SR - A small proposal

[Conor mac Cinneide]

I have made no secret of the fact that I am in favor of a small 
principality.  Recent postings on this list and the Ansteorran list 
has driven me even more to this opinion.  People seems convinced that 
we want to break off and be a new Kingdom quickly.  I am not in favor 
of this and I know that others feel even more strongly than I.  A 
small principality, just the Southern Region, has the best chance of 
remaining a principality far into the future.  The Southern Region is 
unlikely to qualify for Kingdom status for a long time.

One of my objections to a Southern and Coastal Regions principality, 
is that it would nearly qualify as a Kingdom now.  In a very few 
years, the step to Kingdom status would probably seem like a logical 
step.  That is something that I want to avoid.  I have the same 
objection to the Southern and Western Regions principality, though 
since the starting population would be smaller, the transition to 
Kingdom would probably take longer.  The fifth proposal (Southern, 
Western, and about half of the Central) is the worst of all by this 
logic.

For this, and other reasons, I support a Southern Region only 
principality.

My present proposal is that we, of the Southern Region, should 
discuss a Southern Region only principality, until we actually decide 
yes or no.  The Southern Region can only decide the principality 
issue for itself.  We can talk all we want to about forming a 
principality with the West, or the Coast, or a few extra groups, but 
we cannot include them without their approval.

Is anyone opposed to forming a principality if it includes only the 
Southern Region?  If no one else wants to come to our party, do we 
still want to throw it?  I would very much like to hear from anyone 
who is opposed to a principality unless it includes the Western 
Region, or the Coastal Region, or half the Central Region, or some 
combination of these?  At the moment I am not interested in anyone's 
ideal principality (unless it agrees with mine), but I am interested 
in anyone who cannot support a Southern Region only principality, but 
would support something more.

I think we should move forward with a Regional name, and start moving 
toward a principality for the Region.  Beyond that can be added 
later, if we decide to go ahead.

Conor

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