Unto the members of the College of Arms, from Baldwin
of Erebor, Laurel King of Arms. My lords and ladies,
Enclosed herewith is the letter of acceptances and
returns for the Laurel meeting of 10 November. Submissions were
processed at this meeting from Laurel (9/26), Ansteorra (8/1),
Ansteorra (8/5), Caid (8/7), West (8/18), and Ansteorra (8/31).
There were 74 approvals and 12 returns, for an 86% approval rate.
The December meeting was held on the 15th. The letters
processed at this meeting were for the Middle (7/15), Caid (9/11),
West (9/16), Atenveldt (9/17), Atenveldt (9/18), and Trimaris
(9/18). The Middle letter of 9/30 has been rescheduled to the
January meeting.
Schedule
The January meeting has been scheduled for the 19th.
Submissions will be processed for the Middle (9/30), Ansteorra
(10/10), East (10/17), West (10/24), Atlantia (10/25), East (10/26),
East (10/27), and Atenveldt (10/31).
The February meeting has been scheduled for the 16th.
Letters of intent will be processed for Laurel (1/5), Calontir
(10/30) (arrived 11/22), Atenveldt (11/7), Meridies (11/10), Caid
(11/11), West (11/12), East (11/27), East (11/28), and Ansteorra
(11/29). Letters of comment should arrive no later than February
8. I have not yet received the letter of intent or forms from
Meridies.
The March meeting has been scheduled for the 9th.
The letters of intent to be processed at this meeting are An
Tir (12/10), Caid (12/11), West (12/18), Ansteorra (12/22), East
(12/22), East (12/23), An Tir (12/30), and Middle (12/30). Letters
of comment should arrive no later than March 1.
Tentative meeting dates for the following months
are April 6 and May 18. These are subject to change depending
on local event and work schedules.
Personnel
There were two errors in the Personnel section of
the 29 December cover letter. Lord Anebairn MacPharim in s new
title is Barding Herald Extraordinary, not Pursuivant. He also
has a new address: Ben McFarling, 3806 Avenue B #103, Austin,
TX 78751. The phone number correction for Mistress Graidhne was
also wrong: it is Mistress Minowara Kiritsubo (Ibis) whose farspeaker
cipher should be corrected to (301) 9840142; Mistress Graidhne's
number is still (614) 4360412.
Pale and Oaken Heralds have exchanged jobs. Lord
Vasili iz Naitemneshoi Dollina is now Pale, and Mistress Graidhne
ni Nuaidh is now Oaken. Aten Herald has moved back to Albuquerque:
Mistress Keridwen of Montrose (Margaret Foster), P.O. Box 4812,
Albuquerque, NM 87196; (505) 2430728. Master Vuong Manh
has resigned as Kraken Herald. His successor (as Kraken Pursuivant)
is Lord Thomas Longshanks (Tom McDonald), 215 Gay Road, Warrenton,
VA 22186; (703) 3491433. He is expected to begin commenting
in the near future.
Please remove Lord Andreas of Green Village (Lanner),
Lord Henry of Linlithgow (Buckler), and Lady AElfhaelen Dracasidth
(Shield) from the list of commenting heralds.
An updated College of Arms roster is enclosed with
this letter.
Rules changes
Effective immediately, registration of tinctureless
badges is restricted to the seals of Principal Heralds
only. The seal of a Principal Herald must include the crossed
straight trumpets of the College of Arms as a major design motif.
A number of heralds have expressed unhappiness with
the fact that a titled herald is allowed to register a tinctureless
seal, but no one else may. I agree that this is not fair, and
after reflecting on the matter, have decided to close the gap.
The sole exception the seal of a Principal Herald
is being made for historical reasons, and to allow Principal Heralds
of other kingdoms to achieve parity (if they wish) with those
who have already registered seals.
This ruling does not apply to the seals of the Crux
Australis and Lion's Blood Heralds, which were submitted to the
College of Arms before this ruling was made.
Et cetera
Please take note of the discussions on Giovanni dei
Fiori (pp. 68) and Sternwulf von Drakenwijk (p. 9).
I pray you believe me to be, my lords and ladies,
enclosures