Membership of the SCA NZ

You do not have to be a member of the SCA to take part in our activities, though some events may incur a small fee for non-members in addition to any site fees that are payable in order to assist with administrative costs of the society. These are detailed in the section on day membership below.

While membership is not compulsory in order to participate we do encourage regular particpants to become members to assist with the running of the society, provision of insurance, etc and have attempted as much as possible to keep the cost of membership down in order to make this possible for as many people as we can.

Joining the SCA

You can buy a membership from our registrar by filling out a membership form [PDF]. Instructions on filling out and returning the form are included.

Types of membership

There are four classes of membership available: subscribing, family, associate, and event memberships each of which gains you slightly different privileges. All classes of membership with the exception of event membership are valid for one year.

The following table details the priveleges accorded to each membership type and the cost of membership. Please read the detailed descriptions below when deciding what type of membership to purchase. Note that fighting in/winning a crown tournament counts as applying for/holding kingdom office so you need to have an appropriate membership in order to do that.

Membership Type Cost (NZ$) Pegasus Subscription? Can hold Kingdom office? Can hold local office?
Subscribing (paper) $45 Yes Yes Yes
Subscribing (electronic) $20 Yes Yes Yes
Family $20 No Yes Yes
Associate $20 No No Yes

Subscribing membership with paper pegasus - NZ$40
Grants membership of the SCA and a subscription to the paper edition of the Lochac kingdom newsletter, Pegasus. Access to a copy of pegasus is required in order to hold kingdom office.
Subscribing membership with electronic pegasus - NZ$20
Grants membership of the SCA and a subscription to the electronic edition of the Lochac kingdom newsletter, Pegasus. Access to a copy of pegasus is required in order to hold kingdom office. With a subscription to the electronic pegasus you must obtain a password from the website (http://www.sca.org.au/registry). Your login will be your membership number.
Family membership - NZ$20
Grants membership of the SCA but no subscription to Pegasus. Family membership is only available to people who reside at the same address as a full subscribing member and carries elegibility to hold kingdom or branch offices on the basis that family members will have access to the Pegasus delivered to the subscribing member whom they live with. Family memberships must be purchased at the same time as a Subscribing membership.
Associate membership - NZ$20
Grants membership of the SCA without any subscription to Pegasus. Lacking a Pegasus subscription this membership does not allow you to hold kingdom office but does allow you to be an officer of a local group. Associate membership removes the need to pay Day membership fees at events and contributes to the administrative costs of running the society.
Event membership
Event membership is for all non-members attending SCA events in New Zealand. The cost of a event membership is $2. This membership lasts for the duration of an event, even if the event spans more than one day. Details of the types of events attract a event membership charge can be found here. Even at events that do not attract a charge for event memberships the relevant paperwork must be filled out.

Subscribing to Other SCA Publications

SCA publications such as Tournaments Illuminated, The Compleat Anachronist as well as kingdom newsletters for kingdoms other than Lochac are not available from the SCANZ registar. Instead you should contact the SCA, Inc. stock clerk directly by phoning +1-408-263-9305 (note, this is a US number) on in writing at the address below. The office hours in Milpitas are Monday-Thursday 9am-4pm Pacific time.

Look here for the current time in Milpitas (which is near San Francisco).