SR - A small proposal

[Kevin Varner]

I agree with Sir Conor. The convenience of a smaller Principality cannot
be overlooked. 
To me, the idea of immediately (within 1-3 years) breaking off and
forming a new Kingdom
would be a horrible nightmare! I am willing to work for the
Principality, but not to form a
new Kingdom. I prefer the Southern Region on its own proposal.

			Duncan MacConacher (Bryn Gwlad)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Conor mac Cinneide [SMTP:carcassonnais at geocities.com]
> Sent:	Sunday, April 12, 1998 11:41 PM
> To:	Southern Regional List (E-mail)
> Subject:	SR - A small proposal
> 
> 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
> 
> lucetis sicut luminaria in mundo
> 
> 
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