[Western] In Case you didn't see this one....

[George]

Dear people Greetings from Duchess Willow de Wisp

I have been told that a "good peer" only choice when
they see something
 "unfair" done by the Crown is to remove them self
from the Kingdom and
 be quiet and say nothing. It has also come to me by a
third party that
 what I do in the next week will decide if  I am
banished. Part of
 being a Peer is telling the truth even if it means
you will die. This is
 what I feel about this action of dissolving the
Western region. I am
 drafting a official letter but I think I made my
feelings clear to the
 Prince and officers present at the Meeting.

All people in Ansteorra need to take warning. The way
this was done is
 bad precedent. The way the BOD works is if something
is done in a
 Kingdom and their is no problems with it it stands as
a Custom and tradition
 and if latter if people protest  they uphold the
action as a custom. I
 do not want this process to be Ansteorra "custom"

The first thing is the "populace" of the West were not
fully informed
 that this was happening. Warnings were sent to the
officers . Sometimes
 warnings for over five years. These were sent by the
bureaucratic
 pathways. Problems with the officers were one of the
major problems. Senting
 information through them doesn't seem the best
option. I know in the
 past groups with problems would be visited by
committee  usually a group
 of Dukes and told that they had a problem and they
needed to solve it.
 This way the people in the group could get together
and "fixed" their
 problems. 

Right now I am disfranchised from my local group, but
it I heard it was
 having problems. especially with finding acceptable
officers my whole
 family would come back and offer to help. If the
problem had been
 clearly stated to the people in the West I believe
some of the old members
 would have returned and helps. 

Second.Groups that have following all the Kingdom
guild lines and laws
 are being disbanded and a group that is having
problems is being kept.
 If the Kingdom rules are being changed then the
changes  need to be
 published and groups need to be given a chance to
update. 

One of the statements made by the officers were the
groups were just
 trading offices around. If this is a reason for a
group to be disbanded
 even if it has it numbers then many groups in the
Kingdom might be
 trouble. Also they said they did not have acceptable
replacement and
 deputies. Again I know of Baronies that did not have
deputies for all their
 officers. Also the word "acceptable" seem a little
vague. Think one of
 the groups being disbanded has all its officers and
deputies. Are they
 being disbanded for lack of "acceptable" replacement.
The way this rule
 is being used could be used on many of our groups at
any time.. I do not
 believe that the current officers are misusing this
policy but  what
 about officers in the future if this becomes
"custom". 

Three- The Crown and the officers supposedly "looked"
at all options
 and this was the only one that worked. The people are
supposed to accept
 this on faith. The Crown and the officers have not
taken the time to
 explain to the people why other solution would not
work. I think the
 people of the West should have the right to be part
of the decision
 progress that chose the solution and have the right
to understand why this is
 the only solution. I don't want to say something
negative about the
 Crown and the Officers, but they might of overlooked
something that might
 make the Western people happier. At least they might
had felt they were
 important to the Kingdom. I realize that the Baron of
Bonwick was part
 of the decsion but it was possible that he was
influence by the needs
 of Bonwick. Other groups needed to have their own
representatives to
 have the process seem fair. 

Four- Lastly I believe that before something this
radical is done to
 the Kingdom every resource of the Kingdom should have
been applied to
 help these people. The Western Region has been left
alone and very few
 Peers and Nobles have gone to help them. I know in
the last year they have
 had some demos and other recruiting activities. If I
known of the dire
 nature of the problem I would had gone to the West to
help them. I am
 sure that many of the citizens of Ansteorra would had
tried to help
 them. Their problems of lack of members and lack of
volunteers for
 officers is a Kingdom problem maybe all of us need to
be brainstorming to come
 up with solutions. Getting the Peers, Nobles and
people of Ansteorra
 to help might not have changed anything, but the
People of the West
 would had known that we care and would not be feeling
as alone. 

I am hoping that this decision could be slowed down
and the West be
 given the full support of the Kingdom and the Spring
to bring up their
 numbers and find the officers they need. After that
they be given all the
 information and be allowed to generate some solutions
of their own. If
 the Crown and Officers are correct then this solution
is the only one
 then they will probably come up with it, but they
would understand it. 

As a process I would like clear cut steps to laid out
before this kind
 of action is taken. I want this for the West, but I
would also like
 this for my local groups because we are all facing
dieniding numbers. I
 have worked to hard for my local groups to have a few
officers and the
 Crown to make decision in secret and just inform me I
have no options. 

Duchess Willow de Wisp 


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