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Greetings from Yolande,<br>
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I like this idea of an ongoing Ceremonial Committee, not just one that
does the work once and is disbanded. The Ceremonial is a fluid,
ever-changing creature, yet is full of history and traditions that we
don't want to loose. A regular group of people working on it is a good
idea.<br>
<br>
Quentin wrote:<br>
<font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">"That drawback is how do
we know if that ceremony is good,
sufficient, correct, and accepted by the Principality?"<br>
<br>
A ceremonial does not need to be accepted by the Principality. Sure, it
should be good, sufficient, and correct. But accepted? Maybe I'm
missing your point here.<br>
</span></font><br>
Quentin wrote:<br>
<font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">"In order to add, delete,
or change a ceremony in the
official Tir Righ ceremonial, someone comes forward with a ceremony to
add,
wordings to change, or the call to delete a ceremony from the
ceremonial.
Anyone can do this. If Viscountess Amanda wants a change in the
ceremonial,
this is what she does. If John the Great Newcomer wants to write a
ceremony to
be evaluated for the ceremonial, he can do so!"<o:p></o:p></span></font>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p><br>
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I disagree with this. Anyone does not, and should not, have the power
nor the right to do this.<br>
<br>
One very important thing needs to be remembered - that the Ceremonies
are the word of the Coronet. Just as Heralds are the voice of the
Coronet. I have a problem with John the Great Newcomer coming up and
wanting to change the words of the Coronet. It is not his right to do
so. And respectfully, neither is it the right of a Royal Peer. The only
ones that can do that are the Royals. Certainly anyone can make
suggestions, but the committee would be there to vet the suggestions
and then present the changes to the Royals for acceptance or not. I'm
hoping this is what you meant.<br>
<br>
As for who makes up the committee, Quentin mentions Court Patrons. Do
you mean Royal Patrons? Otherwise, I don't know what a Court Patron is.<br>
<br>
This idea of an ongoing Ceremonies Committee should be made first to
Their Highnesses to see if They are
in agreement with having a Ceremonial Committee (I don't see why They
wouldn't agree - it's more a matter of principle). Once Their
permission is gained, then a formal proposal can be written, along with
a list of names for committee members and submitted to Them for final
approval. <br>
<br>
Yolande (who is *extremely* reluctant to take on any more work, but who
really is interested from a retinue perspective . . .)<br>
<br>
Quentin Martel wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Greetings unto the <st1:place
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of Tir Righ from Quentin Silver Yale!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">One of our duties as a <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Heralds</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
is to provide the Coronet with a ceremonial. This ceremonial is the
default
ceremonial that the Coronet can use should They so choose or if They
would
prefer not to write Their own ceremony from scratch. Additionally for
those
Coronets who want to write Their own ceremonies, we still need to
provide
support and guidance to Their efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The process of making a
ceremonial for the Principality has
been ongoing by many, many hands for my entire tenure as Silver Yale.
Many
ceremonies have been written, some have been used, but all of them
suffer from
one major drawback. That drawback is how do we know if that ceremony is
good,
sufficient, correct, and accepted by the Principality?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">In order to answer this
question, I am proposing that we
endorse and enact the following process.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">We create a ceremonial
committee. This committee is
comprised of 5 members: Silver Yale, the Tir Righ Court Herald (or
another
staff herald if there is no Court Herald) and 3 at large members. I
would like
the committee to be as diverse as possible. Both genders represented,
Royal
Peers, people who have served as a Landed Baron or Baroness, Court
patrons,
Retinue members, and so on. This committee needs to be familiar with
what works
for a ceremony from many different perspectives.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">That committee will make
a list of requirements for our
ceremonies. Here is my starting list:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">A Tir Righ ceremony must<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">- Honor all Principality,
Kingdom, and Society traditions<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">- Perform the ceremony it
claims<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">- Be easy to perform<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">- Be neither too quick
nor too long<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">- Take into account
positions of those involved<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">- Have people make proper
entrances and exits<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">- Be performable even if
major artifacts are missing<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">In order to add, delete,
or change a ceremony in the
official Tir Righ ceremonial, someone comes forward with a ceremony to
add,
wordings to change, or the call to delete a ceremony from the
ceremonial.
Anyone can do this. If Viscountess Amanda wants a change in the
ceremonial,
this is what she does. If John the Great Newcomer wants to write a
ceremony to
be evaluated for the ceremonial, he can do so!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The committee gets
between 2 weeks and a month to evaluate
the ceremony. A simple majority vote is needed to get the committee's
recommendation. If it passes the committee, the ceremony is sent to the
Coronet
for Thier approval. If the Coronet approves, the ceremony is added to
the Tir
Righ ceremonial.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Note that this doesn't
stop the Coronet from using Their
preferred ceremony. Rather it gives our Coronet the solid backdrop of a
consistent and agreed upon ceremonial that They can use as They see
fit. Also,
this ceremonial can have multiple different ceremonies that do the same
thing,
just in different ways.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">What this does give us is
an agreed upon process to make our
ceremonies official. Rather than having to get buy off from everyone,
we have a
body that is designed to evaluate our ceremonies, charged with the
responsibility to do so, and given the power to carry out that job.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">This is my proposal to
the College. Please let me know what
you think!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">- Quentin Silver Yale<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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