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the Society Name field above and put the name that you want to register in this field. For example, put analternate name or a household name that you are registering here. Also, put the name that you want to changeyour primary name to in this field. If you are submitting your primary name on this form, leave this fieldblank.Legal Name, Address, Branch Name, Gender, Phone, E-Mail, Date of Birth: Give your name and surfaceaddress (and an e-mail address if you have one) so we can let you know what has happened to your submission,and so we can keep track of who registered the item. Your gender and birth date help to distinguish you fromother people with similar legal names. Give the name of your SCA branch, so we know where you are forstatistical purposes and in case we need to create a holding name.Date Submitted, Consulting Herald, and Herald’s E-mail/Phone: From a bookkeeping perspective, thisinformation can be helpful to the administrators who process your submission. It is not required information,however, so do not worry if you do not have all of it.Name Type (pick one): Check one of these boxes:Primary – This is the name that you intend to use most often as your official name in the Society. Youmust have a primary name in order to register any other type of name.Alternate – This is a name that you intend to use for an alternate persona or as an alternative to yourexisting primary name. Be certain to list your registered primary name in the “Society Name” field andlist your alternate name in the “Name Being Submitted” field.Household – This is the name of a household, guild, brotherhood, and so on. Be certain to list your ownregistered primary name in the “Society Name” field and list your household name in the “Name BeingSubmitted” field. Households or guilds being registered to SCA branches should not be registered usingthis form (use the form for SCA Branches for that).Action Type (pick one): Check one of these boxes:New – This is the first time you have submitted this name for your persona, alternate persona, orhousehold. There is a fee for this action.Resubmission – You previously tried submitting a name and it was returned. Indicate the level it wasreturned by, if known. There is only a fee for this action if the grace period you were given in the returnof your previous submission has expired.Change – You have already registered a name and want to replace it with the name you are nowsubmitting. Print your currently registered name in the “Society Name” field and the name that you wantto change it to in the “Name Being Submitted” field. There is a fee for this action.Change of Holding Name – You already have a ‘holding name’ registered, and want to replace it withthe name you are now submitting. Print your holding name in the “Society Name” field and the name thatyou want to change it to in the “Name Being Submitted” field. There is no fee for this action.Appeal – You are appealing a return of your previous submission and resubmitting the exact identicalname (if you are making any changes to it, your action is a “Resubmission” and not an appeal). Be certainto attach adequate justification for the appeal and consult with a knowledgeable herald before launching anappeal. There is only a fee for this action if the grace period you were given in the return of your previoussubmission has expired.Name previously submitted, Kingdom previous name submitted from, Date returned: These items onlyneed to be filled in if this is a resubmission or an appeal. It is not uncommon for people to not know the date ofthe return, but even an estimate can help the herald who eventually has to look up the original return.Name Processing CriteriaContrary to popular perception, heralds do not like to return submissions. However, they are often forced todo so when what is being submitted will not fly and they do not know if it is okay to modify the name. Thecriteria in this section are intended to give the heralds guidance so that if they can fix the name (and you areokay with that), they can make an otherwise-unacceptable name become acceptable. However, this does notmean that the heralds will necessarily change your name. It just means that you give them permission to makesmall changes if they need to do so. As a rule, heralds try to avoid making any changes.Middle Kingdom Pursuivants Handbook2nd Edition - 2002D