The Council is glad to confirm that our tenth Disting will be held from Friday, February 19, to Sunday, February 21, 2027, and to announce its theme: Ten Winters.
The opening falls ten years to the day after eleven of us sat down on a video call in February 2017 and decided to stop comparing notes and start working. I was one of them. I remember thinking that if we lasted two years it would have been worth doing. I am very glad to have been wrong about the two years.
What will be decided
- The Frith Standard, third edition. The draft has been open for comment since August. The comment period closes on December 20, and the final text will be sent to all members in January.
- Five Council seats. Nominations opened at Winter Nights and close at Yule.
- The Chair. I will complete my second and final consecutive term as Chair at this Disting. The new Council will choose my successor from among its members. It has been the honor of my life, and I am looking forward very much to being an ordinary member with opinions.
How to take part
As always, Disting is held online, with talks and workshops offered twice so that members in every time zone can take part. Hearth circles that meet in person are encouraged to gather and to feast together afterward. The full program will be sent to members in January.
Disting is open to all members. If you have been meaning to join, do so before the end of January and come.
An invitation
For the theme, we are asking every hearth circle to bring two things to the assembly: one thing from the past ten years that should be remembered, and one thing that the next ten should hold. They will be read aloud on Sunday, before the Naming of Deeds.
You can read more about the assembly, and about why it carries the name it does, on our Disting page.