SR - Beginning new traditions

Gary Koehler midnightk at htcomp.net
Mon Jul 20 09:22:28 PDT 1998


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From: Galen W. Bevel <galenbv at ix.netcom.com>
To: southern at Ansteorra.ORG <southern at Ansteorra.ORG>
Date: Sunday, July 19, 1998 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: SR - Beginning new traditions


>j'lynn yeates wrote:
>>
>>
>> question, what happens when a person takes exception to being "weeded
>> out" and being branded as not being "acceptable" ... what recourse would
>> they have to clear their name?
>>
>> 'wolf
>>
>
>There are always the formal channels of complaint.  Of course, when it
>is the Crown you are complaining about, things can escalate very quickly
>to the board.  And even if your complaint is heard favorably, the Crown
>Tourney in question is over, and the rumor mill has already started to
>grind.  IMHO, that is why Crowns are often reluctant to do something as
>drastic as barring someone from the Tourney. I was once given some very
>sage advice by a friendly Scottish Duke (Count at the time), who shall
>remain nameless.  At the time I was in a position of some responsibility
>and was asked a question about something at an event, in the hearing of
>this nameless royal person. I was about to give my wise and well thought
>out answer, when Kein told me, "Don't....delegate this instead.  If you
>take care of every problem personally, not only will you get
>overwhelmed, but it leaves the individual concerned with no room for
>appeal."  It's sort of like cracking walnuts with a sledge hammer.  Sure
>it works, but it makes a mess of the walnut, and can sure hurt your
>fingers when you screw up.  By letting the marshallate handle the
>problems as much as possible, there is room for appeal and corrective
>action as things progress up the food chain.  Sure, sometimes the walnut
>turns out to be a big, mucking stone, and a sledgehammer is the only
>tool that will work.  Then the crown does need to step in.  The trick is
>knowing when it is a stone, and when its just a nut.
>
>Graf Galen K.
>
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>Galen W. or Rebecca Bevel
>galenbv at ix.netcom.com
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>the nameless royal is not nameless anymore..."i was about to give my well
thought out answer when kein.." welp so much for nameless...  :)
but it is a very good word of advise.. carrying the waeight of the world on
your shoulders without delegating authority will not only give you a
backache.. but a headache that not even excedrin will cure...

lady annora von kohler

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