Society for Creative Anachronism

College of Arms

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Houston TX, 77083-4921

713-918-2947

herald@sca.org

For the January 2004 meetings, printed March 31, 2004

To all the College of Arms and all others who may read this missive, from François Laurel, Zenobia Wreath, and Mari Pelican, greetings.

The following is a table showing the status of Letters of Intent, Laurel Letters of Pend and Discussion, and Letters of Intent to Protect. The header rows are the dates of the meetings that will consider them, the dates when primary commentary is due, and the dates when responses to primary commentary are due. The key follows.

Wreath meeting	Jan 17	Feb 14	Mar 13 & 27	Apr 17? & 31?	May 22	Jun 12 & 27
Pelican meeting	Jan 17	Feb 21	Mar 13 & 27	Apr 24	May 15 & 22?	Jun 13 & 27
Comment by	too late	Mar 31	Apr 30
Respond by	Mar 31	Apr 30	May 31
Letters of Intent being considered:
AEthelmearc	Sep 25	Oct 30	Nov 29	Dec 24	Jan 30	-
An Tir	Aug 28 &

Sep 29	-	Oct 29 &

Nov 25	Dec 31	(Jan 30)	(Feb 27)
Ansteorra	Sep 22	Oct 23	Nov 14

[P Nov 29]	Dec 11	Jan 26	Feb 18
Artemisia	Sep 30	Oct 30	-	Dec 05	Jan 30	-
Atenveldt	Sep 25	Oct 30	-	Dec 30	Jan 27	Feb 25
Atlantia	-	Oct 27	Nov 27	-	Jan 27	Feb 24
Caid	-	Oct 06

[P Oct 14]	Nov 21	Dec 30	Jan 31	-
Calontir	-	-	Nov 08	Dec 25	-	Feb 20
Drachenwald	-	Oct 30	Sep 25 &

Nov 24	-	Jan 29	Feb 26
Ealdormere	Sep 18

[P Sep 29]	-	Nov 23	-	Jan 25	-
East	Sep 05	-	-	Nov 30

[P Dec 03]	-	(Feb 29)
Laurel LoI	-	Oct 31	-	-	-	-
Lochac	-	-	-	Nov 24	-	-
Meridies	Sep 30	Oct 31	Nov 30	Dec 31	Jan 31	-
Middle	Sep 25	-	Nov 04

[P Nov 12] &

Nov 25	-	Jan 01	Feb 10
Northshield	Sep 30	Oct 31	Nov 30	Dec 30	Jan 25	Feb 25
Outlands	Aug 28 &

Sep 25	Oct 27	Nov 27	Dec 27	Jan 27	Feb 24
Trimaris	-	-	-	(Nov 03)	-	(Feb 27)
West	Sep 24	Oct 28	Nov 25	-	Jan 27	Feb 24
Laurel LoPaD

[LoAR date]	Sep 29

[Jul LoAR]	Oct 31

[Aug LoAR]	-	Dec 31

[Sep LoAR]	-	Feb 12

[Nov LoAR]

Month day: the date on the Letter of Intent, Letter of Pend and Discussion, or Letter of Intent to Protect.

(Month day): for administrative reasons, this LoI has not yet been scheduled.

[P Month day]: postmarked on that bracketed date, so the LoI is redated or postponed.

"-": no LoI is scheduled for that meeting from that kingdom.

?: tentative.

Four of the March Letters of Intent were delegated to the incoming Laurel team: Caid, November 21; Ealdormere, November 23; Meridies, November 30; West, November 25. The March Wreath and Pelican meetings were both on March 13. The March Pelican-
designate and Wreath-designate meetings were held jointly at Elsbeth Clarion's house in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on March 27.

The April Wreath meeting will tentatively be April 17 and/or May 1 ("April 31": "Apr 17 & May 1" takes too much table width).

The May Pelican meeting will be May 15, with a possible continuation/roadshow on May 22.

The June Wreath meeting will be June 12, and the June Pelican meeting will be June 13. They will hold the traditional Known World Heraldic Symposium road-show meeting on June 27.

The July Wreath meeting will be on July 10, 17, and/or 31. The July Pelican meeting will be July 25.

The August Pelican and Wreath meetings will be held as road shows during evenings at Pennsic. Wreath will rule on any remaining LoIs on August 28.

Wreath and Pelican hope to hold a joint meeting in northern Virginia during September.

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, et cetera) have not yet been met.

REMINDER: Until all administrative requirements are met, the letter may not be scheduled.

From Laurel: No Quarter

In the spirit of the day after the nominal print date of this cover letter, we should issue a warning about The Quarter, http://www.thequarter.org/. It is an SCA newsletter completely devoted to humor and satire. Those incautious enough to read it while drinking may hurt their nasal passages and their keyboards, and anyone else may be driven to drink. This newsletter takes especial pleasure in poking fun at heralds and revealing our secrets. Laurel and Laurel staff have even been deceived by their irony.

Therefore, we are putting http://www.thequarter.org/ into Administrative Handbook Appendix X, "Index Librorum Prohibitorum" ("Index of Prohibited Books"). All heralds are formally enjoined from reading it without prior written permission from Laurel. Laurel expects this injunction to be observed as rigorously as the last time Laurel "formally enjoined" something in Trimaris (LoAR of December 1992).

Roster Changes

The incoming Laurel now has a large post office box, and College of Arms correspondence should be sent to it: Jacquie Ziegler, PO Box 31755, Billings, MT 59107-1755.

Send What to Whom

For all Letters of Intent, Comment, Response, Correction, et cetera, send one paper copy to each of the incoming Wreath KoA and incoming Pelican QoA at their mailing addresses as shown on the College of Arms Mailing List (which you should be doing anyway, as they are currently on the Mailing List as Kraken and Sigil, respectively). Also continue sending paper copies to the outgoing Pelican QoA and Wreath QoA, as they intend to continue commenting after their tenures.

Send Laurel office copies of all submissions-related paper, including

-	Letters of Intent, Comment, Response, Correction, et cetera (note: such paper copies are in addition to the personal copies for Laurel and Wreath mentioned above)

-	Submission packets (one copy of each name form plus documentation, including petitions; two colored copies of each armory form plus two copies of any associated documentation, including petitions)

-	Cheques or money orders for submissions, payable to "SCA Inc.-College of Arms"

[UPDATED:] to the incoming Laurel Queen of Arms: Jacquie Ziegler, PO Box 31755, Billings, MT 59107-1755.

Send Laurel office copies of all submissions-related electronic files to submissions@sca.org. This applies to all LoIs, LoCs, LoRs, et cetera.

Send roster changes and 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. Please also send them to Laurel Clerk, preferably by e-mail to submissions@sca.org, or by mail to Tim McDaniel, 6805 Wood Hollow Dr Apt 212, Austin, TX 78731-3104. College of Arms members can also request a copy of the current roster from Symond.

For subscriptions to the paper copy of the LoAR, please contact Symond, above. The cost for an LoAR subscription is $25 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.

For all administrative matters, or for questions about whom to send to, please contact Laurel Principal King of Arms, whose contact information heads this letter.

Pray know that I remain

In service

François la Flamme

Laurel Principal King of Arms