who sat the thrones during my tenure, as well as their 
respective Golden Staffs (voice heralds) and Sable Scrolls (scribes).? These 
gentles provided the lion?s share of the information that has been entered into 
the OP database over the last three years, and that?s saying a lot: not a single 

event has gone unreported during that time.
????? An extraordinary bunch of Star Principal Heralds, who were in every way 
supportive and encouraging: Druinne de Salesberie, Alden Drake, and Emma de 
Fetherstan.
????? HL Estrill Swet and Centurion Alejandro Ramirez Mendoza, who assisted with 

a meticulous audit of every single entry in the entire OP, the result of which 
was the correction of the name/device registration information for scores of 
entries, as well as the elimination or merging of numerous duplicate entries.
????? Master Robin of Gilwell and Mistress Serena Lascelles.? I was fortunate 
that my beloved friends also happened to be treasure troves of Ansteorran 
history and protocol, and veritable fonts of precedence knowledge.? Their advice 

and guidance has been invaluable.? I could not have done this job without them.
????? Master Fran?ois la Flamme.? Master Fran?ois is the able administrator of 
all the things that you don?t see about the OP.? He takes care of all the 
programming needs for the OP, and generously helped with any task I placed 
before him, despite a grueling modern work and travel schedule.? Francois is 
responsible for many of the wonderful new features of the OP, including a 
listing of closed awards and orders; the event, date, and group search 
functionalities; the addition of achievement information to the OP database; and 

countless maintenance tasks and GUI changes that made my job easier. Fran?ois, 
your continuing service to Ansteorra is an inspiration.
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I am honored to have had the chance to serve Ansteorra as Zodiacus, and know 
that I am leaving the office in capable hands. Welcome, Alejandro!
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In service,
Sara Penrose
Zodiacus

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Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 00:16:00 -0500
From: "Bill Perkins" <bill.perkins at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Heralds List, Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA,    Inc."
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Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] Thanks from the outgoing Zodiacus

Greetings to all:

I look forward to my new duties as Zodiacus Herald.  However, following in 
the footsteps of Countess Sara will be difficult at best.  With her 
leadership, the office of Zodiacus Herald is in excellent shape.  The OP is 
searchable online, and there is a large base of reporting heralds who make 
the job of Zodiacus Herald that much easier.  I want to encourage everyone 
to continue to send in those court reports, scanned and emailed or standard 
mailed.

I look forward to serving the Kingdom as the new Zodiacus Herald.

En servicio,
Alejandro Ramirez Mendoza