Ohayo gozaimasu, Calontir! Some very exciting news from myself and the RUSH Chancellor, Lady Quiteria la Roja
With permission from Their Royal Majesties, we will be holding an official online event on 12/5/2020.
RUSH Presents: Collegia Calontiris is a day dedicated to all the arts and sciences, and the chance for Calontir to once more come together even during the darkest times and find strength in our community.
We need students, and we need teachers (because it would otherwise not be much of an event). Please follow this fine and elegantly crafted link to the event, where you can find a similarly artisanal link to the instructor signup up form!
A Zoom meeting will form the main room and main classroom. We have a generous offer from Count Volkmar Katzbalger for a second classroom; and teachers can also use an “off site” classroom such as FB life, Twitch, or their own zoom.
Please join us for a day of arts, sciences, and togetherness on the 5th of December!
RUSH Presents: Collegia Calontiris! An online event to be held on December 5, 2020, in the virtual lands of the Barony of Mag Mor.
Classes of all kinds welcome! We have slots from 9 AM to 7 PM.
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Thank you to all the people in attendance for this meeting.
The Board of Directors has announced that the October 25th Board Meeting will be streamed via GoToWebinar. The recording will be uploaded to YouTube after the meeting is ended.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Please note: Space is limited as we are trying to keep costs low. If you have registered and cannot join the webinar, please try again later as people will enter and leave as the meeting progresses.
In addition, we will be taking questions through the Webinar software during the Board Meeting and having a Q&A session after the main business is concluded.
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.
The purpose of the “Membership Assistance Fund” is to allow the members of our community to request assistance directly from our Corporate Office for new memberships and renewals.
To submit a request, please follow the instructions in the letter from the Membership Office. SCA Membership forms are available on our Document Library page. Form Requests will be processed as funds allow. All requests will be treated confidentially.
To make a donation: Due to our not-for-profit status, we need your donations to make this fund work. All donations designated ‘Membership Assistance Fund’ will be used for that purpose and that purpose only.
The SCA Board of Directors wants to update you, the participants of this great organization, on the impact that Covid-19 is having on the SCA.
We are facing an unprecedented decline in membership revenue. Revenue has dropped off to the point where the Society could be facing some exceedingly difficult choices soon. Choices that may impact our ability to return to the game we love and miss.
To grapple with the current realities facing the SCA, the Board of Directors has canceled all travel and non-essential expenses at the corporate level. Additionally, the Board and Corporate Officers are meeting bi-weekly via video teleconference to increase the speed at which we respond to the constantly evolving landscape of the SCA.
During these bi-weekly meetings it has become clear that we need to address our current financial situation. Since the outbreak of the pandemic we have seen an extraordinary 28% drop in membership, which is approximately 4,000 members. We know that many of you are personally facing great hardships and we understand the difficult choices you are having to make each day. Not one of us has been untouched by the reality of living in the times of COVID.
For those of you who are able and willing to help the SCA face this threat there are several things that you can do.
First, please renew your membership if it has lapsed.
Second, please consider extending your membership for a few years.
Third, if you feel you can help support another person‘s membership you can reach out to our administrative team at membership@sca.org to arrange for a Gift Membership.
Fourth, you can make a charitable tax-deductible donation to the Society directly.
We are a volunteer society with a huge diversity of membership. We are all doing the best that we can in a trying time. Now more than ever is our opportunity to live our lives following the core values of the Society for Creative Anachronism. Now is the time to display to the world that we are a chivalrous people of honesty, integrity, honor, service, respect, and fairness.
In Service to the Dream,
Craig Carter, Chairman
John St. Dennis, Vice Chairman
Gigi Coulson, Director
Natalie Degerstrom, Director
T.S. Morgan, Director
Dan Watson, Director
Ross Roegner, Director
Comments are strongly encouraged and can be sent to: SCA Inc. Box 360789 Milpitas, CA 95036
This announcement is an official informational release by the Society for Creative Anachronism , Inc. Permission is granted to reproduce this announcement in its entirety in newsletters, websites and electronic mailing lists.
Bavarian engraving of a medieval tournament from the 1400s. Public domain in the US
Gleaned from the Calonlist:
If you are unfamiliar with Guy Windsor, he is a noted instructor in historical martial arts. He has started a podcast during the pandemic, and this episode (https://bit.ly/3fNz4yB) is with JenniferLandels, a mounted combat instructor near Vancouver, BC.
I thought the equestrians might like to be informed…
We have a few positions to fill in the Arts & Sciences Office. If you are interested in any of the below positions, please send me an email (artssciences@calontir.org) expressing your interest, any particular skills or experience you feel makes you a good fit for the role, and anything else relevant you’d like to include. There may be follow up questions/a zoom meeting depending upon interest in the positions.
Please have all Letters to me by 9/1/2020
Open positions:
A&S Minister Deputy: This would be my direct office deputy (the so-called “drop dead”) and would step in if I became unable to serve. Duties would include being my backup (so gaining a knowledge of the office will be important) and helping with quarterly reporting. This is a great opportunity for those who have held a local office and want to get more involved or who may consider applying the next time KMoAS is open (next June!)
Scheduler Deputy: Have you ever wondered how our big A&S competitions are scheduled to match judges and entrants? That would be this deputy. Help the kingdom in a specific and measurable way. A great candidate has excellent organizational skills and enjoys a good puzzle. Must be able to attend Queen’s Prize and Kingdom A&S to assist with on-site logistics. Be a part of making these important events exciting for all who attend.
Martial Studies Deputy: If you have an interest in both Martial Activities and how they are taught/scheduled/made available to the kingdom, this may be a perfect position for you. The deputy will be able to work closely with the Kingdom A&S minister, RUSH officer, and Martial leadership to promote and expand teaching across all martial areas. A great candidate would be a successful networker who has at least some basic experience with each of the Martial areas supported by the kingdom.
I hope to hear from you all. Even if you worry that you might not have all the experience in an area, I hope to hear from you. Knowing that you have interest lets us help give you opportunities to learn more and be involved with an area you are passionate about.
As always, please reach out to the email above if you have questions.
Painting of the League of the Holy Court, circa 1375. Public domain in the US
Gleaned from Facebook:
Unto the people of Calontir and the Known World come these words from the Chivalry of Calontir.
Since the earliest days of our land, the Chivalry has sworn to loyally defend and uphold the Crown and Kingdom; to be the shield of the innocent, and the sword of justice. In this we have failed.
As peers it is our responsibility to protect this Kingdom and make it a better place, but in our failure, we have let those around us down. We have failed to take appropriate action against behavior in our Kingdom, and within our own circle. That is unacceptable. Damage has been done, not only to the victims, but through our failure, to the Kingdom as a whole. For this we are deeply sorry.
Such acts and injustices should not have been, and must never again, be tolerated.
Today we reaffirm our oath to be the shield of the innocent and sword of justice; to stand in front of you as protectors, and beside you as supporters; to no longer condone actions by our silence; to hold each other accountable. To strive to be the order you deserve.
But, do not judge us by these words – for words are no replacement for action. We hope you will be able to judge us for how we move forward, and that in time we can regain lost trust. As individuals, and as an order, we are far from perfect, but we will strive each day to be better than the last. Hold us to our oaths.
So Swear We,
Halfgrim hafreki, riddari
Hrabe’ Vaclav Semjaka, Rytir
Sir Cilian MacMarroo
Arnfast Rikkardsson Riddari
Sir Kaidu
Ealdorman Duncan Eardstapa, Baron of Three Rivers
Sir Gavin O’Shannon
Sir Anton Von Hagenstein
Sir Angus of Blackmoor
Graf Sir Volkmar Katzbalger
Syr Hobbs Drake
Hildibrandr Tjúguskegg Riddari
Stephan MacTir
Irel Krist of Starre Inn
Sir Gaius Flavius Axulius
Duke Master Joseph Angus Wilson of Clan Gunn
Sir Duncan Mac Torquill
Duke Damien MacGavin
Sir Donato el Lobo
Herzog Hirsch Ross Eichmann
Richard DeBleys, Riddari
Sir Albrecht von Trier
Sir Duncan Fearmac MacLeod
Robert Brockman Ridarri
Duke Donngal Erickson
Sir Talbot of Galtris
Count Agamemnon Platylithodae
Syr Mar
Syr Cian Mac Cu’Roi’
Sir Marcus de la Forest
Sir Luc Fitzwarrin
Sir Erich Hlodowechssun fon Hoheihhallu
Duncan Bruce of Logan
Sir Gustav Jameson
Duke Bataciqan-nu Ko’un Ashir
Biarni Hrœreksson Riddari
Syr John Bowyer
Sir Joel de Grace
Syr Odo de Home
Sir Dirik von Rosswald
Master Kirk FitzDavid
Conde Fernando Rodriguez De Falcon
Sir Avraham ben David Hakhuzari
Syr Duncan of Skeene
Ritter Aiden O’Seaghdha
Ariel of Glastonbury Tor
Sir Dirk MacMartin
Duke Tristram of Lindisfarne
Snorri Riddari
Sir Halidor Arkellsson
Sir Reimond of Ipstones
Duke Anton Rhaghelan
Colin James MacLachlan
Akitsuki Yoshimitsu
Sir Cai Dubhghlas
Mathieu Chartrain
Sir Lars Vilhjalmsson
Aleksandr Yaroslavovich Vyetchikov
Sir Richard Wolfwood
Jarl Hroerekr Steinbjarnarson
Sir Sean Chipendale
Matsunaga Kagetora-kakka
Herzog Luther Ambossfaust
Sir Albrecht Von Salzburg
Sir Maren Porskabitr
Sir Ilya Yaroslavich
Duke Eringlin Aldhelm
Censor Caius Equitius Rectus Xerxis
Colyne Gray
Lucian Fidelis
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