[antir-heralds] Polling Peerages (was: Two More Banner questions)

[Cynthia J Ley]

Student recieves an A+.

:-)

Arlys

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:30:34 GMT "cameronfamily3 at juno.com"
<cameronfamily3 at juno.com> writes:
>    Well, you never know; they *might* want a consensus on the best 
> kind of pizza.  However, mostly they poll to determine who will be 
> added to their membership.  And that's all I can tell you about it; 
> it isn't supposed to be only a popularity contest, but a 
> consideration of whether the proposed new member shows the skills 
> and characteristics of the members of (whichever) order.  Among 
> those characteristics are supposed to be the PLQ's -- the Peer-Like 
> Qualities.  That is, it is known that Norseguy Norseguyson is the 
> finest zoodle-maker in the Kingdom; that he makes zoodles of great 
> variety with heaps of impeccable documentation; and that he teaches 
> zoodle-making to anyone who even *looks* interested; but if he 
> drinks like a particularly annoying fish, beats his wife and kids, 
> and makes all kinds of loud, snide remarks during Court, he ain't 
> got the PLQ's and he probably won't become a Peer.  At least, that's 
> my less-than-perfect understanding of it.
>    Havoise