Crux Australis Principal Herald William Castille (Steve Maynard) 57 Brandon St, Marsden, QLD 4132 Ph : +61 7 3200 5500 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 William Castille, Crux Australis Principal Herald

From Crux Australis

Name submissions cause the largest amount of grief of all heraldic submissions

Three of the major problems encountered with name submissions are 1) Lack of proper summary of documentation on submission form 2) Poor or not acceptable documentation 3) no printed copy of the documentation supplied.

Lack of a reasonable summary on the submission form makes the processing of the submission harder than it needs to be.

Persona stories, personal family history and links to web pages such as wikipedia and tourism sites are NOT acceptable documentation.

All heralds and submitters should familiarize themselves with the documentation requirements in the Rules of Submission http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/rfs.html as well as the list of some of the names sources to that should be avoided in http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/admin.html#APPENDIX_F.

The list sources of name documentation for which no printed copy is required can be found http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/admin.html#APPENDIX_H.

The rules may be different now to when you first read them so re-read them even if you have been doing heraldry for 20 years, re-familiarize yourself with them now.

If you have even the slightest doubt about a set of documentations validity, please, please don't hesitate to contact Rocket Herald (rocket@sca.org.au) or myself (herald@sca.org.au) .

Tamsyn (Rocket Herald ) has my full support to be as strict as she thinks is necessary with submissions (Names, Devices & Badges) in order to ensure the submission has a decent chance of success at Laurel Level. I would rather a submission be returned at Kingdom Level, with at most a 6-7 week turn around, than have to wait another 8 to 9 months for the submitter to be told their submission has to be redone.

Contrary to popular opinion heralds do not get any joy out of returning submissions, in fact most get rather disheartened when they have to return a submission. In my opinion, any herald that does gets pleasure out of bouncing submissions does not belong in the college of heralds.

William Castille
Crux Australis Principal Herald

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.

Kingdom returns this month

William Castille,
Crux Australis Principal Herald