[Artemisia] Kingdom Responsibilities - Officers vs Royalty

Thu Apr 9 12:24:34 CDT 2009

If I may 'sum up' (from my days as a cadet learning Fundamentals of 
Leadership.)
The three rules of being a good leader:

1. Surround yourself with good people, and let them do their jobs
2. Leadership is 10% issuing guidance, and 90% following-up
3. You can always delegate authority, but you can never delegate 
responsibility

Ryryd
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Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 11:02 AM
Subject: [Artemisia] Kingdom Responsibilities - Officers vs Royalty

>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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