Society for Creative Anachronism
College of Arms
For the November 2023 meetings, printed January 2, 2024
To all the College of Arms and all others who may read this missive, from Emma Laurel, Elisabetta Pelican, and Iago Wreath, greetings.
The time has come to turn over my office. I am pleased to announce that the Board of Directors has, with my blessing, accepted Birgitta Lulli as the next Laurel Queen of Arms. Birgitta is well known to many of us as she has been a member of the College of Arms since 1996. A member of the Order of the Pelican, she has also been Pelican King of Arms and twice Schwarzdrachen Principal Herald, among many other offices!
The formal change of office will take place at the next quarterly Board Meeting, which happens to also be the weekend of vKWHSS in January. Her formal introduction will be on next month's Cover Letter.
For those considering bidding on the 2025 Known World Heraldic and Scribal Symposium, the deadline to have your bid entered into OSCAR is June 1, 2024. This deadline may be extended as needed, but we would prefer to be able to announce the bid's award sooner than later.
Please remember that bids posted to OSCAR are publicly readable. Because of this, any personal information, such as legal names, addresses, phone numbers, and email, should not be included in these bids without signed written permission. Such information as is necessary for the entire College of Arms to see should be posted as a comment after the bid is finalized; any identifying information that the Sovereigns might need should be included as a Sovereign Note.
Please send a copy of the full unredacted bid to Laurel at [email protected].
As a reminder, there is a KWHSS domain and web hosting space available on the SCA's servers. Please do not register a new domain.
There is some information available at https://heraldry.sca.org/kwhss/, with new pages in the works (thank you, Wu!) but if you have questions before the updates pages happen, please contact Laurel.
The Nahuatl alternate titles list proposed on Palimpsest's August 30th Rules Letter is accepted with some changes. The updated list will be available at https://heraldry.sca.org/titles.html within a few days. We thank Kallinikos Gavras, Rouge Scarpe Herald for sharing his research that led to the Rules Letter and Lillia de Vaux, Crampette Herald, for her additional research shared during commentary.
Based on Palimpsest's August 31st Rules Letter, a new section is added to SENA A5E5 to address the difference in orientation/type between ordinaries. The update will be available at https://heraldry.sca.org/sena.html#A5E5c within a few days.
On December 16, upon the occasion of the Midwinter Feast in Caer Galen, and the elevation of those within the Outlands College of Heralds, Countess Matilda de Seton was recognized by Æðeluulf White Stag Principal Herald as a Herald Extraordinary for her repeated service as Queens Voice (Blue Iris Herald), Ceremonies Deputy (Gimlet Herald), and Education Deputy (Weel Herald), over many long years of joyous service to the Crown and College.
Please send information about happenings to major heralds and major happenings to all heralds to Laurel, so that it can be published here.
Letters of Intent, Comment, Response, Correction, et cetera are to be posted to the OSCAR online system. No paper copies need be sent. All submission forms plus documentation, including petitions, must be posted to the OSCAR online system.
Cheques or money orders for submissions, payable to "SCA Inc.-College of Arms" are to be sent to Trent Le Clair, 928 Frazier Dr, Walla Walla WA 99362
Send roster changes and corrections to Laurel. College of Arms members may also request a copy of the current roster from Laurel.
For a paper copy of a LoAR, please contact Laurel, at the address above. The cost for one LoAR is $3. Please make all checks or money orders payable to "SCA Inc.-College of Arms". The electronic copy of the LoAR is available free of charge. To subscribe to the mailings of the electronic copy, please see the bottom of http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/lists.html#lists for more instructions.
For all administrative matters, please contact Laurel.
Items listed below in square brackets have not been scheduled yet. For information about future scheduling, please review the status table located on the Web at http://oscar.sca.org/index.php?action=137.
The November Laurel decisions were made at the Pelican meeting held on Sunday, November 12, 2023 and the Wreath meeting held on Saturday, November 11, 2023. These meetings considered the following letters of intent: An Tir (01 Aug, 2023), Ansteorra (03 Aug, 2023), Gleann Abhann (05 Aug, 2023), Laurel LoPaD (14 Aug, 2023), Caid (16 Aug, 2023), Calontir (16 Aug, 2023), Ansteorra (24 Aug, 2023), Ealdormere (24 Aug, 2023), Lochac (28 Aug, 2023), Æthelmearc (29 Aug, 2023), Atlantia (29 Aug, 2023), East (29 Aug, 2023), Palimpsest Rules Letter (30 Aug, 2023), Atenveldt (31 Aug, 2023), Avacal (31 Aug, 2023), Drachenwald (31 Aug, 2023), Middle (31 Aug, 2023), Northshield (31 Aug, 2023), Palimpsest Rules Letter (31 Aug, 2023), Laurel LoPaD (17 Sep, 2023) (redraws), Laurel LoPaD (10 Oct, 2023) (redraws). All commentary, responses, and rebuttals should have been entered into OSCAR by Tuesday, October 31, 2023.
The December Laurel decisions were made at the Pelican meeting held on Sunday, December 17, 2023 and the Wreath meeting held on Saturday, December 9, 2023. These meetings considered the following letters of intent: Palimpsest Rules Letter (02 Sep, 2023), Calontir (05 Sep, 2023), An Tir (08 Sep, 2023), Gleann Abhann (09 Sep, 2023), Meridies (10 Sep, 2023), Artemisia (14 Sep, 2023), Laurel LoPaD (18 Sep, 2023), An Tir (23 Sep, 2023), Ealdormere (23 Sep, 2023), Ealdormere (24 Sep, 2023), Ansteorra (25 Sep, 2023), East (26 Sep, 2023), Outlands (26 Sep, 2023), Middle (27 Sep, 2023), Lochac (28 Sep, 2023), Æthelmearc (29 Sep, 2023), Atenveldt (30 Sep, 2023), Atlantia (30 Sep, 2023), Drachenwald (30 Sep, 2023), Northshield (30 Sep, 2023), West (30 Sep, 2023). All commentary, responses, and rebuttals should have been entered into OSCAR by Thursday, November 30, 2023.
The January Laurel decisions will be made at the Pelican meeting held on Sunday, January 7, 2024 and the Wreath meeting held on Saturday, January 20, 2024. These meetings will consider the following letters of intent: Trimaris (30 Sep, 2023) (pushed due to packet not completed), Meridies (02 Oct, 2023), Gleann Abhann (07 Oct, 2023), Calontir (09 Oct, 2023), Laurel LoPaD (11 Oct, 2023), Artemisia (15 Oct, 2023), An Tir (21 Oct, 2023), Caid (22 Oct, 2023), Æthelmearc (23 Oct, 2023), Middle (23 Oct, 2023), Ealdormere (24 Oct, 2023), Outlands (25 Oct, 2023), Ansteorra (26 Oct, 2023), Lochac (26 Oct, 2023), Avacal (27 Oct, 2023), Atlantia (29 Oct, 2023), Drachenwald (29 Oct, 2023), Ansteorra (30 Oct, 2023), Atenveldt (30 Oct, 2023), East (31 Oct, 2023), Laurel LoPaD (21 Nov, 2023) (redraws). All commentary, responses, and rebuttals should have been entered into OSCAR by Sunday, December 31, 2023.
Not all letters of intent may be considered when they are originally scheduled on this cover letter. The date of posting 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,
Emma de Fetherstan
Laurel Queen of Arms
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