MEETING MINUTES MAY 15, 2024
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Registration is closed for Fletchings of Spring, and due to site rules, money will not be accepted at the event.
Chronicler THL Jolicia atte Northclyfe has been replaced by Lady Katherin verch Rhys.
DESSERT REVEL
May 29: There will be a Baronial Marketplace; bring SCA-related items to sell or give away. Details about whether it will be held indoors or outside will be coming soon.
UPCOMING BARONIAL EVENTS
May 18: Fletchings of Spring, held at Liberty Park in Twinsburg. The baronial archery championship will be held at this event, not Standard Bearers. Event steward is Lord Tarmach. There will be target and combat archery. One fee includes lunch.
June 8: NOWM, Ukrainian American Youth Association Resort in Wellington. There will be armored combat, combat archery, rapier, thrown weapons and A&S. PayPal is available on the website. Registration is now open at meetings. Help is needed with gate; see Count Nikolai if you can volunteer. Event stewards are Forester Cadfan, Lord Hrafnkell, Baroness Gianna and Mistress Brangwayn.
DEMOS
200th St. Stroll: Saturday, June 1, Euclid. See Lady Shahzada to sign up.
Scottish Games: Saturday, June 22, Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds. Set-up help will be needed on Friday, June 21. NEW: You must sign up in advance to get free admission. A Google sign-up form will be available soon. NEW: The site is requiring permits for tents 120 square feet in size and larger. Please give your tent dimensions to Lady Shahzada.
OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENTS
Youth combat marshal Sergeant Bastian Eychener is stepping down soon and needs a replacement. An officer application can be found on the baronial website.
MOAS: Dame Elizabethe is looking for someone to teach a pre-Pennsic planning class.
A baronial field trip to see the Africa and Byzantium exhibit at the Cleveland Museum of Art is noon Sunday, May 19. Everyone is responsible for purchasing their own ticket.
See the baronial calendar or the baronial Facebook page for details on upcoming classes.
Rapier marshal Lord Reinhardt (Labros) Mit Dem Bartand has been replaced by Lord Günther Arnbach.
Social Media officer Lord Hrafnkell Inn Rauði Eykelsson has been replaced by Mela of Cleftlands.
GUILD ANNOUNCEMENTS
Makers Guild: Please contact the guild soon if you want items made for Pennsic. See Lord Gaius Macro Calvinus.
Needleworkers Guild: Meetings are held at Critical Hit gaming store in Cleveland Heights on the second and fourth Tuesdays at 6:30. See Lady Miriana to learn more. The group will meet to work on scroll cases on the first Tuesday of the month at Critical Hit.
Armorers Guild: Meetings are held most Thursdays on the West Side. NEW: The hosts will be traveling for the next few weeks, so please do not assume guild meetings will be happening without speaking to Baron Calum first. There will be no Armorers Guild meeting on May 16. There will be a meeting on May 23.
Garb-a-Thons: These sessions are opportunities to work on garb, get help sewing garb, or just socialize. Check the baronial Google calendar for details, and see Mistress Thorhalla, Lady Genevra and Lady Chaiya for details.
UPCOMING SCA EVENTS
May 18: Fletchings of Spring (Twinsburg)
May 25-26: Kingdom A&S and Spring Crown Tournament (Findlay)
June 8: NOWM
July 4-7: Known World Dance and Music Symposium (Indianapolis)
See a full list of upcoming Midrealm events here: https://midrealm.org/events-calendar/
OLD BUSINESS
Our new temporary meeting site is Ss. Robert and William Catholic Parish, at 367 E. 260th St., Euclid. Go to the school, not the church. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. A brief business meeting is held at 8:15 p.m. We need to vacate the site between 9:30 and 10 p.m. The barony will meet here until fall.
Exchequer: Members are asked to donate $2 per meeting, or $100 per year, to cover the cost of the meeting hall rental. We are paying the same rent at Saint Billy-Bob.
Quartermaster: The quartermaster must be notified at least two weeks in advance if a member wishes to borrow baronial gear.
For updates, corrections or additions, contact THL Jolicia atte Northclyfe at chronicler@cleftlands.org or on Facebook (Julie Washington).