East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
Today (January 31st) is the very last day to pre-register for the East Kingdom’s King’s & Queen’s A&S and Bardic Championships, held 2/10/18 in Northpass (specifically Mount Kisco, NY, upper Westchester County). Come for the sights, the sounds, the smells and tastes of the dayboard, the embraces of your friends, and the pleasure of our …
Being the Court of Their Majesties Ivan and Matilde held on January 20, A.S. LII (2018) in the Shire of Owlsherst at Owlsherst Country Twelfth Night
Court Heralds: Lady Marian Kirkpatrick, Baroness Christina Jenevra de Carvalhal, Padraig O’Bradaigh, Charlotte Ingen Mhuiraeg
Reporting Heralds: Master Malcolm Bowman and Lady Marian Kirkpatrick
1. Siobhan inghean ui Ghadhra – Award of Arms
(scroll by Mari Clock van Hoorne with words by: Mistress Alys Mackyntoich)
2. Brendon of Silver Rylle – Order of the Gawain
(no scroll)
3. Céline Elisabeth de Meaux – Order of the Silver Rapier
(scroll by Mairi Crawford with words by Eldrich Gaiman)
The following message was published today by the SCA, Inc. Board of Directors:
In our zeal to craft a statement to show where the Board stands on the subject of hate speech, the word “Religion” was inadvertently left off. We apologize for the oversight.
Paul Lancaster
Chair, Board of Directors
Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.
East Kingdom Curia was held on Sunday morning after the Market Day at Birka event in the Barony of Stonemarche. Their Majesties Ivan Ivanov syn Dimitriov vynuk Tzardikov and Matilde de Cadenet presided, accompanied by Their Highnesses Brennan mac Fearghus and Caoilfhionn inghean Fhaolain and Mistress Katherine Barr, the Kingdom Seneschal.
The full agenda for the Curia can be read on the Kingdom Seneschal’s website: http://seneschal.eastkingdom.org/docs/EKCuria20180128agenda.pdf
Results will be official when published in Pikestaff, the East Kingdom newsletter, and will then be available at http://seneschal.eastkingdom.org/index.php as well.
The meeting opened with brief reports from the various kingdom officers.
The Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. is seeking candidates for the position of Board Communications Officer, which will be a 3-year warranted term of service. The successful candidate will be primarily responsible for external and internal communications from the Board of Directors and Corporate Officers Key Responsibilities Create and curate posts, press releases, and official …
The Society for Creative Anachronism strongly condemns hate speech in any form by any officers and participants of this organization. The SCA was founded on and continues to be governed by the concepts of chivalry and honor, and strives to include and be respectful of all people, regardless of race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, and …
Currently open for commentary is a proposal to expand the Society’s Mission Statement. The Mission Statement currently reads as follows: The Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. (SCA) is an international organization devoted to the research and re-creation of pre-seventeenth century life, employing knowledge of history to enrich participants’ lives and the lives of others through …
“SCA.org will be offline (due to) a planned hardware migration starting Friday, February 9, 2018 around 22:00 (10:00 pm) Central Time. We expect to be back online by Saturday, February 10 by 9:00 am. We apologize for any inconvenience.”
“Greetings once again from the Webministry of the East Kingdom! It’s been a while since my last update on the migration of the mail services of the Kingdom to Google for Non-Profits, and much has happened in the interim. By the end of January 40 of 61 branches will be migrated, along with 7 entire …
The Æthelmearc Gazette has made an announcement regarding an expansion of Arts and Sciences activities at the upcoming Ædult Swim event . It can be found by clicking here.