<div dir="ltr"><h1 style="margin-top:0in"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><font size="2">Sorry these are late; I'm still getting back into the swing of things after Pennsic. -Derian.</font></span></h1><h1 style="margin-top:0in"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">August 21, 2017 Barony of Cynnabar Business Meeting Notes</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <span></span></span></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 22.8pt;line-height:normal">Sidetrack
Bar & Grill, Ypsilanti<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 22.8pt;line-height:normal">Meeting
7:30- 8:30: 20 attendees. <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal">Attending:
Derian, Ermenrich, Kasha, Hannah, Tairdelbach, Black Jack, Ryusuke, Bina, Tomoe,
Malachy, Gavriil, Ionis, Alana, Harkin, Usula, Ede, Alan, Jessica, Morwen,
Jadzia<span></span></p>
<h3>Business Meeting began at <span style="color:windowtext">7:30p.m.<span></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12pt"><b><u>Upcoming Baronial Events
and Demos<span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12pt"><b><u>Canton Library Demo<span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Barony
did demo at Canton public library last year, Sunday, September timeframe? September the 17<sup>th</sup>, 1pm – 3pm,
setup begins at noon, teardown as needed afterward, dinner social hour
afterward! If you know you are able to
go, please contact Alanna and let her know you can go and what you will
do. Same space as last year, community
room + outdoor area near the entrance.
Possibly thrown weapons, but waiting on approval from the library.<span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:12pt 0in 10pt"><b>Cook’s
Symposium October 13, 14 & 15, 2017 </b>St Paul’s Church of Christ,
Saline MI. <b>Baroness Hannah,
Steward. Budget $525; breakeven 66 attendees<span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">THL
Ceara has placed a form on Facebook in both the Barony page and the Crash and
Pool page. One person has contacted her
so far. If you can offer overnight space
to Cooks’ Symposium attendees, please contact Ceara.<span></span></p>
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</span></span>Hotel block booked, comfort inn and suites,
ten rooms<span></span></p>
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</span></span>In process of updating website<span></span></p>
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</span></span>Sunday activity – Brewery Becker confirmed! Behind the scenes brewery tour. Historic beers and other cool stuff! They are excited about us coming. Tour starts at noon<span></span></p>
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</span></span>Business cards advertising the event are
available, please pass them out!<span></span></p>
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</span></span>Still looking for people to teach<span></span></p>
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</span></span>Staff meeting coming up<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12pt"><b>Grand Day of Tournaments- Nov 4, 2017 </b>Liberty
School, Saline MI.<b> Mistress Genoveva
Steward. Budget $2260; breakeven 174 (may change) <span></span></b></p>
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</span></span><b>Site
is reserved. </b>Deposit should go to the school in July
(or September?) <b><span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><u>Old Business<span></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><u><br></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><u>Cynnabar Ruby Jubilee</u>:
Need event proposal. Date has been
submitted to the calendar deputy.<span></span></p>
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</span></span>Preliminary website up, event was
advertised in the Pennsic Independent.<span></span></p>
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</span></span>If you
are interested in helping out or taking a staff position please contact
Baroness Kasha<b><u><span></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b>Officer vacancies to be filled:</b><b><span></span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.75in">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span>Minister
of Youth– Still seeking a Minister of Youth<span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.75in"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>New
Business</u></b> (includes items
potentially requiring budget outlays)<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b>Wassail, December 16<sup>th</sup> 2017, Chelsea
fairgrounds,</b> <b>Albina
Gherardi (Bina), $400 </b>Cost is same as last year $400, will cover
site fee, insurance (for alcohol), decorations (including elephants!). The site not available on the 9<sup>th</sup> ,
Dec 16<sup>th</sup> does not conflict
with Yule in Toledo. Deposit due in
October ($150?) First of three
meetings. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 45.8pt;line-height:normal"><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>2” ball hitch for
Baronial Trailer, Baron Tairdelbach, $50</b>
- Getting the trailer to and from Celtic fest was challenging this year, since
our normal trailer haulers were not available for all or some of the
event. Proper electrical hookup and
hitch were not available, had to borrow / purchase some equipment. <b>APPROVED</b><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Excel for Baronial
Exchequer (Mistress Jadwiga) licensed to the Barony - $120.</b> <b>APPROVED</b><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Potential new Ann Arbor
location for business meetings.</b> Fairfax recommends the Journey of Faith
church, located at 1900 Manchester Rd, Ann Arbor, MI (Near Washtenaw and E
Stadium). <span style="color:red"> </span>This
site has a kitchen available, and the room we could use is about three times
the size of the upstairs room in Sidetrack.
The site has a real elevator inside, and 30 or 40 parking spots
available in church parking lot. There
is a bus stop a two minute walk away.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We
propose to offer the following arrangement in exchange for a meeting site for
September – December:<span style="color:red"><span></span></span></p>
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</span></span>$250 payment to
purchase supplies for hygiene bags (toilet paper, toothbrushes, etc)for needy
folks<span></span></p>
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</span></span>One pre-meeting
workshop per month dedicated to filling bags with supplies<span></span></p>
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</span></span>Target of 150
bags filled by the Barony with supplies provided by the church by the end of
the year<span></span></p>
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</span></span>Collect supplies (non-perishable
food, hygiene supplies, school supplies) at Cook’s Symposium and Grand Day of
Tournaments<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">First
of three meetings<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12pt;line-height:normal"><b><u>Status
check on approved budget items<span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12pt;line-height:normal"><b>Food
at the baronial champion’s tournament at Pennsic</b>, <b>Baroness Kasha, $100.</b> Receipts turned in this week, ~$75 so far<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12pt;line-height:normal"><b>Lunch
tavern at cook’s symposium, Baroness Hannah for Renaude de Lunay, $425<u><span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Dame Ursula / Lord Eadraed, Heralds. $100
($36 disbursed 11/21/16, $32 disbursed 2/20/17, $16 disbursed 7/10/17) $26
remains to be spent. </b>Lord Eadraed
reported that the registration process is continuing.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in">First
batch of items have gone through, three order names accepted, Elephant’s tusk
is pending<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Money for fighter food at
Celtic fest $100 – </b>Tairdelbach has a
receipt, pending ability to write checks<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:150%"><b><u>Announcements</u></b><b><u> & Group Discussion<span></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b>Announcement/Reminder: Wassail & 2018 events: </b>It's time to start
thinking about Wassail! We need to reserve the site at Chelsea if we want
it. We need a date and a reservation. Also Terpsichore and St.
Cecilia need to be placed on the calendar. Wassail is a good event to try
out being an event steward. <span></span></p>
<pre><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></pre>Calontir Trim – Minimum order of 500m now available, they could do the elephant + tower + livery easily! Monetary details forthcoming, official proposal will happen then. <br><br> <pre><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Meeting ended: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">8:17 p.m.<span></span></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span> </span></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">[Next Meeting: Monday August 28, 2017, at Side Track in Ypsilanti]<span></span></span></pre></div>