East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
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Good morning, Tyger Populace! I have a need to fill a role here in the Office of the Kingdom Seneschal. Several actually, but we will start here as a top priority. Please see this link regarding the posting for a Deputy Seneschal for Special Projects: https://seneschal.eastkingdom.org/help-wanted-deputy-seneschal-for-special-projects/ If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach …
Good evening, Eastern Populace. This evening (4/15/2022), it was reported that there was a potential exposure to COVID during Coronation, held on 4/9/2022. One person was asymptomatic during the entirety of the event, wore a mask as appropriate, and passed through the COVIDSafe check point. They tested positive upon returning home on Tuesday (4/12/2022). We …
Their Majesties, Their Highnesses, and the Office of the Kingdom Seneschal are relieved to note the continued decline of the Omicron variant across the Kingdom. As such, we feel it is time to permit a full re-opening of the Kingdom at this time. All safety measures must remain in place, both as required by the …
Good evening, East Kingdom Populace, Their Majesties and Their Highnesses, with the Office of the Seneschal, thank the Kingdom for your support regarding the decision to close down all in-person activities until January 17th. We have reviewed current data regarding reported COVID cases from the CDC and PHS. Although the data trends suggest that most …
Greetings to all who see these words. Emperor Ioannes Aurelius Serpentius and Empress Honig von Sommerfeldt will hold East Kingdom Curia on Sunday, 30 January 2022, at 11:00am, conducted ethereally in accordance with SCA, Inc. guidelines. An agenda and details of the proposed changes are available on the Seneschal’s web site: https://seneschal.eastkingdom.org/curia/
From the East Kingdom Seneschal Good evening, East Kingdom Populace, With the care of the Kingdom ever in mind, Their Majesties, Their Highnesses, the Seneschal-Elect, and the Kingdom Seneschal have agreed that we must shut down all in-person events, meetings, practices, and other activities in the East for two weeks, until January 17th. The Omicron …
Greetings everyone! I thought I would take a moment to quell some rumors, since the Maybe Staff of a Not Yet Event are having questions asked. There is Not Going to be a Birka 2022. We know you miss it and want it to happen. We will try for 2023. In the *planning stages* is …
On 25 October 2021, the Board updated its process in the COVIDSafe policy for checking vaccinations and negative test results. Paragraph seven now reads: ‘The Kingdom must check for proof of being fully vaccinated or a negative COVID test at an event. The event organizer may designate multiple people to perform the vaccination/negative COVID test …
Good evening! Do you know any gentles you believe ought to be a member of an order? Have you ever asked “Why doesn’t that person have X award yet?” Well, you can make steps towards changing that. Their Majesties will be taking recommendations for all polling orders until November 3, 2021 – the Wednesday before …