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For the December 2006 meetings, printed March 23, 2007

To all the College of Arms and all others who may read this missive, from Elisabeth Laurel, Jeanne Marie Wreath, and Margaret Pelican, greetings.

For information about future scheduling, please review the status table located on the Web at http://www.sca.org/heraldry/status.html.

The December Laurel decisions were made at the Pelican meeting held on Saturday, December 9, 2006, and the Wreath meeting held on Sunday December 10, 2006. The meetings considered the following Letters of Intent: Laurel LoPaD (12 Aug 2006), Artemisia (22 Aug 2006), Drachenwald (22 Aug 2006), Gleann Abhann (22 Aug 2006), Caid (23 Aug 2006), Ansteorra (25 Aug 2006), Atenveldt (25 Aug 2006), Outlands (27 Aug 2006), East (28 Aug 2006), Meridies (28 Aug 2006), An Tir (29 Aug 2006), East (29 Aug 2006), and Atlantia (30 Aug 2006).

The January Laurel decisions will be made at the Pelican meeting held Sunday, January 28, 2007 and the Wreath meeting held on Saturday, January 27, 2007. The meetings will consider the following Letters of Intent: Middle (11 Sep 2006), Lochac (12 Sep 2006), East (18 Sep 2006), Drachenwald (19 Sep 2006), Artemisia (20 Sep 2006), Caid (20 Sep 2006), West (20 Sep 2006), Æthelmearc (21 Sep 2006), Ansteorra (21 Sep 2006), Loyall (21 Sep 2006), Trimaris (23 Sep 2006), [An Tir (27 Sep 2006)], Outlands (27 Sep 2006), Atlantia (28 Sep 2006), Atenveldt (30 Sep 2006), Palimpsest (30 Sep 2006), and Siren (30 Sep 2006). Original commentary on these letters should have been in the College's hands no later than November 30, 2006. Responses and rebuttals to commentary should have been in the College's hands no later than December 31, 2006.

The February Laurel decisions will be made at the Pelican meeting held on Sunday, February 11, 2007 and the Wreath meeting held on Sunday, February 25, 2007. The meetings will consider the following Letters of Intent: Northshield (6 Oct 2006), Laurel LoPaD (15 Oct 2006), Gleann Abhann (16 Oct 2006), Lochac (16 Oct 2006), Artemisia (22 Oct 2006), Drachenwald (22 Oct 2006), East (23 Oct 2006), Ansteorra (24 Oct 2006), West (25 Oct 2006), Æthelmearc (26 Oct 2006), Caid (26 Oct 2006), Loyall (26 Oct 2006), Middle (27 Oct 2006), Outlands (27 Oct 2006), Atlantia (29 Oct 2006), Trimaris (29 Oct 2006), [An Tir (30 Oct 2006)], Calontir (30 Oct 2006), Meridies (30 Oct 2006), Palimpsest LoItUP (30 Oct 2006), and Atenveldt (31 Oct 2006). Original commentary on these letters should have been in the College's hands no later than December 31, 2006. Responses and rebuttals to commentary should have been in the College's hands no later than January 31, 2007.

The March Laurel decisions will be made at the Pelican held on Saturday, March 24, at the Wreath meeting held on Sunday, March 18, 2007, at the Gulf Wars Roadshow on Wednesday, March 14, 2007, and at the Northshield Heraldic Symposium Roadshow held Saturday, March 24, 2007. The meetings will consider the following Letters of Intent: Laurel (13 Nov 2006), Lochac (13 Nov 2006), Atenveldt (17 Nov 2006), [Ealdormere (18 Nov 2006)], Drachenwald (20 Nov 2006), Ansteorra (21 Nov 2006), [Æthelmearc (22 Nov 2006)], [Caid (22 Nov 2006)], East (22 Nov 2006), Atlantia (27 Nov 2006), Meridies (27 Nov 2006), Northshield (27 Nov 2006), Outlands (27 Nov 2006), and [An Tir (28 Nov 2006)]. Original commentary on these letters should have been in the College's hands no later than January 31, 2007. Responses and rebuttals to commentary must be in the College's hands no later than February 28, 2007.

The April Laurel decisions will be made at the Pelican meeting held Saturday, April 28, 2007 and Wreath meeting held on Sunday, April 29, 2007. The meetings will consider the following Letters of Intent: [West (6 Dec 2006)], Calontir (11 Dec 2006), Gleann Abhann (14 Dec 2006), Laurel (15 Dec 2006), Middle (16 Dec 2006), Ansteorra (20 Dec 2006), Artemisia (20 Dec 2006), [Atenveldt (20 Dec 2006)], [Æthelmearc (20 Dec 2006)], [Caid (20 Dec 2006)], Drachenwald (20 Dec 2006), Atlantia (26 Dec 2006), Middle (26 Dec 2006), Outlands (27 Dec 2006), and Trimaris (30 Dec 2006). Original commentary on these letters must be in the College's hands no later than February 28, 2007. Responses and rebuttals to commentary must be in the College's hands no later than March 31, 2007.

The May Laurel decisions will be made at the Pelican and Wreath meetings held in May 2007. These meetings will consider the following Letters of Intent: West (17 Jan 07), [Atenveldt (19 Jan 07)], [Drachenwald (20 Jan 07)], [Lochac (22 Jan 07)], [Ansteorra (23 Jan 07)], Calontir (23 Jan 07), [Caid (24 Jan 07)], [Artemisia (24 Jan 07)], [{AE}thelmearc (25 Jan 07)], [Ealdormere (26 Jan 07)], [Outlands (27 Jan 07)], [Atlantia (28 Jan 07)], [Meridies (29 Jan 07)], [East (30 Jan 07)], and Laurel (31 Jan 07). Original commentary on these letters should be in the College's hands no later than March 31, 2007. Responses and rebuttals to commentary must be in the Colleges hands no later than April 30, 2007.

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. Letters which are currently unscheduled appear inside square brackets in the lists, above.

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

From Laurel - Notice Regarding Name Registration and Armory Transfer

The following appeared on the Letter of Acceptances and Returns for July 2005.

Garwulf Nightsbane. Transfer of device to Nicolai Nightsbane. Sable, a wolf's head, couped and sinister facing, between three hammers inverted argent.

Nicolai Nightsbane. Name and acceptance of transfer of device from Garwulf Nightsbane. Sable, a wolf's head, couped and sinister facing, between three hammers inverted argent.

Because of serious irregularities that have come to light regarding this submission, and after consultation with the Society Seneschal, the above actions are hereby declared null and void. The name Nicolai Nightsbane is not registered. The device reverts to its previous owner, Garwulf Nightsbane.

From Laurel - Regarding OSCAR, Letters of Intent and Submission Packets

I am very pleased to announce that all 19 Kingdoms have now posted at least one Letter of Intent to the OSCAR system. My sincerest thanks to the entire College of Arms for your cooperation in bringing this about.

Having accomplished that, please be advised that as of the May 2007 Letter of Intent, all Letters of Intent shall be posted to OSCAR instead of distributed in hard copy. You will recall that this is the same Letter of Intent whose submissions must also appear on the new version of the forms.

There are several Letters of Intent still in commentary that were issued on paper, and therefore, any commentary on them must be distributed in paper, but the last of such commentary should be in July at the latest. All Letters of Intent on OSCAR means that all new commentary will, as of May 2007, be on OSCAR as well.

Several submissions heralds have asked if they still need to include hard copy of the LoI in their submissions packet, as per the current Administrative Handbook. The answer is no; hard copies are being produced from OSCAR as needed by Ragged Staff.

From Laurel - Administrative Handbook Revision, Finally

All the procedural changes caused by OSCAR would need an AH revision just in themselves. However, the current version is dated January 2002, much else besides has changed since then and it needs a thorough overhaul.

I already have a good-sized file of ideas and wish lists for the new AH, but will cheerfully accept more. If you have specific suggestions for content or format of the AH please send them to me at herald@sca.org, with AH Revision in the subject line. The deadline is the end of the KWHSS in Caid this June.

From Crescent Principal Herald - KWHSS 2007

Caid's College of Heralds (and all of Caid!) is honored to host the 2007 KWHSS at the luxury Crown Plaza Hotel, located conveniently at the Los Angeles Airport, 5985 West Century Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045-5477.

We have negotiated on your behalf an excellent room rate of only $94/night (up to 4 people allowed per room, rate does not include local occupancy taxes). This rate is available from Thursday through Tuesday for those wishing to extend their stay. Register directly with the hotel for your lodgings -- tell them you are with the KWHS Symposium for the special discount price (reservation code SCA). The hotel only guarantees our block of rooms through May 15. Please contact the hotel early for the best opportunity to reserve a room - (310) 642-7500, (310) 342-7010 (fax), http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cp/1/en/hd/laxap. Parking at the site is $6 for self-park and $8 for valet parking.

Attendees staying at the hotel will receive a $5 discount on KWHSS merchandise!

Registration prices are as follows:

-	Symposium Membership: now-April 1: $30, April 2-May 15 $35, May 16 or after $40 (registration available at the door).

-	Saturday Banquet & Ball: Early Registration $25, May 16 or after $30 (tickets may be available at the door).

-	Sylvana Barrett Scribal Workshop: $100 (pre register only)

-	Non-member surcharge: $3.

Registration form available online at http://www.kwhss.org/reg.html. Registration forms and fees may be sent to Robert MacHott, 2112 W Palais Rd, Anaheim, CA 92804-5432. Checks should be made payable to "SCA - College of Heralds".

If you are interested in teaching a class at Symposium, please contact Su of the Silver Horn at class@kwhss.org. If you wish to submit an article for the proceedings, please contact Bruce Draconarius at proceedings@kwhss.org.

For more information on activities, schedules, area attractions etc, please visit http://www.kwhss.org/2007. See you there!

Send What to Whom

For all Letters of Intent, Comment, Response, Correction, et cetera, which are not posted on OSCAR, send one paper copy directly to each of the Sovereigns of Arms, Laurel, Pelican and Wreath at their mailing addresses as shown on the College of Arms Roster.

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, Pelican 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)

to the SCA College of Arms, PO Box 31755, Billings, MT 59107-1755.

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

Cheques or money orders for submissions, payable to "SCA Inc.-College of Arms" are to be sent directly to the CoA Chancellor of the Exchequer, at Laurel Chancellor of Exchequer, 4N400 Church Rd, Bensenville, IL 60106-2928.

Send roster changes and corrections to Laurel. College of Arms members may also request a copy of the current roster from Laurel.

For a paper copy of a LoAR, please contact Laurel, at the address above. The cost for one LoAR is $3. 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.

Pray know that I remain,

In service,

Elisabeth de Rossignol

Laurel Principal Queen of Arms