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<DIV>There is a civil suit in Pennsylvania. See <A href="http://www.pennsicwar.org/penn39/GENERAL/classletter.html">http://www.pennsicwar.org/penn39/GENERAL/classletter.html</A>, which I believe is the one in question.</DIV>
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<DIV> "<B>Announcement from the Board of Directors, SCA, Inc.</B> </DIV>
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<P>The directors and corporate staff have the unfortunate obligation to inform the membership that the SCA, Inc. has been named in a civil suit seeking damages as a result of sexual misconduct of an adult toward minors.
<P>Unfortunately, at the time the activities occurred, the individual was a member and officer of the SCA. The SCA clearly did not sanction the alleged misconduct, had no prior knowledge of the misconduct, and had never received any complaints concerning the adult involved prior to his arrest.
<P>This suit originated in Pennsylvania, USA, and was filed in January of 2010. Complete information regarding this suit is not yet known, as it is still in the preliminary stages.
<P>The Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. intends to take all appropriate actions available to defend itself against the allegations in these suits. As we are able, we will continue to update our membership.
<P>Board of Directors<BR>SCA, Inc." </P></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>Barcsi Janos</P>
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<P align=left><STRONG>JEFFREY C. SMITH </STRONG></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #365f91; FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'">--Thomas Paine, The American Crisis, No. 1, 1776</SPAN></P></DIV></FONT>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Jonathan Blaine <hourumiyamoto@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> General Mailing List for the Barony of Stierbach <moo@lists.stierbach.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thu, December 2, 2010 9:49:31 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Moo] SCA membership fees increase<BR></FONT><BR>
<P>What lawsuit is going on?</P>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Dec 2, 2010 6:58 AM, "Shannon D. Combs-Bennett" <<A href="mailto:sdcbennett@alumni.indiana.edu" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:sdcbennett@alumni.indiana.edu">sdcbennett@alumni.indiana.edu</A>> wrote:<BR>> From the Announcements list:<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Due to extraordinary legal<BR>> expenses from an ongoing lawsuit, the SCA has determined that our best<BR>> option<BR>> is to raise membership fees in most<BR>> classes by $8.00, effective January 1, 2011. Family membership rates<BR>> will not<BR>> increase, although the family cap for memberships will be raised by<BR>> $5.00<BR>> effective the same time.<BR>> <BR>> When we indicated in 2009<BR>> that membership fees would raise gradually over the next three years, we<BR>> were<BR>> not fully aware of the extent and impact of the legal fees required to<BR>> defend<BR>> our organization. Earlier this year we
received a realistic projection<BR>> for<BR>> legal expenses through 2011. We are committed to protecting not only the<BR>> SCA<BR>> Inc., but the assets of every SCA group. This lawsuit may go on for<BR>> additional<BR>> years and cost-cutting alone will not be sufficient.<BR>> <BR>> We are formulating a plan to<BR>> get the SCA back on track and are selecting options to restructure our<BR>> operating business model. One option is a move to electronic kingdom<BR>> newsletters with a print-on-demand option for those who would like to<BR>> get their<BR>> version in hardcopy. With these changes, there are many details to<BR>> consider<BR>> <BR>> including: legal issues<BR>> surrounding the fulfillment of our current subscription liability; the<BR>> development of an electronic publishing framework for use by kingdom<BR>> chroniclers<BR>> that supports both web-publishing and print-on-demand;
writing relevant<BR>> changes<BR>> to governing documents, officer handbooks, and kingdom procedures; and<BR>> making<BR>> dramatic programming changes to the SCA website and corporate systems.<BR>> <BR>> The current migration of<BR>> corporate and Society officer email addresses to a more robust<BR>> infrastructure<BR>> is a step in this direction.<BR>> <BR>> It is our hope that as<BR>> financial circumstances evolve we will be able to re-evaluate the entire<BR>> membership fee structure once the effectiveness of the restructured<BR>> business<BR>> model can be determined. This would include evaluating the necessity of<BR>> collecting NMS as well as potential reductions in membership fees.<BR>> <BR>> There will be many stages in<BR>> this process where feedback will be needed and solicited. We want to be<BR>> completely transparent with any changes that will be made, and will<BR>>
share<BR>> details as they become available. As every year, the budget will be<BR>> posted on<BR>> the SCA website as soon as it is approved for your review. Our job is to<BR>> keep<BR>> you as fully informed as possible and in that spirit we welcome any and<BR>> all<BR>> questions and comments. For the moment, please submit questions and<BR>> comments<BR>> through <A href="mailto:comments@sca.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:comments@sca.org">comments@sca.org</A> <mailto:<A href="mailto:comments%2540sca.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:comments%2540sca.org">comments%40sca.org</A>> .<BR>> <BR>> Finally, this process will<BR>> be very difficult and take many months to complete, so please bear with<BR>> us.<BR>> During this time, Board members will be attempting to attend as many<BR>> events as<BR>> possible to be available to answer your questions.<BR>> <BR>> The
SCA Board of Directors<BR>> <BR>> __._,_.___<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>