Kingdom Law - Change log
Kingdom Law was due for a bit of an update due to the changes needed to comply with changes to SCANZ's constitution. We have made typographical updates for proper nouns, added or removed commas where needed, corrected names of organisations. Numbering updated to decimal. Paragraphs have been broken into individual referancable rules.More substantial changes are noted below.
Definitions
I.2 Lochac
- Was
- ...In this document, "kingdom" or "the kingdom" shall be understood to mean Lochac.
- Now 1.2.2
- In this document, "kingdom" or "the kingdom" shall also be understood to mean the Kingdom of Lochac unless clearly noted otherwise.
- Functional change
- None, clarification only
I.4 Corpora
- Was
- Corpora means the Corpora of the SCA US, one of the governing documents of the SCA US.
- Now
- Corpora means the Corpora of the SCA Inc., one of the governing documents of SCA Inc. It contains the policies governing historical re-creation within the SCA.
- Functional change
- None
- Reason for change
- Explains the importance of Corpora
I.5 Member
- Was
- A member is a subscribing member of the SCA Ltd or SCANZ or a formally affiliated organisation.
- Now
- A member is a subscribing member of SCA Ltd or SCANZ, an event member, or a member of a formally affiliated organisation.
- Functional change
- None
- Reason for change
- We have more types of people that we recognise as members. We have specified which type of membership is needed where relevant.
I.6 Seneschal
- Was
- Unless specifically stated otherwise Seneschal means the Lochac Kingdom Seneschal.
- Now
- Removed, subsequent rules renumbered
- Functional change
- None, we have specified whether we mean the Kingdom Seneschal or group seneschal as needed throughout Kingdom Law
I.7 Registrar
- Was
- Registrar means the registrar of SCA Ltd or of SCANZ as applicable.
- Now
- Removed. Subsequent rule renumbered
- Functional change
- None.
- Reason for change
- The term did not appear anywhere else in Kingdom Law
I.8 (now 1.6) Pegasus
- Was
- Pegasus is the official newsletter of Lochac, SCA Ltd and SCANZ is Pegasus.
- Added
- In this document, "the kingdom newsletter" shall be understood to mean Pegasus.
- Functional change
- None
- Reason for change
- We variously refer interchangeably to Pegasus and the kingdom newsletter throughout.
I.10 Mail
- Was
- Unless specifically stated otherwise, the term mail includes email and postal mail.
- Now
- Removed. Subsequent rules renumbered
- Functional change
- None
- Reason for change
- The term did not appear anywhere else in Kingdom Law.
I.11 (now 1.9) Official event
- Was
- An official event means an SCA event as defined in the Corpora of the SCA US.
- Now
- An official event means an SCA event as defined in Corpora.
- Functional change
- None
- Reason for change
- Corpora is ours too - It contains the policies governing historical re-creation within the SCA.
I.12 (now 1.10) Steward
- Was
- Steward means the member of the SCA who is the person responsible for an official event.
- Now
- Steward means the subscribing member of the SCA who is the person responsible for an official event.
- Functional change
- None, stewards already have to be subscribing members.
- Reason for change
- Specifying type of membership.
I.13 (now 1.11) Sovereign
- Was
- Sovereign means the contestant of Crown tournament who fought and won, and was subsequently crowned as King or Queen.
- Now
- Sovereign means the contestant of Crown Tournament who won, and was subsequently crowned as King or Queen.
- Functional change
- Allows for non-combat tournament formats in the future.
- Reason for change
- More tournament formats may become available.