East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
Mistress Mercedes, East Kingdom Seneschal, and Duchess Thyra, our most recently retired Queen, have collaborated on the following article which describes how the process of selecting new landed Barons and Baronesses actually works. The East Kingdom has had quite a few Baronial Investitures over the past year. When the ballots are sent in, they seem …
King Omega and Queen Etheldreda wish to let all know that They will issue Their second and final polling shortly. Please send Them your recommendations no later than this Friday, April 17. Recommendations are requested via the online form: http://fluidsurveys.com/s/EKRecommendations/ Editor’s Note: Need more information about the East Kingdom awards polling process? This article gives …
En français The Gazette is not an official publication of the East Kingdom; changes to East Kingdom Law do not take effect until they have appeared in the Pikestaff. At the opening of the Third Curia of their Right Noble Majesties Edward and Thyra, Old Business was opened and the first item of business discussed was …
En français The next East Kingdom Curia will be held at Mudthaw in the Barony of Settmour Swamp (Stanhope, NJ) starting at 10:00 AM on Saturday, March 28. Full event details can be found in the announcement on the East Kingdom web site: Mudthaw Event Announcement. Long time attendees of the event will want to …
The following is a letter from Their Majesties which is posted by The Gazette at their request. Greetings All, For those of you who may not know, one of the proposals for our Birka Curia was to add the East Kingdom Thrown Weapons Championship and resulting Champions to our Royal court. As Her Majesty and …
A missive from Their Majesties: Greetings unto the people of the East, Over the last couple of weeks there has been a great deal of discussion about peerages in the Society. A large proportion of the population believes that there should be a path to the peerage for all martial endeavors (archery, equestrian, thrown weapons, …
Their Majesties Edward and Thyra convened East Kingdom Curia in Stonemarche on Sunday, January 25 after Market Day at Birka ended. Their Highnesses had to leave early due to the impending snowstorm, which forced them to reschedule modern business travel plans. The agenda for Curia, which can be viewed on the East Kingdom Seneschal’s web …
The following message was sent out Monday evening to the SCA, Inc. Announcements mailing list. At the January 17, 2015 Board of Directors meeting in Milpitas, CA, the Board voted against revising Corpora to establish a rapier peerage. The Board also voted to delete wording that labeled rapier as an ancillary activity of the SCA …
The next East Kingdom Curia will be held on Sunday, January 25 at 10 am. The site will be the Radisson Hotel in Manchester, NH where A Market Day at Birka is being held. The agenda for Curia is available at the East Kingdom Seneschal’s website.
From the Kingdom Exchequer: Financial Council of the Exchequer: There is a most immediate need is for a Tir Mara resident on the Council of the Exchequer. The main criteria for these positions is that you must live in the region you would be representing. The initial term on the council is two years. This …