Subject: rec.org.sca / Rialto Frequently Asked Questions - part02/04
Supersedes: <sca-faq/part02_824412061@rtfm.mit.edu>
Date: 19 Mar 1996 03:46:50 GMT
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Summary: FAQs with Answers for the Rialto - rec.org.sca and mailing
    list sca@mc.lcs.mit.edu.  The Society for Creative Anachronism is
    an organization that studies the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and
    recreates those parts we find most interesting.
X-Last-Updated: 1996/02/16


                   rec.org.sca and sca@mc.lcs.mit.edu FAQ
                                     or
                  Questions Frequently Asked on the Rialto
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This article is part 2 of the complete Frequently Asked Questions
posting for the Rialto.  An introduction and table of contents are
included in part 1.  The complete Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list
is available via FTP from rtfm.mit.edu in directory
/pub/usenet/rec.org.sca.  Those without FTP access should send e-mail to
mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with "send usenet/news.answers/finding-sources"
in the body to find out how to do FTP by e-mail.

For more complete introductions to the SCA, see the recurring postings
"Come on in -- the water's fine" (by Hal Ravn [whheydt@pacbell.com] ) and
"Life in the Current Middle Ages." (by Arval Benicour
[mittle@panix.com] ).

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Section 2:  Other SCA electronic sources.

2.1  Are there other SCA mailing lists?

     AETHELMEARC  Principality of AEthelmarc
     Subscription:  email to sca-aethelmearc-request@andrew.cmu.edu
     Maintainer: sca-aethelmearc-request@andrew.cmu.edu 
     ..  (SCA Filip of Cour d'Or)
     
     ANSTEORRA    Kingdom of Ansteorra
     Subscription:   email to majordomo@eden.com containing the
     .following line in the body of the message:
 .  SUBSCRIBE ansteorra
.OR for a periodic (daily) digest of messages,
.  SUBSCRIBE ansteorra-digest
     Post to:.ansteorra@eden.com
     Maintainer: owner-ansteorra@eden.com (SCA Phelim Uhtred Gervase/Pug)
 
    ANTIR       Kingdom of An-Tir (The Cathedral Steps)
    Subscription:   email to majordomo@mail.orst.edu containing the
    .following line in the body of the message:
.  SUBSCRIBE antir Your Name <email@address>
    Post to:.antir@mail.orst.edu
    Maintainer: antir-request@mail.orst.edu (SCA: Ivarr Ulfvarinson)

    ARMORY .making armor for SCA use
    Subscription: email to majordomo@eden.com, containing the following
        line in the body of the message:
.  subscribe the-armory Your Name
.substituting your first and last names for Your Name
    Maintainer: Takashaki Takada <jsilver@compusmart.ab.ca>
    
    ATLANTIA-L  Kingdom of Atlantia
    Subscription:   email to listserv@netcom.com, containing the
        following line in the body of the message:
.  SUBSCRIBE ATLANTIA-L Your Name <email@address>
.    (Yes, enclose your email address in angle brackets)
    Maintainers: Elenore Spyrling <eurbanik@leo.vsla.edu
                 Kendrick Wayfarer <lovelace@netcom.com>

    BARDIC      Bardic topics
    Subscription:   email to majordomo@virginia.edu, containing the
        following line in the body of the message:
.  subscribe bardic
    Maintainer: Gregory Blount of Isenfir (Greg Lindahl,
                <gl8f@fermi.clas.virginia.edu>)

    CALONTIR    Kingdom of Calontir
    Subscription:   email to listserv@unl.edu with blank subject line and
        message body of:
            SUB CALONTIR Firstname Lastname
        substituting your name for First and Last name.

    CAROLINGIA  Barony of Carolingia (Boston, MA)
    Subscription:   email to carolingia-request@bloom-beacon.mit.edu

    COLLEGE OF ST. STEPHEN  George Mason University chapter (Fairfax, VA)
    
    Subscription:  email to listproc@gmu.edu with this line in the body
        of the message:  
.    subscribe sca user@host.dom
.substituting your email address for user@host.dom
    Post to:  sca@gmu.edu
    Maintainer:  kgreen2@osf1.gmu.edu (Lady Karen Larsdatter med det Usigelige
        Efternavn fra Skyggedal)

    DML     Drachenwald Mailing List - weekly
    Subscription:   email to the maintainer with DML in the subject.
    Maintainer: Jo Jaquinta (jaymin@maths.tcd.ie or jaymin@salmon.maths.tcd.ie)
    Archives:   via anonymous FTP at lanczos.maths.tcd.ie
                directory /jaymin/sca
            via email - send mail containing the single line HELP to
                info-server@lanczos.maths.tcd.ie
    FENCING ..Civilized discussion of fencing in the Known World
    Subscription:  email to sca-fence-request@middlebridge.midrealm.org
            with a message body containing the line
.      subscribe
    Digest:  email to sca-fence-digest-request@middlebridge.midrealm.org
            with a message body containing the line
.      subscribe
    Maintainer: Dafydd Wulfsson <dafydd@wulf.dnaco.net> / Dave Majors
.    <dmajors@dnaco.net>
.    
    GRAND COUNCIL.Mailing list for the SCA's Grand Council
    Subscription: email to listserv@listserv.aol.com with blank
    .subject line and message body of:
.  subscribe scagc-l <Your Name Here>
.replacing <Your Name Here> with your first and last names.
    Posting: only members of the Grand Council may post, although anyone
    .may read.  Send postings to the editor or any other member of the
.Council.
    Editor: Justin du Coeur <justin@inmet.com>
    Maintainer: Kwellend Njall <vnend@aol.edu>
    Archives: via FTP at ftp.gc.sca.org:/pub/sca_gc
    .      via gopher at lists.princeton.edu
.      via WWW at http://www.inmet.com/~justin/gc/

    MAGYAR      Medieval Hungary and things Hungarian in SCA.
    Subscription:   email to magyar-request@bransle.ucs.mun.ca
    Postings:   email to magyar@bransle.ucs.mun.ca
    Maintainer: Miklos Sandorfia (andrew@bransle.ucs.mun.ca)
    Archives:   via anonymous FTP at bransle.ucs.mun.ca
    
    MERIDIES.Kingdom of Meridies mailing list
    Subscription: email to Majordomo@his.uab.edu with a message body
            containing the line
.      SUB meridies
    Postings:.meridies@his.uab.edu
    (more information about this list would be appreciated)
    
    MIDDLE.Middle Kingdom mailing list
    Subscription: email to sca-middle-request@dnaco.net, include
    ..SUBSCRIBE in the body of the message
    Postings:   sca-middle@dnaco.net
    Maintainer: dafydd@dnaco.net

    NORTH       East Kingdom Northern Region topics
    Subscription:   email to north-request@bransle.ucs.mun.ca
    Maintainer: Miklos Sandorfia (andrew@bransle.ucs.mun.ca)
    Archives:   via anonymous FTP at bransle.ucs.mun.ca

    NORTHSHIELD Principality of Northshield, Middle Kingdom
    Subscription: e-mail to northshield-request@stolaf.edu
    Posting:    e-mail to northshield@stolaf.edu
    Maintainer: Peregrine the Illuminator (Michael Moore)<moore@stolaf.edu>
    Archives:   via e-mail from the administrator

    OUTLANDS    Discussion of topics of interest to the Outlands
    Subscription: mail to LISTSERV@mail.unm.edu with message body
    ..subscribe outlands Firstname Lastname
            and substituting your name for First and Last name.
    Posting:    outlands@unm.edu
    Maintainer: M'Lady Elspeth (Carol E. Newby) <ladybug@unm.edu>


    REFORM      Discussion of reforming SCA, Inc., specifically with
.            regard to how the Corporation is governed and the nature
..    of its relationship with the Society.
    Subscription:   mail to majordomo@world.std.com with message body:
                subscribe sca-reform
    Posting:    sca-reform@world.std.com
    Maintainer: Gareth of Stonemarch <sca-reform-approval@world.std.com>

    SCA30YR     SCA 30 Year Celebration contact list
    Subscription:   mail to sca30yr@kwantlen.bc.ca
    Maintainer: Elizabeth Braidwood <donna@kwantlen.bc.ca>
    Note:  This IS NOT a discussion group, but a contact point, and
        a place to request a subscription to the 30 Year Celebration
        electronic newsletter.

    SCA-CAID    Kingdom of Caid topics
    Subscription:   mail to listproc@anthrax.ecst.csuchico.edu with a 
        message body having only the line
.    subscribe sca-caid Firstname Lastname
            and substituting your name for First and Last name.
    Maintainer: Wolfgang Rotkopf <rodmur@ecst.scuchico.edu>
    
    SCA-EAST.East Kingdom topics
    Subscription:  mail to majordomo@world.std.com with a message body
        having only the line
.    subscribe sca-east
    Posting: sca-east@world.std.com
    Maintainer: Boyarina Yelizaveta Medvedeva <eliz@world.std.com>

    SCAHRLDS    Heraldic discussion
    Subscription:   mail to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.AOL.COM with blank subject
            line and body of:
                SUB SCAHRLDS Firstname Lastname
            substituting your name for First and Last name.
    Posting: mail to SCAHRLDS@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
    Maintainer: Kwellend-Njal Kolskeggsson (vnend@aol.net)
    Digest:     sent twice weekly by Alan Fairfax
            (atterlep@vela.acs.oakland.edu)
            Contact him for details.

    SCA-LOCHAC  Principality of Lochac (Australia)
    Subscription: email to majordomo@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
    ..with a message body of
..  subscribe sca-lochac <<your email address>>
    Posting:    email to sca-lochac@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
    Maintainer: Thomas Flamanc of Kelsale <sawyer@ccds.cc.monash.edu.au>

    SCA-WEST    West Kingdom topics
    Subscription:   mail to listproc@anthrax.ecst.csuchico.edu with a 
        message body having only the line
.    subscribe sca-west Firstname Lastname
            and substituting your name for First and Last name.
    Maintainer: Wolfgang Rotkopf <rodmur@ecst.scuchico.edu>

    SIEGE       Siege engines, pre-black powder fortifications
    Subscription:   mail to listserv@morgan.ucs.mun.ca with a blank
            subject line and body of:
                SUB SIEGE Firstname Lastname
            substituting your name for First and Last name.
    Maintainer: Sebastian Goral (amlsmith@plato.ucs.mun.ca)
    Archives: via anonymous FTP at bransle.ucs.mun.ca
                directory /pub/sca/
    Note: postings tend to come in fits and spurts.

2.1.1  What other mailing lists of interest are there?

        There are lots of other mailing lists that may be be of interest
    to SCA people.  Here is a listing of some of them.  To subscribe,
    send mail to LISTSERV@<host address>, where <host address> is the
    part of the address for the list you're interested in that comes
    after the @ sign.  The mail should have nothing in the subject line,
    and the body of the message should consist of nothing more than
            SUB <listname> <yourname>
    where <listname> is the name of the mailing list you are subscribing
    to (the part *before* the @ sign) and <yourname> is your name.  

    If this is unsuccessful, try appending -Request to the name of the
    list, and sending mail to that address.  E.g., subscribe to 
    h-costume@andrew.cmu.edu by sending mail to
    h-costume-Request@andrew.cmu.edu.

    Many of these lists are places where modern-world scholars
    communicate, and therefore are not places where persona is
    appropriate -- use your modern name.

    ALBION-L@UCSBM.BITNET           British and Irish history
    ANSAX-L@WVNVM.BITNET            Anglo-Saxon and related subjects
    ARTHURNET@MORGAN.UCS.MUN.CA     Arthurian discussion
    BYZANS-L@MIZZOU1.MISSOURI.EDU   Byzantine studies
    CELTIC-L@IRLEARN.BITNET         Celtic culture
    CHAUCER@UNLINFO.UNL.EDU         Chaucer and Middle English
    EARLYM-L@AEARN.BITNET           Early Music
    EMHIST-L@RUTVM1.BITNET          Early modern history
    FICINO@UTORONTO.BITNET          Renaissance-Reformation studies
    FOLKLORE@TAMVM1.BITNET          folklore
    FRANCEHS@UWAVM.BITNET           French historical studies
    GAELIC-L@IRLEARN.BITNET         Gaelic language group
    GRMNHIST@USCVM.BITNET           German history from 800 AD
    H-COSTUME@ANDREW.CMU.EDU.    Historic Costume
    IRTRAD-L@IRLEARN.BITNET         Irish traditional music
    ISLAM-L@ULKYVM.BITNET           Islamic studies
    MEDEVLIT@SIUCVMB.BITNET         Mediaeval literature
    MEDFEM-L@INDYCMS.BITNET         Medieval feminist studies
    MEDIEV-L@UKANVM.BITNET          Medieval history
    MEDTEXTL@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU       Medieval texts
    NUMISM-L@UNIVSCVM.CSD.SCAROLINA.EDU  Coinage up to c.1454
    PERFORM@IUBVM.BITNET            Performance theory and medieval drama
    REED-L@UTORONTO.BITNET          medieval drama
    RENAIS-L@ULKYVM.louisville.edu  early modern history
    RENDANCE@MORGAN.UCS.MUN.CA      RENAISSANCE & BAROQUE DANCE
    TML-L@IUBVM.UCS.INDIANA.EDU     Online medieval Latin music theory texts
    TOLKEIN@JHUVM.BITNET            Tolkein discussion list
    TORAH@MITVMA.BITNET             discussion of the Torah

2.2  Are there archives of SCA information that I can access? 

        Yes.  There are several sites that contain various files of SCA
    information, including this file, Corpora, the Heraldic Rules for
    Submission, the Online Armorial, several kingdom's laws, rules for
    combat, and so on.  Each site has a different collection of
    material, so you may need to investigate more than one to find what
    you need.

2.2.1  Archives via FTP?

        Contact your local system administrator to learn how to use
    anonymous FTP to retrieve these files.  Those without FTP access
    should send e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with "send
    usenet/news.answers/finding-sources" in the body to find out how
    to do FTP by e-mail.

    ftp.nau.edu [134.114.64.24] directory /sca
        maintained by wew@naucse.cse.nau.edu (Bill Wilson)
    bransle.ucs.mun.ca [134.153.2.24] directory /pub/sca
        maintained by andrew@bransle.ucs.mun.ca (Miklos Sandorfia)
    vela.acs.oakland.edu [141.210.10.2] directory /pub/heralds
        maintained by atterlep@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Alan Fairfax Aluricson)

2.2.2  Archives via Gopher?

    Contact your local system administrator for a gopher client.

    heort.bsuvc.bsu.edu
        administered by Gwydion ap Myrddin <00mjstum@bsuvc.bsu.edu>

2.2.3  Archives via World Wide Web?

    Contact your local system administrator for a WWW browser.

    http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~rodmur/sca/
 
2.3  Does anyone have a contact in ...

        The best way to find a contact in a particular area or group is
    to look in the Rolls Ethereal.

2.4  What are the Rolls Ethereal?

        The Rolls Ethereal list people on the Rialto, at least name and
    electronic address, and often interests, location, and awards.  The
    Rolls are maintained by Justin du Coeur (justin@inmet.camb.inmet.com)
    They are available via World Wide Web at
    http://www.inmet.com/~justin/rolls-intro.html

    .For those without World Wide Web access, send email to
    rolls@www.inmet.com with only the word "send" (no quotes) in the
    Subject: line.

2.5  What's this alt.sca I found?

        The first SCA newsgroup was named alt.sca.  When the traffic grew
    to a respectable size, we moved to rec.org.sca because the rec
    hierarchy gets better distribution.  alt.sca is currently defunct, but
    still carried at some sites.  We recommend that users of alt.sca move
    over to rec.org.sca, and ask their system administrator to remove
    alt.sca from their system, to avoid future confusion.

2.6  Where can I get songs and lyrics?

        There are a number of sites that archive song sources.  Many of
    these are dial-up sites, requiring the use of a modem.  Please do
    not ask for technical help with this on the Rialto -- there are sure
    to be better sources of this information close to you.

    Herald's Point, Ansteorra   (214) 699-0057
    TIDMADT, Atlantia           (703) 370-7054
    SCRIBE, Ansteorra           (214) 826-8141
    City of London, Trimaris    (407) 895-1335
    Deus Ex Machina, Atenveldt  (602) 439-8070
    Digital Tradition           FTP to FTP.UWP.EDU, /pub/songs/folk
    bransle.ucs.mun.ca          FTP, /pub/lyrics

                  ---------- End of Part 02 ----------

========================================================================
Thanks to all who have contributed to this article.

This article is a work in progress.  If you have other topics you'd like to
see included, send me email with the question(s) and your suggested
answer(s).  If you have comment on the items included, please send me
(polite) email.

          PLEASE DO NOT COMMENT ON THIS ARTICLE ON THE RIALTO! ! !

The whole point of this effort is to reduce traffic.  I will summarize
comments sent to me, if it seems necessary.
--
  Robyyan Torr d'Elandris  Kapellenberg, Windmaster's Hill  Atlantia
  Dennis R. Sherman  .         Triangle Research Libraries Network
  dennis_sherman@unc.edu       Univ. of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
               http://www.unc.edu/~sherman/robyyan.html
