Society for Creative Anachronism

College of Arms

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Pittsburgh, PA 15243

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April 21, 2000

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 March Laurel meeting was held Saturday, March 11, 2000, and considered the following letters of intent: Caid (November 1), Lochac (November 8), Caid (November 15), West (November 15), Drachenwald (November 16), Atlantia (November 17), An Tir (November 29), Laurel (accidentaly dated in July, should be November 30), and Meridies (November 30).

The April Laurel meeting was held Sunday, April 2, 2000 and considered the following letters of intent: Atenveldt (November 1) (delayed due to late receipt of paperwork), Middle (November 28) (redated to December 9 based on postmark), Atenveldt (December 1), Lochac (December 1), Artemisia (December 6), Meridies (December 15), Atlantia (December 16), Æthelmearc (December 21), An Tir (December 30). The April Pelican meeting was held Sunday, April 9, 2000.

The May Laurel meeting is scheduled for Sunday, May 7, 2000, and will consider the following letters of intent: Drachenwald (December 13) (delayed due to late receipt of paperwork), Outlands (December 15) (redated to January 4 based on postmark), Caid (December 22) (delayed due to late receipt of paperwork), Middle (December 24) (delayed due to late receipt of paperwork), Ansteorra (December 31) (redated to January 4 based on postmark), Atenveldt (January 1), Lochac (January 1), Outlands (January 1), Atlantia (January 17), West (January 19), Middle (January 20), Drachenwald (January 26), Lochac (January 26), An Tir (January 27), and Ansteorra (January 31). The May Pelican meeting is scheduled for Sunday, May 14, 2000. Original commentary on these LoIs must be in the College's hands no later than March 31, 2000. Responses and rebuttals to commentary must be in the College's hands no later than April 30, 2000.

The June Laurel meeting is scheduled for Saturday, June 3, 2000 (which affects the commentary deadlines - see below), and will consider the following letters of intent: East (December 31) (delated due to late receipt of paperwork), Meridies (January 30) (delayed due to late receipt of paperwork), Atenveldt (February 1), Outlands (February 1), Caid (February 14), Calontir (February 14), Atlantia (February 18), Lochac (February 20), Middle (February 20), Calontir (February 21), Drachenwald (February 21), Trimaris (February 21), East (February 27), Ansteorra (February 29), and Meridies (February 29). The June Pelican meeting is scheduled for Sunday, June 11, 2000. Original commentary on these LoIs must be in the College's hands no later than April 30, 2000. Responses and rebuttals to commentary must be in the College's hands no later than May 27, 2000.

The July Laurel meeting is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, July 16, and will consider the letters of intent from March.

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.

August meeting and Pennsic

Soon I must schedule the August meeting. As in last year, the best weekend to schedule the meeting is the first weekend of Pennsic. Unlike previous Laurels I live only about an hour from Pennsic and would welcome those who are attending the event to attend the Laurel meeting as well. Last year I scheduled the meeting for the Sunday (the day after land grab), and invited anyone who would be attending Pennsic for the full two weeks to come to the meeting. I received a few comments saying that Sunday was more problematic because that is the primary day for setting up (it also meant that I was unable to help my camp set up). Therefore I am asking in general: if I held the regular Laurel meeting the first weekend of Pennsic (a) would you be interested in going and (b) which day would you prefer? Please let me know.

Roster Changes

Da'ud ibn Auda, al-Jamal Herald (Laurel staff) has moved. His current address is 1014 Georgeland Drive, Duncanville, TX, 75116-2512, 972-572-2792. His e-mail address is unchanged.

Star Principal Herald (Ansteorra) has changed. The new Star Principal Herald is Borek Vitalievich Volkov (Brent Ryder), 5603 Elisa Lane, Parker, TX, 75002-6307, 214-442-5973, borekvv@hotmail.com. The former Star Principal Herald, Francois la Flamme, is removed from the mailing list but is kept on the roster as Sable Roundel Herald. His e-mail address has changed to wendel_bordelon@bmc.com.

There is a new Summits Principality Herald, Seumas dubh as a Ghlinne Easgaiche, (James F. Johnson), 105 Lincoln #4, Ashland, OR, 97520, (541) 552-1811, summits-herald@mind.net. Summits Herald should be on the roster but not the mailing list.

Aoife nic Gillechonhghain, Purpure Pursuivant (Artemisia) is no longer on the roster.

Yin Me Li's title has changed from Azure Pursuivant (Artemisia) to Pillar Herald (Artemisia).

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