East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
As the topic of the language change around the Inspirational Equality debate heats up around the East Kingdom, I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who has responded here and on Facebook and commend the civility and courtesy with which you have replied. I expect nothing else of our readership, but when an issue is …
UPDATE: the site was NOT affected by Hurricane Sandy. The Fall Feast of Simplefare will go on as scheduled. Please come and have a VERY good time! Good gentles, this is a reminder that the annual Fall Feast of Simplefare will be held Saturday, November 3, 2012 in the Barony Beyond the Mountain. During the day, …
At every Crown Tourney, the Ladies of the Rose present tokens to individuals who demonstrate joy for fighting and/or chivalry of note. They also consult with the Queen on the presentation of the Shield of Chivalry, which the Queen bestows on the fighter considered to have shown exceptional chivalry. The following tokens were presented this …
If you are a Companion of a polled East Kingdom award Order, please note that Their Majesties have just sent out a new round of recommendations. Polling responses are due by November 22, though replying sooner is encouraged. Each Royal couple usually runs two sets of pollings, one while they are Prince and Princess, and …
Late in the day on Saturday at the BoD meeting, the Vice Chair, Mark Faulcon, introduced a new piece of business, “Madam Chair,” he said addressing Leslie Vaughn, Baronessa Isabeau della Farfalla, “ I have some proposed language that I would like to send in conjunction with the most recent language about same sex couples competing in Crown lists out for comment.” (more…)
During the SCA Board of Directors meeting on Saturday, October 27, the Society Treasurer asked for a policy interpretation on a loophole in the Non-Member Surcharge. Groups had contacted her regarding a practice of not charging site fees to non-members, so that they could benefit from the policy that those who are not charged a site fee do not have to pay the NMS. (Point 4 of the NMS language, see below for full text) These groups were, in effect, charging members to be at their event, but not charging non-members.
Mark Faulcon, BoD member and Ombudsman to the East, pointed out that this would be a self-correcting problem, that groups would run out of money if they continued to do this. Society President Tom Hughes cut in with, “Non-members create an increased liability for site use that the SCA has to pay for. It transfers the burden of risk to paid members. Non-members really have to pay the NMS.” He was adamant that the loophole be closed somehow.
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Dear Gentles of the East, The office of Kingdom Minister of Lists will be open for application for February 2013. Interested gentles please send their resumes to Their Majesties and cc me at mol@eastkingdom.org. Yours, Mistress Lylie of Penhille East Kingdom Minister of Lists Printed at the request of the East Kingdom Webministers/Social Media office
Have you ever wondered what is it like to attend a SCA Board of Directors meeting? East Kingdom Gazette Reporters Baroness Leonete D’Angely and Countess Marguerite inghean Lachlainn attended the third-quarter meeting in Boston, MA, on October 27 to find out.
We showed up on Saturday expecting something so mind-numbingly boring that we would have to poke each other to stay awake. What we found when we walked into the conference room was a group of enthusiastic, humorous, dedicated individuals who love the SCA and want it to continue to grow and thrive.
Please note that we have edited the Sweet 16 post to reflect the correct Ivan. Baron Ivan Ivanov syn Dimitriov vynuk Tzardikov fighting for Baroness Mathilde DeCadenet is now listed. We are still ironing the kinks out of our process, and apologize for the mistake.
This photo is by Lady Camille des Jardins, who has graciously shared all her photos of the day at: https://picasaweb.google.com/105277130246371473226/1027CrownTourney