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Unofficial Court Report: 12th Night and Carillion Investiture

January 23, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

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 17 January in the forty-ninth year of the Society in the Barony of Carillion; 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:

Item. In the first sitting of Their Majesties’ Court, Their Majesties gave thanks to Kis Mária (called Mika) for her good, faithful and notable service holding the lands as Baroness of Carillion and, as token of her merit and great nobility, created the said Mária a Baroness of their Court, the which deed was confirmed in a document illuminated by Lillian atte Valeye and calligraphed by Jonathan Blaecstan. (more…)

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Equestrian Meeting Change

January 23, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

From Baroness Doucette du Verdun: The Equestrian Meeting, held every year at Birka, experienced a schedule change after the site book went to the printers. The previous time/location was noon in the Penthouse Room. Instead, the Equestrians will be holding two meetings at Birka; everyone is welcome to both. 9 AM: Business Meeting (event planning and scheduling, …

Statement from the East Kingdom’s Ombudsman to the Board of Directors

January 22, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

The Gazette asked the Ombudsman for the East to provide a statement as to what the Board is considering it will do moving forward with regards to the Rapier peerage.  David Keen kindly and promptly sent us the following reply. The BoD has been at work towards a solution to the current crisis, including wording some …

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A Missive From Their Royal Majesties

January 22, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

Greetings unto the people of the East, We have 5 requests of you in the days ahead during the martial peerage discussions, in the wake of Saturday’s BoD meeting. Please be respectful. Courtesy is the social fabric that makes us the community that we are. Please assume misunderstanding over malice. We are a very diverse group …

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Announcements From the BoD

January 21, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

The Board of Directors of the SCA made the following two announcements today: Board of Directors – Meeting Schedule The Board of Directors would like to thank all those who took the time to attend the First Quarter 2015 meeting in Milpitas, California. They would like to remind the membership that the Second Quarter 2015 …

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Correction of Information Reported from BOD Meeting

January 20, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

It appears the East Kingdom Gazette’s report on the BoD meeting was incorrect when it reported that the “Chirurgeon will be removed as a warranted office”. This in fact is NOT the case.  As Dr. Scott Berk, Chair – Board of Directors, SCA, Inc,  informed the Gazette today: “The Chirurgeonate was NOT removed as a warranted …

Announcement from the SCA, Inc. Board of Directors – Proposed Corpora Change Results – 4th Peerage

January 19, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

The following message was sent out Monday evening to the SCA, Inc. Announcements mailing list.


At the January 17, 2015 Board of Directors meeting in Milpitas, CA, the Board voted against revising Corpora to establish a rapier peerage. The Board also voted to delete wording that labeled rapier as an ancillary activity of the SCA and replace it with wording that unambiguously established rattan as the only permitted weapons in a Royal List. The ramifications of the two votes has generated quite a bit of discussion on social media about a number of things, but the Board did not make any decisions concerning anything at all except turning down the rapier peerage proposal and adding a statement that Royal Lists may only be fought with rattan weapons. This letter is intended by the Board to respond to the most prevalent rumors circulating in response to the Board actions of Saturday. (more…)

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Report on SCA Board Meeting – January 17, 2015

January 19, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

** This Post was updated by information from Dr. Scott Berk.  Chair – Board of Directors, SCA, Inc** The Gazette thanks Viscountess Krysta of Starfall for taking the notes used to create this article. The Board of Directors held their quarterly meeting on January 17, 2015 in Milpitas, CA. The following is a summary of …

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Rapier Website Woes

January 18, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

From the Kingdom Rapier Marshal: Greetings all, As many of you are well aware, the East Kingdom Rapier Website is experiencing difficulties right now.  The link to the current rules is down.  I want to let everyone know that we are working on it as we speak.  I have been in touch with Lord Lorenz, …

Equestrian Meeting at Birka

January 18, 2015 by East Kingdom Gazette

Mistress Eleanor fitzPatrick wishes to share the following: An East Kingdom Equestrian Social/Roundtable will be held at 3pm on Saturday at Birka. Open to any and all with an interest in equestrian activities – stop by to talk shop, meet fellow horse people and find out what’s happening event-wise for the next season. Location will …

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