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April 22, 1997
Unto the members of the College of Arms and all others
who may read this missive do Mistress Jaelle of Armida, Laurel
Queen of Arms, and Mistress Sionyn Muirgen ní Dhomnall,
Pelican Queen of Arms, send Greetings!
The April 1997 Laurel meeting was held on Saturday,
April 12, 1997 and considered the following letters of intent:
Trimaris (December 12), Drachenwald (December 13), Atlantia (December
14), Ansteorra (December 14), Caid (December 16), An Tir (December
18), West (December 21), Calontir (originally dated November 23,
redated to December 23), East (dated December 24), Meridies (dated
December 26), Outlands (dated December 27), Middle (dated December
28), and Caid (dated December 29).
The May 1997 Laurel meeting has been rescheduled
for Saturday, May 10, 1997, with a roadshow in Calontir on Saturday,
May 3, 1997, and will consider the following. letters of intent:
Lochac (December 31, 1996), Atlantia (January 4), Atenveldt (originally
dated October 21, 1996, redated to January 5, 1997.), Drachenwald
(January 5), Ansteorra (January 8), An Tir (January 12), Meridies
(January 25), West (January 26), and East (January 27). Original
commentary on these LoIs must be in the College's hands no later
than March 31, 1997. Responses and rebuttals to commentary must
be in the College's hands no later than April 30, 1997.
The June 1997 Laurel meeting has been rescheduled
for Saturday, June 14, 1997 with a roadshow meeting at the Known
World Symposium on Sunday, June 22, 1997 and will consider the
following letters of intent: Lochac (February 4), Caid (February
5), Ansteorra (February 7), Atlantia (February 9), Drachenwald
(February 10), Meridies (February 19), Calontir (February 25),
Middle (February 25), Trimaris (February 25), Ansteorra (February
27), West (February 27) and Caid (February 28). Original
commentary on these LoIs must be in the College's hands no later
than April 30, 1997. Responses and rebuttals to commentary must
be in the College's hands no later than May 31, 1997.
The July 1997 Laurel meeting is scheduled for Saturday,
July 12, 1997 with a roadshow meeting in Oertha, and will consider
the following letters of intent: Atenveldt (March 1), Atenveldt
(dated Feb 22, postmarked March 3, redated by Laurel to March
3), An Tir (dated February 27, postmarked March 3, redated by
Laurel to March 3), Drachenwald (March 7), Atlantia (March 9),
East (Lochac (dated February 28, redated by Laurel to March 12),
Meridies (March 23), Ansteorra (March 24), East (March 30), Middle
(March 30), and Calontir (March 31). Original commentary
on these LoIs must be in the College's hands no later than May
31, 1997. Responses and rebuttals to commentary must be in the
College's hands no later than June 30, 1997.
The August 1997 Laurel meeting is tentatively scheduled
for Saturday August 23, with a roadshow sometime at Pennsic.
Not all Letters of Intent may be considered when
they are originally scheduled on this Cover Letter. 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,
not all Letters of Intent received have been scheduled because
the administrative requirements (receipt of the forms packet,
receipt of the necessary fees, etc.) have not yet been met.
Scheduling of Letters of Intent:
You will note that we have redated three letters.
All were dated in February, but postmarked after March 1. We
have decided that letters dated the first of the following month
could have been put into the mail system the previous date,
but after the mail pickup, so we are granting them the benefit
of the doubt. As we informed you in the two previous cover letters,
we have redated letters of intent to reflect the date that they
were actually mailed.
Changes to the Roster
Meridies:
The address given last month for the Principal Herald
of Meridies was incorrect. The correct address is: Ilya the Wanderer
(Quinn Rosenblath) 252 Irvine Mobile, AL 366062333 (3344788325).
Middle:
It is with great professional and personal regret
we request that the College remove Master Talan from the mailing
list, though keep him on their rosters. While I, along with the
rest of the college will miss his scholarly commentary and knowledge,
more than that I will miss my friend.
The Dragon Principal Herald is switching. Please
remove Richard Morgan of Cumberland from your mailing lists and
rosters, and put in his place Master Dmitrii Volkovich, who would
be on your mailing lists as Pale Herald of the Middle. His address
is staying the same (for now), but his area code is now 937, making
his entire phone number (937) 8593088. His email
address is: john.polzinetti@lexisnexis.com However, remember
that he does not accept email commentary.
Extra Material in Packet
You will note that in this packet is a mailing from
the Board of Directors. We have volunteered to include this information
in an attempt to get it to as many people as possible at as low
a cost as possible. Please distribute it to as many people as
you can, especially to those without internet access.
Web Page Update
We wish to remind everyone to check the Laurel Web
page (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel) at least monthly. Not
only are LoARs there - current and past, but also educational
articles. Currently we have 6 name related articles and 4 armory
ones. The rules, administrative handbook and glossary of terms
are also there.
Questions for the College
With the submission from Calontir of the Canton of
Aston Tor, a question was raised as to whether we should continue
to register per chevron enhanced. While we have registered this
submission, we are calling on the college for commentary as to
whether we should continue to register this. Please get your
comments to us no later than the end of August.
Registering Mundane Arms in the SCA
You will see that we have pended David of Moffat's
device change. The registration of his device hinges on whether
or not this submission has a blazonable difference from
his mundane arms. Please look at the discussion of this issue
under pends.
Presumption, Conflict, and the Appearance of
Presumption
Under pends you will find a second item pend, the
name of Malik 'Abd al.Rahman (Middle). This is being pended
for problems with the given name. Please look at the discussion
of this issue under pends.
Preparation of letters of intent:
We have discovered a number of problems with letters
of intent:
1. The SCA name on the forms must match the
SCA name on the LoI, and furthermore must be the submitter's
registered name, if there is one, unless it is a change/appeal.
2. There must be a blazon on the armory forms,
which matches the blazon on the LoI.
3. You must fasten all the paperwork for each
submission together using either paper clips or staples.
These requirements are all in the Administrative
Handbook. Continued failure to abide by the Administrative Handbook
could result in letters of intent being rescheduled to a later
date.
Titles - transfer thereof
After much thought we have decided to allow heraldic
titles to be transferred to individual heralds under the following
conditions:
1. The title must have been granted to the individual
herald by the crown of the kingdom and the principal herald of
the kingdom (except in cases where the Principal Herald is receiving
a personal title for himself), or by the Laurel Sovereign, as
a personal title for the herald.
2. The transfer must appear on a letter of intent,
and follow all the requirements of any transfer.
3. The title will be counted as a name, when seeing
how many registered items the person has.
Note: I will not accept a transfer of the Argent
Snail title while I am Laurel.
LoAR Subscriptions and Roster changes:
Send roster changes, additions, subtractions, subscriptions
to the LoAR and address changes to: Mistress Sionyn Muirgen ní
Dhomnall, Pelican Queen of Arms, Jackie Watkins, 3532 Winding
Wind Cove, Bartlett, TN, 381353044. Please make all checks
or money orders payable to "SCA Inc. College of Arms".
The cost is currently $25.00 a year.
Also, remember all administrative issues (requests
for warrants, quarterly reports, etc.) need to be sent to Pelican.
Certified mail.
I cannot accept certified mail at home. If you need
to send me mail return receipt requested, contact me privately,
and I will send you my work address.
Miscellany:
Excerpted from the August 1985 Roster of the College
of Arms: people who were on the mailing list then who are on it
today:
Solar H (Sun): Mistress Marta as tu MikaMysliwy
(Linda M. Miku)
Brigantia PH: Mistress Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane
(E. L. Wimett)
Vesper PH: Duke Frederick of Holland (Flieg Hollander)
Until next month, pray believe that I am, and remain,
Your faithful servant,
Jaelle of Armida
Laurel Queen of Arms