[Namron] Message from TRMs and TRHs

[Doug Copley]

This message was posted on Facebook and I copied it and am sending it 
out so that everyone gets a chance to read it.

Vincenti
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This weekend, We were a part of a momentous conference call with the SCA 
Board of Directors
and the assembled Royalty and Greater Officers of the Known World. We 
are sure that many of
you are already aware of the lawsuit was directed against the Society 
for Creative Anachronism,
Inc. as a result of the actions of a former member of our Society who 
has long since had his
membership revoked.

Over the past 8-10 years, the SCA, Inc. has been defending itself and 
all our members against
this lawsuit. New policies have been put into place to prevent acts 
similar to those that led to the
lawsuit happening again. The corporation has been successful in keeping 
these problems in the
modern world from interfering in the game we all love, and they have 
expended a large amount
of money already in the vigorous defense of our Society.

The lawsuit has finally come to a conclusion, and the settlement that 
the SCA’s legal team was
able to negotiate is less than 20% of the amount that was originally 
demanded. As a result of a
variety of issues with the SCA’s Insurance providers, the SCA is now in 
litigation with one of
our former providers to recoup the amount of money that the SCA has been 
forced to pay out in
the settlement.

The bottom line is that the SCA, of which we are all a part, is obliged 
to pay a significant amount
of money, which must be paid within 45 days of the settlement decision, 
to end this legal action.
All Kingdoms and major independent wars are being asked to pay 18% of 
their 2010 Domesday
reported financial amounts. Ansteorra will be receiving an invoice from 
the corporate office on
Monday, February 6th, for our share of this amount. We have 10 days from 
receipt of the invoice
to remit the money to the corporate office in order to keep the game 
that we love so much
functioning.

We were also informed that the Lawsuit we are currently pursuing against 
our former insurance
provider has a trial date in May, and the SCA hopes to recoup some, most 
of or all of the money
it is paying in the settlement. We have been pledged that however much 
money is recouped
from this lawsuit, that the money (after payment of any legal fees still 
outstanding) will be
distributed to the Kingdoms proportionally based on the amounts that 
each Kingdom has put
forward as its share of the settlement. Our Kingdom Exchequer will be 
contacting each of
Ansteorra’s Exchequers to discuss how we, as a united Kingdom, will take 
care of our mutual
obligation.

We would like to express Our full support of the Board of Directors at 
this point. For many of us
there was real fear that our game would, at this point, be ceasing to 
exist. While this 18% is by
no means an easy thing to accomplish, We feel that it is a burden that 
is reasonable, given all the
benefits that the SCA has awarded us over the many years we have enjoyed 
this game.

This is a hard time in our SCA experience. We understand that for many 
groups this request will
put strain upon their finances, and we sincerely apologize for the 
inconvenience. The reality is,

this is a game that We love dearly, and want to see in existence another 
fifty years to come. If
we stand united in this together, we can come out the other side of this 
rough patch as a stronger
community.

What we ask from you all now is simply to join Us in standing together 
and doing our part to
save the greater Society of the SCA. We especially urge you look forward 
to the great things
we can do as a Society now that the burden of this lawsuit has been 
lifted from our shoulders. It
profits no one to look back in bitterness at what caused this crisis in 
our history, to try to place
blame or to wallow in anger – it is to the future we must look, to how 
we can build the SCA into
an even stronger, more vital and supportive community. Please keep this 
in mind as you discuss
the lawsuit and its settlement among yourselves, on our Kingdom mailing 
list and on your
personal pages in various social media. We intend to demonstrate to the 
world that Ansteorra
will pursue the honorable, courteous and chivalrous path forward.

In Service

Aaron and Amelott
Hrafn and Elizabeta