Why form a Canton? Why not just form a household and/or volunteer to host Baronial activities closer to our location?
Very good question which has several very good answers. Here are some answers from different members in the proposed canton: 1) The SCA has the following benefits to a formal canton which are not available to a household: …A canton can host a sanctioned SCA event under their own banner. …A canton is a legal entity with the SCA, with all the insurance benifits, and responsibilities …Usually the forming of a canton indicates that a barony is prospering and growing, and that there are enough people in a geographic area that want to play together on a regular basis to warrant a new smaller group of sorts. Access to numerous resources is the largest advantage a recognized group has. Aside from the financial backing we would be able receive from our parent group, it also allows us to warrant our officers and put them in their prospective “loops”. This means that not only can we give our officers more recognition for their effort outside the group but through that chain of command in th
