[Western] You would know better than me...

[Eadric Anstapa]

I think the social aspects can be somewhat nebulous.  However the 
administrative aspects are a pretty clear.

For the archery marshallate the duties are pretty well defined at:
 http://marshal.ansteorra.org/archery/files/duties.pdf

For the most part those sames duties exist for all branches of the 
marshallate.  You can basically replace "Archery Marshal"  with "Armored 
Combat Marshal"  or "Rapier Combat Marshal"  or "Siege Marshal" or 
"Thrown Weapons Marshal" or "Equestrian Marshal" and the list of duties 
would pretty much still be applicable with few exceptions.  The few 
exceptions are things like waiver collection.  Target Archery doesn't 
require waivers (neither does thrown weapons) so the document doesn't 
say anything about waivers but a Rapier Marshal or Armored Combat 
Marshal would have to make sure that waivers were checked, and collected 
and submitted to the waiver secretary regularly.  Additionally the 
Archery Marshals only have to report on a quarterly basis but your 
branch Armored Combat or Rapier Combat Marshal is supposed to report 
monthly.

The Complete Participants Handbook section 10 has the requirements for 
all branches of the Ansteorran Marshallate.  
http://marshal.ansteorra.org/handbook/Complete%20Participant%27s%20Handbook%20Jan%202008.pdf
 

The other administrative handbooks on the kingdom website can point you 
to the requirements for other offices.  For instance, the heralds 
handbook at:
 http://heraldry.ansteorra.org/docs/COHAdmin_Handbook_2007.pdf
has the requirements for heralds paid out quite clearly.

Go to http://treasurer.ansteorra.org/documents.php  
<http://treasurer.ansteorra.org/documents.php>  and you will find the 
documents that outline the duties for treasurers.

http://moas.ansteorra.org/   <http://moas.ansteorra.org/>willl have the 
resources for the A&S Ministers.

http://seneschal.ansteorra.org/   <http://seneschal.ansteorra.org/> will 
have the seneschals data.

etc. etc. etc.

Just go   www.ansteorra.org, from there to officers, and for each of the 
Kingdom officers web pages you should be able to find their 
administrative handbooks.  They are pretty easy to find.

To apply for an office the best way is to talk to the the appropriate 
regional or kingdom officer who wish to be a deputy to or who you wish 
to replace.  All of their contact information is in the Black Star.  
Then fill out the application for office at 
http://www.ansteorra.org/publications/forms/
 and get it and any other required information to the upline officer.  
Other information will be things like proof of membership, proof of 
authorization (if needed for that office), and proof of identity (if 
needed for that office).  In general the best first step is always to 
contact the regional or kingdom upline who will be accepting your 
application and talk to them first so they can tell you exactly what 
they will need and expect from you.

Regards,

Eadric

Quill wrote:
> Could those who KNOW please help me out: WHAT are the responsibilities 
> of each officer? I know that there are both clerical and social 
> aspects, and have gotten vague ideas of things to do with paperwork 
> and background checks and money and enforcing rules and shaking hands 
> and making reports and complaining about the impossibility of filing, 
> but I honestly have no idea what the specific duties are for each 
> officer, and sometimes I get the feeling that I'm not the only one. 
> (Hey, some of us are still technically new, we're allowed to show our 
> wet ears and green branches sometimes.) How can we hold our officers 
> accountable if we don't know what they're responsible for?
>
> So what, exactly, are the Senescahl, the Reeve, the Chirurgeon, the 
> Herald (as an officer), the A&S and webminister/scribe, minister of 
> children, and youth/rapier/knight/archery/thrown weapons/projectile 
> vomit marshalls [did I miss anybody], and their deputies, supposed to 
> do, supposed to know, supposed to have??
>
> PLEASE respond to me privately (gray.quill at gmail dot com) so as not 
> to take up any more bandwidth, and if the answers lie in specific 
> documents somewhere, please direct me to them so I can read for 
> myself. (While you're at it, if someone wants to explain/demonstrate 
> how one puts in an application for an office that comes open, I 
> wouldn't mind being told again.)
>
> I am asking because I don't know. I am asking because I want to be 
> able to explain to other newcomers or people who realize they don't 
> know either. And I'm also asking because I think I might like to take 
> on an officer position someday, but I wouldn't take a job without 
> knowing what I was getting into. This darn sense of duty...
>
>
> -- 
> In service to The Dream and Dreamers all,
> Cuillioc /|\ "Quill"
> Titled Bard of the Barony of Bonwicke
>   

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