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[madbaker]

Once upon a time, in the dawn time of the SCA, there was Fighting.
Beating everybody at Fighting earned you an award. For Fighting.

Then they wanted to give awards for Fighting to people who hadn't beaten everybody else. So they back-dated an award for those who had beaten everyone else, and gave it precedence. Uber-Fighting.
There were also people doing other things besides Fighting. So they also created an award for Everything Else. So there was Uber-Fighting, and Fighting and Everything Else.

That was too much, so Everything Else was split. So there was Uber-Fighting, and the next tier down was Fighting, Arts, and Service. All theoretically equal, except of course that you had to participate in Fighting to get the Uber-Fighting award that outranked the others. Those were the rules of the game.

This worked reasonably well for many years. Until many people were doing different Fighting and wanted the same recognition. But the Fighting award* said no, these Fighters cannot get the Uber-Fighting award and they are not our Fighters. We do not want them.

So now there is a new award. So there is Uber-Fighting, and the next tier down is Fighting, Arts, Service... and Fighting.

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* Some members of Fighting are exceptions, but it seems clear that the Fighting award as a whole was hard against it.

Comments

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

So is it a done deal? (I haven't been following this much at all, but I'm curious.) Also, keep in mind that it's very much in human (and cat, says Mac) nature to abhor granting one's privilege to others.

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

The Board of Directors announced it yesterday, effective May 1.

[serendipity17.livejournal.com]

Is leadership passed solely through Fighting? Could an Arts Laurel become Supreme Exalted Emperor (or equivalent)? or do you HAVE to be the Best At Fighting in order to become S.E.E. ?

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

Best at Fighting. I'm not arguing about that; those are the long-standing rules, and they won't change now.

Best, lucky, and desiring of that role

[learnteach.livejournal.com]

Of course, we can't all be Laurels.

[serendipity17.livejournal.com]

Does the S.E.E. also do logistical paperwork?

[ppfuf.livejournal.com]

No, there is an executive position (Seneschal) that handles the administrative aspects of running the group. The S.E.E. does have a few veto-like powers over the Seneschal. S.E.E.s are only in office for about 4 months, Seneschals stay in office for 2-3 years, typically.