Minutes for April, 2005 
Officer ReportsBaron and BaronessWork is ongoing regarding the Baronial encampment at Pennsic. The camp will have a gas-fired water heater for cooking and showers. There will be a $10 camp fee to cover propane, wood, and miscellaneous. Any monies remaining will revert to the Barony. See Baron Alexander for more details. The Oaken Baronesses tea and the Baronial Open House are planned for Tuesday of War Week. All donations of finger foods will be gratefully accepted. Baron Alexander is now a warranted siege weapons marshal and engineer. He has copies of the latest rules for anyone interested, and is looking for siege weapon crews for Pennsic and any events that allow siege weapons. We were able to present 40 scroll covers and 67 scroll blanks to Their Majesties. They were very pleased and awed by our efforts. Their Excellencies wish to extend a big THANK YOU to all who participated. The Baroness will be teaching at The Tournament of the Unicorn since the Baron and Baroness of Flaming Gryphon have been very supportive of us. The Baron will be attending Blackstone Raids. ExchequerCurrently, there is $2030.31 in the account. Bekea has set up an account at U.S. Bank, and is waiting for a check to be signed from the old account. The present bank does not have any penalties for closing the account. Pass-the-lambie donation from meeting was $31.38. PusuivantKatarina mailed the new Baronial devices to Kingdom on Monday, 4/11/05. Recommendations are being accepted for worthy gentles to receive the Baronial "Wubbie" for continuing support of the Barony. There will be a heraldic round table and consulting at the Northern Oaken Regional A & S Faire. MOASDeb is looking for a place to hold the second session of the tabard making project. The tabards need to be lined and have the star machine-appliqued to the front. She suggested that this be combined with a fighter practice in order to encourage families to participate and asked Mageen if it would be possible to use the Mill for this purpose. A tentative date of May 1st (Sunday) was suggested. Mageen will check on availability. She has located a possible site for dance classes in Wadsworth for a cost of $15/hour, unless we have a member who lives in Wadsworth, in which case it only costs $5/hour. The classes could start as soon as Thursday, May 5th. There has been interest
in having a Baronial sewing day for garb. It was suggested that that be
combined with the tabard making day, but most thought that would be too
much to schedule for one day. Deb will look for a site and time for that.
Not present ChroniclerSpring quarter Portcullis will be mailed to local seneschals. Sofia is looking for a replacement. Anyone interested in taking over as Baronial Chronicler should mail a letter of interest to her and to Brice. ChamberlainThanked all who have retained for Their Excellencies. Nan is looking for a replacement. Anyone interested in taking over as Baronial Chronicler should mail a letter of interest to her and to Brice. SeneschalPassed around event flyers. Suggested that we combine a fighter practice with the Baronial meeting. There was general support and Mageen and Alex will contact the Mill to see if it's ok with them. Still waiting for confirmation of next 5 meeting dates from the Mill. Some meeting will have to be held at 4:00 due to the Mill using the building. Tentative dates are: May 22 at 4:00, June 26 at 4:00, July 17 at 2:00, August 28 at 4:00, and September 18 at 2:00. Group ReportsAlderfordThere are 14 demos scheduled, with three large ones at Louisville Library, Stark County Street Fair, and Claymont Library. Planning for Oaken Melee School is well underway. Looking for a new site for Masque, as it is outgrowing the old site. GwyntarianAlso many demos scheduled, including one all day demo at Hudson Library. Putting together a bid for Crown Tourney for fall 2005, tentative date of 10/15/05. Ohio Mart will be on 10/7-9. This is the 14th year. Many new folks joining the group. ThistleMany new faces here, also. New Exchequer, Robert of Bristol. Fighter practices are held twice a month on Mondays from 6-10 PM. Most of the new fighters are very close to authorizing. The Byzantine event on May 7 is well underway. Several demos confirmed. Three TowersContinuing to hold classes for newer members. Encampment and Hastings events are being worked on. Three demos confirmed for Three Towers and two for Caer Byrbryd. Also, a big demo for Ashland Middle School on May 24. Faoileann authorized in rapier at Cleftlands. Old BusinessDeb reported that she is continuing to work with the city of North Canton about having archery at the Baronial championships. Everything else is on hold until that time, although she will take volunteers for anything. She also proposed the name of the event to be "A Festive Day/Brendoken Baronial Championships". Arwenna suggested calling it "Brendokenfest". There was immediate enthusiasm from all present for this name. New BusinessSince there are many, many demos throughout the Barony, it was determined that a Baronial demo coordinator would be useful. Baroness Catriona volunteered to do this. Her Excellency also suggested that the Barony needs a Baronial Historian. All agreed and Brice will make up an ad for the Portcullis. Beckea has set up an archery range at her house and invites all to come shoot. Arwenna suggested that any group considering hosting next year's Regional A&S Faire should start planning now to submit a bid in November or December. She would like to see it move back to the east side of the state. Justin announced that several e-lists currently hosted on his domain at 4th.com will be moving to brendoken.org. An announcement will be made when it happens and a redirect will be in place for about a month so folks will have time to change their address books. Otherwise, everything will stay the same. Justin also indicated that either he or Amanda could update the Brendoken website if anyone has information that needs to be posted. There being no further business, the meeting concluded at 3:55 PM. |