East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
The Gazette requested an interpretation of this Society Seneschal’s official announcement from one of our editors to assist our readers in understanding its implications to them. The original announcement sections are in italics and her interpretations are indicated below each section. Our thanks to Mistress Katherine Barr for taking on this task. The interpretation is not an …
As Corpora is the primary guide to all SCA rules and procedures and the sanction guide is subordinate to the Seneschals Handbook in terms of precedence, a change to Corpora is being considered by the Board of Directors, i.e. deleting references to the Sanction Guide in Corpora. This change clearly reasserts that Corpora is the primary guide to …
In response to requests from our membership, there is a new process for accessing the electronic newsletters!! Go to: [ members.sca.org ]( http://members.sca.org ) Log in with the same login information that you use to renew your membership. There is even an option to “remember me on this computer”, so you don’t have to enter in your login information …
At last month’s Board of Directors meeting, the Grand Council was disbanded after a little over twenty years of service to the Society. After the decision was announced, it became clear that some members of the SCA weren’t aware of the Grand Council, its history or its activities. The Gazette thought it would be useful …
The SCA Inc. seeks applicants for the position of Vice President for Information Technology, for a three-year term beginning October 22, 2016. This is a part-time volunteer position requiring technical leadership and a commitment of approximately 10-15 hours per week plus availability for emergencies. The position is reports directly to the President and indirectly to …
After many years of service, Leslie Vaughn (Baronessa Isabeau della Farfalla) will step down as President of the SCA. John Fulton (Duke John the Bearkiller) will replace her as President.
Earlier today the SCA Inc. announced the disbanding of the Grand Council. The following additional information has been released. “Society President John Fulton, Director Richard Sherman, and Director Andrew Coleman have been directed to investigate the creation of a new vehicle to facilitate communication between the membership and the directors that recognizes and utilizes the …
This announcement was posted on the SCA’s webpage and can be found here. The Grand Council was formed in 1994; a time before email and social media. There was a need then for a committee that made sure that the membership had a way to communicate with the directors on issues of importance to the …
The next quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors for the Society for Creative Anachronism will take place on Saturday, April 23, 2016. The start time is 9:00 a.m. PT. The location will be: Mt. Olive Lutheran Church 1989 East Calaveras Milpitas CA 95035 The agenda deadline for this meeting is Friday, April 1, 2016. …
These updates have been gleaned from Kelly Magill’s updates posted on the Society Seneschal’s web page. You can view the originals by starting with this link: January 2016 Board Meeting Updates These are not official minutes of the meeting, and should be treated as unofficial until any changes involved are announced from more formal sources. …