I don't think we have too many scroll-based awards, I think we have too few people trying to make too many scrolls! I support the idea of a Guild or College or whatever you want to call it. I don't care so much about ranks and rewards for X number of scrolls. What I'd love to see is a website with pictures of alllll the work and bits of information about the scribes. I'd like to see a repository of scroll texts in foreign languages (I'm in search of the Dolphin text in Hebrew and the Duke/Duchess texts in Greek right now.)
I'm not so much for calling people up to get scrolls at court because most people can't see the scroll and most people aren't prepared to handle their new scroll when they return to their seat. Rather, it would be lovely to have an area at all kingdom events where the scrolls are displayed (which we frequently do now) and maybe even photograph the recipient and scribe if such is agreeable to all parties.
I'm cool with people painting charters because some people are perfectly happy doing so. Even if a more senior scribe thinks the painter is ready to move on to Something More, the painter may not want to, and shouldn't be forced ot.
I definitely think that the list of outstanding scrolls should be run past a few people who can ID those recipients who have dropped out. No point in doing a scroll for someone who hasn't been in the SCA in 20 years IMO.
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I'm not so much for calling people up to get scrolls at court because most people can't see the scroll and most people aren't prepared to handle their new scroll when they return to their seat. Rather, it would be lovely to have an area at all kingdom events where the scrolls are displayed (which we frequently do now) and maybe even photograph the recipient and scribe if such is agreeable to all parties.
I'm cool with people painting charters because some people are perfectly happy doing so. Even if a more senior scribe thinks the painter is ready to move on to Something More, the painter may not want to, and shouldn't be forced ot.
I definitely think that the list of outstanding scrolls should be run past a few people who can ID those recipients who have dropped out. No point in doing a scroll for someone who hasn't been in the SCA in 20 years IMO.