Name (at least) one thing that bugs the $%^&* out of you about the way Carolingia, the East, or the Society operates ... that you're going to sit on the impulse to do something about while you're in office.

First let me state that being the Seneschal does not give me the right to impose my personal views on others or on the way the game is played. My "job" would be to interpret (with help), the laws of our Kingdom and our Barony and do my best to make sure they are properly followed. In this job, the interests of the Barony comes first. My personal feelings and opinions come dead last. As long as that is clear, then I can answer this question with the honest knowledge that I have no plans to change any aspect of the SCA by being Seneschal.

The one thing that personally bugs me the most about the SCA, is that a select group of individuals who have the most influence to decide how our game is played, is chosen based on physical prowess, and nothing else. The core of the SCA is built around this tradition. To change it would be to change the SCA into something completely different. It would no longer be the SCA.

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Lady Eleanor Catlyng :

Concerning the role of Seneschal(e), my feelings on any matter come last. I see the Seneschal(e) as a person who takes the collective opinion of members of the Barony and helps to generate a solution on any given topic that is acceptable to the majority of people.

That said, being someone who deals with minors all day long, I find it difficult when adults do not remember their manners. In a Society built around an ideal of honor, I am pleased when we can all remember this.

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