Dear SCA Ltd Members,
We wish to write to you about a number of changes related to our corporate newsletter “Pegasus”, which is also the newsletter of the Kingdom of Lochac. We regret having to change matters, but the economics of the situation demand we act to use your membership payments wisely, and make systems more sustainable for the future. The following changes apply only to Australia.
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Changes to the Constitution for comment
Greetings unto the Populace,
The Board regularly reviews policies every two years, and as such we have done so with the constitution, the changes that have been made to the constitution means that this will be a new constitution. We are putting this draft version of the Constitution along with an Explanation of changes out to the Populace for comments, all comments can be sent to the Secretary via email to secretary@sca.org.au. Comments will close on 31 December 2013. The final product after hearing comments and changing appropriately will be published for voting before the AGM held at Festival.
YIS
Laurence Cooke/Paidin MacLorkan
SCA Ltd. Secretary
New Board members
The Board of SCA Ltd. wish to welcome Sláine inghean Uí Ruadháin (Sandra Watkins) to the board. We would also like to thank her for taking on the role of treasurer after Margarita Deniskaia (Margaret Sleigh) had to step down.
Laurence Cooke (Paidin MacLorkan)
SCA Ltd. Secretary
Thank you
It is with a heavy heart that the board of SCA Ltd. say farewell to Margarita Deniskaia (Margaret Sleigh) as the treasurer of the SCA Ltd. We wish you good health for the future and we thank you for all the hard work that you have done.
Laurence Cooke (Paidin MacLorkan)
SCA Ltd. Secretary
Assets Policy
The Board of SCA Ltd have adopted an Assets Policy which can be found with our other Policy Documents. Any questions regarding this policy or any other policy can be directed to the Secretary.
Laurence Cooke
SCA Ltd. Secretary.
New Board Member
The Board of the SCA Ltd wish to welcome Lady Gabriella Borromei (Donna Page) from Stegby in Riverhaven (Qld) to the Board.
YIS
Laurence Cooke/Paidin MacLorkan
SCA Ltd. Secretary.
Affiliate Memberships at SCA Ltd Events
The Board of SCA Ltd resolved at its June meeting to allow members of affiliated SCA organisations, including SCA Inc (US) and SCANZ, to apply for complimentary memberships in SCA Ltd if they plan to reside in Australia for more than two months.Members of affiliated organisations who are visiting Australia for less than two months should simply continue to use their current SCA Inc or SCANZ membership card and signing a non-SCA Ltd member indemnity as they have been doing. (For more details see the insurance faq).
The new system will save resident affiliate members (and local group officers) from the extra paperwork at every event they attend and it will make the situation clearer if they hold offices in Australian SCA groups. SCA Ltd is required by its affiliation agreements to treat these people as members of SCA Ltd insofar as that is possible. This new process will simply make that easier where long term residents are concerned. Instructions for our resident affiliate members who wish to take advantage of this are on the Membership Services website.
Tiffany Brown (Teffania de Tukerton)
Chair, SCA ltd
Updated board meeting schedule
Due to heavy workload, the board of SCA Ltd is going to increase it’s meeting schedule over the next 2 months from 4 weekly to 3 weekly.This makes the next 3 meetings at 7:30pm Sydney time on:
- Monday 23 September
- Monday 14 October
- Monday 4 November
Following this we should resume our usual schedule of meeting on the first Monday of the month. As always, members of SCA Ltd are welcome to attend meetings (held electronically), except when they go ‘in camera’ for confidential matters, and should contact the secretary to join a meeting.
Seeking board members for SCA Ltd
SCA Ltd is again seeking nominations for board members.SCA Ltd is the administrative body that directs and oversees the “out-of-game” activities of the SCA in Australia. This includes (but is not limited to) managing the Society as a not-for-profit company, liaising with the SCANZ and SCA Inc., ensuring compliance withstate and federal laws and insurance company requirements, and administering payment of taxes including GST.
A description of the board member role can be found on our responsibilities page. Commitment to be a board member is a heavy responsibility requiring a large and consistent time commitment (probably at least 5 hours a week for a non-executive position, with a term as a higher workload executive position expected) over a 3 year period.
I accordance with our board membership policy (https://sca.org.au/documents/policy), no nominations will be currently accepted from Victoria as 2 current board members already reside in those states. We especially encourage nominations from WA, SA and Qld where we have no representatives currently.Applications should be in writing and sent via email to the Secretary of the Board (secretary AT sca.org.au). Please include in your application a brief resume of your SCA life and what skills you can bring to the Board. If you have any enquiries about the role please ask the secretary or any board member.
Yours in Service,
Tiffany Brown
Chair, SCA Ltd
Change in SCA Ltd Directors
Mistress Leonore de Scotia has asked the Board to be released as Secretary of SCA Ltd. The Board has acceded to her request and thanks her for all her hard work as Secretary of the company.
Following a vote of the Board, Lord Paidin MacLorkan (Laurence Cooke) has stepped down as Deputy Chairperson and stepped up as the new Secretary of SCA Ltd. Lady Elswyth of Bery has been elected as the new Deputy Chairperson.
All are thanked for their dedication to the SCA in Australia.