Box 522
Mount Pleasant, SC 29465
15 June, 1990
Unto the heralds of the Society for Creative Anachronism and such others as may read this letter, greetings from Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane, Laurel Queen of Arms!
Good gentlefolk,
The material that comes with this letter has been produced through the efforts of dozens of heralds throughout the Known World. Some items, such as the Rules for Submissions, have literally been years in the making. The financial support provided by the Board of Directors has allowed the College of Arms to take the unprecedented step of distributing these basic materials for Society heraldry directly to every group in the Society.
In many areas this packet is being sent to the primary contact for a group as listed by the Kingdom Seneschal. If you are not the herald for your group, please pass this packet to your group's herald. It should become a part of the permanent files for the herald's office and should be passed on to successive heralds with those files.
The following items are included in the packet and may be reproduced as required for use by members of the Society:
As noted above, these materials are the work of many hands. It is impossible to offer appropriate thanks to all those who contributed. However, I would like to note particularly the services of Martin Bröker, Badger Herald of the East, who accepted the difficult job of editor for the last couple of drafts of the Rules for Submissions, freeing me to work on the Administrative Handbook and other pressing tasks, and Vasili iz Naitemneshoi Dollina, Dragon Herald of the Middle, who printed and mailed out to the College many of the drafts of both the Rules for Submission and the Administrative Handbook, often on very short notice.
Thanks also go to my deputy and designated successor as Laurel Sovereign of Arms, Da'ud ibn Auda, and his staff for accepting the considerable responsibility of actually assembling these packets and distributing them across the Known World. After July 1, 1990, Master Da'ud will be Laurel King of Arms and will also have the responsibility for administering and, where, necessary, emending the regulatory material included here.
Your servant,
[Alisoun]