Information on Beacon and Members of Beacon’s Staff
Beacon is short for "Beacon Principal Herald" – one of the Greater Officers of the Kingdom of Meridies. According to Kingdom Law, Beacon is responsible "for the conduct of the College of Heralds, the Masters/Mistresses of the List, and for all the Heralds and Pursuivants" of Meridies. Beacon has a number of deputies to help with this and below this big table are Beacon’s expectations for staff members.
Office Title
(short version) |
Responsibilities |
Officer
Term Began |
Deputy
Succession |
Beacon |
Oversee all heralds in the kingdom and their work. |
Alexander Ravenscroft
April 2008 |
Bronwen o Gydweli
TBD |
Pennon |
Process Internal Letters of Intent from Cypher. Oversee preparation of External
Letters of Intent. Educate local heralds on preparing submissions. |
Stefan d'Gascon
July 2008 |
None yet |
Lambent |
Research conflicts in names and armory submissions. Provide commenting, for Meridies, on submissions from other
kingdoms. |
Melbrigða i Granbý
Dec 2007 |
None yet |
Cypher |
Receive submission paperwork packets from local heralds. Answer questions on submissions. Prepare Internal Letters of Intent. Post images of armory submissions to the kingdom commenting list (Meridies-LOI). Deposit the submissions fees. Send a financial report monthly to the Kingdom Exchequer. Maintain a simple database on the status of all submissions received. |
Mariana Tirado de Aragon
Nov 2009 |
~ |
Papyrus |
Scan documents to save them in electronic format. |
Brian MacGrioghair
July 2007 |
None yet |
Torch |
Responsible for the conduct of all Kingdom courts. |
Hywel ap Ieuan
April 2008 |
None yet |
Clerk of
Precedence |
Maintain database of kingdom-level awards received by current subjects of Meridies. Update information on Society
name(s) and home group/kingdom. Mark the records of the honored dead. |
Ýves de Fortanier
April 2008 |
TBD |
Bagatelle |
Oversee production of award regalia for Meridies. |
Asta Jorundardottir
July 2008 |
TBA
July 2010 |
Parchment |
Oversee production of award "scrolls" for Meridies. |
Adela Scrijver van Brugge
Dec 2008 |
~ |
Trumpet |
Oversee the implementation of lists and tournaments, especially Crown Lists. Provide education on list heraldry
and field heraldry. |
Celeste de Montmorency
May 2008 |
Bianca the Inquisitive
TBD |
Lantern |
Educate the populace on medieval heraldry. Work with the Royal University on heraldic curriculums. |
Óengus mac GillaDubain
July 2009
|
~ |
Candle |
Find heralds to teach classes and work consultation tables. |
Tobias Morgan
Dec 2008 |
~ |
| Arbor |
Maintain this Web site as part of the kingdom site. |
Ýves de Fortanier
|
~ |
Ember |
Former Beacon Heralds may serve as advisors to Beacon. |
Various |
not applicable |
Beacon’s Expectations of Staff Members
Adapted from Mistress Amicia Readyman, September 2007
- Be active within the kingdom. To me this means trying to attend at least an average of one event per month other
than August and December. That is just 10 events a year. I think it would be hard to function as a kingdom-level
officer and be less active than that.
- Report quarterly to Beacon on the activity of the office and goals both short-range and long-range.
- Be a paid member of the SCA. This is required.
- Be a member of the Beacon Staff list (on Yahoo Groups) since Beacon uses it to communicate with the entire staff at once.
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