East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
The Event Steward for Birka, Mistress Fia Kareman, has announced that the event schedule has been finalized and posted, and the list of classes and meetings (with locations) is now available. Both are now available on the event website: Birka Event Schedule Birka Classes and Meetings The Gazette staff wishes safe journeys to all travelers!
Greetings, Noble Populace of the East! As you may have heard, there will be many Royals (including, we hope, TRM and TRH AEthelmearc, TRM Trimaris and TRM Acre) visiting us from Foreign lands at the upcoming Market Day at Birka XXIV being held January 25th and 26th in the mighty Barony of Stonemarche (Manchester, NH). With so many illustrious Royal …
All Things Scribal – Late Winter Northern Edition MARCH 9th, 2013 Eliot Baptist Church 912 Harold Dow Highway Eliot, Maine 03903 Greetings to the East! We are looking for teachers for ALL THINGS SCRIBAL! We would love teachers for all levels of classes. Do you want to teach but don’t know what to teach? Contact Honig …
The Tailor’s Pattern Book 1589 by Juan De Alcega is going to be re-printed this spring, or summer, as a result of effective petitioning of the publisher. The reprint price has not been announced yet but it is expected the reprinting will be small in numbers to test demand. This book is a translation and facsimile …
Hidden in the workrooms, kitchens, and breweries of the Kingdom of the East, (and some beyond) are artisans busily putting the finishing touches on their “Secret Artisan” gifts for some eager recipients, who are also hard at work on their own item. EKAE Swap II’s deadline is Birka, and it is fast approaching! What is …
[googlemaps https://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=214729906434197199323.0004d355d6ded01085618&ie=UTF8&t=m&ll=41.934977,-73.168945&spn=11.438126,18.676758&z=5&output=embed&w=425&h=350] All hail to the days that merit more praise Than all the rest of the year, And welcome the nights that double delights As well for the poor as the peer! Good fortune attend each merry man’s friend, That doth but the best that he may; Forgetting old wrongs, with carols and …
This fencing snowman is the artwork for the t-shirts that will be sold at K&Q’s Rapier. All profits will go towards the Tir Mara Royal Travel Fund. T-Shirts will be $20 CDN/USD each and will be sold while supplies last, on a first come, first served basis. Unfortunately American checks cannot be accepted. The Chambre …
Have you checked Facebook today? Twitter? For hundreds of Easterners, that answer is yes. SCA Corporate has started to pursue Social Media as a way to keep in touch with current SCAdians, recruit new members, and elicit information from the population it serves. At the upcoming January 26 meeting of the BoD, the new social media policy for the SCA will be presented and voted upon by the directors.
Baroness Leonete discussed the new policy and the role of social media in the SCA with Lord Tobias Morgan, Deputy Society Seneschal for Social Media using Google Chat, which seemed appropriate given the subject matter. It is important to note that until the new Social Media policy is approved by the BoD, all information given by Lord Tobias on it is subject to change.
Lord Tobias is the first Deputy Society Seneschal for Social Media, a position created in August. Tobias resides in the Shire of Vulpine Reach, Meridies, and has been in the SCA for a little over six years. He was the Shire Webminister for most of that time. In modern life, Tobias works for a company that recruits blood donors. He compared his modern work to what he is trying to do in the SCA, saying, “…the challenge of my department is figuring out the best way to communicate with [blood] donors, to meet them on their terms. We have to figure out what speaks to them and build those relationships. That’s really the core of social media too, building a relationship with your audience and figuring out how to speak their language on their terms.”
The Shire of Endewearde in northern Maine held a demo at their local Children’s Museum Saturday, and was featured in a short article and video on the WABI TV website. Be advised that you must watch a comercial to see the video, and the volume is very low. http://www.wabi.tv/news/36739/medieval-festival-held-at-maine-discovery-museum
Via the SCA Announcements E-mail List:
On November 1, 2012, the Board of Directors put the following proposed change
out to the membership for comment:
Corpora IV. B. 4.
No one may take part in a Royal Lists as both competitor and prospective consort.
Due to significant lack of support for this change, the Board agreed by consensus
during the Jan 9, 2013 conference call to retract this proposal.
We want to thank everyone who has taken the time to send us commentary
on all proposed changes, we need that input to make the best decisions for our organization.
We would also like to remind everyone to please review the list of nominees
to the Board of Directors and provide commentary regarding the people on this list.
Please let us know your thoughts – we need much more input than we are
currently getting.
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