Establishing the Membership Assistance Fund – SCA.org
In 2020, we are seeing the impact of the pandemic seriously affecting our members and their families. To help where we can, our community suggested the Society set up a donation fund to support those participants who may be unable to continue their memberships. You spoke and we listened.
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February 16, 2021 at 07:48AM
The SCA is considering changes to its membership cards. Please click here to find more information and to participate.
Please follow the link below to register your intent to participate in the Wastekeep Baronial Confidence Polling scheduled for 22 December 2020 – 31 December 2020. More information about the new online process is with the form.
Registration closes on 19 December 2020.
Thank you,
Mistress Alianora Greymoor, OP (Kirsten Chow)
Kingdom Seneschal, An Tir
The following Sanction is in effect and is to be published immediately by order of the Kingdom Seneschal:
On December 9th, 2020, Their Majesties, King Christian III and Queen Helene III of An Tir have issued the sanction of Temporary Removal from Participation in the SCA against Anya McVean, known in the SCA as Margot St. Claire.
This sanction precludes attendance or participation in any manner at any SCA activity, event, practice, or official gathering for any reason, at any time.
This includes a ban on participation in officially recognized SCA social media sites, officially recognized SCA electronic email lists, and officially recognized SCA webpages.
The Society Board of Directors Releases a Resolution Extending the Suspension of In-Person SCA Activity.
This Resolution extends the suspension of in-person activities from January 31, 2020 to May 31, 2020.
What follows is an excerpt from the Resolution. The full Resolution text with more explanation of the decision can be found here at the Society Website.
December 4, 2020
Greetings:
At the end of July, the Board of Directors issued a proclamation suspending most in-person SCA activities in North America until January 31, 2021, due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. In November, we asked the Kingdom Seneschals and Crowns of the known world to give us their counsel on how to proceed in the first part of 2021. We received very thoughtful responses from nearly all Crowns and Kingdom Seneschals as well as many other concerned people. We wish to thank everyone who responded for taking the time to do so, and for putting such effort into your responses.
After reading and discussing the feedback received, the Board decided at their conference call meeting on 12/01/2020 to continue the suspension of in-person activities in North America through May 31, 2021. That action reads as follows:
Motion by Ross Roegner to extend theResolution to Suspend In-Person SCA Activity until January 31, 2021, originally issued by the Board of Directors on July 28, 2020, for a period of four (4) months, until May 31, 2021. Second by Gigi Coulson. Opposed: none. Absent: Jennifer Krochmal. Motion carried
Greetings unto the Populace of An Tir!
The Grand Ithra was such a success that the Crown and Officers of the Kingdom are looking into how to make Ithra work for the best interests of the Kingdom.
We will be forming a small committee to advise the Crown on how to make Ithra the best University for An Tir.
What we need from you??
Tell the committee how you think Ithra would function best by filling out our survey! !
Questions or comments?? Please email me at seamus.summits@gmail.com
Viscount Seamus O’Caellaigh, OL
Greetings all Fighters & Marshals!
Unfortunately, since COVID required we suspend all of our activities from March 10, 2020 until at least January 31, 2021, we have not been able to sign any authorization cards.
This means a number of martial officers are not in compliance with the requirements of their position, and we have a growing list of participants who need their credentials updated while there’s a shrinking number of senior marshals able to do so.
After consulting with a number of individuals, I explained the situation to Their Majesties and our Kingdom Seneschal, including the applicable passages from Society and An Tir documents and how other Kingdoms address this topic, and Their Majesties agreed to one of the action plans I proposed.
Effective immediately, authorization renewals can resume, but we are going to start verifying the waiver requirement directly with each form: If you have a current SCA membership, then write that number and the expiration date in the existing blanks on the forms. If you do not, then adults need to print out the “Adult Participant Consent Form” (An Tir #7) and submit that with their authorization form.
This rule will continue even after official activities resume, and our manuals will be updated accordingly. The individual signing the authorization form must be a current senior marshal in that discipline per our current rules. Participants can email forms back and forth to print, sign, and re-scan; or use the electronic signature functions in PDF, Docusign, or similar programs.
Minors can also submit renewals for their authorizations. Their parent or legal guardian was already required to sign form #53 “Minor Combat Waiver (Authorizations)” and that hasn’t changed now. Marshals for youth armored and youth rapier combat still need to update their background clearances & the Society is processing those.
The Society’s equestrian rules have a separate requirement for authorizations to occur at events or official practices, but the Society Equestrian Officer is waiving that for the duration of the pandemic closures. Waivers are still required using An Tir forms #31-34 depending on where you are the time of signature.
Unfortunately, new authorizations whether for a new fighter, a new weapon form, or for a junior or senior marshal, will remain on hold until SCA events or official practices can resume, because the applicant must be able to demonstrate they have the relevant physical skills, and that requires the presence of other people. When these authorizations are done in the future, the individual will either need to document their membership information on the authorization form or sign the relevant waiver and submit both.
If you have any questions about this decision, please contact me at earlmarshal@antir.org. Martial Authorization Officer Kara Reginasdottir and Equestrian Authorizations Deputy Tove aet Horselei can help with technical questions and accept your forms marshal.authorizations@antir.org and Equestrian.Marshal.Authorizations@antir.org. You can check your status at any time in the database at https://antirlists.org/auth.
Thank you for your cooperation. Please keep taking care of yourselves and each other.
Maestra Althaia filia Lazari, Earl Marshal of the Kingdom of An Tir.
Greetings An Tir! If you adopted an animal during this COVID lockdown we want to see your new family members!
Please send an email to attia@antir.org with the name, date of first day at home, SCA name of parent(s) and a picture we would appreciate it!
We are working on a fun project for the Kingdom and would love to see your COVID Companions!
The Board of Directors Meeting for October 25, 2020, video is now available on our SCA YouTube channel.