[Artemisia] Re: Artemisia Digest, Vol 13, Issue 12

[Godwin FitzGilbert de Strigoil]

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>>From: raedwulf <raedwulf at xmission.com>
>>Sent: Oct 8, 2004 2:11 PM
>>To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
>>Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Spears (longish and somewhat boring)
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>>The only reason Graeleaf mentioned the discussion at Solstice was because
>>that's the one he sat in on with Sir Ronan and Sir Decker (and some others
>>that I can't remember).
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>>I am not a fighter, but I am a deputy to the Earl Marshal and I know that
>>when Duke John, who was King at the time, decided to limit it at 9ft it
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>>announced at a couple different events and Sir Ronan also posted it to the
>>marshallate email list.  The marshals on that list should have spread the
>>word.  So, between the announcements made in courts and Sir Ronan telling
>>the marshals, you would think more people would have been aware of the
>>change.  Unfortunately, handbooks are not always as quickly updated as we
>>would like them to be.
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>>Just sharing what I know,
>>Megen
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I have to echo HL Ulric's post.

A statement by the Crown at an event is a viable means to alter a given 
statement in Kingdom law. E-mails sent from one Kingdom Officer to 
another, is considered official communication.

Are either of these methods a good way to communicate important changes 
to existing rules, no. Are they allowed, yes.

Statements made on e-mail lists are not "official" communication, and 
Kingdom officers are requested to not disseminate information that way.

(I'm reading the current Seneschal's Handbook btw)...

There needs to be a way to post "official" edicts, or changes to rules 
quickly, without having to wait for entire handbooks to change. At that 
point in time, e-mail notifications pointing to the location of the new 
rule could be sent. I can see having several "staged" rule "ammendments" 
waiting to be written into the Kingdom Law book, but still being visible 
to the populace until that time. At some point or points during the 
year, these ammendments can be written into the books.

This situation illustrates marvelously just how bad communication is in 
this Kingdom at every level, and I include myself in that stack.

Godwin