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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal>While there has been a outpouring of requests to me saying “Please Finn, our most gracious Seneschal, let us all stay home and play Diablo 3 instead of going to the Baronial business meeting”. I had to regretfully tell them that the meeting will be taking place tonight as normal. But they can happily go back home and play some more D3 after the meeting…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Below is the agenda for the Baronial Business meeting. If you have anything to add, let me know.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Meeting starts at 7:PM<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Classic Cup Café<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>4389 Jackson Rd<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ann Arbor, MI 48103-1831<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In service,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-Finn<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>Event and Demo Reports<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Battle of the Inland Seas –<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Monthly practice tourney winner(s) – <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>Upcoming Baronial Events and Demos<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b> <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Celtic Festival (July 14<sup>th</sup>) – <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Grand Tourney (Nov 3<sup>rd</sup>) –</b> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>Old Business<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>New officer submission (Archery) for the Barony</b> – Godaeth has offered her services to become the Baronial Group Archery Marshal. To approve Godaeth as the Baronial Archery MIT we will go thru the normal 3-meeting approval process. This will be the third meeting for discussion and we will look for approval as well.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Baronial Ballista plans – </b>(meeting minutes reminder/placeholder only)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Fixing loaner leg armor proposal – </b>(meeting minutes reminder/placeholder only)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Tithing to the Kingdom – </b>(meeting minutes reminder/placeholder only)<b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>The previously group-approved amount of $300 to their Highness’s travel fund will be presented at Crown in Kentucky in May. This line item will remain as a meeting note but not brought up during the meeting proper unless someone has a question/comment on it. This is just a reminder until we are able to present this in May.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>New Business<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>Announcements<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>Officer Repots</u> (normally done on 4th Tuesday of each month, but since there is no meeting next week (May 28<sup>th</sup>) we are doing them a week early.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Exchequer (Vincent) – <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Webminister (Aaron) –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Fencing Marshal (Arnold) –<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>MoAS (Arin) –<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Chatelaine (Genoveva) –<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chronicler (Ermenrich) –<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Herald (Simcha) – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Knight Marshal (Gregoire) – <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Archery Marshal (coming soon!) – <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Seneschal (Finn) –<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Baron and Baroness (Hanna and Tairdelbach) –<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>