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
Announcements
Announcement: Fighter Cards
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,
Gawin
Announcements: Digital Membership Cards are Here!
Digital Membership Cards are Here!
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
Happy New Year!
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
Announcement: Accidental Release of Business-In-Confidence Information
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
From Their Royal Majesties: Prepare for War!
Arise Calontir! The time of war comes swiftly. It is time to prepare.
We will be travelling to Atenveldt to help Our Cousins establish a new war in Their realm, the War of the Phoenix. And while We are not calling a muster for that war, there is an unofficial muster page here that you should fill out if you might be interested in going. That way We can attempt to get enough land for us to camp together.
After that is Winter War Maneuvers in Vatavia. Even if you are unable to attend Gulf Wars, your presence there will help prepare your friends who can go. His Royal Highness is Our armored combat general, and he has great plans. Come and find out what they are.
Finally, if you can go to Gulf Wars, or think you might, please sign the muster list for that here.
We look forward to seeing as many of you as can make it to these events.
TRM Logan & Ylva
October 2022 Letter of Heraldic Acceptances and Returns
FROM THE OFFICE OF SAKER HERALD
The latest Heraldic Letter of Acceptances and Returns was published December 15, 2022. These items have been processed through the College of Heralds and have been made official or returned for further work.
CALONTIR ACCEPTANCES:
* David de la Cloude. Name and device. Argent, in pale two clouds gules. Nice 13th-14th century English name! Nice cant!
* Hamilton fitzHugh. Name change from holding name Jack fitzHugh. This is an appeal of the original February 1991 return for using a surname as a given name. At the time, precedent required that “the use of surnames as given names should be limited to surnames actually shown to have been used as given names in period.” This precedent was overturned in April 2010, when a more general pattern of late period surnames in England being used as given names was established, and so we may joyfully register this name.
* Irial mac Uilliam. Name. Nice 15th century Irish Gaelic name!
* Numerius Volusius Germanicus Secundus. Device. Quarterly gules and sable, a cross counter-vairy Or and gules between a pair of wings in bend Or.
* Rúna Úlfsdóttir. Device. Per saltire Or and azure, a wolf’s head erased argent between in cross the runes algiz, rahu, fehu, and urhuz counterchanged.
* Sancha Lestrange. Badge. (Fieldless) Issuant from a snail shell opening to chief Or a flame proper. Nice badge!
* Sem’iyye bint Tahir al-Hindi. Name change from Miakushka Loshkina. This name combines a Turkish given name and an Arabic byname, an acceptable lingual mix post-1100 per SENA Appendix C.
* Týki Mikaelsson. Name. Submitted as Týki Mikaelson, this byname is not constructed correctly. The patronymic byname formed from the Old Norse given name Mikael is Mikaelsson. We have made this change for registration.
* Volusia Zoe. Name and device. Argent, a rat rampant sable vested purpure and hooded Or. The Roman cognomen Zoe is found in several inscriptions cataloged in the Epigraphic Database Heidelberg as documented by Gwen Recorder. Nice Imperial Roman name!
CALONTIR RETURNS:
* Visvamitra Yavana. Badge. Per fess argent and vert semy of acorns Or, atop a tree a brown squirrel proper maintaining an acorn Or. This badge is returned per the August 2015 Cover Letter: “A held or conjoined charge which is not identifiable will render the design unregisterable. A charge may be rendered unidentifiable through the usual methods, including reduction in size, poor contrast, etc…” [emphasis added]. As the held acorn has poor contrast with the field, this design is unregisterable.
You can find the entire Letter here: http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2022/10/
Announcement: January 2023 Mews Available
From Their Royal Majesties: Upcoming Order Meetings
We plan to meet with the following orders at the events listed below. Please make every attempt to attend with potential candidates for inclusion.
Toys for Tots:
- Iren Hirth
- Stile Hirth
- Masters of Defense
Crown Tournament:
- Chivalry
Kris Kinder:
- Laurel
- Pelican
Winter War Maneuvers:
- Stile Fyrd
- Stile Hirth
- Iren Fyrd
- Iren Hirth
This list is NOT comprehensive, as additional meetings may be added after Our Heirs are known.
As we informed all the Fyrd orders at Coronation, they are encouraged to meet on their own and present candidates to Us through the online award recommendation system. If enough candidates are brought up, a meeting may be called.
TRM Logan & Ylva
Announcement: Suspension of COVIDSafe Policy
Good Evening Calontir,
When the COVIDSafe policy was initially announced nearly a year ago, we did not immediately adopt it. We examined the available data, determined the need based on that data, and created a criteria for adoption, review, and suspension that was data driven. This approach was designed to prevent major decisions of this kind from being made based on fear or misguided political rhetoric. This approach has served us well.
As many of you have likely noticed, there was an announcement today from the SCA Board of Directors, the text of which can be found here…
Board Resolution – Amendment to COVIDSafe Policy effective 1 December 2022
…They have made the decision to suspend the COVIDSafe policy across the SCA effective December 1, 2022, and to reserve unto themselves any future decisions regarding COVID related policy. After consulting with Their Majesties, and Their Highnesses, the decision has been made to continue the COVIDSafe policy, and current COVID Guidelines for Event Attendance, through Toys for Tots on November 19th, 2022. That event will be the last event for both in the Kingdom of Calontir. This will keep us in compliance with the directive received from the Board of Directors while extending the protections offered by the current policy for as long as is practical.
If you have any questions, please email me at Seneschal@calontir.org. If you have feedback for the Board of Directors regarding their decision, please email them at sca-comments@sca.org. Decisions made for all are never easy. Please remember to keep all feedback respectful.
Together we will continue to do the best we can for the kingdom that we love. We are Calontir. We will endure.
In Service,
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