East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
At the January 2023 Quarterly Meeting, the Board of Directors approved the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) 2023 Strategic Initiative. The initiative acknowledges the Society’s foundations in this area and the work that is still to be done. A copy of the initiative can be found here: https://www.sca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/DEI-2023.pdf The initiative is a living document and will …
The Board of Directors would like to thank Ms Megan Ladd, Society Chatelaine for her work in this role. Due to unforeseen personal circumstances, Ms Ladd will be finishing her term much earlier than anticipated. Her service during this time has been much appreciated. A new Society Chatelaine will be appointed shortly. People on the Move – Society Chatelaine
Greetings Tyger Populace, There was an incorrect use of language when interpreting whether or not staff and merchants could require masking in their close proximity. Staff and merchants can absolutely REQUEST people mask when people are in their area. They cannot REQUIRE it as it goes against the current Kingdom-wide Variance. They cannot turn someone …
Greetings to all from the Kingdom Webministry! On February 20, starting at 10:00 AM, we will be doing a major upgrade to the operating system on the Kingdom server and for much of the upgrade most of the services we provide will not be available. This outage will NOT impact any of our Google services: …
The Board of Directors recognizes and thanks the members and participants who have taken the time to share their thoughts about the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the SCA. It is a sign of the passion that people have for our organization, its communities, and making it better and more accessible for …
Greetings to the Companions of East Kingdom polling Orders, We write today to share our plans for polling in the coming reign. Our beloved predecessors have tried various different schedules over the past several reigns. We have heard feedback from many of you regarding the positive and negative aspects of the schedules, both from a …
SCA COMMUNICATIONS SCA Inc. Membership systems will be unavailable from January 3rd at 7.00 PST/15.00 UTC while we transition our membership management platform. Systems will be restored as soon as possible but we anticipate that the membership system will be offline for several days as we ensure that your data is transitioned accurately and securely. …
The Board of Directors is pleased to appoint Michelle (Mickey) Santy (the Honourable Lady Amytis de la Fontaine) as Society Youth Activities Officer. Ms Santy commenced in the role in December 2022. https://www.sca.org/news/people-on-the-move-society-youth-activities-officer/
Greetings and Gentle Holidays Tyger Populace, As the calendar year comes to a close, I am excited to announce I have selected successors to the Northern and Central Region Deputy positions for the Office of the Kingdom Seneschal. First, words are not enough to express my thanks to Don Cedric of the Floppy Hat and …
The Board of Directors is pleased to announce the selection of Krista Capps (Mistress Bricca di Ghelere) as the Director-Elect for Seat A. She will assume the position at the close of the April 2023 quarterly meeting. As new Directors are seated each April and October, candidates for the Board are continually being solicited. Individuals …