From: aluko@leland.Stanford.EDU (Stephen Goldschmidt)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: finding your local SCA
Date: 6 Jan 92 20:59:35 GMT

Dear Curious Readers:

Here on the Rialto, we are often asked, "How does one join the SCA?"

The best way to "join" the SCA is to contact the local group nearest
you and start doing things with them.  Most local groups hold regular
meetings for business and/or socializing, many local groups go to
events together and share ideas and skills, and many publish a
newsletter that keeps you informed of what's happening in your area.
There so much for new people to learn that it is better to get
"indoctrinated" locally rather than via the Rialto -- though we welcome
your questions, especially if they are specific and likely to intrest
many people!

Since I don't know contact people for the every local group in our
Known World, I'm posting the names, addresses, and (home) phone numbers
for the Seneschal(e)s of the Twelve Kingdoms and also for the Corporate
Offices of the SCA, Inc.  If you call or write the appropriate
Seneschal(e) at home, (s)he can give you the name of your local group
and the contact person for it.

Please do not call any of these people after 10 pm (their time!).  Many
of these people hold other (less demanding :-) jobs during the week, so
you may have to leave a message if you call during working hours.
If you write, enclose a SASE or International Reply Coupon for best
results.  Please be polite--these are VOLUNTEER officers of the SCA.

If you want to receive the Corporate and Kingdom newsletters, or wish
to hold any office within the SCA, you should become a sustaining member.
To do this, you write to:

    The Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.
    Office of the Registry
    P. O. Box 360743
    Milpitas, CA 95035-0743 (USA)

The annual cost (for US and APO addresses) is US$25, and I urge you to
get their form before sending a check.  You can also get general
information about the SCA and pointers to local groups from this
office.  Their phone number is (408) 263-9305.  I suggest calling
between 9am and 5pm Pacific Time.

There's also an on-line list of "couriers" -- Rialtans who will pass
your electronic messages to other people in their local groups.  The
list is maintained by "nnpeterson@watcgl.waterloo.edu" (Neil N.
Peterson).  You can also search for someone in your area in the on-line
"Rolls Ethereal", an unofficial directory of Rialto members.  This list
is maintained by "inmet!justin@uunet.UU.NET" (Mark Waks).  Both lists
(and various other useful data) are available to Internet users via
anonymous ftp from meadow.stanford.edu (36.64.0.20).  The files are,
unfortunately, more than a year out-of-date.


Here, as promised, are the Seneschal(e)s of the Twelve Kingdoms:

ANSTEORRA (OK and TX (except El Paso))
  Rhoodri ap Gwythyr
  Paul Foster
  2100 Winrock #21
  Houston, TX 77057
  (713) 977-9314

AN TIR (OR, WA, Northern ID, BC, SK, and AB)
  Gwilym Moore de Montfort
  Sean Hinckley
  P. O. Box 2671
  Spokane, WA 99220
  (509) 927-7572

ATENVELDT (AZ, UT, MT, Western CO, Western WY, and Southern ID)
  Ceryss Bassett
  Karol Champlin
  4864 Wasatch St.
  Murry, UT 84107
  (801) 266-1227

ATLANTIA (MD, DC, VA, NC, and SC)
  Loric Bane
  Cliff Scott
  5417 Carolyn Dr.
  Wilmington, NC 28403
  (919) 452-5027

CAID (Southern CA, HI, New Zealand, and Southern NV)
  David Morgan
  Keith D. MacInnes
  13320 Corby Ave.
  Norwalk, CA 90650
  (213) 863-4454

CALONTIR (KS, MO, IA, NB, and Northwest AR)
  Deotrich Hiltepard
  Curtis Rowland
  3512 49th Street
  Des Moines, IA 50310
  (515) 254-0430

EAST (NY, NJ, PA, MA, CT, RI, VT, NH, ME, WV, NF, NS, NB, PQ, and Europe)
  Sedalia MacNare
  E. L. Ellis
  51 Roxbury Rd.
  Garden City, NY 11530
  (516) 747-8497

MERIDIES (GA, LA, MS, TN, AL, Southern and Eastern AR, and FL Panhandle)
  Rhiannon of the Isle
  Lynn Wilson Smith
  1554 Church Street
  Mobile, AL 36604
  (205) 478-9385

MIDDLE (IL, IN, KY, OH, MI, ONT, WI, MN, MAN, ND, and SD)
  Gareth Tancred Wilfrith
  Roy Gathercoal
  1212 Park Dr.
  Lebanon, IN 46052
  (317) 482-2634
  "royg@purccvm.bitnet"

OUTLANDS (NM, El Paso TX, Eastern CO, and Eastern WY)
  Ariel of Lindisfarne
  Ellen Rawson
  7416 Parklane Rd.
  Longmont, CO 80503
  (303) 581-0750

TRIMARIS (Penisular FL)
  Fredrich Kyburg
  Carl Riddlemoser
  306 E. 121 Ave.
  Tampa, FL 33612
  (813) 932-7332

WEST (Nothern CA, Northern NV, AK, Australia, and Japan)
  Mistress Eilis o Boirne
  Lee Forgue
  2322 Russell Street
  Berkeley, CA 94705
  (510) 486-0633

This information is based on _The Page_ and _Tournaments Illuminated_
and has been lightly pprooooferd.  Gentle corrections and advice are
(once again) solicited from the Rialto.

Note that kingdom boundaries do not always follow state/provincial
boundaries, so a the geographic extents given are approximate.

For quick information about the West Kingdom, you may, of course, write
to me, Iulstan Sigewealding (Stephen R. Goldschmidt) at
"aluko@portia.Stanford.EDU".  [revised 1/6/92 - srg]