April AS 57 is on the new portal on the Society page.

Greetings AEthelmearc,

Spring is coming. This means we are moving towards a more active season and I recommend you spend a little bit of what is left of winter fixing your gear, working on your mending, perfecting your arts – and double-checking your authorization and blue cards, and making sure you’re up to date. The worst time to try and update your blue card is in line for Troll – or when you’re walking up to the MOL and realizing your authorizations expired last week.

The SCA has also rolled out an easier way to sign up for background checks. As Pennsic is coming up soon and we will most definitely need more assistance with youth marshals and youth programs, please consider getting your background check sooner rather than later. To start the process, simply email the Kingdom Seneschal, with a brief reason why you need a background check, and we can begin the process.

Finally, my Warrant as Kingdom Seneschal expires at the end of October. I am calling for letters of intent, which will be due by April 15th. Please email myself at seneschal@aethelmearc.org, and the royalty at royalty@aethelmearc.org. I recommend including your SCA resume, as well as your mundane one. Being Seneschal of this amazing and glorious Kingdom has been incredibly worthwhile, as well as being a labor of love. If you are interested in the position but have questions on what it is like, please do not hesitate to reach out to me and ask.

Thank you so much and stay safe,
Illadore de Bedegrayne
Kingdom Seneschal

Greetings Sylvan Æthelmearc!

By the hands of Their Majesties and our diligent Seneschal, I have undertaken the role of Archivist/Secretary of Waivers for our good Kingdom. I hope I am equal to the task and can do it the justice it deserves.

Due to the heartbreaking nature of the previous Archivist‘s departure, I do not have access to any emails other than between January and October 2022, nor paper or digital files or databases of any nature (with the exception of waivers from Pax Interruptus 2022, Bacon Bash 2022, and the Hunters Home Election 2022 – those have been received and logged, thank you).

As such, I will need the following from any and all who may have them:

Waivers waivers waivers! Calling all waivers!

Event and meeting waivers for Non-Members, Minors, COVID releases.

If you hold an office and/or deputy-ship within the Kingdom, your Barony, Shire or Canton -= and have to sign a warrant with a term limit =- please email me with your most recent warrant so that I can log and save it for Kingdom records.

I’m currently running on the information on the Kingdom website, and some of the term expiration dates appear to have passed. Within the next few days I will be sending reminders to those whose dates are passed.

If you have, in the past, sent something that the Archivist/Waiver Sec must maintain… please forward it to me (and just let me know what it is, so that I can add it to my records appropriately).

Any digital files can be emailed to: archivist@aethelmearc.org and if you have hard copies you’d prefer to mail, please contact me directly for my mailing address.

With my thanks for your patience as we restart our Archiving Endeavors, I remain,

In devoted service,

THL Cathering O’Herlihy
Deputy Seneschal
Archivist/Secretary of Waivers