[Artemisia] Fw: Proposed change to Royaltymembershiprequirements

[Andrea Balla]

While I understand your concern about taking the honorable word of the Crown, it clearly has been a problem before.  One that has caused severe turmoil in other kingdoms (the Midrealm story that was linked earlier is a prime example).  Serving a kingdom as King and Queen is an extremely demanding thing to do, I could see it being very easy for something as small as membership to slip through the cracks when other affairs of state are so high on the priority list.  Given the responsibility they are requesting be given to them, I don't think asking them to prove their next year's membership is so much to ask.  It seems a small thing to provide in comparison to the great weights they are fighting to take on.
-Maysun

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 but there is still that nagging part that bugs me- we will no longer accept the Sworn Word of those entering a Crown List, they must prove that their membership will be valid until the end of their reign.  We don't require proof of tenure-duration membership for any other position, including the BoD itself, why require it of our would-be Crowns?  Conversely, if we are going to
>  start requiring tenure-duration proof, why not start with the true ruling authority in the SCA, the Board of Directors.  If they want people to prove that they will be members for the duration of their tenure as Crown, why don't they lead by example?
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