[Ravensfort] Fwd: [Ansteorra] To Our Beloved Kingdom, regarding the recent lawsuit settlement.

[Carolyn Pace]

Please read and forgive us if you already get the Ansteorra list. We just wanted to make sure you saw this and honor our Crown's wishes to be careful in our discussion online as others can see what we discuss. I am also forwarding the missive from the Kingdom Webminister that asks us to be careful etc. also. There was an earlier missive from the Kingdom Webminister , asking us to delay discussion until we heard from our Crown. Thus the earlier missive asking you to delay talking online was why I sent it out to all of our fellow Raven's Forters. Hope this makes sense why we did so. YIS,

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> From: Queen of Ansteorra <queen at crown.ansteorra.org>
> Subject: [Ansteorra] To Our Beloved Kingdom, regarding the recent lawsuit settlement.
> Date: February 5, 2012 9:49:47 PM CST
> To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
> Reply-To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
> 
> Unto the populous of the great Kingdom of Ansteorra do we, Aaron and
> Amelot, with our Heirs,
> Hrafn and Elizabeta, send Greetings,
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> Here is the link to the Society webpage that list the FAQ and details that
> we have been provided
> to Us at this time:
> 
> http://sca.org/BOD/announcements/settlement.html
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