Meeting Minutes 22-Jan-54

Seneschal, Cadfan

• Cadfan will be stepping down as seneschal at NOWM. Interested gentles will be able to apply for the next three months starting soon. The application is online. Talk to Cadfan before applying and talk to other past seneschals. The incoming seneschal will be trained from March to June.
• Cleftlands has a wiki that includes information about members of the Barony – please update your information at http://www.cleftlands.org/cleftlands-wiki/populace-update/  or use the Wiki to research your friends.

Guilds and Guild Adjacent Activities

Guilds are the special interest groups of the SCA: people working together to focus on a particular activity. Everyone is welcome to attend these meetings.  Please use the new online A&S Activities Tracker on the Midrealm Services Portal to note what you’ve been up to.

• Armorer’s Guild meets Thursday’s at Ealdred and Clairiel’s home. Please contact Calum at calum@wowway.com for information or directions.
• Archery Guild is on hiatus for winter. Please check the Baronial Facebook page for details or contact Gwyneth.
• Leatherworks Guild meets Tuesdays at Oliver’s at 7 pm. Please contact Oliver at adifferenttwist@gmail.com or on Oliver Stillman on Facebook for directions and information.
• Lubeck hosts his Anti-Social (Brewing and everything else) Meeting 7-10 most Tuesdays. If you’re interested, please contact him as Steve Kerg on Facebook to confirm the meeting. The Meadery in Western Reserve interested in doing classes in mead making; the date is up in the air.
• Needleworkers Guild normally meets 2 and 4th Tuesdays. It will be held at Constanza’s  house in Cleveland Heights this coming  Tuesday. Contact Miriana at rrichmo1@kent.edu for details.
• Dance Guild — No report.
• Cook’s Guild meets first Wednesdays at meeting. There will be a Siege Cookery Challenge at the January Dessert Revel. Get a bag of ingredients from Angharad and bring the dish to the January dessert revel. Contact Angharad at BaronessAngharad@gmail.com if you have questions.
• Scribes Guild. Please contact Milesent at Grace@case.edu with any questions.
• NEW! Unofficial Gardeners’ Guild and Potters’ Guild are getting started. See the Facebook groups and Aurelia for details.

Officers

• Demo coordinator, Karl
  • There will be a demo from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 9-May at the Wildwood Cultural Center in Mentor. There will be outdoor space for tents and indoor space for classes. We can set up Friday night.
• Pursuivant, Njall
  • The first meeting of the month he hosts heraldic consultations about submitting an SCA name or arms. Please let him know if you are interested.
  • Enter your name and information on the services portal, and mark Cleftlands as your home group. Being on the services portal makes it easy to submit your friends for awards and find other SCAdians. See Njall for details.
• Rapier Marshall, Ragna (by Njall)
  • No report.
• Chronicler, Angharad
  • Jolicia has been selected as the next Chronicler.
• A&S Minister, Angharad
  • Next week, a KSU instructor will give a presentation on “Dante’s Inferno.”
    
  • The next Tournament of the Arts will be held on 11-Jan. Registration is closed.
  •  21-March is the North Oaken A&S faire. Registration for entrants is up now. Judges are needed, too.
  • Angharad passed out cheat sheets with instructions on how to track your A&S activities.
• Exchequer, Robert: 
  • If you would like to donate baronial tithes for the whole year ($45), Robert can give you a receipt for your tax purposes.

Events

•  January Dessert Revel, 29-Jan:
  • There will be a siege cookery contest and a Tacky Garb contest.

• Regular Event, 29-Feb (Leap Year Day) :
  • Jacqueline is Event Steward with Clariscia as her Deputy Steward. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact them. The event theme is a “A Perfect Pairing.”
  • There will be an A&S challenge.The theme is “Old and New.” Combine an old skill with a new skill. See Lubek for details and to sign up.
  • Troll opens next week at the meeting. See Dorothea. Pay Pal is off line.
  • Servers are needed for feast. See Artair.
  • Brute squad help is needed.
  • Volunteers are needed for set-up on Friday.
  • Help is needed to prepare feast foods ahead of time. Work will be done during future baronial meetings. See Angharad.
  • The class schedule is full. See Katerin if you have questions.
  • Brute Squad is needed to help merchants load in and out. See Brendan.
  • Help is needed with dish washing; see Brendan for details.
  • There will be a Bardic Hour at the event. See Jolicia to sign up for a performance slot. Information is on the event website.
• Northern Oaken War Manuevers (NOWM) AS 54/2021
  • Gianna has been Event Steward for the last seven years. If you are interested in shadowing her and learning to take on the role at “the event that runs itself” please let her know, as it’s not too early to get started on planning.
• Regular Event, AS 55/2021
  • The site we are using (the Byzantine Cathedral in Parma) will not be available after 2020. It is NOT too soon to begin looking for a 2021 site and planning the bid.
  • There will be an A&S Challenge: Projects should combine something you are good at with something you are just learning.
• Standard Bearers, AS 55/2021
  • Why wait to start planning?