[Artemisia] Kingdom Responsibilities - Officers vs Royalty

[LadyPDC at aol.com]

I have to agree with Alan, though Morgan does make some good points.   
Perhaps it would be easier understood if we looked at similar examples outside  
of the SCA.
 
An attorney working on a case usually has many assistants, aids and  
secretaries who gather the materials he needs and put them in place.   However, it 
is the attorney who presents to the court and, if something is  wrong, the 
judge will not ask the secretary why she didn't have the evidence  needed in 
court.
 
In most businesses, the owner(s) receive the lions share of any profit but  
they also have to handle any problems that come up.  They almost always  
have employees who do most of the work.  Those workers do what the owner  
tells them to do and the owner has to answer to their clients, customers, and to 
 the tax man if something isn't done right.  
 
Right now most of us are in the process of doing our taxes.  Many of  us 
will use the services of someone else to complete these taxes, mostly because  
they are so difficult to understand.  Whether we use a tax accountant, a  
service like H&R Block, or a program out of the box, if there is an error it  
is us that the IRS will come to and expect to explain or pay.  We might  
fire or sue the service who prepared the return for us but that won't mean 
that  the IRS will come to them.  It is our responsibility to hire a good 
advisor  or to choose a good program and use it right and it is us who have to 
answer any  questions from the IRS.
 
In all of those cases and in the SCA, we do have others to help "da boss"  
but ultimate responsibility still rests at the top.  If "da boss" picks  
good people, then those people will do the job well and "da boss" doesn't have  
to solve any issues.  And, in all of the examples including the SCA, doing  
a good job relies on good information whether it is in the form of good  
instructions or in the form of full information and good communications.
 
When you look at it from that point of view, both Alan and Morgan are  
correct but Alan is just a bit "more" correct.  And it would be a good idea  for 
all offices to have or create some basic instructions and for every office  
holder to add to or edit said instructions.  (and it shows how important it 
 is for royalty to know the people of their land and to make good 
selections in  their courts and officers) (ok, to participate in the selection of  
officers)
 
:::::::climbing off of the darn soapbox that somehow found me  again::::::::
 
 
 
Constance de la Rose, OL

Barony of Loch  Salaan
Kingdom of Artemisia

"Remember, it should also be  fun"

 
In a message dated 4/9/2009 9:58:21 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  
dukealan at q.com writes:


Hi  Morgan,

Interesting discussion.  We're coming from 2 different  viewpoints and 
experience levels.  Including levels of  responsibility.  I feel that a Crown 
that gives an award is responsible  to make SURE that person receiving the 
award gets credit for it.

Here's  a question for you...

Do you still have copies of the Court Reporting  forms you completed for 
those Crowns/Coronets?

I have the ones from my  reigns....

Perhaps that will make my point a bit more  clear.

Alan

> Admittedly, in my long history of Voxing, I  have not always been as 
thorough in doing all of those duties, including those  times when I served Your 
Grace so, but I have learned, and hope to give others  the benefit of my 
learning.
> 
> Of course, I hope all of the  Crowns and Coronets, past, present, and 
future, know that they can call on me  anytime to serve in that capacity, 
whether it be for the entire reign, that  one event, or just one Court.  And I 
promise to do the Court Report for  you. :-)
> 

> Morgan, former Vox Gryphus, often Vox Terrenus  (temporary), currently 
Vox Brinus
> 
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