Meeting Minutes: 3-Feb-50

Announcements

  • The Barony is re-opening the search for a Minister of Youth. If you are interested, contact Gianna or complete the form on the website.

Event

  • Regular Event is only a month away. The Event Steward is seeking volunteers for all areas.
  • Bob, is serving as troll: he’s also looking for help to staff to the Troll table.
  • Thomasina is organizing the Breakfast Tavern. Please donate baked and breakfast goods.
  • Milesent is our Royalty Liaison. She still has shifts open for retainers. Please bring her your largess for the royalty gift baskets.
  • There will a volunteer raffle: volunteers will receive a ticket and the raffle will be held at days end. Please donate items for the volunteer raffle to Sabine.

Officers

  • Rapier Marshal: Vinnie, the regional Rapier Marshal, is coming to lead Cut and Thrust practices the Wednesday before Dessert Revel each month. In addition, there’s a half hour practice/theory discussion at the beginning of every Wednesday practice, sometime between 7 and 8.
  • Colette invites everyone to bring a A&S gift that will ‘Warm Your Heart’ to the February Dessert revel to share in a  gift raffle.

Guilds

  • Guilds are open to anyone who wishes to learn more about the guild activities.
  • Woodworkers meets tomorrow (4-Feb) at 7 pm in Meinhard’s home. The current project is items for the volunteer auction. Please contact him at Meinhard.hammerschmidt@gmail.com.
  • Armorer’s Guild will be meeting at Ealdred’s garage tomorrow night. Please contact him at 440-243-1419 for details.
  • Please check the Cleftlands Equestrian Guild’s Facebook page to see if they are holding practice this upcoming Sunday.
  • Unofficial fencing practice meets this upcoming Sunday despite the rumored Superbowl conflict. Please contact Cynwrig for details atjimpretz@sbcglobal.net
  • Needleworkers will meet Tue, 9-Feb at 7 pm at the home of Robin in Lyndhurst. Address and directions will be posted next week. Please contact Madelaine for information at lymadelaine@sbcglobal.net
  • Syr Ephraim will be leading a class on French Bransles starting at 7:30 at next week’s Cleftlands meeting.
  • Cook’s Guild will be meeting 17-Feb. Master Alen will discuss with us how to pull together an A&S entry and documentation that best fits the criteria.
  • Ginevra is organizing car pools and lodging for those interested in attending the dance event, Terpsichore at the Tower on March 5. Please contact her at Ginevra.Boscoli@gmail.com

Barons

  • Award recommendations must be to the royalty by 21 days before the event. That means you have through this Friday, 5-Feb to put in award recommendations for the Regular Event court. Anyone can submit award recommendations through the herald’s site on the midrealm page: http://www.midrealm.org/op/recommend/login.php?from=/op/recommend/
  • The Travel Challenge is still in effect. Please let the Barons know how many prizes they should plan on making by posting your current mileage on the Cleftlands Facebook page.
  • The February Dessert Revel (Feb-25) is also the next Cleftlands Rapier Tourney. All rapier combatants are invited to compete.
  • The Baron’s A&S Challenge is to present a new A&S skill at the March (30-Mar) Dessert Revel. Documentation of your entry is appreciated but not required.

His Majesty

  • For those attending Gulf Wars in March, His Majesty has MID stickers for your car, so all the Midrealmers can locate one another. Please see him to get your sticker.