Global:Handbook updates - Overview

Overview

These rules are designed to ensure updates and synchronization of Society and kingdom handbooks within reasonable timelines, minimize effort and duplication, and allow for local kingdom customization.

Applicable policies

1. Changes to the Society Marshal's Handbooks must be approved by the Board of SCA Inc. as the handbooks are Society Officer Policies under Corpora.
2. As per Corpora, kingdoms are allowed to define additional requirements, standards, conventions, marshals, or types of authorization (such as weapons forms) as they deem necessary.
   1. Kingdoms are not allowed to reduce or disregard the requirements and standards delineated in the Society Marshal's Handbooks without a variance from the Society Marshal that is approved by the Board of SCA Inc.
   2. All kingdom additions and changes must be submitted to the Society Marshal or the appropriate Deputy Society Marshal to check for conflict.
3. The official and authoritative versions of these rules are the PDF versions held at www.SCA.org / Documents.
   1. The online versions serve as a resource for easy online access for reference, and the wiki engine provides the content management system for PDF editing and cross-handbook version control. Updated versions of handbooks, once approved, are downloaded as a PDF for record keeping.
   2. Change logs for each version are included with each update, and also archived online.

Online versions and access

1. The handbooks contain content that is and needs to continue to be consistent between all disciplines. Editing of this global content is restricted to the Society Marshal and their Deputies.
2. SCA Inc. kingdoms will have edit access to their kingdom-specific pages and sections. The Kingdom Earl Marshal must designate people to receive editing access.
3. Affiliates can have separate instances to ensure handbooks and changes are approved according to the processes required by their governing body, and meet the requirements of local real-world laws.
4. The Kingdom Earl Marshal must designate people who receive editing access.
5. Alternatively, kingdoms may submit changes to the Society Marshal's office or designated deputy for kingdom changes if they do not wish to edit it themselves.