Announcements

Current Rules for Calontir Event Attendance (as of February 2022)

• These rules apply to both events and local meetings, practices, and gatherings.

• These rules are in addition to, not in place of, the Society level rules from the BoD.

• These rules are the MINIMUM requirements, and local group leadership may enact more stringent requirements if the local health conditions warrant.

• All Local, State, and Federal Guidelines are to be followed, including masking and gathering size limits.

• All attendees to any event, meeting, or practice, must be signed in on a roster including current accurate contact information.

• Everyone 24 months of age and older must mask indoors, regardless of vaccination status. N95, KN95, or KF94 masks are to be worn indoors, for all activities including fighting, both armored and steel.

•  If you cannot fit an N95/KN95/KF94 mask in your helm/mask while fighting, you may wear a multilayer non-woven surgical mask while fighting, but you are expected to wear an N95/KN95/KF94 mask while not fighting.

• If you are fully vaccinated and it has been long enough that the vaccine will have reached maximum efficacy, you may choose not to wear a mask while outdoors in an open area. 

• If you are under a shelter, or shade fly, a mask must be worn. 

• Masks must be worn covering the nose and mouth.

• You may bring your own food to an event and you may share it with others.

• Food may be served in an official capacity, such as an inn or vigil table, with the following requirements: Anyone making or handling food must be masked and gloved. Anyone serving food must be masked. Anyone in the preparation or serving areas but not actually handling food must be masked.

• If you would usually be required to be masked, you must distance a minimum of 6 feet to unmask for eating or drinking.  Vaccinated members of the populace may be closer than 6 feet outdoors, but must still distance to eat or drink indoors.  Unvaccinated members of the populace must distance at least 6 feet to eat or drink both indoors and out.

• Feasts will not be allowed at this time.

• Water Bearing may be provided from the communal coolers, but only into personal containers, not our traditional shared jugs.

Requests from the Crown

• If you are medically able to get the Covid Vaccine, please do so. If you are due for a booster, please get one.

• Please do not attend gatherings if you are not feeling well. If someone in your household is Covid positive, or symptomatic, please stay home. 

• Please respect the comfort levels of those who wish to follow more stringent masking and distancing practices than are strictly required

• The SCA is an organization of chivalry and community. Please remember these values and help us all set a good example for the rest of the Known World.

In all things kindness,  peace and love.

Two weeks ago, in consultation with Our Witan and event stewards, we postponed events in the first half of February. We appreciate all of the effort and input that went into that difficult decision, as well as the work preparing for these events.
We are pleased to announce that Winter War Maneuvers is going forward as scheduled, with N95/KN95/KF94 masks required for all indoor activities, including fighting, both armored and steel.  If you cannot fit an N95/KN95/KF94 mask in your helmet/mask while fighting, you may wear a multilayer non-woven surgical mask while fighting, but you are expected to wear an N95/KN95/KF94 mask while not fighting.

We recognize that the masking requirement makes staying hydrated difficult, and we encourage people to bring a straw, take a break outdoors to drink some water.  

In January We required N95/KN95 masks at Coronation, and we capped attendance. We are not planning to cap attendance at this time. 

It is imperative that if you are feeling unwell, you should stay home from an event. If someone in your household is currently positive, you must stay home, even if you are asymptomatic. As much as we enjoy seeing one another in person again, we would rather have smaller events than to have no events at all. The health of the kingdom is Our priority.

We remain honored to be  
King Hirsch and Queen Magdalena

Once again, many of our groups are moving meetings and activities online due to the current omicron surge, so I would like to take this opportunity to remind all of our kingdom officers – and many local group officers – that the Google accounts that are provided by the kingdom include a wide range of online collaborative resources that are all part of Google Workspace (formerly G-Suite).
Among these resources is a premium level of access to Google Meet, which allows all of those officers to host meetings for up to 100 people at a time for 24 hours (the free version has a 1 hour limit), so if you need to figure out a way to hold your shire meeting, guild chat, or A&S gathering online, please be aware that this resource is readily available to you.
Also, if for some reason you find that you need access to a different video conferencing platform – for example Zoom – please do not hesitate to send me an email at [email protected], and we can try to find a way to get you access to that system.
Sincerely,
Gawin Kappler

Calontir,

 As we all begin to transition into a new year, we also prepare for a transition of leadership. We are only days away from Our stepping down and the Coronation of Hirsch and Magdalena and We could not be happier with the hands We will be leaving the Kingdom in.

While Coronation is an event we would hope to be able to see everyone at, we are also looking at the realities of a surge in Covid infection numbers with the prevalence of the Omicron variant.  With that in mind, We urge you all to consider closely any plans you may have for New Year’s Eve festivities, monitor your health, and please stay home from the event if you have any potential symptoms. No SCA responsibilities are more important than the health and safety of our friends and family.

Wishing you all a joyous and safe New Year,
Lucian and Tamar