To all the College of Arms and all others who may read this missive, from François Laurel King of Arms, Evan Wreath, and Margaret Pelican, greetings.

From Laurel: A Change of Wreath

On January 10 2005 Evan da Collaureo left the office of Wreath King of Arms for personal reasons. We thank him for all the time and effort he put into the job. We hope that he will return to the College of Arms soon.

Gwenllian ferch Maredudd, Evan's emergency deputy, will be assuming the office of Wreath on a temporary basis starting with the January meeting. We will be advertising for a permanent replacement soon.

From Laurel: Applications for Laurel Being Accepted Now

The office of Laurel Sovereign of Arms is open for applications until March 31, 2005. If you are interested in applying for the office please review the want-ad posted at: http://sca.org/officers/jobs.html?posid=22.

From Laurel: KWHS 2005

KWHS 2005 will be held July 22-24 in Longmont, Colorado (Outlands). PLEASE NOTE: The Raintree became the Radisson Hotel & Conference Center Longmont-Boulder at the first of the year. Hotel costs for the event are $79/night, for up to four people in the room. Call 1-800-843-8240 or 1-303-776-2000 and request the weekend of July 22-26 SCA Block at the Radisson. To pre-register for the event or volunteer to teach a scribal class, please contact the autocrat, Mistress Rossilin, at kwhss@outlandsheralds.org. To volunteer to teach a heraldry class, please contact Lady Sorcha at whitestag@outlands.org. See the Web page at: http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/kwhs/KWHSWebpage.html

From Laurel: KWHS 2006 (the next year)

We are calling for bids to host the 2006 installment of KWHS. Bids for the 2006 Known World Heraldic Symposium will be considered and a location decided at the KWHS 2005. If you are considering putting in a bid please contact Laurel soon.

From Laurel: Draft Precedents from Shauna's Tenure

Richenda du Jardin, Boar Pursuivant (An Tir), has compiled draft precedents for the tenure of Shauna of Carrick's Point and put them on the Web. The URLs are http://www.cet.com/~sewensel/shauna_name.html and http://www.cet.com/~sewensel/shauna_armory.html for names and armory respectively.

Precedents for Shauna's entire tenure are included: they are labelled "draft" because final decisions have not yet been made about indexing and about which LoAR excerpts are to be included.

Society Pages

Baron Modar Neznanich, Volk Herald, was inducted into the Order of the Pelican on September 4, 2004, at the Tournament of Valor in the Barony of Vatavia in Calontir.

Baron Steffan ap Cenydd of Silverwing, Firebrand Herald, was inducted into the Order of the Laurel in East Kingdom War Court at Pennsic.

Mistress Elena de Vexin, Rouge Scarpe Herald (external submissions, Middle Kingdom), was married on September 18, 2004, and is now ....

Madame Perronnelle Charrette de La Tour du Pin was inducted into the Order of the Pelican on December 11, 2004 at the Yule Revel of the Barony of Stargate in Ansteorra.

The weekend of January 8, in their final court, Their Majesties of Drachenwald John and Honor created Master Johan Magnusson Kivisuo as Herald Extraordinary, with the title of Vesilehti, for his longtime service to the kingdom.

At the same event, Master Guntram von Wolkenstein, Albion Herald (external submissions, Drachenwald), was inducted into the Order of the Laurel.

A few hours later and many miles away, Kiriana Michaelson (incoming Matins Herald, West) was inducted into the Order of the Pelican.

Roster Changes

Gwenllian ferch Maredudd (Wendy Erisman), Bright Leaf Herald (Atlantian commenter), is now Acting Wreath Sovereign of Arms. Her contact information remains the same except for her e-mail address: 1110 Fidler Ln Apt 1411, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3420; 301-588-9229; e-mail: wreath-herald@sca.org, preference: LoI: e-mail LoC: e-mail. She is on the loi@sca.org and loc@sca.org mailing lists. The previous Wreath, Evan da Collaureo ..., remains on the roster and mailing list as Laurel staff.

David of Moffat ..., currently listed as Electrum Herald (An Tir) is stepping into the office of Lions Blood Herald (An Tir) responsible for submissions and will remain on the roster and mailing list. The former Lions Blood, Marya Kargashina ... is no longer on the roster and mailing list.

The new Edelweiss Herald (Drachenwald), responsible for internal submissions, is Thomas Flamanc of Kelsale (John Sawyer), 1 Woodlands Cottages, Mildenhall, Malrborough SN8 2NH, UNITED KINGDOM, phone +44 1672 514 474 (no calls after 9pm UK time), email:edelweiss@sca.org, is added to the roster and mailing list. The previous Edelweiss, Johan Magnusson Kivisuo ..., remains on the roster and mailing list as Vesilehti Herald (Drachenwald).

The current Rampart Herald (Outlands external submissions), Alia Marie de Blois ..., is becoming Palmer Herald (Outlands, admin and emergency deputy). Palmer is on the roster but not the mailing list. The current Palmer Herald, Louis-Philippe Mitouard ... is no longer on the roster. The office of Rampart Herald (Outlands external submissions) is now vacant. Sorcha White Stag will be handling external submissions.

After completing her warrant, Lyriel de la Foret ... has turned the office of Gold Falcon Principal Herald (Calontir) over to Eric St. Leger .... Eric St. Leger, ..., is added to the roster and mailing list. Lyriel de la Foret is removed from the roster and mailing list.

Triton Principal Herald (Atlantia) has changed as well. Please add Eógan Mac Ailpein ..., to the roster and mailing list as Triton Principal Herald (Atlantia). The previous Triton, Michael Batcok ... is removed from the roster and mailing list.

Matins Herald (West), external submissions, is also changing hands this month. The new Matins Herald (West), Kiriana Michaelson ..., is added to the roster and mailing list. Eilis O'Boirne ..., the previous Matins Herald, will remain on the roster and mailing list as Sable Quill Pursuivant (West) in the capacity of Clerk/Deputy for Matins Herald.

The Society President (SCA), Meg Baron, ..., email: president@sca.org is added to roster but not the mailing list.

The phone number for Aryanhwy merch Catmael ..., "Boke Herald" (name and device deputy, Northshield), was incorrect in the CoA roster mailed in September. The correct phone number is ....

Da'ud ibn Auda ..., al-Jamal Herald (commenter, Laurel staff), has a new e-mail address: ....

The e-mail address of Haakon Bjornsson ..., Triskele Principal Herald (Trimaris), had a typo in the June 2004 LoAR Cover Letter. It is ..., or triskele@trimaris.org.

Send What to Whom

For all Letters of Intent, Comment, Response, Correction, et cetera, 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 mailing List.

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 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 Society Chancellor of the Exchequer, who is temporarily acting as Laurel's chancellor of the exchequer.

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

For subscriptions to the paper copy of the LoAR, please contact Laurel, above. The cost for an LoAR subscription is $25 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.

For all administrative matters, or for questions about whom to send to, please contact Laurel.

Scheduling and Status Information

The August Pelican and Wreath meetings were held as a series of mini-meetings at Pennsic.

Wreath and Pelican held a joint meeting in the greater Washington D.C. area on September 25-26, with Wreath holding another meeting in advance on September 11.

The November Wreath meeting was held on November 13, and completed on November 26 and 28.

The December Wreath meeting was held December 18 and completed December 27.

The following is a table showing the status of Letters of Intent, Laurel Letters of Pend and Discussion, and Letters of Intent to Protect. The header rows are the dates of the meetings that will consider them, the dates when primary commentary is due, and the dates when responses to primary commentary are due. The key follows.

Month day: the date on the Letter of Intent, Letter of Pend and Discussion, or Letter of Intent to Protect.
(Month day): for administrative reasons, this LoI has not yet been scheduled.
[P Month day]: postmarked on that bracketed date, so the LoI is redated or postponed.
"-": no LoI is scheduled for that meeting from that kingdom.
?: tentative.

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.

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

Pray know that I remain

In service

François la Flamme
Laurel Principal King of Arms

Created at 2005-02-02T18:21:33