Portals to Officer Advice
Portal for Autocrats
Class: Business of Events – An Autocrating 101 class focused more on the paperwork end-of-things than the normal troubleshooting and people corralling. (2018)
Class: Challenge Friendly – Aimed at creating a dialogue to make the SCA more disability friendly. Also to teach children and adults how to interact with disability animals. (2018)
Class: How to be an Event Minion – A newcomer class to give people ideas where they can help out at events. (2016)
Portal for Chatelaines
Class: Award and Recommendations (PART 1) AND (PART 2) – Two newcomer classes written specifically for the Canton of Aire Faucon, letting gentles know what awards are available and how to write recommendations. Class grew out of questions from a business meeting. (2019)
Class: Getting Cultured – Creating Your Persona – A newcomer class to help people start thinking about their personas. (2017)
Class: Guilds, Colleges and Solars, oh my! – A newcomer class to explain how guilds and other unofficial art organizations work in the SCA. Created in response to newcomer questions for a local newcomer night. (2016)
Class: Event Checklist – Camping Events – An exhaustive list of prepping for camping events. The daytrip, feast, and camping checklists can be combined for a good length class. (2018)
Class: Event Checklist – Daytrip – What newcomers might want to pack for their first event daytrip. The daytrip, feast, and camping checklists can be combined for a good length class. (2018)
Class: Event Checklist – Feast – Attending your first feast, this list is helpful to newcomers for packing a basket. The daytrip, feast, and camping checklists can be combined for a good length class. (2018)
Class: Happy New Year … A Short History of the SCA – A newcomer class giving a quick overview about the history of the SCA. (2018)
Class: Heraldic Coloring Book – A newcomer class to show the Coat-of-Arms of the members of the Canton of Aire Faucon. (2016)
Class: How to be an Event Minion – A newcomer class to give people ideas where they can help out at events. (2016)
Class: Largess: The Gift That Keeps Needing Gifting – A class explaining largess and giving ideas of possible projects. While originally created as a newcomer class, this class is excellent for any A&S planning. (2017)
Class: Martial Activities Available in the SCA (I can kill you with …) – A newcomer class explaining the various martial activities available in the SCA. (2017)
Class: Naming November – A newcomer class to give a brief overview on how to choose and SCA name. (2019)
Class: Offices of the SCA – A newcomer class describing the duties of officers in the SCA. Specifically created for the Canton of Aire Faucon, it may be adjusted for other uses. It takes about 2 hours to share and the handout is a (long) list of notes to expand on. (2017)
Class: Pick a Hobby or Collect Them All – A newcomer class for a general overview of activities newcomers can participate in. A very casual course meant to be a guided discussion with focus on activities depending on the interest of the attendees. For the first class, the students were interested in homesteading and spinning. (2022)
Class: SCA Vocabulary: A newcomer class providing basic SCA vocabulary. Took about 1 and a half hours. (2019)
Class: SCA Geography and Events in the Aire Faucon Area – A newcomer class specific to the Aire Faucon Area and events likely to be seen in 2020. Will need to be updated for other groups or a different presentation date. Created in response to newcomer questions about “where is everything and what should I attend?”(2019)
Class: What are Demos and How can I Help – A class taught for Newcomer night at a local A&S meeting to encourage people to help out at demos and let the newcomer know all the different types of demos there are. (2016)
Vocabulary Link – Good Grief, What do they mean by that? – Available on the SCA website.
Portal for Chroniclers: To be worked on
Portal for Exchequers: Got nothing at this time
Portal for Heralds
Assorted Lessons in SCA Heraldry – Complied by Jaelle of Armida for the sca.org heraldry site. If just starting, do the Heraldry for Non-Heralds first. These lessons has some sharp edges warning heralds on the “no-accept” submissions.
Class: Award and Recommendations (PART 1) AND (PART 2) – Two newcomer classes written specifically for the Canton of Aire Faucon, letting gentles know what awards are available and how to write recommendations. Class grew out of questions from a business meeting. (2019)
Class: Getting Cultured – Creating Your Persona – A newcomer class to help people start thinking about their personas. (2017)
Class: Happy New Year … A Short History of the SCA – A newcomer class giving a quick overview about the history of the SCA. (2018)
Class: Heraldic Coloring Book – A newcomer class to show the Coat-of-Arms of the members of the Canton of Aire Faucon. (2016)
Class: Naming November – A newcomer class to give a brief overview on how to choose and SCA name. (2019)
Heraldic Quiz – Match the Color. (2011)
Heraldry for Non-Heralds – A primer available on the sca.org heraldry site. Very warm & fuzzy and step-by-step. I go to it a lot.
Portal for Lists: Got nothing at this time
Portal for Marshals
Class: Martial Activities Available in the SCA (I can kill you with …) – A newcomer class explaining the various martial activities available in the SCA. (2017)
Rule area for Atlantian Marshals – Linked to the Atlantia Marshal website.
Portal for Ministers of A&S
Class: Largess: The Gift That Keeps Needing Gifting – A class explaining largess and giving ideas of possible projects. While originally created as a newcomer class, this class is excellent for any A&S planning. (2017)
Portal for Seneschals: To be worked on
Portal for Webministers: Links for programming WordPress
Portal for Youth & Children Ministers
Class: Challenge Friendly – Aimed at creating a dialogue to make the SCA more disability friendly. Also to teach children and adults how to interact with disability animals. (2018)
Project: Sweet Bags (2017)