[NS-Heralds] Fwd: [CALONTIR] On registering names, and new ruling

[Patrick Anderson]

But...

By our basic charter to a certain extent we SHOULD be authenticity
police. I paraphrase but: Everyone should have a documentably pre-17th
Century name.

Our standards are incredibly loose within that purview, but that is the
mandate.

Why should we allow "SCA-Compatible" names in that mandate?

Gabriel

On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:55:16 -0500, "Albrecht Waldförster"
<albrecht.waldwaechter at gmail.com> said:
> OY! indeed!!
> 
> What next? Require us to complete the submission forms using only a
> persona-appropriate hand?
> 
> This is supposed to be FUN! Educational, but fun. Requiring the heralds
> to be authenticity police for the most personal part of someone's SCA
> participation, particularly when it's just about the only officially
> enforced part, is asking too much and makes us that much more
> disrespected in the community. We need to figure out a way to help the
> populace *want* to have period names, not force them to.
> 
>     Woodwose, grumpy retired herald
> 
-- 
Patrick Anderson
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