[SCA-AE] Crown Tourney Question/personal banner display?

[Mont Bowser]

Quite honestly, this concern (or the others) does not add up for me.  Are
our Peers hermits that must be sought out in remote caves in the wilderness?
No, they attend events locally and in neighboring groups and regions.  Many
of our Peers are gregarious individuals and easy to get to know.  It is not
necessary to have Peers locally to know enough Peers to get three
recommendations.  For anyone who is active in the Kingdom, this is a very
easy requirement to meet.  I would think that anyone who seriously believed
in serving the role of Crown of this Kingdom would already travel and
socialize enough to remedy this perceived problem.

The requirements put forth for Crown are easy to meet.  If they are too hard
for a person to accomplish, just consider how much harder it would be to
actually wear the Crown.

Their Highnesses have presented the standards to follow for their Crown
tournament.  These are realistic and easy to meet.  If anyone has a problem
meeting them, choose not to complain about the requirement but to instead
ask for help meeting them.  In the process, the hopeful participant will
undoubtedly learn many positive things as the effort is put forth to rise to
the occasion.

Corwin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karen Kasper" <arianna_wyn at yahoo.com>
To: <discussion at aethelmearc.org>; "Michael B. Greenstein"
<greenstein at earthlink.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 9:35 AM
Subject: RE: [SCA-AE] Crown Tourney Question/personal banner display?


> "Michael B. Greenstein" <greenstein at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>   >the Peerage as a whole is one of the cornerstones of any successful
reign, and they are thick enough on the ground now that they long since have
been taken off the "endangered" list in AEthelmearc.
>
>   Yes and no.
>
>   If one lives in one of the bigger, older Baronies like the Debatable
Lands, Thescorre, the Rhydderich Hael or Delftwood, sure.
>
>   However....
>
>    Endless Hills has 2 Pelicans and 1 Pel-Laurel (who is married to one of
the Pelicans)
>    Central PA has 3 Pelicans, 3 Laurels, and 1 Pel-Laurel (who's married
to one of the Laurels) spread among 2 or 3 groups.  I believe 2 of the
Pelicans are mostly inactive.
>    St. Swithins' Bog has 2 Pelicans and 2 Laurels
>    West Virginia has 1 Pelican and 5 Laurels, but all of the Laurels live
in either Misty Highlands or Sylvan Glen, which is very far from, say, Port
Oasis
>   I'm not as sure about the Chivalry, since they don't have a web page,
but based on the OP I believe there are 2 in West Virginia, 1 in central PA
and none in Endless Hills or St. Swithins.
>
>   This means that someone who lives in, say, Port Oasis, may not
personally know ANY peers, never mind 3.  And though we try not to be,
people do find peers intimidating, so just going up to one you don't know
and asking for a recommendation could be daunting.
>
>   One could make the case that people without peers in their local groups
who want to fight in Crown should travel more and meet some, since they'll
have to if they win anyway.  But traveling to events is not the same thing
as getting to know foreign peers well enough to feel comfortable asking for
a letter of recommendation.
>
>   I have to agree with Maria that the recommendation of 3 peers seems a
little foreign and a heavy burden as Crown requirements go.
>
>   Arianna
>   who is quite willing to write a letter of recommendation if anyone is in
need
>
>
> Karen Kasper
>
> "I told myself that acts of folly are the only things that one doesn't
regret in life." - Jean-Paul Guyot
>
> "I believe in the indomitable human spirit and the amazing capacity we
have for understanding the world; for love, joy and happiness."  - Michael
Shermer
>
>