East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
This is a recurring series by Mistress Alys Mackyntoich on whether certain names currently can be documented to period based on existing evidence. There are a lot of names that people think are medieval, but actually aren’t, and others which people think are modern, but in fact are found in the SCA’s period. If you …
The East Kingdom Seneschal is looking for people to fill the following open positions: Regional Seneschal for Tir Mara Media Officer If you are interested in either job, please send me a letter of interest and your resume or talk to me at an event. Dueña Mercedes Vera de Calafia Seneschal, East Kingdom
The Board of Directors quarterly meeting was held in St. Louis, MO on October 25, 2014. The following are summaries of discussions that happened at the meeting. It is not a comprehensive account and does not cover all agenda items discussed. The Gazette would like to thank Mistress Katrei Grunenberg and Baroness Slaine ni Chiarain …
The new SCA membership page is now available. To access your information initially, you will log in with your member number and default password (first initial and last name, for example Jennifer O’Hara would use johara as a default password). You will immediately be prompted to create your own login credentials, both user name and …
Don Frasier MacLeod has requested we share the following announcement with our readers. As I have mentioned, I am in the process of replacing several of my Regional Rapier Deputies, and to that end I am officially requesting resumes for anyone interested in the Southern Regional Rapier Deputy position. I would like to take this …
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, held in the Barony of Concordia of the snows upon 8 November in the forty-ninth year of the Society; on which day were called all and sundry …
The SCA released the following announcement this evening. Deadline for comments about this proposal is January 15, 2015. At the July 2013 Board Meeting, the Additional Peerage Exploratory Committee (“APEC”) proposed that the Board of Directors create a new Patent-bearing Peerage Order parallel to the Orders of the Chivalry, the Laurel and the Pelican. This …
“I’ve had a lot of people contacting me to say they received some of their polls, but not all of them. I have no idea why that is, but if people haven’t received them they should contact me and I will send them the link. All polls have gone out. The only order not to …
Investiture of the new Baron and Baroness of Concordia, Jean Paul and Lylie, took place on Saturday among the festivities of Bjorn’s Ceilidh, our celebration of the Celtic New Year. Previous Barons Pierre, Angus, Balthazar and Emerson passed down the coronets to Their Majesties, while reciting the lineage of our Barony, so all would know …
The following was published on Thursday, November 6th to the SCA Announcements email List (announcements@lists.sca.org). By consensus at the Fourth Quarter 2014 Board of Directors Meeting, the following meeting schedule was confirmed for 2015 and 2016: January 17, 2015 Kingdom of the West Mt. Olive Lutheran Church 1989 East Calaveras Blvd. Milpitas, CA April 18, …