East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
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 …
Unto Our Populace, We have been working on plans to bring more transparency to the way we marshal tournaments, and the manner in which we as a kingdom deal with questionable results when they arise. We apologize for the pace of our communications to you. We have talked to Our Earl Marshal and various members …
The SCA Board of Directors seeks commentary on the following proposed Corpora language change. Current language for Corpora VIII.B.4 Non-armigerous awards and orders may be established by a kingdom, principality or barony, according to the laws and customs of the kingdom. The names and insignia of these awards and orders must be ratified by the …
Unto all who hear these words, greetings, The second polling of Edward III and Thyra II will be starting shortly. Recommendations are requested via the online form: http://fluidsurveys.com/s/EKRecommendations/ All recommendations for our 2nd polling are due by Saturday, October 25. Order members will be asked to respond to their 2nd polls by Saturday, Nov 22. Please …
The Coronation of Edward III and Thyra II was followed yesterday by a brief Curia. Their Majesties presented a single piece of business which they felt was too urgent to wait for their planned Curia at Market Day at Birka in January. The full text of the law change will appear in the November issue …