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Re: Will I ever get my scroll?
Poster: Grace Morris <gmorris@cs14.pds.charlotte.nc.us>
BRUY|#^oe`50;gj9s䐡ƜZ˫5&TP¸1 On )<j)^Thul,aTuĂP<@3, 6 Aug 1998, Becky McEllistrem wrote:
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> Poster: Becky McEllistrem <beckymc@MICROSOFT.com>
>
> I know most of you won't get this until after Pennsic, but that's
> why I'm sending
> this now. I hope the requests trickle in first and then flood in
> after Pennsic.
> If any group seneschals are online, would you please read this in
> your post Pennsic
> business meetings?
br'
GMV> I have had many folks come up to me at events and say "why haven't I
> received
> my Award of Arms scroll yet when my device passed a year after I
> received
> the award?" Then I check the name with my backlog database and it
> is
> not there. It turns out the name passed was completely different
> from the name on the promissory. Unfortunately, I only get a list
> of what has
> passed from the Clerk of Precedence and not a list of what the
> person was tentatively
> called before submitting. Also, when a scribe is filling out
> promissories sometimes
> we can't get exact spellings thirty minutes before court so we put
> in a close spelling.
> After a reign, if a name has already passed, the Clerk of Precedence
> catches these.
> If a name has not yet passed, I put in what is on the promissory.
> When I do a cross
> reference months later with my database and the OP, I don't get a
> match.
> Clear as mud?
>
> What does this mean? How will I ever get my scroll? Of course, I
> have to wait
> for available scribes to do them, but you may be able to help speed
> up the process
> a little. When you get back from Pennsic (if you are going or if
> not check now) look
> at the names on your promissories. Are they different from the name
> that has passed?
> Even slightly different? If so, please write me with the name on
> the promissory and, then, the
> correct name. I will take these messages and update my database to
> correct
> spellings. It does not mean you will get your scroll right away,
> but it could explain
> some abnormally long waits. Please write me if this is confusing.
> This little
> step could help the college of scribes so much and could explain
> some long waits.
>
> Note: This letter is not to knock the Clerk of Precedence in any
> way. Konrad corrects
> misspellings whenever he can and extremely timely with his help.
>
> If you are at all confused, please write me. This is a very
> difficult process to explain in
> email.
>
> Lady Rebecca the Contrary
> Clerk of Signet, Atlantia
>
>
>
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