East Kingdom Gazette

A message from the Minster of the Lists

March 24, 2020 by Aoife inghean Donnchaidh

Due to COVID-19, the following changes are in effect:

– If you have any outstanding authorization paperwork, please email a legible, scanned copy to mol@eastkingdom.org. This will remain in effect until the social distancing requirement is lifted in NY.

– If your authorization expired on or after February 1, 2020, your expiration date will be extended 30 days beyond the day the social distancing requirement is lifted in your state.

Questions regarding marshal warrants should be directed to the appropriate Kingdom marshal.

If anyone has any questions or concerns, please contact Olivia at mol@eastkingdom.org. Stay safe and healthy!

Yours in Service,

Lady Olivia Baker

Minister of the Lists

East Kingdom

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Online Arts & Sciences Classes for the Week of March 23rd

March 22, 2020 by EK Gazette

The Ministry of Arts & Sciences is excited to share another busy week of online A&S classes. Keep reading for this week’s schedule of activities: Monday, March 23rd: Interrogating Your Museum, 7-8 pm EDT. There are some things we can glean from books, and some things we cannot. For those of us who need to …

SCA wide “Virtual Classroom & Artisan Display” Facebook Page

March 22, 2020 by Lissa Underhill

Greetings from the MoAS Office! Some of you may have seen this already, but, I wanted to make sure to share news this resource widely. The SCA has created the Facebook public group, “SCA Virtual Classroomand Artisan Display” (https://www.facebook.com/groups/virtualsca/) This is a “a place where teachers and artisans can share the virtual resources they’ve created …

Known World Symposiums: cancellations due to COVID19

March 20, 2020 by Lissa Underhill

Greetings from Lord Dagonell Collingwood! I am the Known World Symposium Advertising Deputy under the Society Minister of Arts and Sciences, Seigneur Etienne Le Mons d’Anjou. It is my sad duty to announce the following cancellations due to the COVID19 virus: Known World Italian Salon & Symposium was to have taken place THIS weekend, March …

Revised East Kingdom Guidelines for Online Meetings

March 20, 2020 by East Kingdom Gazette

Thank you to all who sent feedback about yesterday’s announcement of online meeting guidelines. Please make sure your groups use the version 2 guidelines below. Thank you, Medhbh KSen Because of the current health concerns, many local groups are moving to holding meetings, classes, and other gatherings online, which is fantastic. We’ve put together some …

Request from Shepherd’s Crook regarding Crown Tournament

March 19, 2020 by Aoife inghean Donnchaidh

Good afternoon, Now that we have what we hope is a finalized date for Spring Crown Tourney, I’d like to make a request to all that plan to enter as either combattant or consort (or both). If at all possible, I would like entrants to record themselves saying their name, with their preferred title, so that …

EK College of Performers: ONLINE Challenge Assembly and Schola Mar 21st! You’re invited!

March 19, 2020 by Aoife inghean Donnchaidh

EK College of Performers: ONLINE Challenge Assembly and Schola Class Schedule and Descriptions All are welcome! All Kingdoms! All places! All experience levels! Just want to listen in? Performers love an audience! Join Hangouts Meet meet.google.com/ewp-zfsr-wwa Or Join by phone ‪+1 813-666-1435‬ PIN: ‪450 185 077‬# Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/602258296991435/ Google Doc of Schedule: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19pQQodZg50FqazA3HjzAVzHXcXw165pi_htHuvIcANI/edit?usp=sharing Time …

Guidelines for having official meetings and Court online

March 20, 2020 by Aoife inghean Donnchaidh

Update 3/20/2020: These guidelines have been updated. Please see this updated post for the most up-to-date version. Good afternoon, again, East Kingdom! In this time of social isolation, groups are using online services to continue at least some business as usual. That’s fantastic! We’ve received a general variance to hold official Barony/Shire/etc. business meetings and …

Announcement about the other events scheduled opposite War of the Roses

March 19, 2020 by Aoife inghean Donnchaidh

Good afternoon, East! I want to reassure the populace that Her Majesty, Their Highnesses, and myself are aware that Roses weekend had not been set aside for such a large kingdom level event. We have been working diligently to ensure groups planning on holding events scheduled on this weekend were informed prior to the announcement …

An announcement about Coronation and Crown Tournament

March 19, 2020 by East Kingdom Gazette

Unto Our Dearest East Kingdom Populace! With careful consideration, and while working within the current advice from the CDC and state agencies, We would like to announce updated plans for several upcoming events: * Coronation, originally scheduled for April 4th, is postponed * Crown Tournament, originally scheduled for May 2nd, is postponed We will be …