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New Order of High Merit — the Order of the Golden Mantle

23 Friday Sep 2016

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goldenmantleAt the Curia of Kenric III and Avelina III at the Great Northeastern War this past July, Their Majesties deemed the time right to create an Order of High Merit, conveying a Grant of Arms, for prowess and service in the ancillary martial arts of combat archery, scouting, siege, and thrown weapons — the Order of the Golden Mantle.

EK Law, section IX.B.8. now reads:

“The Order of the Golden Mantle may be given to gentles in the East Kingdom who have distinguished themselves by prowess in an auxiliary capacity on the field of battle and the target range, in the areas of Siege Weaponry, Scouting, Combat Archery, and Thrown Weaponry, and demonstrated service to the Kingdom in these areas by marshalling, commanding, building equipment, teaching, and helping to promote and expand the knowledge of these arts. The Order of the Golden Mantle includes all gentles who previously received the Order of the Golden Mantle (as an Order of Honor) and the Order of Artemis.”

The previous Orders of Honor — the Golden Mantle  and the Order of Artemis  — are now closed, and the members of both previous Orders of Honor are now Companions of the Order of the Golden Mantle.

As an Order of High Merit, the Golden Mantle is now a polling order. All current Companions are invited to join the Order’s polling list and its discussion list — please start HERE, and be sure to join both lists so you can participate in the discussion and the pollings.

Polling Award Recommendations Due August 22nd

15 Monday Aug 2016

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Editor’s Note: Since this article was published, Their Highnesses have announced a change in the polling schedule. Updated information is available here.
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Polling Orders: Prince Brion and Princess Anna’s first polling of awards is due on the 22nd of August 2016. Please send Them your recommendations no later than this date, and, as always, early is better.

Curia to be Held at Great Northeastern War

06 Wednesday Jul 2016

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East Kingdom Curia  will be held Saturday, 9 July 2016, 8:00 a.m. at Great Northeastern War in the Province of Malagentia (Hebron ME).

Following is the agenda, prepared 5 July 2016, 6:10 p.m.

  1. Curia Opening
  2.  Old Business
  3. New Business
    1. 3.1Laws of the East Kingdom Clarification that, in cases of conflict, the SCA, Inc. Governing Documents take precedence over EK Law.
    2. 3.2Glossary Revisions to several terms to match the definitions in SCA, Inc. Governing Documents.
    3. 3.3Polling Procedures Revision to VII.C.2.f. to clarify the polling where there are more than two candidates or choices.
    4. 3.4King’s and Queen’s Equestrian Champions Tourney(s) Revision to VIII.A.8. to clarify preferred scheduling within the Summer Reign.
    5. 3.5Award of the Burdened Tyger Relocation of IX.D.3. to IX.E.2.
    6. 3.6The Company of Fellowship New section IX.E.13., an award to recognize local branches.
    7. 3.7Discussion of a possible new armigerous order to include and provide recognition for martial activities other than rattan, rapier, and target archery.
    8. 3.8Discussion of potential East Kingdom 50-Year celebratory event.
  4. Officer Reports
  5. Curia Closure

EK Law Section III.I. The Agenda for the Curia Regis 1. Any items that The Crown chooses to add to the agenda after the Curia has been called will be added to the agenda under “New Business”. 2. If a Curia notice has been sent according to East Kingdom Law, but another Curia needs to be held before the previously announced one, any items of business held over from the earliest Curia will be automatically added to the agenda of the subsequent Curia under “Old Business”.

Non-Member Surcharge Wording Changes

02 Wednesday Mar 2016

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The Money Changer and His Wife - Marinus van ReymerswaeleFrom the Seneschal and Exchequer’s offices:

Greetings from Mercedes and Ignatia,

We recently attended the Known World Kingdom Exchequer and Seneschal Symposium in Trimaris where the Society Exchequer announced a change in the wording of event announcements. Many people do not like the way that the non-member surcharge has had to be listed in event announcements as it is a bit off-putting. Society recently related an alternate method for listing the fees to address this.  In the East Kingdom, an event fee will now be referred to in announcements as the REGISTRATION FEE, it should no longer be referred to as a gate fee, site fee, door fee or entry fee in announcements or event calendars.

It is important that all Seneschals, Exchequers and Autocrats comply with this new wording on all event announcement, including ones on platforms other than the Eastkingdom.org calendar. The EK Calendar is being updated to reflect this language.
A discount for minors must be listed or you will be required to collect NMS from non-member minors.  A discount on any ‘group/category of adults’ does not avoid the NMS fee requirement if that person is not a member.  In addition, you may NOT ‘comp’ any non-member to attend an event, ever. This includes paying the NMS out of group funds.  The non-member fees will still be referred to as Non-member surcharges outside of the announcements and will still continue to be reported as NMS.   Feast Fees and/or Day Board Fees are still listed separately.

Below are examples of how you may list your event registration fees so that you can avoid the NMS wording that people find distasteful.  For the purposes of the example below X=$10, which represents the cost of the event fee per person (prior to any NMS amount).
Event Registration Fees Pricing:
1.    Adult(18+):    $X+5=  $15  Member:   $X=  $10      Minor(<18): $X-.50=   $9.50
OR
2.    Non-member:    $X+5=  $15  Member:   $X=  $10      Minor(<18): $X-.50=   $9.50
OR
3.    Registration Fee: $X+5=  $15  Minor(<18): $X-5-.50=   $9.50
Adult Members receive a $5.00 discount on the registration fee with proof of membership. ($10)
OR
4.  I am sure someone will come up with another option for stating the fee structure for an event.

Remember these are only examples – the ‘minor’ prices are normally broken into several categories for most groups.

In Service,
Maestra Ignacia la Ciega,
East Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer
exchequer@eastkingdom.org

and

Mercedes Vera de Calafia
East Kingdom Seneschal
seneschal@eastkingdom.org

Report from East Kingdom Curia: December 5th, 2015

07 Monday Dec 2015

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arms EastCuria met at Bergantal/Barony Beyond the Mountain Yule on December 5th, 2015, with the following results. Please remember that this report is unofficial, and none of these changes are effective until published in Pikestaff, the official newsletter of the East Kingdom. It is anticipated that they will appear in the January issue, which should be available for subscribers to download by Dec. 15.

The major order of business was  a set of revisions to the Kingdom’s awards structure. Continue reading →

Upcoming Curia Agenda

01 Tuesday Dec 2015

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East Kingdom Seneschal, Mercedes Vera de Calafia, announced that the full details of the proposed law changes at this upcoming weekend’s Curia Regis are now available on the East Kingdom Seneschal’s webpage: http://seneschal.eastkingdom.org/curia.php

Mercedes gave special thanks to  Davey Snyder for her hard work and Marla Selinger Lecin for getting on the seneschal web page.

East Kingdom Curia at BBM/Bergental Yule

25 Sunday Oct 2015

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With the permission of Mistress Mercedes Vera de Calafia, the East Kingdom Seneschal, this is the text of an email she sent out earlier today to those members of the populace who hold seats on the East Kingdom Curia:

This is to announce the Curia Regis of Brennan Ri and Caoilfhionn Banri to take place at BBM and Bergantal Yule on December 5, 2015 starting at 10:30am. http://www.eastkingdom.org/EventDetails.php?eid=2887  If you come to the event for Curia only, there will be no charge for entrance.

Because of the timing of Curia, we do not have time to print the announcement and agenda. As provided for by East Kingdom Law III.H.3:

An email to those with seats on the Curia Regis (as defined in Section III.D. above) sent to their email address listed in the last published Pikestaff, at least 21 days prior to the Curia date. If any of those with seats on Curia Regis do not have an email address published in Pikestaff, those individuals will be notified by letter postmarked at least 21 days prior to Curia. 

People with seats on the Curia Regis is defined in III.D.:

The following are entitled to a seat on the Curia Regis. With the exception of The Crown, these people
may send representatives to the Curia to fill their seats if they are unable to attend.
1. The Crown and Heirs of the East Kingdom
2. The Coronet and Heirs of Principalities of the East Kingdom
3. Kingdom Officers
4. Local Seneschals

Attached is the agenda for Curia Regis in .pdf form. The specific language of the proposed law changes will be published on the EK Seneschal’s web page in a few days. If you have any questions about the proposed law changes, please contact myself or the Crown.

In Service,

Mercedes Vera de Calafia

East Kingdom Seneschal

Curia Agenda

New Award Structure for the East Kingdom / Changements à la structure de récompenses pour le Royaume de l’Est”

21 Wednesday Oct 2015

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En français  In case of disparity between the French or English text, English text have precedence.
The following is a message from Their Royal Majesties, Brennan and Caoilfhionn:

We have decided that, at this point in the history of the East Kingdom, it is right and proper that the existing Orders of High Merit (the Silver Crescent, the Golden Rapier, the Maunche, the Tygers Combatant, the Sagittarius and the Golden Lance), which currently carry an Award of Arms, should instead carry Grants of Arms and be afforded the same precedence as these polling orders do in most other kingdoms. Consistent with existing precedent on Orders that are elevated to Grant-level after their creation, everyone who currently has an Order of High Merit will be deemed to have received a Grant of Arms as of the date when he or she was elevated to the Order of High Merit. Therefore, if you received a Silver Crescent on December 1, 1992, you will be considered to have received a Grant of Arms on the same date. Continue reading →

Defining a Subject of a Kingdom / Comment est défini le sujet d’un royaume.

09 Wednesday Sep 2015

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The following was submitted for publication by the East Kingdom Seneschal, Dueña Mercedes Vera de Calafia. 

Over the last year I have spoken to many people about the fact that the Kingdom they live in does not match the Kingdom they play in, or where their heart is. The SCA recognizes this situation is common enough to address it in the glossary of Corpora defining a Subject as:

Any person who physically resides within the borders of a realm for more than half the year. Those who do not maintain a residence meeting this definition may be considered subjects of the realm where they participate most frequently if they obtain written acknowledgment from the royalty of that realm. Those who participate in Society activities primarily in a realm other than the one where they reside may be considered subjects of that realm if they obtain written permission and acknowledgment from the royalty of both realms. Decisions of the Coronet in such matters depend upon the approval of the Crown.

To that end, Seneschals of Kingdoms who allow this have a simple form that is customized for request. Once it is signed by the Sovereigns of each Kingdom, this form is kept on file by the Kingdom Seneschals of both Kingdoms.

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Updates from the Society Exchequer / Nouvelles de l’échiquier de la société

03 Wednesday Jun 2015

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On May 25th, an open letter was sent from Society Exchequer Baroness Katherine Angelique d’Artois de Berry to all Exchequers and Seneschals, discussing the findings from an external audit of the SCA, Inc. which was conducted last year.

You can access the complete letter as a .pdf document by clicking here.

The text of the letter is as follows: Continue reading →