East Kingdom Gazette

In Memoriam: Baron Adhemar de Villarquamada

April 21, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

Photo of Baron Adhemar de Villarquamada on display as part of his memorial at Balfar's Challenge on April 18th. Photo courtesy of Cateline La Broderesse — Photo of Baron Adhemar de Villarquamada on display as part of his memorial at Balfar’s Challenge on April 18th.
Photo courtesy of Cateline La Broderesse

Baron Adhemar de Villarquamada passed away suddenly on Wednesday, April 8th, following a chronic illness. Baron Adhemar was active in the Society for more than twenty-five years. For fifteen of those years he served as the Baron of Dragonship Haven, stepping down only last month. He was recognized as a Master of the Laurel by Brion and Anna in 1999 for his skill with illumination, calligraphy, and costuming, and as a Master of the Pelican by Darius and Roxane in 2002 for his long service to the College of Heralds and his Barony.
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Spring Crown Tourney Entrants and Format / Les participants et format au tournoi printanier de la Couronne de l'Est.

April 21, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

The entrants in this Spring’s Crown Tourney are listed below. The details on how Crown Tourney will be fought are as follows. The tourney will be double elimination with fighters bringing their weapon of choice for all rounds of the tourney. For the final four, two wins will be required to advance. This means an undefeated fighter will need one win; a fighter who has already lost a bout will need two wins. The finals will be comprised of only one bout.
The entrants are listed according to the Order of Precedence, and the Gazette would like to thank Baron Rowen Cloteworthy for providing us with the ordered list.
En français par Sir Pellandres dit Le Frère
Ci-bas seront indiqués les participants au tournoi printanier de la Couronne de l’Est. Ledit tournoi sera combattu selon les règles suivantes. Item, le format sera celui d’une élimination double où chaque combattant décidera de son propre armement, et ce pour chacun des tours. Item, les quatre finalistes devront avoir deux victoires pour passer en finales. Ainsi, un combattant invaincu de tout le tournoi pourra passer avec un seul combat victorieux. Un autre qui aurait déjà perdu une joute aura besoin de deux victoires. Item, la finale ne sera décidée que d’un seul combat.
Les participants sont ordonnés en fonction de leur Précédence. La Gazette offre ses remerciement à son excellence Rown Cloteworthy pour avoir recherché et établi ledit ordre.
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Notes from the April 18 Board Meeting

April 21, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

This article is republished from The Æthelmearc Gazette with permission. Our thanks to them for allowing us to share this post. Please click here to see their original post.

Master William de Montegilt attended the April 18 Board Meeting and has submitted the following notes to the [Æthelmearc] Gazette.

If you’ve never been to a Board of Directors meeting, you might want to attend one. The ceremonies are very impressive. The directors are carried in, each on his or her own palanquin, to the central meeting table laden with gold plate and jeweled cups, where they are greeted by cheering members of the populace…..
OK, fine. It’s not like that at all. This is a corporate board meeting. The directors and officers wear suits or other formal business attire. The meetings are run according to the Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure by Alice Sturgis. Meetings are held quarterly, and the Saturday session, which is a working meeting, is open to the public. (more…)

ACCEPS Update from SCA Corporate

April 20, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

The following was posted today to the Society Seneschal’s webpage. The original can be found here.
The Seneschal of the Society sends greetings to my fellow SCA members and participants,
Based upon the fact that ACCEPS has now shut down, the need to remain silent to ensure the security of everyone’s credit card information on ACCEPS is no longer a concern and as such, I am able to divulge the following factual basis for the SCA’s ending of its relationship with ACCEPS in terms of all future events.
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ACCEPS Responds to Board Ruling

April 18, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

ACCEPS has posted a response to the announcement that the Board will no longer grant a variance that allows it to process credit cards to reserve for SCA events. The original message can be found here.
The Board of Directors has decided to discontinue the variance granted to ACCEPS to take credit cards on behalf of SCA events, effectively immediately.
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ACCEPS No Longer Approved For Future Use

April 18, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

The following was posted to the Society Seneschal’s webpage today. The original can be seen here. The Board of Directors of SCA, Inc. believes that there are better options in terms of electronic payments in the SCA; the corporate office is moving towards an alternative payment service as rapidly as possible. As such, the Board …

Accessibility Addition to Online Event Listing Forms / Événement formulaires ont maintenant la question de l'accessibilité de l'emplacement

April 17, 2015 by ekgazette

“Unto the Seneschal/es, Event Stewards and Populace of the Laurel Kingdom of the East, from your servant Alayne, East Kingdom Accessibility Porter, greetings and warm wishes for good health!
Good Gentles,
You will see a small but vital change to the online event listing form. It will now be including a box which will ask “Check this box if the site is accessible per the Kingdom Accessibility Porter’s checklist.”
Be not afraid! This is not a dire question, nor should it bring fear into the hearts of those who labor long to find event sites. This is a simple step in a thought process. It asks, “if someone contacts you about any of the many accessibility issues which many of your fellow SCAdians deal with on a daily basis, will you have an answer?”
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Pennsic: Scheduling activities on the Battlefield / Comment planifier des activités sur le champ de bataille

April 17, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

Re-posted from the Midrealm Gazette From the Pennsic Battlefield Scheduler, Countess Joleicia of Litchfield: People wishing to use the battlefield/fort/tourney lists for an activity can place a request using the same process as last year – via the Pennsic University Thing process found here: http://thing.pennsicuniversity.org Please enter all applicable information to help me sort out …

Last Court of Their Majesties Edward III & Thrya II

April 16, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

LAST COURT OF THEIR MAJESTIES EDWARD III AND THYRA II
AT THE CORONATION OF DARIUS AND ETHELDREDA
The Court of our most excellent prince and lord, Edward, by right of arms most illustrious King of the East, third of that name, and Thyra, his Queen by agency of that same right, second of that name, held upon 11 April in the forty-ninth year of the Society in the Canton of Black Icorndall; on which day were called all and sundry the lords of the realm and the great persons of the kingdom to hear the following publicly proclaimed:
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Bows for Calontir Falcons Fundraiser

April 16, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

Reprinted with the permission of The Midrealm Gazette.

How the “Bows for Calontir Falcon Fund” came about.
In March while returning from Gulf Wars, the Brook’s family trailer transporting their precious Calontir birds was lost in a vehicle fire. I saw that Calontir was doing a “Silent Auction” at an event for them, but felt something more needed to be done.
I am from Gleann Abhann. We are celebrating this year our 10th year as a kingdom. In 2005 Hurricane Katrina struck, and basically all our regalia and scrolls were lost. The Knowne World came to our aid with replacements for everything to get us back on our feet. We as a kingdom proclaimed we would not forget the good that was done to us and when others were in need we would return their good in kind. Like many of my fellow scadians, a promise was given.
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