Being a Duty Herald
Lord Wilhelm von Homburg, OLM
- Concept and Responsibility
- Information Distribution
- Site Coverage
- Voice of the King, but not the Word.
- Execution
- From Who and Not Who (most should come from Herald’s Pt.)
- Royalty and certain Courtiers
- Senior Heralds
- Autocrat
- Officers
- NOT –Personal –Adverts for Merchants
- Screening Information
- Info is easily plausible and verifiable
- Reasonable lead time (30 minutes or more)
- Appropriate subject matter
- Time to Defer or say No
- Not sure of the veracity
- Not sure of the appropriateness
- Taking Shouts (agreeing to do them)
- Health
- Wet Voice
- The Sun is your enemy
- Overall feeling
- When to defer or say “No”
- Losing patience
- Unable to concentrate
- Voice is getting crispy
- Format of the actual call
- Read it (to yourself and aloud) before you go out and
reword if necessary
- OYEZ, OYEZ (My L & L)
- Body
- EE-Nun-ShEE-8 (Enunciate)
- Open your mouth when you speak
- Avoid the word “now” unless you're Anahita
- Pauses between individual announcements
- Breath
- End with the time/round (if you know)
- Walking, Talking Information Booth
- If enough people ask, add a call-point (more on that next section)
- If enough people ask the same informational question, go find
out that answer and add it to the shout, in the following round
for yourself or your relief.
- Topography, Range, and Sequence
- Topography
- Know the site, the lay of the land
- Find the major population clusters
- Develop call-points (automaticity for you and populace)
- High ground
- High traffic areas
- Efficient use voice versus area covered.
- Range
- NEVER do a round or part of a round at 100% voice
- Ask for confirmation at what you think is the edge of your range
- Modify call points accordingly
- Sequence
- Get Regalia
- Read it (to yourself and aloud) before you go out and
reword if necessary)
- Eric/List Field and/or the Corners FIRST
- (Exception—a 911 call in mid round away from Eric)
- Move through site in a consistent and logical direction,
trying to use the same call points over and over.
- Try to arrange your last so that it slightly overlaps with part
of the Eric.
- Go back to Herald’s Point for check-in when you are
done—not to camp, not to lunch—
YOU ARE NOT DONE UNTIL YOU HAVE CHECKED YOU AND YOUR REGALIA BACK IN.
Articles of Interest from the Herald's Handbook:
Oyez, Oyez! A
Who
Can Ask For Announcements? A
List of Class Handouts
Main Herald's Web Page