Calontir

SCA Board Apology Regarding Guest Pass Issue

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Unto Their Royal Majesties of Calontir, Martino and Ariel, and to Mistress Lynette Dave’jean, Exchequer of Calontir-

I am writing You as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. to express our sincerest apologies for the unfortunate situation which recently arose concerning the delivery of event guest passes to new members within the Kingdom of Calontir.

It was entirely due to poor communication between officers of the corporation with each other, with the Directors of the Society, and with Your Majesties and Your officers.

Your Exchequer, Mistress Lynette, and the Calontir Kingdom Seneschal, Master Murdoch, acted entirely in good faith on information which had previously been supplied to them by the Society Seneschal, and there was no fault or wrong doing on their part.

It was a failing on the part of our corporate officers to communicate more updated information concerning ongoing discussions about the creation and administration of an event pass program which will benefit the organization and its branches as a whole in the recruitment and retention of new members.

Please be assured that we are working to determine the best method for an event pass process that will meet the communities needs while allowing for the useful tracking of its impact and success. We are working to define a clear corporate-wide policy on this topic for publication, and working to ensure that this type of poor communication and miscommunication does not occur in the future.

We will also be communicating with our officers involved in this situation at all levels regarding the appropriate methods to ensure that open and appropriate communication occurs between necessary offices and branches, striving to ensure that this kind of confusing and counterproductive situation does not occur again.

This apology was read in it entirety today during the public quarterly meeting of the SCA Board of Directors as the first item in the Executive Session section. Your Majesties, Mistress Lynette, and Master Murdoch may also post or distribute this letter in any way You wish to the members of Your populace to assure the information reaches them as You feel most appropriate.

Again, please accept our heartfelt apology to You, Your officers, and kingdom.

Sincerely,

Hal Simon
Chairman of the Board
Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.

From The Society Seneschal, Regarding The Newcomer Token Issue

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This originally appeared on the Calontir Facebook Group

Hiya all. I wanted to give a shout out regarding the stellar work your kingdom seneschal is doing. It has been a pleasure working with him. I wanted to appologize for the confusion regarding your kingdom’s excellent idea re Guest Passes. Back in July 2013 I gave the KingSen the go ahead. Then in mid Feb 2014 at the Seneschal’s & Exchequer’s Symposium based on a group discussion with the assembled Kingdom Echequers there were some concerns regarding inurement and if this could effect the SCA’s tax exempt status. At Gulf Warsthis last March the SocExch and I worked out a plan to make a version of a guest pass program doable. I will be presenting it to the Board this week at the in person board meeting. Thanks for your patience.
Best wishes,

Sir Modius, OL, OP, WSA, Baron, Lion
Society Seneschal

TRMs Address Newcomers Token Controversy, State “We believe apologies are in order”

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TRM Calontir, Martino and Ariel, have posted a missive titled Regarding Newcomers Tokens to the Calontir.org website.

In it They state that the Kingdom had initiated the Newcomers Tokens with the express permission of the Society Seneschal. They further state that the first notice anyone in Calontir had of the Society Exchequer’s ruling disallowing such tokens was emails from the Society Exchequer sent after the tokens were already in circulation; official publication of the Society Exchequer’s ruling was not issued until April 4, 2014.

Their Majesties go on to say:

We are, quite simply, trying to restore the good name of Our officers and Calontir. Our kingdom officers are true and dedicated servants of the kingdom and the Society. We are very displeased that they should be treated poorly in a public forum by those who did not have all the information before they made accusations and condemnations. We believe apologies are in order.

Please be sure to read Their Majesties’ full Missive at the Calontir.org website.

HL Aiden O’Seaghdha Donates Hand Painted Shield to 2014 Lilies Fireworks Fund Auction

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HL Aiden O’Seaghdha has donated a hand painted shield to the 2014 Lilies’ Fireworks Fund auction held by HL Duncan Skeene.

The shield is a 19″ x 24″ curved aluminum center grip Buckler. It was painted with enamels and Acrylics with enamel clearcoat over the top for protection. The art was done in a 14th century style with figures taken from existing effigies, and a stylized Lilies skyline with exploding fireworks. The surrounding columns and arches are painted in metallic gold and copper enamels to allow those areas to “shine” in the sun similar to Gold Leaf.

The buckler has a stainless steel boss and is wrapped in black Trim Lok and para-cord, and can be a functional shield on the rattan or cut & thrust fields, or just displayed as artwork.