<div dir="ltr"><h1 style="margin-top:0in"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">September 18, 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">Journey
of Faith Christian Church, Ann Arbor, MI<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 22.8pt;line-height:normal">Meeting
7:30- 8:30: 8 attendees <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal">Attending:
Derian, Morwen, Aeffe, Kasha, Ermenrich, Tairdelbach, Daeg, Eadraed<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>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" 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>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Classes are almost filled in.
There are 28!<span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Website continually gets updated
with any other class details as we have them. <span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Still working with Aelfric on the
site access<span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Need volunteers for site set up
and clean up -- please see Tairdelbach for information<span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Gate shifts are FILLED -- but we
need some kitchen help, please volunteer!<span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">We have a vendor coming from
Minnesota with COOL POTS to cook in the fire. Check out the event page on
FB for photos<span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Hotel block closes 9/28<span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Working on sign up for Friday night
lecture. Please be reminded that we'd like to keep this open to out of
town guests, first. The Library has agreed to do another lecture at a
later date for locals if this generates that much interest!<span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Ad was in the Pale<span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Promoting on Facebook all month
(see 9/18 bacon post!)<span></span></li>
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<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 is not required because we have
been diligent at paying on time. They
will bill us after the event. <span></span></p>
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</span></span>Staff meeting occurred! Everything is going well, setup and teardown
volunteers needed! Please let mistress
Genoveva know. Another staff meeting
will occur in October. <span></span></p>
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</span></span>There will be a vigil! Parking lot has been resurfaced and
reorganized; more parking spots in front of the building.<span></span></p>
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</span></span>School has confirmed we have three
meeting rooms, for royalty / scribal, meetings, and A&S<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><u>Old Business<span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12pt"><b>Canton Library Demo<span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"> Demo went well. Roughly two dozen SCA volunteers showed up,
yay! Lots of cool displays and
combat! We seemed to have a steady flow
of traffic through the demo.<span></span></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="line-height:normal"><b>Cynnabar Ruby Jubilee: </b> <b>Baroness
Kasha, $6,250. September 14<sup>th</sup>-16<sup>th</sup>, 2018.</b> <span style="color:red"><span></span></span></p>
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</span></span>Break-even is 250; 209 adults if everyone
camps, 313 adults if everyone daytrips Saturday. Fewer if people rent cabins.<span></span></p>
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</span></span>This event is not planned to make
money. Currently expecting $1000 loss
based on attendance projections.<span></span></p>
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</span></span>Event proposal reviewed (see <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/12wpbBpDV46BEcuM2aI29OgdmPVyC7ZkYJEJp-fjo8KI/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/d/12wpbBpDV46BEcuM2aI29OgdmPVyC7ZkYJEJp-fjo8KI/edit?usp=sharing</a>
)<span></span></p>
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</span></span>Site reservation to occur in October
2017. Proposed backup site is Wayne
County Fairgrounds if Cedar Lake falls through.<span></span></p>
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</span></span>Preliminary website up.<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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span> </span><b>Wassail, December 16<sup>th</sup> 2017,
Chelsea fairgrounds,</b> <b>Albina
Gherardi (Bina), $850 (including $200 refundable deposit) </b><s>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?)</s> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">Bad news: Chelsea
fairgrounds wants much more money, $750, plus a deposit. We are looking at Wayne county fairgrounds as a site, it is in a shared zip
code. Date is scheduled (Dec 16<sup>th</sup>),
$450 for the day, plus a $200 refundable deposit. We can still have our Yule fire.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">Given
the site change, let’s talk about this for a couple more meetings. “second of three meetings”</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 45.8pt;line-height:normal"><span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 45.8pt;line-height:normal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Lunch Tavern at Grand Day
of Tournaments</b> – <b>$600, Lady
Ilse</b>, $6 a head,<b> </b>break even 100 meals. Similar menu to last year. $500 original proposal, bumped up to $600 by
group, may need to plan to feed more folks since we will have Royalty at the
event. Second of three meetings. <span style="color:red"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>New event. Ancient Imaginings: An Exhibition of Modern
Photography - $500 Lady Daye, November 2018, Riverside Art Center, Ypsilanti
MI. </b>Month
long display of SCA photography, plus a wine and cheese reception (date TBD). $200 fee for the show, $275 for wine + cheese
+ napkins, $25 for Informational PR cards to stay at the Riverside Art Center
for the month. Per exchequer handbook,
the group cannot spend funds on wine, except for small amounts for cooking. Could we arrange extra hours for the weekend
of GDoT? Should not plan the have the
gala too close to GDoT. Shipping details
to be figured out. Second of three
meetings<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>School year has started
again!</b> Lady Harriet of
Cynnabar. Fest of fall was last Friday, thank you to everyone who contributed
time and stuff. We got 48 new signups!
We would like to hold a small demo for the new students. October 1st, 12pm-4pm. This is Vikings come
home weekend. Pizza and videos provided
by the student group account. Look for
an announcement on Facebook. <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Ypsi GLOW, community
unity event / parade / block party, Friday October 27<sup>th</sup>.</b> Lady Edona –
do we want to do a demo at this event?
We could do a parade + table with information. There are also workshops every Sunday
afternoon in October 11am-3pm. Follow-up
meeting with event organizer scheduled. <span></span></p>
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<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>Lunch
tavern at cook’s symposium, Baroness Hannah for Renaude de Lunay, $425<u><span></span></u></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="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: 2018 events: </b>We need event stewards
for Terpsichore and St. Cecilia if we are going to hold these events!<span></span></p>
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Now is the time to start working on your prizes for Grand Day of Tournaments! If you are going to make something by hand, start now! If you can get pictures of your donation, they can be very effective publicity for the event.<br><br>Forester Godhit: Closing of the range is probably not happening this year due to a highly compressed schedule in the fall. <br><br>HRH has posted a number of things regarding events during Their reign. A&S faires are undergoing significant changes; check out the new rules in the Pale or the Midrealm gazette.<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">8:33 p.m.</span></pre><pre><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">[Next Meeting: Monday September 25<sup>th</sup>, 2017, at Journey of Faith church in Ann Arbor]<span></span></span></pre></div>