[Artemisia] Artemisia Digest, Vol 126, Issue 13

[Sage Herald of Artemisia]

Thanks Juliana.  That's good to know.  I suggest we keep it in mind from
now on.  That particular church has been celebrating on those two specific
weekends for the last 37 years.  So I doubt they be changing the schedule
any time soon.

As to Cates suggestion of dividing into principalities, I think
principalities are fun.  And with rising travel costs, it's probably time
to discuss the idea.  That being said, I disagree to Cates proposal of
dividing along the Utah/Idaho border.  First of all, that would bisect the
shire of Cote du Ciel.  Second, having looked at the kingdom map, I believe
the biggest gap that bisects the kingdom between groups is along the
Idaho/Montana border.  Third, we need to look at population.  Each
principality would need to have at least 100 people in it.  The full
requirements from the organizational handbook to be a principality are as
follows:

Principality: A principality is a part of a kingdom which has the right to
select a reigning Prince and Princess by armored combat. A branch or
contiguous group of branches within a kingdom may petition for principality
status if the resulting entity would fulfill the requirements listed below:

a. At least 100 members.

b. Candidates for all Great Officer positions, each of whom is acceptable
to the kingdom officer responsible for the direction of that aspect of
Society activity, and such other officers as kingdom law and custom may
require.

c. A name and device registered with the College of Arms.

d. Consensus favoring advancement in branch status by the members in the
proposed principality, demonstrated by procedures acceptable to the Kingdom
and Society Seneschals.

e. A record of well-attended events together with regular study or guild
meetings, demonstrations, and other educational activities for the benefit
of the members and the community at large.

f. Sufficient members of the orders conferring Patents of Arms to foster
the development of those orders and the skills they represent within the
principality.

g. Sufficient fighters of such caliber as to provide appropriate
competition for the Coronet.

h. A body of principality law which provides for the maintenance and
succession of the Coronet, and for any other matters delegated or permitted
by the parent kingdom. Draft laws, in the form in which they will be
presented to the victors of the first Coronet Lists, must accompany a
petition for principality status.



> FWIW. Kingdom Law already has a line item addressing this issue.  (And
> this was in Atenveldt Law when we were a Principality as well).  Basically
> it says "Any kingdom event date may be adjusted to an adjacent weekend
> during the calendar process if it should fall on a religious observance".
>  As long as folk are paying attention when scheduling it shouldn't ever be
> an issue.
>
> Juliana
>
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> Artemisia
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 11:38 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Artemisia Digest, Vol 126, Issue 12
>
> There is another mundane scheduling conflict that we should consider
> regarding the Kingdom Calendar.  A large portion of Utah and southern Idaho
> are busy with religious observances on the first weekend in April and
> October every year.  This makes it difficult to recruit these people to
> join and stay in the SCA.  This may have been one of the reasons we used
> the second weekends back when we were a principality.
>
> YIS,
>
> Sneferu sa Djedi
>