[Cynnabar] 20150928 Barony of Cynnabar

[Anne Stevenson via Barony]

At the moment, Golden Seamstress is not on the calendar for this date!

-G

On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 9:42 AM, Richard Harper via Barony <
barony at cynnabar.org> wrote:

> Many thanks to Mistress Kay for her informative reporting, as usual.
>
> I just wanted to bring up a point which I'm not sure has been realized --
> did anyone else note that Terpsichore was up against Golden Seamstress on
> April 9?  I was contacted early regarding judging so the date may not yet
> be common knowledge, but I think it might be an issue.  And probably
> unavoidable at this point.
>
> Henry K
>
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 7:38 AM, Cynnabar Seneschal via Barony <
> barony at cynnabar.org> wrote:
>
>> My this is a big one.
>> REMEMBER, our Next Meeting should be in the Boulevard Room at Pierpont
>> Commons. If it is different, I will send a message, or ask that Hattie do
>> so. It it is not settled before I leave town on 10/11, Please, someone post
>> a sign on that door. Thanks!
>>
>>
>> 20150928 Barony of Cynnabar                   7:00PM
>>
>> Location:  Ahmo’s Seating Area Pierpont Commons, U of M North Campus,
>> Boulevard Room. 2101 Bonisteel Blvd Ann Arbor, MI 48109. NC43 is the
>> number of the free evening parking lot closest to Pierpont Commons.
>>
>> *Activity, Event & Demo Reports*
>>
>> *Let’s include everything we are doing in the Society in these reports;
>> not just events and travel!*
>>
>> Coronation:  Baroness Kasha attended, as did Emily, our journalist
>> friend, Jason, Jadwiga, Aaron, Gregoire, several others.  The site was a
>> beautiful old Polish church.  The musicians report good acoustics for
>> their performances, both vocal and instrumental. Earl Ekbrander was
>> photo-bombed by Jason, Gregoire, the Dragon Herald… the photo was quite the
>> mob scene.
>>
>> *Upcoming Baronial Events and Demos*
>>
>> *Old Movie Night:*  *Thursday Oct 3, 7pm on campus in 1528 CC Little
>> Building*.
>>
>> 1100 N University, across the street from the Exhibit Museum in a
>> building that looks Just like the Museum.  Near the Big U-M Bus Station.
>>
>> Free Movie- Princess Bride.  Popcorn Provided.  Expenses:  $100 from
>> Rooms Fund SORC.
>>
>> *DEMO:  Dixboro Farmer’s Market Festival (Friday Oct 23, 2015) – *Gabby,
>> Anne, & Deputies. 3 pm to 7 pm. 5221 Church Rd Ann Arbor, MI.
>>
>> All on track, per Daye.
>>
>> *Fall Revel, Closing of the Range, & Battle of Agincourt 600th
>> Anniversary.  (Sunday October 25, 2105) Dillon’s Range.* Grey Odsson
>> $250.
>>
>> ·         SITE IS BONE DRY.  330 West Clark St Superior Township MI
>> (North of Ypsilanti)
>>
>> ·         Please help with Target Coloring.  We may be doing this during
>> the next meeting, Oct 11.
>>
>> ·         Set up Help needed for Saturday 10/24 from 12 till done.
>>
>> ·         Wood has been gathered for a bonfire.  Their Excellencies will
>> hold Court, perhaps by firelight.
>>
>> *Grand Day of Tournaments (Saturday November 7th, 2015) – *Johannes $___
>> Budget. Lunch tavern budget $____.
>>
>> *Staff:* Jason Irenfist, Heavy Marshal.  Birke, Marshall of Defense.
>> Daye, Royalty Liaison.  Genoveva, Deputy Steward.
>>
>> ·         Planning meeting was held with great success.   Everything is
>> on track for November 7th.
>>
>> ·         Baroness Genoveva has agreed to be Deputy Steward.
>>
>> ·         Insurance certificate was ordered by Mistress Kay. Order was
>> acknowledged by SCA, Inc.  this morning.
>>
>> ·         Emphasis is on bring and displaying heraldry and pageantry.
>>
>> ·         If our Exchequer Lady Ilse is present, I would like for her to
>> cut a check to the school for $1,000. I can arrange to pick up the check
>> this week and deliver it on Thursday or Friday. If she is absent, I will
>> try to get it from her at the next baronial meeting.
>>
>> ·         TE Request to update our officer webpage.  Removed some old
>> information from my illustrious predecessor.  Other content is relevant
>> with plans to add more information such as a listing of Heraldic reference
>> material.
>>
>> *Wassail* *BID* (*Saturday* *December 12, 2015) – *Steward: Eddy Site:
>> Chelsea Fairgrounds.  *2nd of 3 Meetings*
>>
>> ·         Funding by Donation, no site fee.  Site is Wet. Site
>> reservation includes set up time on Friday night.
>>
>> ·         Eddy is Seeking a Deputy.
>>
>> ·         There will NOT be a GARAGE/ Yard sale.
>>
>> ·         Decorations will be collected from Daye and Peter’s barn.
>>
>> ·         Please bring a *surge protector* if you bring an electrical
>> appliance.  It will help to spread equipment about the room and use
>> outlets besides the kitchen. Eddy will get some heavy duty extension cords,
>> too.
>>
>> ·         There may be a test run of the Indoor Archery Shoot Idea in
>> the basement.
>>
>> *Terpsichore at the Tower (Fri & Sat, April 8-9, 2016)* St Paul United
>> Church of Christ, Saline, MI Ceara  *3rd of 3 meetings*
>>
>> ·         Ceara was present to answer questions.
>>
>> o   No Teacher Comps.  This was supported by the post event teacher
>> survey last year.
>>
>> o   Tavern will be divided into day parts as described in proposal.  There
>> will be more of fewer kinds of foods, served from the kitchen window to
>> better control flow.
>>
>> ·         Correction:  Site fee is $275.  This does not affect the
>> budget total.
>>
>> *St. Cecilia at the Tower (Sat April 30- Sun May 1, 2016)* St Paul
>> United Church of Christ, Saline, MI Mistress Jadwiga.
>>
>> ·         Jadwiga & Aaron were present to answer questions.
>>
>> ·         Apple Tree Tavern will operate for Lunch and Dinner.  There
>> was a “feast” feeling to dinner last year.  Do bring your own feast gear
>> if you wish, as that may happen again.
>>
>> ·         Solicitation for classes will happen in a few weeks.
>>
>> *Old Business*
>>
>> *New Archery Marshal.*  2nd of 3 meetings
>>
>> ·         Luisa has offered to take the position.  She was not able to
>> attend.  Some discussion on her progress through training as an archery
>> marshal.  Grey says she can be the group’s reporting marshal even as a
>> marshal-in-training.  She would just need support running ranges.  There
>> are a few winter archer y events, where she can continue to work with
>> marshals and have her qualifications signed.
>>
>> ·         Grey says he will step down at Fall Revel, but that as the
>> season has ended it is not critical that the post be filled until spring.
>>
>> ·         Other Candidates are welcome. Please come to a meeting, or
>> send your proposal to boc.cynnabar at gmail.com in a timely manner to get
>> on the agenda.
>>
>> *New Business*
>>
>> None
>>
>> *Other Group Discussion*
>>
>> There were new visitors to Archery Practice on Sunday.  They were
>> students who came due to the recruiting at NorthFest and Festifall. [Daye
>> bounces up and down, here ] Gabby met them on campus and brought them out.
>> They left discussing buying their own bows.
>>
>> Archery Demo at PenguiCon this winter? Perhaps, if the test of the Indoor
>> Shooting tunnel is a success at Wassail.  Ask Birke about conditions on
>> that site.
>>
>> *Words from Their Excellencies Ermenrich and Kasha of Cynnabar**: *
>>
>> SEE the Office Reports.
>>
>> *Status check on Approved Budget Items:  *
>>
>> ·   *Fabric/materials for making new Baronial floor covering *($95
>> budget) Ms. Giovanna:  for Grand Day of Tournaments.  A work session was
>> held at the EMU Costume Shop this past weekend
>>
>> ·   *Youth box* – continues
>>
>> ·   *Leather and Rivets for refurbishing Loaner Armor *– Gregor  $200
>>
>> ·   *Stickers with the Baronial Populace Badge* (and maybe name?) $60-100
>>
>> ·         Seeking Art or Artists.
>>
>> ·         Gavriil might do some art by December.
>>
>> *Trailer for List field parts*.  $3500-$3950  Black, 5’x10’ covered
>> trailer 6 feet tall,  lights, inside and out, hitching stuff and other
>> technicalities.
>>
>> ·         INSURANCE issues are clear. The Society will PAY the Insurance
>> through their Insurance carrier.  They estimate this at only $50/ year.  NO
>> COST to Cynnabar. We just register the trailer and send SCY Inc a copy of
>> the registration and title.
>>
>> ·         Max was informed he could put in the order today (9/28/15).
>>
>> ·         Increased length to 12 feet to allow for adding the Floor to
>> the storage. Also allows us to pack the Shade Fly.
>>
>> ·         Added Corner Jacks to the purchase list if there is still
>> money in the proposal budget.  Otherwise, re-state as new business.
>>
>> *Announcements* – All covered in other items.
>>
>> *Officer Reports*
>>
>> Exchequer (Ilsa) –
>>
>> Not available
>>
>> Webminister (Aaron) –
>>
>> Has helped some officers get their web pages updated. Working on
>> developing a Searchable Cynnabar Order of Precedence.  There is not a
>> lot to do with the site.
>>
>> This provoked discussion about future program updates, which are expected
>> soon, when Drupal 8 releases.  There will be options to make our site
>> more mobile friendly which Ermenrich and others are looking forward to.
>>
>> THAT provoked discussion about the fact that our site is considered very
>> useful and friendly to SCA experienced visitors, but not as easy to
>> navigate for newcomers, who do not know our vocabulary.  Perhaps we
>> should add a layer, a front page that is vey newcomer focused… sort of a
>> Front Porch.  Then our current home page becomes the inner layer.
>>
>> Fencing Marshal (William) –
>>
>> No report.  Word is that William and Birke are teaching.
>>
>> Min A&S (Arina) –
>>
>> The *Japanese workshop day* is now more or less ready to go:
>>
>> Here is the tentative schedule (will be posted today, with name of
>> teachers and addresses and such):
>>
>> 11:00 Museum to see the small Japanese collection
>>
>> 12:00 Leave to go to site
>>
>> 12:20 ish Start serving food and eat food  - Mistress Kay is going to
>> talk a bit about Japanese food.
>>
>> *Table 1                                       Table 2
>>                        Craft table*
>>
>> 1pm - 2:30 Intro to Kumihimo   1:30 Heian Poetry       Crafts starting.
>>
>> 2:30 -3:30 Heian 101
>> Go
>>
>> 3:30 - 5:00 Heian clothing         4:00 Furioshiki             Art books
>>
>> Tea ceremony and a short slide show.
>>
>> The craft table will have all kinds of crafts, from origami to
>> calligraphy.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am also working on an update for the MOAS page of the Cynnabar website,
>> and hope to put up some basic tutorials in tunic makings and such, but am
>> working on finding a good one.
>>
>>
>>
>> The MOAS report is due the 15th of October, please everyone, send me a
>> line about what YOU have been doing lately
>>
>> Min. Youth (Viktoria) –
>>
>>    - We have a lot of kids in the Barony! Yay!
>>    - There will be Youth Point at Grand Day and I'm working to put
>>    together a few classes either taught by children or youth. There will be
>>    time set aside for our youth to work with the Youth Marshall as well.
>>    - I am still working with our Regional MoY (Lady Ceara) on Page
>>    School. We have met with the Kingdom level Page School Dean, Baroness
>>    Katayoun al-Aurvataspa and she will be helping us through this process.
>>
>> Chatelaine (Daye) –
>>
>> My Web Page is done!  Movie Night is posted on the web.  I give us a B+
>> for the Mass Meeting.  We had less turnout that last year, but that may
>> have been because many people using the Union were there for some sort of
>> political event, Young Republicans(?) Lots of Kudos to everyone who helped
>> make the event a success. [More names were named that Kay could record…]
>>
>> Chronicler (Gavriil) –
>>
>> Not available, but Kay reports that tonight was deadline for submissions
>> to Citadel.  And the new feature for offering praise to those who
>> impress you got some comments from those at the meeting.  This seems
>> like a Good Idea.
>>
>> Herald (Johannes) –
>>
>> My report has been submitted today. Early!
>> No herald’s night in September due to the Labor Day weekend.  Next
>> meeting is October 5th.
>>
>> Knight Marshal (Gregor) –
>>
>> Not Available.
>>
>> Archery Marshal (SOON to  be Open) –
>>
>> Grey plans to step down at Closing of the Range.  If anyone is
>> interested in becoming a new Archery Marshal, please see your local
>> seneschal.  It is the Last call foe arrow making for the season.  Soon
>> it will be too cold to do outside and the materials are dangerous for
>> indoor work.  Contact Grey to order Arrows.
>>
>> Seneschal (Kay) –
>>
>> It’s been quiet, except for all the event planning, and demoing, and arts!
>> Grey and Daye offered  to *run the 10/12 Meeting for Kay*.   Thanks for
>> supporting my trip to England.  If YOU are interested in running a
>> meeting as practice for a future position do let Kay know.
>>
>> The same goes for any officer position you might be interested in
>> learning about.  Talk to me if you are not sure you want to talk to the
>> officer directly.
>>
>> The quarterly report went in after out last officer reports but before
>> the deadline.  If you ever want to see a copy let me know and I can
>> email it. (All except sensitive information)
>>
>> My web page revision #1 had been done, but I have not managed to get it
>> up on the web.  Maybe Friday…
>>
>> Baron and Baroness (Kasha and Ermenrich) –
>>
>> Our court at Mass Meeting allowed us o pass on Awards of Arms to 2
>> people, and to give an Elephant’s Heart.  We were very happy that the
>> Heart and one AOA went to student members of Cynnabar; it was the perfect
>> time.  There is a lot going on and we will have Court at events like
>> Fall Revel and Grand Day.  Please get recommendations in to both Us and
>> Their Majesties.  Also bring us your ideas for Court Shtick,
>> performances, anything you think we might use to make them memorable.
>>
>> IMPORTANT:  Their Majesties say they complete their Court Lists 1 month
>> before an event they plan to attend.  This means that you must have
>> recommendations in for Grand Day by Oct 6.  T
>>
>> Please bring us Prizes that can be given for Grand Day.
>>
>> We hope you will support Cynnabar Practices and Meetings, even at the
>> busy time of year.
>>
>>
>>
>> We too have updated our web pages.  “What is a Baron/ Baroness?”
>> Champions List.  We are trying to make this better for newcomers. [Here
>> is where the discussion of updates to the BOC Home page occurred.  SEE
>> Web Minister Report, as it seemed to belong there. KofT] Thanks to the
>> officers who have done page updates.
>>
>> And, We are still a Barony.
>>
>>
>>
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