I have a keen interest in the history of Lithuania -- biggest European country in the year 1400 CE! -- so I'm not entirely sorry to see the adjective "Western" dropped. I've been in the SCA for only 14 years or so, but I do think there is more interest in Eastern European cultures than there used to be, possibly because the Norse, Celt and English cultures seem to be so very thoroughly explored already.

Mundanely, the barony in which I live has an overall population of 55 to 60 percent African American, with a sizeable Latinx minority. So anything the SCA can do to appeal to people who don't see themselves in portraits of "dead white Europeans" is OK with me.