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Seneschal Candidates |
Aleksandra Lavrovna has expressed her intent to step down as the
Seneschal of Porte de l'Eau, and for the first time anyone can remember, we
have 2 candidates! Voting will take place at the March 18th Business
meeting, here are directions.
The two candidates are Tayla of Winds and Denis de Loyer, please read on for their statments! Both candidates have expressed their willingness to answer any questions, you can either send them to the list or to Denis or Tayla directly.
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Denis de Loyer My name is Dennis Loyer, my society name is Denis de Loyer. I have been a paying member of the SCA since 1991. I have been an active member of our canton since I moved to Kirkland in July of 1997. In the past I have held the position of Seneschal in the Shire of Solus Mor in the Principality of The Mists, West Kingdom. I held the post for a little over 3 years. Unfortunately the shire, which had an active population a little larger than our canton's, eventually went away due to a lack of volunteers to fill the other required officer positions. It had been my intention to step down at the end of that last year, the lack of volunteers simply hastened that end by 6 months or so. I received my AoA at the Mists Investiture after stepping down as Seneschal of Solus Mor (I still haven't gotten a scroll though...arggg!!). I currently hold the unofficial office of Archivist for the canton...basically I store stuff...I have held that office for about 4 years. I also currently hold the office of Herald within the canton. I have been in that office almost a year. I have every intention of continuing in these positions if I become seneschal. I believe the Seneschal's job is not so much a leadership position as it is a facilitators position. Instead of a "here's our goal...let me lead you to it" attitude, it should be more of a "What's your goal...how can I help you achieve it" approach...other than riding herd at the monthly business meetings of course...The Seneschal should also be a conduit between our canton and the barony and our kingdom. As Seneschal it would be my job to act as our canton's voice to the larger groups over us, that being primarily the Barony of Madrone, but does include The Western Region, the Kingdom of Antir, and our society as a whole. It would also be my job to disseminate to the canton, information from those larger entities, especially that information which has an immediate impact upon our populace. I believe I would bring a lot of knowledge and experience to the office of Seneschal. I'm also willing to answer any questions you may have for me regarding this subject. Questions can be sent directly to this address, or to my home address at dloyer4@attbi.com Dennis
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Tayla of Winds I am Tayla of
Winds [For those of you keeping score at home I'm mundanely known as Tristin
Sale]. For more than two years I've been your Deputy Seneschal, first to
Christophe, then to Aleksandra. When Christophe stepped down, I did not
feel that I knew you all or the Canton well enough to do you justice as your
Seneschal. I believe that I'm ready at this time. Ove the last couple
of years we've chatted at business meetings and fighter practices, camped
together at various events, and pulled off some really great events and
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