Officers’ Handbooks and Resources
Seneschal Resources
- Lochac Procedures Manual – All officers should read this!
- Office Handover Checklist – New and outgoing officers read this!
- New Seneschal’s Handbook – required reading for every new group Seneschal (Oct 2021)
- College of Seneschals mailing list
- Issue Resolution Handbook – how to manage and resolve disputes
- Lochac Groups Guide – a comprehensive guide for those wishing to form a new SCA group in Lochac, with appendices regarding group transitions (Sep 2023)
- Society Seneschal’s Handbook – useful for all Seneschals, particularly those responsible for larger groups
- Lochac Group Seneschal Introduction – a brief introduction for new and intending Seneschals
- Baronial (B&B) Poll Guide
- Dealing With Difficult People – Master Gareth Wilfrith
- Lochac Procedures Manual – All officers should read this!
- Office Handover Checklist – New and outgoing officers read this!
- Code of Conduct for SCA Ltd (Australia) and SCA New Zealand
- Lochac Information Guide – where to find key information and resources in Lochac (September 2021)
- Regnumator User Guide
- Appointinator User Guide
- Officer Job Descriptions – a quick overview and resource list for each officer role (October 2021)
- The SCA needs You – Becoming an SCA Officer – officer recruitment and support, 2020-23
- Helping Make Behaviour Better – a guide to constructive critiquing & mentoring in the SCA, 2020
- Retention Tips – How to Develop Newcomers and Encourage Long-term Members, 2020
- Recruitment Tips – How to grow by fostering recruitment and promotion, 2020
- Luring Newcomers via your Group Website – of value to Seneschals, Hospitallers and Webwrights, 2010
- SCA NZ’s Media Guide – useful info no matter where you live in Lochac
- Officer warrant – only for Kingdom Officers needing one to send to Society officers – everyone else please use the Regnumator
Events and Crown
- See the Events page
- Consensus decision making in the SCA – Master Gareth Wilfrith
- Forming Principalities in the SCA – Master Gareth Wilfrith
- The Crown and Regions in the SCA – Master Gareth Wilfrith
- ‘Moving the Food Dish’. People and leadership in the SCA – Master Aaron Swiftrunner
- See the recruitment discussion and ideas partway down this handbook by Justin du Coeur
Don’t miss the Hospitaller’s handbook and other recruitment-related articles, posters, videos and graphic resources on the Lochac Hospitaller website.