a Message from the SCA Board of Directors

Due to extraordinary legal expenses from an ongoing lawsuit, the SCA has determined that our best option is to raise membership fees in most classes by $8.00, effective January 1, 2011. Family membership rates will not increase, although the family cap for memberships will be raised by $5.00 effective the same time.

When we indicated in 2009 that membership fees would raise gradually over the next three years, we were not fully aware of the extent and impact of the legal fees required to defend our organization. Earlier this year we received a realistic projection for legal expenses through 2011. We are committed to protecting not only the SCA Inc., but the assets of every SCA group. This lawsuit may go on for additional years and cost-cutting alone will not be sufficient.

We are formulating a plan to get the SCA back on track and are selecting options to restructure our operating business model. One option is a move to electronic kingdom newsletters with a print-on-demand option for those who would like to get their version in hardcopy. With these changes, there are many details to consider
including: legal issues surrounding the fulfillment of our current subscription liability; the development of an electronic publishing framework for use by kingdom chroniclers that supports both web-publishing and print-on-demand; writing relevant changes to governing documents, officer handbooks, and kingdom procedures; and making dramatic programming changes to the SCA website and corporate systems.
The current migration of corporate and Society officer email addresses to a more robust infrastructure is a step in this direction.

It is our hope that as financial circumstances evolve we will be able to re-evaluate the entire membership fee structure once the effectiveness of the restructured business model can be determined. This would include evaluating the necessity of collecting NMS as well as potential reductions in membership fees.

There will be many stages in this process where feedback will be needed and solicited. We want to be completely transparent with any changes that will be made, and will share details as they become available. As every year, the budget will be posted on the SCA website as soon as it is approved for your review. Our job is to keep you as fully informed as possible and in that spirit we welcome any and all questions and comments. For the moment, please submit questions and comments through comments@sca.org.

Finally, this process will be very difficult and take many months to complete, so please bear with us. During this time, Board members will be attempting to attend as many events as possible to be available to answer your questions.

The SCA Board of Directors






Comments are strongly encouraged and can be sent to:
SCA Inc.
Box 360789
Milpitas, CA 95036

You may also email comments@lists.sca.org.

Gulf Wars XX

ANNOUNCING GULF WARS XX!!!!!
March 13-20, 2011
Kingdom of Gleann Abhann
(King's Arrow Ranch, Lumberton, Mississippi)

Greetings to the Knowne World from your Gulf Wars XX Autocrats, Baron Godwin of Edington KSCA, OP and Duchess Mary-Grace of Gatland, OP !

It is with great excitement that we invite you to the 20th Anniversary to the "War with no Enemies"

Please join us as once again Ansteorra and Trimaris meet on the field of honor, hosted by Gleann Abhann and Meridies!

We know everyone's budgets are tight in this economy and that you have to be choosy when thinking about your vacation plans. So, why should you come to Gulf Wars?? We'll here is a few points to consider.....

Come for the Combat in all it's forms! Armored, Rapier, Archery, and Siege weaponry!
Come for the pageantry of the Equestrian activities from the grand procession of the Kingdoms, to equestrian games to mounted combat!
Come see the beauty of hound racing and get the opportunity to see these graceful animals run like the wind!
Come for the classes, and displays of artistic wonder both in the competitions and on our Artisans row!
Come see our Early Period Life encampment where you can walk among long houses!
Come see Al Mahala and become immersed in all things Middle Eastern!
Come for the hospitality, with the hosting Kingdoms offering you food and beverage beyond your wildest dreams!
Come for the shopping with merchant upon merchant, many of whom you don't get at other wars!
Come for the Bakery with fresh baked goods daily and Odyssey coffee!
Come for the Green Dragon Inn...our own 15th Century Tavern!
Come for the Shows at our performing arts stage with bardic presentations, plays and competitions.
Come for the Balls! With European dancing daily!
Come in a week early THIS YEAR and you can go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans (Mardi Gras day is March 8th, 2011)
Come for the KNOWNE WORLD PARTY! If you missed the amazing October Fest of last year, fear not...the Knowne World Party staff have another amazing party theme to knock your socks off this year!

COME JOIN US FOR FRIENDSHIP AND FUN at the FRIENDLIEST WAR IN THE KNOWNE WORLD! With all the activities the SCA has to offer, and may more reasons besides, we think you should make Gulf Wars XX apart of your vacation planning for 2011 and we promise you'll leave happy.

Please visit our website at www.gulfwars.org for more information. Online registration will be open this week. Registrations made by mail must be postmarked by January 31st and online registration must be completed by February 18th.

EARLY ARRIVAL OPTION NEW FOR THIS YEAR!!!!!
New for this year is Early-On NON Staff. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING FOR IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THIS OPTION:
You MUST register for the entire week of Gulf Wars ONLINE in order to be eligible for this option.
You MUST select the "EARLY-ON NON STAFF" option in Acceps
You may arrive between Sunday March 6th and Wednesday March 9th. You WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ON SITE AFTER THIS DATE UNLESS YOU ARE A STAFF MEMBER, AND ARE ON THE STAFF EARLY ON LIST.
You will be required to pay King's Arrow Ranch IN CASH at their designated daily rate upon your arrival for the ENTIRE WEEK of Sunday March 6th-Saturday March 12th. Your Gulf Wars Registration will then apply beginning Sunday March 12th.
If you arrive at King's Arrow Ranch early and you are not on the staff list and you are not on the Non-staff early-on list, and/or you do not meet any one of the above requirements you WILL NOT be allowed on site.
If you are arriving Early and have an RV- you MUST contact King's Arrow Ranch in advance to ensure they are ready for your arrival.
On Saturday March 12th the Merchant troll-in begins. If you are Early-on you MUST TROLL IN AT THIS TIME. If you do not, members of staff will come and find you and you will be removed from site.

See you there!

Pageantry of the Sun - Jan 28-30, 2011

http://flyingchimp.com/sca/pas2011/

If you didn't have plans for New Years Eve - Now you do!

Fondest greetings do I send to all my brothers and sisters of Trimaris. I hope that this holiday season is treating you well so far. I would personally like to invite you and all or your group to attend Wyvernwoode’s Chalice this December 31st to January 2nd.We will be having a fabulous New Years Eve celebration and Saturday night will be a Gypsy festival complete with entertainment, games, and fortune telling. Please come and help us ring in the New Year with our Trimarial family.
Warmest Wishes for this joyous holiday season, Baroness Catherine Russell, Auto crat.

Please feel free to pass this on to other lists, thank you.


Hero of the Chalice
Dec.31, 2010 to Jan. 2, 2011
Ring in the New Year in a festive Gypsy style
Rotary’s Camp Florida
1915 Camp Florida Road, Brandon, FL 33510


Event Steward
Baroness Catherine Russell
(mka Staci Bush)
813-624-2720
catrusel@tampabay.rr.com

Feast Steward
Lady Sibeal inghan Mhurchadha
(mka Beth Hernandez)
813-388-5529 (no calls after 9)
Sibeal63@yahoo.com

Reservations
Cecilia Aston
(mka Megan Murray)
813-210-0352
shrlymd@gmail.com
Mailing address:
4112 Ashford PL. #101
Tampa, FL 33613

Daytrip $10.00 child 5-12 $7.00
1 Night $19.00 child 5-12 $17.50
2 nights $36.00 child 5-12 $17.50
Children under 5 free
Feast $10.00 (limited to 60)

Non-member charge: $5.00. No family charged more than 3 adult. Make checks out to:
SCA - Barony of Wyvernwoode
(include Driver's License Number on check)
Come join the Barony of Wyvernwoode as they celebrate a festive New Years Eve, and stay for the Romney gypsy festival on Saturday night.
There will be games of chance and entertainment galore, you may even want to let the gypsies tell your fortune, but beware of your coin purse. Enjoy fighting for the bravest and a feast you will remember for years. Watch as the Hero of the Chalice drinks to a prosperous new year.
Be entertained and delighted by the activities of the day.

weekly message

sorry for the delay, but it's been a cold and fun week!

ARTWalk was a huge success! We'll be doing that again January 7th, 2011 (Friday - And would there be interest to walk around Saturday afternoon as well? I think it's 11am-4pm During the craftshow?

And another lesson learned, if you are in line for a video game at midnight, bring flyers for the faire - we didnt, but should have!!!!

If you would like a copy of the flyer to make your own copies, reply to this email, I'll send it over to you, the more flyer we get out, the better chances of a great well attended medieval faire in January!

This weekend!

Friday night 12/10 - Yes we are back to regular schedule - 5pm - North Fort Myers - Social gathering/ Fighter Practice - we'll make something simple for dinner, but bring something to share, drinks, snacks, whichever :)

Saturday 12/11 - 2pm-6pm - Craft Gathering - We have the Medieval Faire in January coming up, maybe you have a project that needs finishing ... Or you want to learn something new, I'm sure someone will be crafting something ....

Next week!
Friday night 12/17 - 5pm - North Fort Myers - Social gathering/ Fighter Practice - we'll make something simple for dinner, but bring something to share, drinks, snacks, whichever :)

Sunday Morning 12/19- 11am - Butterfly Estates - Monthly Moot


See you all This weekend sometime!

Margery

Special Thanks!

Unto the Shire of Trysel do I, Lady Lucrezia sarta di Napoli render my thanks. You are amazing. I always am appreciative of you and all you do.
Thanks.
Lu

Email for week of Thanksgiving 2010

What a wonderful Revel we had this past weekend! Thank you for making it such a fun even for all!

Just a couple things this week.

Our official website for the shire is currently

http://tinyurl.com/FtMyersSCA

Any other site, group, mailing list is unofficial, which includes our Facebook group, and SWFLMedievalists yahoo group, and my blog. Both groups are great ways to share information amongst each other currently, and a new official website is in the works. I had changed the format of the weekly email into a blog, for a change of pace, while Gillian was out. I will still be updating the blog weekly, to keep up with calendar things, and what ever info I've been asked to share on there from Lucrezia or others, however, again it's all unofficial. If there are people interested in information about the shire, please direct them to the tinyurl site - it's a basic forum site that started when the shire started. In time a new site will go live.

If you are on facebook - we do have an unofficial group - Shrie of Trisel - join it if you'd like, when I post on the blog, I also post bits in the group, it seems like we have many active members using the facebook group.

If you havent heard, there is an unofficial group on yahoo that Sieggy has graciously shared all his internet resources - SWFLMedievalists - I dont know the link off the top of my head, but you can access that via my blog ... same with the facebook group link.

Ultimately all these unofficial sites will be linked from the new official sites and it will be all in one spot :)

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I'm working on getting the photos up in a picasa gallery, however, if you are on facebook, Warin Maguidahir has loaded all of them taken with one of the cameras, so become his "friend" so you can see them :)

http://picasaweb.google.com/ladymargerymcguire/Revel2010#

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Please do not forget about thanksgiving weekend in Labelle - RSVP is required, as it is a free event and they are also graciously offering food. Read about it here http://ladymargery.blogspot.com/2010/11/thanksgiving-weekend.html - there are a number of us who have already RSVPd for Saturday - garb is required - just like our Revel :)

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Lady Lucrezia needs our help again :)

Greeting unto the Shire.
It's that time of year when your seneschal begs assistance at our local Faire. The Faire takes place on Jan. 15, 16, 22, 23 from 9-6. I need help with ticket sales in the main gate area. If you are willing to donate a couple hours of your time to sell tickets I offer you entry into the faire for that day.
I have to begin making up my schedules and have many many openings at this time. Please come out and help us. We are a charity and support Orange River Elementary School. I must say that if you commit, you really have to come and volunteer. There will be no one to fill in for you.
If you have building talents and can donate time prior to the show--jan.12, 13, 14,- to build the stages etc. Please let me know. We need help. We are a very small Kiwanis club and can always use strong arms and carpentry skills.
Lu


Most of this info you can find on my blog ....

Margery's Blog - http://ladymargery.blogspot.com/




Also, Officers, be sure to complete your end of the year reports :)

Have a wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving everyone! See you this weekend in Labelle!

~Margery

New class added for Revel

New Class for the Revel!!!

Workshop: Shire of Trisel Heraldry Belt Tab
Teacher: Winfield Of York
Cost: $5.00 to cover fabric, stencils, thread, paint & brushes
Time: TBA - Saturday afternoon
Description:
During this workshop you will complete your belt hanger. All of the sewing will be done for you ahead of time, all you need to do is use the stencils to paint on the tree and laurel wreaths. The class should take about 30-60 minutes and then you will be able to wear them to feast!

The Revel starts tomorrow!

Huzzah! We've made it .. the Revel starts tomorrow! I'm looking forward to seeing everyone this weekend! If you have any questions, contact me. We'll be setting up tomorrow afternoon ... If you are planning to camp out, come on by Friday mid afternoon to set up, it gets dark by 6pm now, so plan accordingly :)

Saturday will be our day of celebration. All weekend feast is $10 per person. That includes Friday evening, Saturday all day, and Sunday morning. Or feel free to bring your own food and drink .. whatever works for you :)

Saturday's activities will include, classes - drop spinning, devices and heraldry, and getting started in the SCA on the cheap. - non-perishable food item per class per person for admission

List fields for those authorized to participate in an SCA event - non-perishable food item per person for admission

Swap market - bring extra stuff to swap and sell with other shire members.

Come on out, GARB is required ... loaner garb is available, please let me know if you need some. Also, don't forget feast gear! You'll need something to drink from and something to eat off of :)

More info here : http://www.wix.com/ladymargery/shireoftriselrevel2010

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

See you this weekend!

Margery

Thanksgiving Weekend!!!

A gracious Thanksgiving weekend offering from Phillipe Le Cuisinier and Julianna Strangewayes

location: 506 Trader Road, Labelle, Fl 33935  1/2 mile north of the swing bridge on Cemetery Road in Ft. Denaud

If you are planning to stop by, please be sure to RSVP as they have requested

(Click the image and it will become larger) 

The Revel is in about 2 weeks!!!!

I know I'm quite excited for the Revel .. are you? Have you RSVP'd yet? Letting us know isn't mandatory, but if you know you will be joining us, whether it be for the entire weekend or coming by on Saturday, it is very helpful to know in advance. Also, the cost for feast is $10, that is for the entire weekend! Friday evening, All Day Saturday, and Sunday morning. You can pay the $10 once you arrive, whatever day that may be, but if you could give us a heads up, by either filling out the form at http://www.wix.com/ladymargeryshireoftrisel2010 (the RSVP) button ... or you can email me at ladymargerymcguire@gmail.com ... or you can simply comment on this blog post. Also, for those coming to the social gathering this weekend, I will have a paper sign up sheet. So there are many ways to let us know. For those who have already responded, thank you :) And please dont fret if you can not RSVP and you want to come to Revel last minute, please come, all is Welcome!!!

Also, don't forget, we will be setting up a Market Row, if you have extra material, trim, crafting supplies, garb that you don't use, or doesn't fit, even armor and or materials to make armor and weapons, bring it along to Revel, we can all barter items to each other and share within the shire and newcomers to the shire. If you think you will be bringing things to barter, also please let me know, so we can set up enough tables.

If you are planning to camp Friday and Saturday, it is a primitive camping site, and the grounds will be discreetly wet.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.

thanks,

Margery

Shire of Trisel Hospitaller

Tablet Weaving Class this Friday!!!!

Thora will be graciously teaching some basic tablet weaving this coming Friday, 11/5/2010 at the social gathering. If you would like to take part in this workshop, please bring a belt with you, the wider the better (it's more comfortable when it's sitting against your back). If you do not have a belt, that is ok too, a rope will do just fine. No other materials are needed, Just yourself and a belt :)

Thora will provide the rest. But if anyone has pearl Cotton they really want to use, she'll show you how to thread the cards and you can use your own textiles or hers.

There is no charge for the class, but assistance setting up cards for a future class is appreciated, but not required.

I know i'm looking forward to learning something new. Are you?

a few words from our Seneschal

Greetings

Once again I am in awe of how wonderful and amazing my shirefolk are. I asked for some assistance at a school function and, of course, the Shire stood up and kicked butt. You smiled and played and let little, mean people beat you. Thanks rapiers. You shared your knowledge and instructed many. Thanks Sofia and Emilio. You even suited up my bosses and let them play with heavy weapons - thanks Yuri and Tuchux!!! What great pics we have of the day.

To all of you, I am proud to have you as friends and shirefolk. You are so kind and always are there to help with the crazy things I ask of you. Thanks for all you do to make the Shire of Trysel the best Shire in Trimaris.

Huzzah!

Lu

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Here are photos I took at the Fall Festival - Please feel free to share the link with anyone who would enjoy them. To save individual photos to your own desktop, just click the photo with your right mouse button and "save image as" it will then save the JPG image to your computer.

http://picasaweb.google.com/ladymargerymcguire/SunshineElemFallFest2010#

Classes for Revel:

We still have room for a couple more volunteers for teaching SCA classes during the revel. It doesn't have to be extravagant, just something to share with others, and they can walk away with an "Ah ha" moment :) at the end. So far we have the following:

Getting started in the SCA - using thrift shop treasures by Lady Lucrezia

Drop Spinning by Sophia

Devices & Heraldry by Sieggy

We haven't scheduled time blocks yet, so if you are teaching a class, or want to teach a class, please let me know, I would imagine 30 minutes - 45 minutes per class? Please correct me if I am wrong.

Also, a reminder, to attend a class, it is one non-perishable food item, per person, per class.

Zombicon 2010!!!

It was a blast!!!! Braaaains ..... http://picasaweb.google.com/ladymargerymcguire/Zombicon2010#

Shire Beach Day Photos!!!!

Take a look! more to come!!

http://picasaweb.google.com/ladymargerymcguire/ShireBeachDay#

Request for the Revel:

As a shire now's the time to come together, work together, and play together.

Do you have a pavilion that the shire could use for the weekend?
(we need a number of them, for feast, classes, and list fields)

Tables and chairs?

Do you have a craft or topic of interest that you would be willing to share your knowledge for a class for the revel?

It could be something as a craft, a musical instrument, even living in the modern world while preparing for the SCA (how to shop and craft as thrifty as possible - Great idea Lu :) - Please let me know.

There's also a thought of renting a porta potty, would you be willing to donate a few dollars for that purpose? - Please email me at ladymargerymcguire@gmail.com – or you can leave a comment on this blog post, whichever is easier.

A message from our Seneschal, Lady Lucrezia sarta di Napoli

I'm in need of people to do a five day - Oct. 23 - 24-29-30-31- Halloween spooky event at lakes Park. If you and a few of your favorite friends would be interested in putting on a five day - from 6:30-10:30 PM - scary vignette- I would be very appreciative. I believe we are also going to award a monetary prize for the best vignette. Please let me know whether you'd be interested or not.

If you want to help out, it's a Kiwanis and Lakes Park collaborative event.
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Greetings one and all,
Once again our shire of medieval friends has been asked to participate in our Fall Festival at Sunshine Elementary School.

It is Oct. 30, 2010. We will be on site from about 10-2. Set up and break-down about half hour on either side.

If possible I would love to showcase both our heavy fighters and light fighters this year. Can we get the heavies down here? This would be a demo. I don't think we can do bopper bats - Cathal??? or whack a knight? We would be allowed to keep part of the proceeds this year if we can do these two big "hits" from our past we can make a little money for the event / revel.

Please get back with me if you can do a demo of your specific talent at the Fall Fest. I will do an illumination class - with a paint in the lines type of activity for the kids. Who's in this year?

Shire of Trisel Revel 2010

Shire of Trisel Revel 2010

Cathal the Black Rogue brought up a wonderful idea, and we are going to go through this idea the best we can.
January marks our one year anniversary for officially being a shire. On a yearly basis, we as a shire should have some sort of "Celebration" and even an event in the future. But there are still many things we need to get in order to hold an event, so this year we will hold a Revel. Think of it as a shire only "Event - but not an event" for the weekend.

The weekend prior to Thanksgiving (The 3rd weekend of the month) will be our Shire yearly local "celebration". This year being November 19th, 20th, and 21st.

The details need to be ironed out a bit more, but the basics would be, check in Friday afternoon ... Saturday would have some fighting, classes, and a feast.

Feast would be $10, preferably paid in advance, and class admission would require a non-perishable food item.

It's the weekend before Thanksgiving, what a great way to give back to the community and do a food drive as a shire. For every food item donated, a token would be given to show the instructor that you "paid" for the class. I could get into more details, but then this email would be mega long .. so if you want more information, please respond to this email.

Also, as we grow as a shire, what kind of reputation would you like to be known as? By the end of the meeting a number of us thought it would be a good idea to be known for our Hospitality, especially for newbies to SCA. Whether it's a local get together (our social gatherings on Friday night), or a Kingdom event, we would help those get acquainted and familiar with what goes on.

With that said, on Friday nights, if you still need garb - now that we have our Revel in sight, and you would like something made, T-Tunics are a great starter piece of period clothing. And it's real simple to make. All you need to bring with you is a woven shirt that fits you comfortably and a bed sheet that fits around your body - normally a full or queen size would work just fine. Local thrift shops and goodwill and other shops like that you can find sheets for a great price. We will make you a t-tunic (Dress for women - shirt for men (men then would need scrubs pants for bottoms) during the Friday night social night, or during a specified Craft gathering. All with the focus to get you ready for an event. Then to give it shape, you would just need a belt, leather works fine, black or anything in the brown family of colors.

If you think you would like to have a t-tunic made for you, please respond and I can give more details.

Bring a woven shirt (button down) with you this Friday and we can get your tunic started!! :)

If anyone is interested in Tablet Card Weaving, please respond to this email - Thora has graciously informed me that she is willing to do a series of classes, if the interest is there.

OK, I'm sure I'm forgetting information .. but we have some time till our Revel, oh yeah ... at the Revel, please start thinking about any excess material, crafting supplies, tokens, etc that you would like to trade with other members - we'll be setting it up like a Market Square.

OH also, Tuchux fighters - If you would like to participate and fight in our Revel, it is considered an official SCA "Event" so you would need to be approved to fight in the SCA, with the correct gear and such, Please get with our heavies to make sure you all can play together :)