The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) is seeking candidates for the position of Laurel Principal Sovereign of Arms (Laurel).
Interested applicants should send a letter of interest, together with modern and SCA qualifications, hardcopy to:
Laurel Sovereign
c/o Louise Du Cray
P.O. Box 611928
San Jose, CA 95161
with courtesy copies to both resumes@sca.org and bids@heraldry.sca.org
Applications are being accepted though November 30, 2023.
On September 4, 2023, at a Special Meeting of the SCA Inc. Board of Directors, the Board voted without opposition to remove Aaron MacGregor as the current Crown Prince of Ansteorra. The Board reached this serious decision after significant deliberation and with the advice of our Officers.
At this time, Ansteorra remains under the stewardship of the Stellar Crown, King Gabriel and Queen Sonja. We would ask that people extend all courtesy to Her Royal Highness Nicollet as she contemplates what will be best for the Kingdom in the next reign. Any further announcements regarding the next reign will be made at a Kingdom level.
As this matter is ongoing, no further public comment will be made by SCA Inc.
There will be an in person Lilies Committee meeting at Kings Company of Archers on Saturday, September 9th during the lunch break.
We will have the exact place of the meeting announced on site, but it will be close to the archery range.
This is a public meeting, and we encourage anyone who would like to provide feedback, or learn more about running Lilies, to attend.
More information on King’s Company of Archers: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1npL31B0tR3wmNEhHR3g9u4PzQAcTWLl5GgMuVdWayxQ/edit
July 2023 President’s Report Available
The most recent report from John Fulton, SCA Inc. President, is now available.
http://www.sca.org/…/july-2023-presidents-report…/
Their Royal Majesties Agamemnon & Marie would like it known that They will be holding a Council of Nobles meeting at the upcoming Gryphon’s Fest event on September 30, time and place to be determined. They would invite all of those eligible to join Them. This meeting will be regarding Crown Tournament and Coronation dates.
For those who are unaware, here’s the definition of the Council of Nobles from Calontir Kingdom law:
Article XIII. The Council of Nobles
XIII.100 – Recognizing that the Crown may from time to time request and desire advice from those with experience in ruling, herewith shall be created the Council of Nobles of the Kingdom of Calontir. The Council of Nobles shall be composed of Their Royal Majesties, Their Royal Highnesses, Duchies, Counties, Viscounties, Past or Present Territorial Baronages of Calontir lineage and resident in the Kingdom. Others may be asked to attend at the Crown’s discretion. The Council shall meet at Their Majesties’ pleasure and shall consider such matters as the Crown may remand to its attention.
The Board of Directors is currently considering an addition to Corpora regarding the right of the Crown to refuse entry to the list and invites commentary from the membership and participants. Commentary is due by 1 November 2023. https://www.sca.org/news/commentary-request-proposed-corpora-change-crown-list-refusal/?fbclid=IwAR3tsa4GS4Em_6lBdSwt-zeOmErWxR1d2G6O_70hdUc4Emm3TgE3NAvCgWU
Detail of fol. 5r from Royal Armouries Ms. I.33, circa 1300. Public domain in the US
Good Morning Calontir,
We have updated CALON to reflect recent changes to the structure of armored combat authorizations. Fighters who were previously authorized in two-handed sword or polearm should have those authorizations replaced by an authorization in two-handed weapon. Two-weapon authorizations have been removed.
Authorized fighters should login and print a new authorization card – especially if you are attending Pennsic.
Sincerely,
JULY 12, 2023 |
We are excited to introduce digital membership cards as a benefit of your SCA Inc. membership! Following a soft launch in June 2023, members now have the opportunity to access your membership cards electronically.
Digital membership cards provide a more efficient and convenient way to carry your membership information with you to events. They can be installed directly into your Apple Wallet, Google Wallet, or Wallet Passes app, and once downloaded to your smartphone, don’t require internet to access. Your digital card will even update automatically when you renew or change your Society name.
Some other benefits of the digital membership card will include the option to print a physical copy at any time, as well as the ability to easily share your family’s cards between devices.
There is no need to download a separate app to access your digital card; it will be installed on your existing Apple or Android wallet app.
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1500w” alt=”” width=”384″ height=”512″ />A full list of FAQs is available here should you choose the option of a Digital Membership Card.
Our membership database is powered by Neon One CRM. Neon One uses SSL technology and Server Digital Certificates to encrypt sensitive data traffic over the Internet. Data replication is over private connections. The database is not directly accessible by IP address from the public Internet. For more information, see the Neon One SLA and Security Policy.
Your digital cards are provided in partnership with Cuseum. Cuseum does not share, sell, or lease any member data. Furthermore, Cuseum complies with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information. For more information, see the Cuseum Security Policy.
Both Neon One and Cuseum utilize Amazon Web Services (“AWS”) for server hosting.
Note: We understand there has been some confusion around the Cuseum.com Privacy Policy and the statements there around Personal Information. This language is their general privacy policy as relates to Cuseum’s online properties, such as Cuseum.com, Cuseum’s apps (e.g. “[AR]T Museum”), newsletters, and pages/forms that collect information directly by/for Cuseum. It does not pertain to digital membership cards.
Questions regarding membership can be sent to membership@sca.org
Today begins the 58th year of the Society for Creative Anachronism! Be sure to set your scrolls forward to A. S. LVIII.
St. George’s Kermis with the Dance around the Maypole
On January 29th, 2023, SCA Inc. Information Technology was notified by concerned members that the archives of the SCA-Comments list serve were accessible to the public. Although it is not the designated reporting channel, the comments email address has, at times, been used as a harassment and discrimination reporting vehicle. Subsequently, the breach had the potential to jeopardize a victim’s right to privacy and SCA Inc’s responsibility of protection for them. Upon receipt of this information, my team immediately acted to shut down the breach. However, data had been exposed long enough that several search engines had crawled and archived the data. The extent of this security breach was emails sent to SCA-Comments@lists.sca.org between April of 2022 and January of 2023.
The initial exposure was contained within a few hours of notification. Over the next couple of days other avenues of exposure to the same and similar data were found and locked down. My team began the process of getting the search engines to remove their archives of the information. At this point, we believe all access to that data has been removed and we feel that publishing this information will not cause further risk to any individuals concerned or the organisation.
The root cause of the breach was a misconfigured archive setting when the email address for comments was changed last year. To prevent further similar occurrences, SCA-comments has been moved entirely off the list serve system. The correct email address for comments is “SCA-comments@sca.org” (although the ‘lists.sca.org’ address will still work for now). This has been active for some time.
SCA Inc. Information Technology apologizes for any alarm or inconvenience anyone may have suffered because of this breach. Particular thanks go to Matthew Simon Ryan Cavalletto (Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin) for initially alerting us to and helping assess the scope of the issue.
Anyone wishing to further discuss this matter should contact me (it@sca.org) and John Fulton, SCA Inc. President (president@sca.org).
Sam Davis, Manager, Information Technology
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