East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
My Dearest East, June is, in the mundane world, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, and Asexual (and many other terms, such as Aromantic, SGL, Two Spirit) Pride Month (LGBTQA+). June festivities abound to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Riots, and to bring awareness of the need for equal opportunity, justice, and liberty for LGBTQ+ people. …
Hi East Kingdom! I know there’s been a LOT of information lately about Kingdom business, so I’m hosting an open discussion on Saturday, April 4th, 10 – 11:30 (EDT) — come by and ask me questions! Info is below. We’ll have a pretty open format, so this is a time to ask me questions about …
Good afternoon scribes, In light of the current COVID-19 concerns, I’d like to share some guidance regarding scrolls for the current and upcoming reign. It is expected that there will be some cases in which the recipients, scrolls, or both do not make it to the intended event, or the event is canceled altogether. Please …
En français Good day East Kingdom. This is a friendly reminder that the East Kingdom Media Liaison is available to assist you should the media reach out to your group, or to you as an individual, on any SCA-related matter. You are welcome to contact the media office (me, currently) at media@eastkingdom.org and/or provide that …
Unto the Regional Heralds and local group heralds and pursuivants, as well as the general populace of the East, does Malcolm Bowman, Brigantia Principal Herald, send greetings. It has come to my attention that the East Kingdom College of Heralds reporting cycle makes no sense. I am altering this in Brigantia Policy, but I wanted …
The agenda for the July 20, 2019 Board of Directors meeting is now available at the following link: https://sca.org/BOD/agendas/July-20-2019-Audience-Agenda.pdf The start time for this meeting is 9:00 am. If you wish to send in comments, please use “July 20, 2019, BoD Agenda Comment” as the subject line. Comments are strongly encouraged and can be sent …
Effective immediately, the qualifications to be an East Kingdom Rapier Marshal have been modified to remove the requirement to have current authorizations in 3 weapons forms. This change is intended to accommodate marshals who are unable to maintain authorizations due to long-term injury or other life circumstances, but still want to participate and support the …
The EK Ministry of Lists is transitioning ownership of marshallate records from their office to the corresponding kingdom officer. The first step of this process is to ensure the current list of rapier marshals is correct. If you are an East Kingdom Rapier Marshal, please take a moment to locate your name on this list. …
The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) is seeking candidates for the position of Society Webminister. This position reports to the SCA Board of Directors through the Office of the President. The Society Webminister is a supervisory position of Kingdom Webministers and is not involved in the maintenance of the Corporate website (www.sca.org). The Society …
Members of The Society: I have some sad news to share with you all. We have recently learned of the passing of the Society Webminister, Lord Markus der Jäger (Uwe M. Donaldson). Uwe was a long time, extremely dedicated member of the Society, and held a variety of offices before taking the office of Society …