[SCA-BMDL] Fwd: [Announcements] APEC - Proposed Corpora Change

[Alaric MacConnal]

An announcement from the Board of Directors.

Alaric
Seneschal

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At the July 2013 Board Meeting, the Additional Peerage Exploratory
Committee (“APEC”) proposed that the Board of Directors create a new
Patent-bearing Peerage Order parallel to the Orders of the Chivalry,
the Laurel and the Pelican. This Rapier Peerage would be for the
related martial arts of rapier and all forms of cut & thrust in the
SCA. In August of 2013, the APEC’s proposal for name, heraldry and
badge was sent out to the membership for commentary, and a second
committee was formed of representatives appointed by the Kingdoms of
the Known World to review the proposal and represent their interests.
After reviewing all commentary received from the membership and the
committees, the Board believes there is enough interest to request
further commentary on the changes that would be required to Corpora if
the Board decides to create such an Order. This will be the final
opportunity for the membership to make its opinions and wishes known
on this subject as the Board will vote at the January 2015 Board
meeting on whether or not to create this Order.

In the event a rapier/cut & thrust peerage is created, the following
would be the proposed changes to Corpora (additions in red; deletions
in blue and struck out.)

Glossary, page 9.

DELETE

[• Peerage: Collectively, the members of the Order of Chivalry, the
Order of the Laurel, and the Order of the Pelican, are referred to as
the Peerage. A member of any of these Orders is a Peer.]

ADD

• Peerage: Collectively, the members of the Order of Chivalry, the
Order of the Laurel, and the Order of the Pelican, and the Order of
Defense are referred to as the Peerage. A member of any of these
Orders is a Peer.

VIII. PERSONAL AWARDS AND TITLES

A. Patents of Arms

2. Order of Precedence Within the Peerage
DELETE
[The Crown may establish the order of precedence within the peerage
according to the laws and customs of the kingdom. However, the
Chivalry, the Laurel, and the Pelican, and Defense are of equal
precedence and must be considered as one group.]

ADD
The Crown may establish the order of precedence within the peerage
according to the laws and customs of the kingdom. However, the orders
of the Chivalry, the Laurel, and the Pelican, and Defense are of equal
precedence and must be considered as one group.

4. Patent Orders:

ADD

d. The Order of Defense:
(i) Members of the Order of Defense may choose to swear fealty, but
are not required to do so. The candidate must be considered the equal
of his or her prospective peers with the basic weapons of rapier
and/or cut-and-thrust combat. The candidate must have applied this
skill and/or knowledge for the instruction of members and service to
the kingdom to an extent above and beyond that normally expected of
members of the Society.

(2) The duties of the members of the order are as follows:

(a)     To set an example of courtesy and chivalrous conduct on and
off the field of honor.
(b)     To respect the Crown of the kingdom; to support and uphold the
laws of the kingdom and Corpora.
(c)     If in fealty, to support and uphold the Crown of his or her kingdom.
(d)     To enrich the kingdom by sharing his or her knowledge and skills.
(e)     To enhance the renown and defend the honor of the peer’s Lady or Lord.
(f)     To advise the Crown on the advancement of candidates for the
Order of Defense

(The section on royal peerage becomes section e, etc.)

D. Titles
4. The titles listed here are considered standard, and may be used by
those who have earned or been granted the appropriate rank or award
within the Society. The College of Arms publishes a more extensive
list of titles and alternative forms, which may also be used freely by
qualified persons. In addition, the College of Arms has full approval
authority over new alternative titles, which must be added to their
list before being released for use in the Society.

DELETE

[TITLE

Master/Mistress
Members of the Orders of the Laurel, the Pelican, and Mastery of Arms.]

ADD

TITLE

Master/Mistress
Members of the Orders of the Laurel, the Pelican, Mastery of Arms, and Defense.


IX. Society Combat

DELETE:

[C. Rapier Fighting in the Society
The Board acknowledges rapier combat as an ancillary activity of the
Society when properly supervised by the Marshals and when approved by
individual kingdoms. Rapier combat may take place within a kingdom
only by rules established by the Marshallate of that kingdom and after
the approval of those rules by the Marshal of the Society. The Marshal
of the Society will maintain guidelines for rapier combat within the
Society. Rapier combat, not having been part of formal tournament
combat in the Middle Ages, shall not be a part of formal tournament
lists for royal ranks and armigerous titles. ]

ADD

C. Royal Lists
Only Chivalric (rattan) combat shall be used for formal tournament
lists for royal ranks.

[This last might need some explanation. The current Section IX.C is a
holdover from a Governing and Policy decision from October 1979, when
the Board decided that rapier combat would be allowed in the SCA as an
ancillary activity. Rapier combat is no longer considered an ancillary
activity and has not been for many years. Also, the duties of the
Society Earl Marshal are properly defined in section VI.D. So this
section is reduced to a single clear, unambiguous rule.]



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