East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
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 …
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 …
Curia was held at Northern Region War Camp in the Shire of Glenn Linn. At Curia, proposed changes to East Kingdom Law and Policy are discussed, and then decisions about the changes are made by Their Majesties. Reports are also given by Kingdom officers. The following law changes were made. Changes to clarify the regional …
Greetings all, There will be a Chivalry Order meeting at K&Q Champions on May 4, directly after the tournament. Laurel and Pelican meetings will happen at Panteria, over Memorial Day weekend, times to be determined. Their Majesties will accept recommendations for their second polling until May 1. Please use the recommendation link found on the …
A Missive from the Polling Clerk: Greetings All! Their Majesties will accept recommendations for their second polling until May 1st. Please use the recommendation link found on the East Kingdom website. https://2way.webhrlink.com/IIS5_CGI/2w5AX6/2WAY.html Thank you! Katherine Polling Clerk
The Board of Directors would like to address concerns that have been raised regarding the sanctions process and related documents. The authority for and actions by the Board of Directors are granted by and described solely within the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the SCA (our Governing Documents). With respect to sanctions, this authority …
Last week SCA, Inc. released it’s new Social Media Policy. The East Kingdom Webminister’s office has clarified a few things and also offered a few more details in regards the East’s presence on various Social Media outlets in this open letter to the populace.
As much as the Gazette would have loved to send its intrepid reporter across the kingdoms to fair Atenveldt, Baroness Leonete spent Saturday in the frigid north, waiting for news from the BoD meeting to inform you, our dear readership as to the goings-on of our great and noble society. As was already reported in …
The Board of Directors has approved the social media policy which was created by a working group of Society and Corporate officers starting in early 2012. For more about the approach that the SCA is developing for social media, see the Gazette’s interview with Lord Tobias Morgan, Deputy Society Seneschal for Social Media.