Author: Kingdom Webteam

The An Tir YouTube channel is up and it has the first 10 videos!

These videos are a way for us to inspire each other while we’re missing seeing each other in person. Take a look around at the things you love to do and make a short video to show what you love to do. Here’s a short video with the rules (there are only 3) and how to record your video with your phone!

An Tir Video Challenge
Artisans and Scientists of An Tir! We need your classes and demos for the An Tir YouTube Channel!!
Rules:

1. No obscenity.

2. No denigrating remarks about yourself or anyone else.

3. The topic must be appropriate for the SCA. If it is something you would teach or demonstrate at an event or SCA social, it’s a good topic.

Here’s how to submit videos:
1. Email socialmedia.video@antir.org with your name, the type of video and the title of your video
2. DO NOT email the video – the files are too big. Someone will respond to your email with instructions for uploading your video.
3. Once your video has been checked, it will be added to the YouTube channel and you’ll be notified that it’s up.

More info @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZCIWw0_tJk

Greetings to Our beloved Populace,

We find Ourselves once again in the unfortunate position of needing to cancel further events.

While the lands in this great Kingdom are vast and current levels of infection vary from region to region, We believe it is in the Kingdom’s best interest to extend the suspension of all SCA activities to align with the Modern Health Authorities current recommendation of 8 weeks.

We love the people of An Tir, and We feel this is the best chance We have to keep you as far out of harm’s way as is within Our power.

Over the past days, Our hearts have been warmed by the resilience, dedication, and care We have witnessed among Our people: offers of assistance to those who are struggling, planning of online classes, virtual merchant’s row, streaming demonstrations of art, and spaces for group online hangouts, to name a few. You make Us proud, An Tir.

We will make it through this, and this Kingdom will be stronger when this is behind us. We hope to return to the regular schedule of events as soon as is safe. Please see the missive shared from Our tireless Kingdom Seneschal for further details.

Until We meet again, We are here for you: do not hesitate to reach out with any matters you wish to discuss.

Christian III
Rex An Tir

Hélène III
Regina An Tir

Go to the Virtual Marketplace!

As Kingdoms across the Known World cancel events, An Tir would like to acknowledge and support the Society-wide merchant community’s potentially significant loss of revenue.

To that end, We are temporarily providing a page for merchants to be able to list links to their websites in an effort to encourage online shopping in lieu of the foot traffic they would normally have received. This page will be shared with all of the Kingdoms of the Known World.

Please email webminister@antir.org with the name of your business, the link to your online catalog or shop, a one-line description of what you sell, and one photo (e.g. a logo or similar representative photo) and we will post it here on our Website. Links will be personally vetted by the An Tir Kingdom Webteam and no advertising money is expected or wanted.

If you were planning to spend your money with a merchant at an event this weekend, please consider spending that money with the merchant online instead. Many of our merchants, especially at larger events, depend on income from those events to continue their livelihood.

It is with a heavy heart that We find it is prudent to suspend activities within our Kingdom, following the progression of Coronavirus/COVID-19 and the current health concerns surrounding it.

The care and well-being of Our people is paramount of Our responsibilities, and We see it prudent to do what We can to minimize the potential for community transmission to Our populace, and to those outside our game that we interact with.

With consideration of the nature of our events and the cautionary guidelines and requests from modern health officials across Our Kingdom’s many regions, We can no longer encourage travel for large gatherings, risking potential exposure to Our populace and especially the more vulnerable members of Our organization.

We have a Kingdom of strong dedicated members who travel great distances to attend our event.
With this in mind, Our concerns turn to the potential impact this may have across Our lands and abroad, and as well to the many people we may spend our time with when we return home.

The ability to accurately predict the effect of an event like this are limited, though with the best hopes in mind we may find this concern subsides quickly and becomes no worse than what we see today.
Our belief is in the best, and that we may all return to our chosen communities and families with little interruption or delay.

In light of this, We cannot rest without knowing that We had taken every action that was within Our abilities to mitigate this issue within Our community and protect our people.

We love the people of An Tir, and We see this as our best course of action, moving forward.

Christian III
Rex An Tir

Hélène D’Anjou III
Regina An Tir