East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
Unto All Silent Heralds, Students of Silent Heraldry, and Other Interested Parties of the Known World,Greetings from Nesscia, Silent Heraldry Deputy to the SCA Laurel Sovereign of Arms. As the summer progresses and events happen, we have the opportunity to come together around the Known World in small groups to share ideas and talk about …
Leslie Vaughn, President of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc., has announced that Board of Directors is seeking applicants for the position of Society Seneschal and Vice President of Operations. Leslie Vaughn writes: The Board of Directors of the Society for Creative Anachronism is now accepting applications for the position of Society Seneschal (Vice-President for …
The Laurel Principal Sovereign of Arms (Laurel) is the principal heraldic officer of the Society and the head of the College of Arms. Laurel is responsible for fostering the study and practice of heraldry, supervising the processing of submissions, and overseeing the heraldic activities of the Known World. Laurel is an unpaid position, currently requiring …
The following is a Q&A answered for the Gazette by Lady Heather Shea, the Questrix (Kelly Magill) Grand Council Chair. What is the role of the Grand Council in the SCA? The SCA Board, circa 1995, created the Grand Council as a think-tank to brainstorm about business-side changes or generate ideas about how the SCA …
The SCA Board of Directors is directing the Society Seneschal to develop and implement a new Deputy Society Seneschal Office and accompanying kingdom level infrastructure to deal with broad-based event support services. The core activity and a core competency of the Society for Creative Anachronism is holding events – and our event autocrats and event …
On January 18, 2014, the SCA Board of Directors began seeking commentary on a proposal to eliminate the official Office of the Chirurgeonate, and the associated changes to Corpora necessary to accomplish this action. This announcement can be found in its entirety at the following website. To better provide information regarding this proposed change given …
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 …