[Ansteorra] SCA Financial Assistance (Cross Posted by Request)

[David Backlin]

Cross posted by request.

Please respond directly toballyclogh at gmail.com with any questions:

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Submitted to SCA Today (Pending editorial approval). Cross post, please.

Fair and wondrous greetings unto all Houses, Clans, and Confederations 
in the Known World from the great Clan Marshin Fayne,

For many years we have enjoyed many aspects of this great hobby, the 
Dream as it has been called, and we have grown with it as the Society as 
a whole has grown...as local shires, baronies, and Kingdoms wax and 
wane. Many of us have seen our houses, some older than many official 
groups, become integral parts of our Society...our individualities 
adding to the greatness of the Ages which we represent. We all have many 
aspects and varied aspirations. Some of us raise arms and make battle 
upon fields of honour in many lands far and wide, while others imbue the 
knowledge and beauty of the Ages which we represent to those that seek 
such learning, and others still serve in order to keep the Dream alive 
through its administration. Other houses and Clans make revelry for the 
enjoyment of every gentle at varied events and Wars. We are all players 
in this that is the SCA, fine threads of a vast pattern that makes the 
very tapestry of our Society.

Our Society has been pummeled by a great and dark storm the likes of 
which it has never faced. Due to the legal tumult that has gripped it 
and the ramifications it has been bound to, every Kingdom and group that 
comprise them is held to a responsibility of sharing the financial 
burden that the Society faces. Some groups will weather the Storm well 
while others may break apart in the shallows and although the financial 
burden which they face might be recovered such an occurance is for many 
as fleeting as a waking dream.

We who comprise the many Houses, Clans, and Confederations that partake 
of the Dream should meet the tempest which official groups face with 
Compassion and assistance wherever possible. If we can give of our time 
at events donating dayboard to groups that might not be able to afford 
it when the gale forces them into the reef, hosting a fundraiser to help 
alleviate the burdens which face them all, or simply donating from our 
collected coffers, the hardships might be made easier to bear.

We in Clan Marshin Fayne, with members across the Known World, offer a 
challenge to every house, clan, and confederation to give of yourselves 
to assist your local groups and Kingdoms. We will start this challenge 
by providing financial assistance from donations by our members and 
shall continue in fundraisers and service so that the threatening 
upheaval will be lessened. We challenge all of you to do the same in 
whatever way you can. This is a trying time for us all and, by helping 
our fellow brethren members and partakers of the Dream, the storm can 
break to a dazzling sunrise and a bright future for everyone in the Society.

In Service to all,

Roibeard mhic Neill mac Gille Eoin,

-Chief, Clan Marshin Fayne
ballyclogh at gmail.com