[Steppes] trivia ...

[Chiara Francesca]

This is why I posted it. I found the quote of our Registered Achievement at 
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/2883/a6.html (watch out, it has 
pop-ups). I did not think it was correct so I posted it here to see if we 
could get a discussion going about it and how to fix it. So how about it ... 
can one of you herald types tell us what is official and how to get it 
corrected? :)

But as far as the newsletter are concerned please keep them safe for now. 
When I had the office we had every single issue ever printed in our 
collection. There was even a sizable collection of paper, equipment, 
backissues, art, reports, permission forms, and of course the folders of 
articles with and without permission forms. Now, if that collection is gone 
by now by all means refill it. But of all the offices that I have ever held 
I have never seen as complete a collection of historical items as there were 
in that one!

I was told that the only thing the collection was missing were the 
newsletters that Willow published but that was because she only printed off 
less than 10 each. :)

HL Chiara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <AlKudsi at aol.com>
To: <alasdair at bmhanson.net>; <steppes at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 2:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Steppes] trivia ...


> It was my understanding, although I'm not a herald nor the Baronial
> Historian, that the "Nishto sluchayetsye sovsyem vStyepi (Nothing ever 
> happens in the
> Steppes - Russian) saying was just that...a response to the fact that over 
> the
> course of several years, the Steppes played host to not only our full 
> calendar
> of usual events, but a series of kingdom events including several 
> coronations
> and a Known World A&S event.  I recollect (and I'm getting old so I could 
> be
> wrong) that HL Vashti was the instigator of it, and it was a rather 
> sarcastic
> response to some out-Barony critizism at the time.  My first recollection 
> of
> hearing it was at the Iced 12th Night that Vashti autocrated that had a 
> Russian
> menu.  I've never heard of it being considered the official motto of the
> Steppes, although I do remember quite vividly Edwin's suggestion of the 
> "From
> little acorns do Mighty Oaks grow" at a business meeting or populace 
> meeting.  It
> was going to be investigated, is my recollection.  The herald who could
> probably answer the questions about why it isn't listed as an official 
> motto is
> Master Da'ud.
>
> This is one of the reasons why we need to take better care of our history,
> both Baronial and Kingdom.  To set an example of the importance of 
> maintaining
> our history, I'd be willing to contribute a full box of past 
> Steppesletters and
> Kingdom newsletters that I collected from my first 20+ years of being a
> member of this great Barony and Kingdom. It isn't a complete collection, 
> but is
> pretty extensive.  As I joined during the third reign (TM Jan and 
> Kimrith), and
> so have been in more than 25 years, I have a lot of memories and 
> memorabilia.
> Nothing like the memories of Her Grace Willow, and others who joined while
> Ansteorra was still a Principality of Atenveldt, but still, a lot of 
> memories and
> stuff.  So much of our past has vanished or been misplaced as offices 
> changed
> hands and people moved away.  I'd like to see us make a concerted effort 
> to
> contact some of our original members (like Allemandus, Baron Steppes who 
> showed
> up incognito at Warlord) and try and reconstruct some of the missing 
> history.
> Allemandus' story of the creation of the Baronial sword was quite unique,
> and virtually unknown to the current members of the Steppes until he told 
> it to
> HE Mahdi and His Grace Miguel.  Such things should not be lost...
>
> HL Saqra
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