Society for Creative Anachronism
College of Arms
1194 Firwood Dr.
 Pittsburgh, PA 15243
 412-306-0416
 kvs+@cs.cmu.edu

May 18, 2001
Unto the members of the College of Arms and all others who may read this missive do Dame Elsbeth Anne Roth, Laurel Queen of Arms, and Master Pietari Pentipoika, Pelican King of Arms, send greetings. 
The April Laurel meeting was held Saturday, April 14, 2001, and considered the following letters of intent: Drachenwald (November 16) (redated to December 28 based on postmark), Atlantia (November 25) (redated to December 28 based on postmark), Atenveldt (December 1), Caid (December 6), Æthelmearc (December 16), Drachenwald (December 18), Lochac (December 18), Middle (December 19), Atlantia (December 21), Outlands (December 27), An Tir (December 30), and Ansteorra (December 31). The Pelican meeting was held Sunday, April 8.
The May Laurel meeting was held Saturday, May 5, 2001, and considered the following letters of intent: Artemisia (December 31) (redated to January 2 by kingdom), Atenveldt (January 1), West (January 15), Atlantia (January 21), Lochac (January 21), Middle (January 23), Drachenwald (January 27), Trimaris (January 28), An Tir (January 29), Meridies (January 30), and Ansteorra (January 31). The Pelican meeting was held Sunday, May 6. A Laurel road show was held, April 29, 2001, in An Tir.
The June Laurel meeting is scheduled for Saturday, June 16, 2001, and will consider the following letters of intent: Æthelmearc (January 1) (redated to February based on postmark), Æthelmearc (January 6) (redated to February based on postmark), Æthelmearc (January 10) (redated to February based on postmark), East (January 29) (redated to February based on postmark), Atenveldt (February 1), Artemisia (February 11), Middle (February 12), Drachenwald (February 18), Atlantia (February 21), Lochac (February 21), An Tir (February 27), Ealdormere (February 27), and Meridies (February 28).  The Pelican meeting is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, June 9, 2001.  A Laurel and Pelican road show is scheduled for Sunday, June 3, 2001, at the Knowne World Heraldic Symposium in Northshield.  Responses and rebuttals to commentary must be in the College's hands no later than May 31, 2001.
The July Laurel meeting is scheduled for Saturday, July 14, 2001, and will consider the following letters of intent: Ansteorra (February 22) (redated to March based on postmark), Atenveldt (March 1), Middle (March 4), Drachenwald (March 12), Outlands (March 15), Lochac (March 18), Atlantia (March 21), Calontir (March 24), West (March 27), An Tir (March 28), Calontir (March 29), Artemisia (March 30), and Meridies (March 31). The Pelican meeting is scheduled for Sunday, July 8. Original commentary on these LoIs must be in the College's hands no later than May 31, 2001. Responses and rebuttals to commentary must be in the College's hands no later than June 30, 2001.
Not all letters of intent may be considered when they are originally scheduled on this cover letter. The date of mailing of the LoI, date of receipt of the Laurel packet, or other factors may delay consideration of certain letters of intent. Additionally, some letters of intent received may not have been scheduled because the administrative requirements (receipt of the forms packet, receipt of the necessary fees, etc.) have not yet been met.
REMINDER: Until the packet containing the paperwork is received, the letter may not be scheduled.
Administrative Handbook
The final draft of the Administrative Handbook is included with this letter. While there have been a number of changes from the previous draft, the changes are primarily minor wording changes taken from commentary with the exception of the text for the Heraldic Wills, where we decided to use Electrum's suggested text in full.  Therefore I will not be sending this through another full round of commentary, especially as I must present this to the board in late June. I am open to last minute suggestions for minor changes, and I intend to change Appendices A and C to reflect the new governing documents once the Board makes them available to the membership.  Outside of that, this should be the final copy.
Roster changes
The Board Ombudsman has moved. Her new address is Beth Morris, 155 Tooting High Street, London, SW17 0SY, England, bmorris@iamdigex.net.
Atenveldt has a new Aten Principal Herald: Magdalen Venturosa (Monique Lyon), 9309 E. 29th Street, Tucson, AZ, 85710, (520) 733-3483, Monique67@Juno.com. The former Aten, Kedivor Tal ap Cadugon, is no longer on the roster.
Mairi Broder, staff herald of Atenveldt, is no longer on the roster.
Ealdormere has a Trillium Principal Herald: Arwyn of Leicester (Stephanie Mortenson), 41 Balmoral Drive, Brantford, ON, N3R 5B6, Canada, (519) 757-1790, arwynleicester@hotmail.com. The former Trillium, Evan Quicktongue, is no longer on the roster.
Meridies has a new Beacon Principal Herald: AElfgifu Haraldsdottir (Shawntel Osborne), 1311 Fletcher Ave SW, Decatur, AL, 35601, (256) 350-7795, beacon@meridies.org. The former Beacon, Hywel ap Ieuan, is no longer on the roster.
Ruby Pursuivant (Meridies) has changed. The new Ruby Pursuivant is Wulfred Hansard of Richmond (W. Richmond Beevers), 2408 Houma Blvd., Metairie, LA, 70001, (504) 780-1989. The current Ruby Pursuivant is on the roster but not the mailing list. The former Ruby, Astrid in hasvarta Thorvaldsdottir, is no longer on the roster.
Administrivia
Send roster changes, roster corrections, to Lord Symond Bayard le Gris, Bruce R. Nevins, 2527 E. 3rd St., Tucson, AZ, 85716-4114, (520) 795-6000, (520) 795-0158 (fax), bnevins@nexiliscom.com. College of Arms members can also request a copy of the current roster from Symond.  Send all other administrative requests or payments to Laurel.
For subscriptions to the paper copy of the LoAR, please contact Symond, above. The cost for an LoAR subscription is $25.00 a year.  Please make all checks or money orders payable to "SCA Inc. – College of Arms."  For subscriptions to the electronic copy of the LoAR, please contact Laurel at herald@sca.org.  The electronic copy is available free of charge.

Until then, I remain
In service,

Elsbeth Anne Roth
Laurel Queen of Arms