Crux Australis Principal Herald Wakeline de Foxley PO Box 91 Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7006 phone: +61 3 6225 4334 herald at sca dot org dot au

Warmest greetings unto the College of Heralds of the Kingdom of Lochac, and unto any others who may read this missive from Wakeline de Foxley, Crux Australis Principal Herald

From Crux Australis

Greetings all,
There were no submissions this month (strange-people must have something else on...), so this CAMeL will be very short. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your hard work during the year and to wish you a joyous holiday season. Be well.

Heraldic Rank

One of the things that I wanted to sort out when I took over as Crux was the whole question of heraldic rank in the College. We have periodically discussed the situation over the last few years but never really made up our minds about what we mean by the two ranks we currently have (and whether they serve any useful purpose anyway). It would be lovely if we could formulate a more sensible system than "Crux waves his/her magic wand and it is so - for now".

The rank issue is tied quite strongly to heraldic education, something again which we haven't really talked about for a while.

William Castille wrote to me a couple of weeks ago to ask whether I was doing anything about these matters (I was not). Better yet, he offered to help out-an offer that I have gratefully accepted. At this point I have asked William to work out what we _as a group_ want to do with ranks and how this ties into heraldic education (and consequently what we need to do there too). It is no good me (or William) devising our own system, this really needs to be a path we choose collectively.

Given the nature of William's task I think it appropriate to temporarily assign him the currently dormant title of Mortar Herald. William will fill that office until we have worked out what we want to do, at which point the office will be formally advertised to see who will be responsible for implementing any changes that we devise.

How William goes about his task is up to him, but I imagine that he will rely pretty heavily on discussions on the Blazons list. So if yoa re not subscribed, then get online and let us know what you think. I am sure that William would be delighted to hear from you privately if you wish.

Important Addresses

Submission Requirements

Cost: $20 per new submission (name, device or badge). No cost for resubmissions (within the permitted time limit) or branch submissions. Note: a new name and device costs a total of $40. Make cheques or money orders payable to "SCA Inc. College of Heralds". Do not send cash through the post!

Copies required:

NAMES: Two (2) copies of both the form and ALL documentation, including title page of each book NB: The title page is not the same as the book cover! Essays about a submitter's persona may be entertaining, but do NOT constitute documentation. When citing web sites as documentation, you must include a printout of the pages used. Please don't staple your forms, paperclips are fine and loose is ok too.

DEVICES AND BADGES: Four (4) colour copies and one (1) black & white OUTLINE copy. The colour copies should be accurately coloured, preferably in felt tip pen. Colour printers or faint coloured pencil is not acceptable. The colours must be visible across a crowded Herald's meeting. Laurel has requested that gold pen NOT be used, as it deteriorates in files and turns to glue. Please don't staple your forms, assuming that all goes well at kingdom level they are separated and go to four different homes. Paperclips are fine and loose is ok too. 

Please include ALL necessary documentation to support each submission. It is the responsibility of the submitter to present their submission in a way that makes registration easy. Name documentation should be as accurate as possible. Failure to provide sufficient documentation is a cause for return of your submission. If you are having trouble with your documentation then speak to your local herald. If they can't answer your specific question, consider writing to Blazons, or contacting me. If I don't know the answer but I will at least be able to point you in the direction of someone who will.

From Baryl - December Meeting Results

The December meeting was held on Tuesday 1^st December 2005. Present at the meeting were Wakeline de Foxley, Crux Australis Herald and Massaria da Cortona; Baryl Herald.

Submissions Forwarded to Laurel

News from Laurel LoARs

From Laurel's September Letter of Acceptance and Return

Acceptances

Annabella Debonnaire. Name.

Arganhell merch Briauc. Device. Gules, on a fess rayonny argent three torteaux.

Everard Sefar. Device. Argent, a cross botonny and a chief triangular gules.

Isabella Rossini. Device. Argent, a saltire azure, overall a fireball gules.

John Bucstan de Glonn. Name.

Sabine d'Antan. Name.

Serafina di Giovanni Carducci. Name and Device. Vert, on a bend between two vols Or three thistles palewise vert flowered gules.

Thaddeus Blayney. Name.

Yolande Kesteven. Name.

Corrections

Edmund Alekonner. Name correction from Edmund Alekoner.

Checky vert and argent, on a pale azure a bear rampant argent.

Listed on the LoAR as Edmund Alekoner. His name was registered as Edmund Alekonner on the August 2004 LoAR.

Returns
None!

Wakeline de Foxley,
Crux Australis Principal Herald