On the subject of assignments.

Greetings,

So it has come to my attention that there has been some unhappiness about the lack of work being assigned. This is due purely to the small amount of awards being given out and not anything else. Since Coronation there have been a total of 20 assignments done by a total of 16 scribes. Some scribes including myself have had multiple scrolls to do because of time crunches or because one scribe did the illumination and one scribe did the calligraphy.

The main reason for the small number of awards is the lack of recommendations being received by the Crown and that fact that we now have 2 principalities that also award AoAs for their own people by their own royals so that on a Kingdom level there are fewer entry level awards being assigned.

If people have issues with the Signet office (me) or questions about how things are being run then please email and ask because it is easier to address issues or explain the situation if I actually know there are problems.

I try really hard to spread the work around so that ALL active scribes get a chance to show off their work and sometimes that means that people might have to wait their turn again. Currently on the roster I have close to 60 or so active ( in varying degrees) scribes so as you can imagine sometimes that means not everyone gets to do work all the time. Also if I get an award request from the King and Queen and it comes with a suggested scribe then, unless there are other circumstances, that scribe will be asked first if they wish to do the scroll, whenever it is possible.

I would also encourage people to take this opportunity of quiet time to finish their backlog assignments as there are many still open-assigned scrolls on the current OP and it would be nice to see them get cleared up and the recipients receive their scroll. If you are unsure if you have a backlog assigned to you then encourage everyone to go and look at the online OP as now all assigned backlogged scrolls will have the scribe's name publicly listed.

http://op.drachenwald.sca.org/backlog.html

So as soon as more work becomes available I will let you know and if you know people who you think are deserving of an award then please send the King and Queen a recommendation through the proper channels.

http://op.drachenwald.sca.org/recommendation.html

YIS,

Mistress Bridget Greywolf OL