East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
We’ve received quite a lot of paperwork using incorrect forms. While we’re still able to process these, the processing time is significantly longer, particularly on additional weapons forms. So, to help, here’s a breakdown of which form to use. Using the correct forms helps The Ministry get our database updated and your authorization cards to …
Have you noticed that the East Kingdom Gazette webpage looks different? If you receive email notifications, they will look different too. After years of being hosted on WordPress.com, the Gazette moved to a different server. The move gives us flexibility to experiment in ways we couldn’t before. If you subscribed to the Gazette using an …
Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to an impromptu (and I far as I know, unprecedented) edition of Techie Tuesday. I’m your host, the mildly frenetic and wildly understated Deputy Kingdom Webminister, Matthias von Würzburg. So, dear readers, this morning we received a helpdesk email asking what should be done about an email. A rather sinister …
His Highness and I would like to invite you all to join us in this year’s Garb Challenge for Birka. Put on your thinking and research hats, because We hope you will enjoy getting creative with this year’s theme: MYTHOLOGY! Any Pantheon! Any culture! All styles! We look forward to enjoying all of the fun …
The Board of Directors is currently requesting commentary with regard to the following the proposed policy addition to Corpora: Non-Discrimination Policy The SCA does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, size, or any other basis of discrimination prohibited by law. Please …
Stop the presses! Artifacts of a Life is listed in the September Pikestaff with an incorrect date. The event is not taking place in September. Artifacts of a Life is taking place on February 8, 2020, in Barony Beyond the Mountain (New Britain, CT). Full information about the event can be found in the official …
Unto the Regional Heralds and local group heralds and pursuivants, as well as the general populace of the East, does Malcolm Bowman, Brigantia Principal Herald, send greetings. It has come to my attention that the East Kingdom College of Heralds reporting cycle makes no sense. I am altering this in Brigantia Policy, but I wanted …
Greetings to all, From John Fulton, President, SCA, Inc. As mentioned in my last President’s Report to the community there is a project to review Corpora to clean up any confusing or outdated language in order to make it more “user-friendly”. This will be an ongoing project and will not affect the Board presenting proposals to …
EDITOR’S NOTE: We apologize for the delay in reporting the War Points. Some of the information proved difficult to get. Any mistakes are wholly on the part of the Gazette. We have compiled all of the war points in one place to make for ease of reading. The Midrealm won the war, with a final …
The Arts and Sciences War Point for Pennsic 48 was held on Thursday August 8th in the Great Hall. After an open call and review of applicants, the East sent 11 of its citizens to Pennsic with outstanding, and exceptionally well documented, projects to display. Below are photographs of each entrant and their work. …