SR - Principality????

[Bob Dewart]

They drugged me kickin' and screamin' into the 20th century and now I'm not gettin' anything done.

The first 4 answers are great.  # 5 however,  yes I'm sure it is very, very expensive for the traveling.  It cost us $230 to go to King's College.  But that is why the Baronies have Nobility.  It has been my experience doing the award thing, that the Crown, if they can't make it to a particular event, for what ever the reason, will have a Noble they know is going to hold court for them.  I haven't checked the map, but I feel save in saying that every where in the Kingdom is within 100 miles of a Barony, not to mention all the the other Excellancies, and Graces that are out their.  God bless them for what they do; but,  I don't think this will decrease the number of events the Crown goes to during Their reign.  

My other question is "Who is going to make the new insignias"?  Undoubtedly there will principality awards: some of which will require insignia, all of which will require paper of some kind.  Currently those good gentles doing this work now can bearly keep up.  And we're thinking of adding another layer of awards to make and keep track of?

The concept of principality does'nt bother me.  I'm one of the few who can say they were playing here before it was the Principlaity of Ansteorra.  However; I want to see it done for the right reasons.

BTW are you folks still coming to New Comers, 4 July weekend?  We haven't seem a response to our e-mails yet.  gilli at seacove.net  or darcy at seacove.net  

We also want to have a discussion at Academy of the Bow.
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Casey&Coni <cjw at vvm.com>
    To: southern at Ansteorra.ORG <southern at Ansteorra.ORG>
    Date: Monday, June 22, 1998 10:44 AM
    Subject: Re: SR - Principality????
    
    
        HL Gilli had asked:
        
        
        Please tell me in 100 words or less, "WHY?".  
         
        Thank You.
         
        HL Gilbert Ost Westley "Gilli"

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    Alrighty... here are the reasons most commonly given by those at the PRINCIPALITY MEETINGS we have had as best as I can recall (not necessarily *my* reasons, just *some* reasons):
     
    1. It would be fun... fun to think up new heraldry, names, awards, regalia, as well as the fun involved in saying, "yeah, I was there when that started... as a matter of fact, I helped."  See the Principality page for more on this.
     
    2.  Although the exact borders are being debated, a common style of play and frequency of play has been noted.  The groups included seem to play with each other more than any other groups and some feel that there is a sense of regional family.
     
    3.  Since we already have to fill the offices of an arbitrary region, we might as well get the cool stuff that can go with it... names, heraldry, awards, and royalty in the persons of a Prince and Princess.  More pageantry.
     
    4.  Prestige of offices and titles.  "Exchequer of the Principality of Whachagonnanameit" as opposed to "Southern Regional Reeve".  More responsibility will be added to these offices (chronicler, reeve, and herald most notably) and with that responsibility comes more recognition.
     
    5.  Royal assistance to the Crown in lightening their travel (read: financial) load while still preserving a very high level of presence (and not adding to the landed baronial work load).  It has become prohibitively expensive to rule in Ansteorra... ask anybody who's done it recently.
     
    6.  In addition to the 'training environment' offered by the Principality offices (as they will more closely mirror the kingdom offices than they do now) the Coronet list will offer fighters the chance to (in Mari's most esteemed words) screw up on a smaller level before they get the chance to screw up on the Kingdom level.
     
    I think I went over a hundred words and I still have a plethora of lesser points from my notes.  If anybody feels I've left something out, I'm certain they'll add it in later.
     
    Dieterich
     
    PS.  Welcome to the Southern Regional list, Gilli.
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