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Polling Orders

31 Thursday Mar 2022

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Congratulations! You have just been given an award that comes with a Grant of Arms! Your hard work, artistry or marshal skills have just been recognized and you’ve been handed a beautiful scroll. What happens next?

Welcome to the Order! In Æthelmearc, we customarily use the title “The Honorable (Lady/Lord)” or the gender neutral “Noble” for holders of a Grant of Arms. You may also use any of the alternate titles allowed by the College of Heralds, found here Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. (sca.org).

Most Polling Orders recommend people who excel in either a skill or an area of service, the teaching of others, service to the Society and demeanor worthy of the Order (often you will hear the phrase PLQ’s -Peer-like Qualities – and it applies to the Grant level orders as well as the Peerage). Generally, you will have made an impact within the Kingdom in some area or have held varying responsibilities in your local group. It is an accolade, but also an encouragement to continue what you are doing that brings you joy.

As a member of a Polling Order, one of your most important new jobs is to advise the Crown and bring to Their notice gentles who would make a good addition to the order (the same holds true for the Peerage Orders; this is actually codified under the responsibility of a Peer in Corpora).

Orders generally put out a poll once each reign, and the Order members vote candidates. The results of these polls are then sent to the Royalty, who take them into consideration when bestowing awards during their reign. It is their sole prerogative whether to give awards or not, but in practice most Royalty are guided by the Order polls.

How do you get on the polling list? So glad you asked! The easiest way is to contact the clerk for your specific Order as soon as possible. Here is the list of all the Æthelmearc clerks.
Polling Orders | The Sylvan Kingdom of Æthelmearc (aethelmearc.org)

Contact the Clerk for your order today and get on the list! Without your input, other deserving gentles will not be recognized!

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A Missive From Their Highnesses

16 Thursday Mar 2017

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Timothy and Gabrielle

King Timothy and Queen Gabrielle. Photo by Christina Mary Lowe, called Jinx.

Unto glorious Æthelmearc do Timothy and Gabrielle, Prince and Princess send warm greetings,

Prior to moving here, the SCA had lost much of its magic for us. Once we got to Æthelmearc , we found ourselves once again enjoying all the wonders that the Society has to offer. But we understand that isn’t the experience that everyone has here. Like any large organization it can be easy to feel left out or left behind if you aren’t part of the “in” crowd. We have always endeavored to treat everyone, regardless of rank, with courtesy and kindness, and are pleased that so very many of everyone in this kingdom does the same.

However, with many thousands of members, sometimes personality conflicts arise. Members with different ideas of how things should be compete with one another and typically, one comes out on top. This can cause many fine people to become disillusioned and leave, taking with them a little piece of our magic. We have solicited for ideas, and continue to do so, as to what we can do to bring people back into the fold. As you can imagine, we received quite a bit of feedback. There were many ideas, many of which (big surprise) were in direct conflict with one another. Setting those aside for now, there was one large, over-arching theme, the cliquish nature of the organization makes our warm welcome, while not the sole exception, far from the norm, even for people whose first experience with the society is in Æthelmearc .

There are several steps we would like to implement to try and correct this situation. First and simplest, for the duration of our reign, we would welcome those with Peerages into the Grant level order meeting along that track Knight/Gage, Pelican/Millrind, Laurel/Fleur, Mod/WS. Further, we invite those who have the equivalent Grant level award from other kingdoms to join us in our order meetings. We welcome PMs discussing this matter, as we will be considering adding this to kingdom law. These members have valuable contributions, and why should we exclude them simply because they have not had the good fortune to spend their entire SCA career in Æthelmearc?

Second, and more difficult, concerns the single largest facet of the cliquish nature of our organization. There is no polite way to say this, so we will be blunt. There are more times than any of us care to admit that some of the more strong willed members of our polling orders can effectively and thoroughly block someone who is deserving of recognition in perpetuity. We clearly don’t know every personality conflict, we haven’t been present at every conversation where someone spoke rashly, or when a sentence was taken out of context. In the past, We have given awards to gentles we are familiar enough with to recognize that they have been blocked unfairly. As King and Queen, we had that right, and as Prince and Princess, we soon will once again, but not everyone is afforded the opportunity to correct injustices they perceive. So we would ask our citizens this: if you feel someone has been unfairly victimized in this fashion, make your best case to us. We certainly will not grant all of these requests, but we will honestly listen. It is easier to go into an order meeting and discuss a candidate if we understand some of the background and personality conflicts before people voice their opinions. Just please do this prior to our order meetings, so we have time to look into the background, and your case.

Finally, we want to see members of our polling orders actively fostering others. If you are a knight, or would like to be, go out and train newer fighter, whether they are your squire or not. If you are a Laurel or a Fleur, why wait for an Æcademy? Run a workshop or a guild. In short, mentor people. We should be shepherds, nurturing folks as they grow, rather than serving as goaltenders keeping them out of our Orders.

In service to Æthelmearc,

Timothy and Gabrielle

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War Practice Meetings

04 Monday May 2015

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annualmeetingcallThe following meetings and other activities have been scheduled at War Practice 26 as of 1 May.
Hope to see you all there,
-Aidan ni Leir

The Court of TRM Timothy and Gabrielle will be held on Saturday, starting at 7 pm in the Great Hall.

ARTS ACTIVITIES:
Artisans’ Challenge

Saturday, 12 pm – 4 pm, Great Hall
Artisans’ Display
Saturday, 12 pm – 4 pm, Great Hall
Artisans’ Playtime
Saturday, 12 pm – 4 pm, Great Hall

ÆTHELMEARC ORDER MEETINGS:
Order of the Fleur

Saturday, 11 am – 12 noon, A&S Tent #2
Order of the Gage
Friday evening, after the Meet’n’Beat, on the field
Order of the Laurel
Saturday, 1 pm – 3 pm, A&S Tent #1
Order of the Millrind
Saturday, 9 am – 10 am, A&S Tent #2
Order of the Pelican
Saturday, 4 pm – 5:30 pm, A&S Tent #1

OFFICER MEETINGS:
Arts & Sciences Meeting

Friday, 3 pm – 4 pm, Upper Bathhouse
Chatelaines’ Meeting
Saturday, 9 am -10 am, A&S Tent #1

OTHER MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES:
Heralds’ Consult Table

Friday, 3 pm – 8 pm, Great Hall
Tribe Auction Display
Friday, 12 pm – 6 pm, Great Hall
Heralds’ Consult Table
Saturday, 10 am – 4 pm, Great Hall
Tribe Auction Display
Saturday, 10 am – 4 pm, Great Hall
Equestrians’ Meeting
Saturday, 5 pm – 6 pm, Upper Bathhouse
Royal Guild of Assassins Meeting
Saturday, 5 pm – 6 pm, A&S Tent #3

Sunday, starting at 9:30 am, Great Hall

Brunch will be available to all on both Saturday and Sunday from 8 am to 11 am in the Great Hall.

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