Lord Brokk Jarlsson :
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.
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.
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Lady Eleanor Catlyng :
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.
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.
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