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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Regarding Herald night. I have accepted
the generous offer from TE Tairdelbach and Hannah to host Herald's
night at their new home in Ypsilanti Township. Same night, same
time, first Monday of the month at 7:00 PM. This should start in
July.<br>
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Johannes<br>
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On 4/22/2015 7:24 AM, Cynnabar Seneschal via Barony wrote:<br>
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<h2><font size="2"><span>2015 0419 Barony of
Cynnabar Special Meeting<span> </span><span>
</span>3:30- 5:00PM approx.</span></font></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Location:<span
style=""> </span>Michigan
Union, Anderson Rooms</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in"><i
style=""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Thank
you to all who came out or stayed
after practice on Sunday to discuss this topic.<span
style="">
</span>We had a good discussion for about an hour.<span
style=""> </span>About 15 people in attendance.<span
style=""> </span>Attendance was not taken.</span></i><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"><span style="">
</span><i style="">All remarks recorded are anonymous
Most are composites of the sense of the discussion.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in"><i
style=""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">N.B.-One
UM student member made it.
Reportedly others would have liked to be there, but could
not at that time;
they are busy with the end of the semester.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><i style=""><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b style=""><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Meeting Purpose:<span
style="">
</span>Discuss this Business Meeting planning idea:<span
style=""> </span>Shall the Barony meet once a month on
Sunday
afternoon after Fighting Practice, at the Michigan Union?<span
style=""> </span></span></b><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">This meeting would
replace the middle of the 3 business meetings
each month, and would be an official meeting for all
purposes of business
presentation, proposal, discussion, consensus building and
decision making.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">*This is not a
proposal to reduce meetings to monthly, just
to have one meeting in a different place.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Kay was asked
privately to see about moving the meetings after
the first meeting where she was nominated for seneschal.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Other members have
expressed dissatisfaction with the current
meeting times and place.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Clearly the Barony
needs to take about this idea.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:0.5in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Meeting formally
opened with Kay listing some<b style=""> Goals</b> <b
style="">for this idea</b> to move a business meeting to a
different place,
time, day:</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span
style="">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New
Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Increase
participation in the business of Cynnabar</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span
style="">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New
Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Create
a greater sense of Community among the membership</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span
style="">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New
Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Increase
exchange of ideas among as many members as possible</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b style=""><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><b
style=""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Problems
at the
Classic Cup Café.<span style=""> </span></span></b><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">The concerns about a
series of poor
sanitation inspections at the Monday Meeting restaurant were
reviewed.<span style=""> </span>About a month ago Sir
Gregoire had passed on
the public records of the February 2015 inspection, which
had a number of
critical performance citations for not keeping food stored
correctly in
coolers, not marking dates of production and last allowed
use, and some
cleaning issues.<span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:0.5in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Why do we meet at
the Classic Cup Café?<span style=""> </span>Some history
of past meeting places was
recounted, Corner Brewery, Borders Books, TGI Fridays.<span
style=""> </span>Noise levels were an issue in the other
restaurants attempted.<span style=""> </span>Some members
objected
to bars, or to alcohol being consumed during meetings.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:0.5in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b style=""><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Good things</span></b><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"> about a Sunday
Business Meeting:</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span
style="">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New
Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">“I
came to attend the meeting today, not practice.”<span
style=""> </span>This suggests a meeting would bring
more and
different people to the Union on a Sunday.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:0.5in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b style=""><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Problems</span></b><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"> with a Sunday
Business Meeting:</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span
style="">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New
Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Sunday
gets longer</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span
style="">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New
Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Often
people have attended an event out of town on Saturday and
Sunday are just
getting back. One member emailed to regret not being able to
come for that
reason, too.</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span
style="">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New
Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">The
meeting cannot overlap practice or cut into that time.<span
style=""> </span>Practice can run till 4:00 pm if the
turnout
is good. Getting agreement from the fighters for this
meeting is important.</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span
style="">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New
Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Some
would rather have two events on different days rather than a
long day</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span
style="">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New
Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">But
coming to an activity on 2 different days can be hard
sometimes.</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span
style="">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New
Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">“Before
Practice would be better.” That would mean a Deputy
Seneschal would run that
meeting, as Kay works Sundays all the time except in May.</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span
style="">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New
Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">The
practice site goes outdoors for the warm months.</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span
style="">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New
Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Some
people could be confused about where and when meetings are
held, and how to get
their business done.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:0.5in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">What reasons do
people give for not attending Monday
Meetings? </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span
style="">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New
Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Don’t
like meetings</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span
style="">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New
Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">It’s
too far from campus for students who do not have cars.</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span
style="">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New
Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Not
interested in doing Baronial Business</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:0.5in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Reasons for not
coming on Monday will apply to some people
for Sunday as well.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:0.5in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">What other regular
gatherings exist? (This list may not be
complete. It is what was mentioned.)<span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span
style="">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New
Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Quarterly
revels: Wassail, Spring Revel.<span style=""> </span>Midsummer
Revel
has not been consistent, and more often comes late in August
after
everyone has recovered (and unpacked) from Pennsic War.<span
style=""> </span>Fall Revel has become known as Closing
of the
Range in October.</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span
style="">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New
Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Craft
Night: always in the same place, but relatively
unstructured.</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span
style="">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New
Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Fencing
and Armored Combat Practice</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span
style="">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New
Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Dance
Practice</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span
style="">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New
Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Heraldry
Night (may be looking for a new place and time)</span></p>
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style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"> </span></p>
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