[antir-heralds] New Education Strategy

[Barbara Segal]

Every piece of information in the New Herald Packet is on the An Tir heralds website or Laurel website.  The packet simply identifies which bits are most important for a new herald and prioritizes the information.  This way I am also able to keep the information completely updated (while once a website, a document tend to sit there in static form).

Every website that I'm going to feature in the monthly message is on, or has a link from, the An Tir Heralds Website or the Laurel website.  The problem is people don't know the resources are there. I would like to cite the recent case where a gentle asked for guidance in telling children about heraldry, and NOBODY mentioned that there is a "Heraldry for Kids" guide on the An Tir Heralds website already -- until I saw the message 5 days later, and I probably only remember it's there because I wrote it.  Besides, putting a notice on a website about what's on the website just sounds like clutter to me. 

Putting either thing on the An Tir website is would be redundant.  These messages are a supplement to what's already on the websites.  As I repeat every month with the new herald packet message, the problem is that people don't know where to start looking in the huge amount of information available on the internet. 

I hope this clarifies the purpose of these messages. 

In Service,

Esclarmonde
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kelsy Warren<mailto:constancewyatt at gmail.com> 
  To: antir-heralds<mailto:antir-heralds at antir.sca.org> 
  Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 6:40 PM
  Subject: Re: [antir-heralds] New Education Strategy


  Is there any way we can also have this info posted on the An Tir  
  Herald's web site, after it is post the first time, or are you going  
  to be always rotating this info? Also the "New Herald Packet"? That  
  way if we have people who want to get into Heraldry, but are not on  
  the list, or have missed the month prior, or, with the packet, loses  
  their.... Just a thought.

  Constance Wyatt

  On Jun 23, 2008, at 2:16 PM, Barbara Segal wrote:

  > Unto the An Tir College of Arms, from Esclarmonde de Porcairages,  
  > Deputy to Argent Scroll, Comes Greetings,
  >
  >
  >
  > I am happy to announce a new heraldic education strategy from the  
  > Argent Scroll office.   It has come to my notice more than once that  
  > while there are many wonderful online resources to support SCA  
  > heraldry, the newer herald or non-herald may not know they exist.   
  > Frequently, the up-and-coming heralds only find out about these  
  > resources by luck, namely, that in some discussion on this list the  
  > resource happens to be mentioned.  While the "New Herald Packet"  
  > does feature some of the most critical, giving the absolutely new  
  > herald a lengthy list of sites would be overwhelming and negate the  
  > packet's purpose of prioritizing the absolute essentials.
  >
  >
  >
  > To more reliably expose newer heralds to online resources, I will be  
  > doing a once-a-month posting to the An Tir Heralds list featuring  
  > two or three resources, including where to find them and what they  
  > can be used for.  I have created a 12-month calendar of what  
  > resources will be featured each month, so that important resources  
  > on each aspect of SCA heraldry will be regularly touched on.  Argent  
  > Scroll has approved this strategy and calendar.
  >
  >
  >
  > When these posts come to the list, please feel free to forward them  
  > to any individuals or lists that may find them valuable.  If any  
  > experienced heralds have comments on which websites are included,  
  > please contact me privately.
  >
  >
  >
  > The first notice of this kind will be appearing on the list shortly.
  >
  >
  >
  > In Service,
  >
  >
  >
  > Esclarmonde de Porcairages
  >
  > An Tir Heraldic Education Deputy
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