East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
A new Sanction Guide was passed by the SCA’s Board of Directors at their meeting on January 18th and is now available online. The guide covers several kinds of sanctions on both a kingdom and society level. The fifty-nine page document includes an investigator’s guide, flowcharts, checklists and template letters. An updated version of Corpora …
The SCA Board of Directors seeks commentary on a proposal to eliminate the official Office of the Chirurgeonate, and the associated changes to Corpora necessary to accomplish this action. The Office of the Society Chirurgeon has been providing exemplary service to the Society since 1986. The Society and Board of Directors are tremendously grateful …
In early December, the SCA.org website got a new look. The motivation behind the “facelift” was the recent debut of the SCA Newcomers’ Portal. “We wanted to add a very noticeable link to the Portal, so that visitors and new members could easily find their way there,” said Mistress Jessa d’Avondale, Webmaster of SCA.org *. …
The SCA Inc. seeks applicants for the position of Vice President for Information Technology, for a three-year term beginning April 12, 2014. 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 the …
The Society Webminister, Baroness Alesone Gray of Cranlegh, is in search of a Deputy, who would be responsible for a War site. This position would be expected to build, maintain and update the site, and more than likely, asked to handle social media for the event. This Deputy would be expected to help the staff …
Gulf Wars is seeking an individual willing to serve as a Deputy Exchequer for one year, then as the Gulf War Exchequer for the next two years with a final year as the Emergency Deputy. This position starts on or about February 1, 2014. The deputy will replace the current Gulf Wars Exchequer after August 1, 2014. Requirements …
The proposed new Rapier Marshal’s handbook has been approved. The BoD is still looking for a Society Rapier Marshal. The deadline for application is a month from now. Contact the BOD at directors@sca.org. for more info. The Social Media Policy is still in the revision process, and has been returned to the Social Media Deputies for …
The Board of Directors would like to remind the membership that the Fourth Quarter 2013 Board Meeting will take place in the Kingdom of Trimaris on October 19, 2013. The location will be the Embassy Suites Orlando Lake Buena Vista, 8100 Lake St Orlando, FL 32836, (407) 239-1144 and the start time will be 9:00 …
sanc·tion noun \ˈsaŋ(k)-shən\ :the detriment, loss of reward, or coercive intervention annexed to a violation of a law as a means of enforcing the law1. In an announcement posted today on the Society Seneschal’s web page, the Office of the Society Seneschal, which has been working on this project for over a year, is making …
A proposal is currently before the Board of Directors to create a peerage for Rapier and ‘Cut and Thrust’ martial activities. The proposal was created by the Additional Peerage Exploratory Committee, which was created by the Board of Directors. It was comprised of representatives of eleven kingdoms, including representatives of the Chivalry, Laurel, Pelican, multiple …