Greetings!
With the new year there are new updated permission forms for us to use for our websites. Please take a moment to read the following PDF’s from the SCA Document Library.
FAQ for Webministers
Model Release Form
Model Release Form (PDF with fillable blanks)
Photographer Release Form
Photographer Release Form (PDF with fillable blanks)
Please go through your websites and verify that you have these forms filled out.
From our Kingdom Seneschal:
The SCA Board of Directors has determined that social media websites may not be used for ‘official’ SCA business.
What does this mean?
While we do not discourage the use of Facebook and such to get the word out or for private group forums, it cannot be the official medium of any SCA entity (branches, guilds etc). Any social media site being used to enhance the SCA activities should include a disclaimer stating that these pages, lists etc are NOT official and do not reflect SCA policies.
The most important aspect is that, as per the Calendar Policy, for events to be considered official they must be registered with the branch seneschal AND published in the branches official media whether a website or a newsletter. This includes level 4 events which are meetings and practices. Failure to meet this criteria (for example, a practice only published on Facebook) results in the activity not being sanctioned by the SCA and the liability insurance not covering that activity.
With regards to websites, it is also recommended that official branch websites be hosted on one of the existing servers (e.g antir.sca.org tirrigh.org). This prevents an individual web officer from taking his website and going home if he becomes disgruntled with a local branch leaving the branch without their website. This has happened on multiple occasions in the past year. The associated webteams have assured me that there is plenty of existing space to do this. SO if your branch site is a Facebook site, you need to have that changed asap.
Hosting these sites on the official servers means a stable platform and a reliable back-up.
Master James Llewellyn ap Gruffydd
Seneschal An Tir
forward as required
Quarter Ending: March 31 Report Due: April 30
Quarter Ending: June 30 Report Due: July 31
Quarter Ending: September 30 Report Due: October 31
Quarter Ending: December 31 Report Due: January 31
A new system for keeping track of our officers has been implemented by Web Team member Jean Louis de Chambertin, OL, OP.
Future implementations will have warrent dates entered and when your term is complete your information will drop off and the new officer will be entered.
This takes care of several things.
This will hopefully be a positive thing for all of us.
Comments are welcome.
As time passes this site will be utilized to update changes going on the Antir Kingdom Website.
