The submissions process is designed to allow the SCA-wide
registration of names and armory. Of course, it is not necessary to submit a
name, device or badge in order to use it, but the benefits of submitting and
registering these are:
- to verify or imporove their authenticity,
- to minimise the chances of someone else using them (and check that
no-one already is), and
- to give the College of Scribes something to put on any award scrolls you
may be entitiled to.
When a submission is received by the Crux Australis Herald, it is processed
at the next monthly submissions meeting where a decision is made to forward it
to the SCA College of Arms, return it for further work, or pend it for
administrative reasons.
If the decision is to forward it, the submission is included on a "Letter
of Intent" (LoI) which sent to members of the SCA-wide College of Arms,
as well as the office of Laurel Sovereign of Arms, the SCA's principal heraldic
officer. Many of these members are "commenting" members, responsible for
looking at every submission from each kingdom (including Lochac) and providing
advice on if the submission needs improving and if so how the submission can be improved or (if it cannot be) why it
should be returned for further work by the submittor. These "commenters" are given a month to consider the LoI
and provide comment (feedback) on the submissions containted in the LoI. Commenters then have another month
to consider these original comments on the submission and provide comment on the comments.
Once the final round of comment has been completed, the LoI it is considered at the next
monthly meeting by Pelican Sovereign of Arms and Wreath Sovereign of Arms (Laurel's
deputies for name and amory registrations). Based on the commentary received,
items on that Letter are either registered, returned for further work or
(rarely) pended for another four months.
When an item is registered, returned or pended, the Crux Australis Herald
will write to the submittor informing them of this. Note that due to the delay
between Laurel's deputies' meetings and the official publication of their
decisions it can take from 6-9 months from the time the submission was sent to
Crux Australis until notification of registration or return is sent. If you
submit something then hear nothing about it for 9 months, please feel free to
make enquiries to the Crux Australis Herald (remove brackets around @ before sending). |
