03 February 2021, Time: 1932

Notes submitted by Lady Raven and Captain Brendan, South Downs Backup Chroniclers.

THL Lucien d’Artois called the February meeting to order. Our Seneschal, THL Juliane de Vivonne, greeted the populace joining the Zoom meeting. Juliane read the Kingdom Anti-Bullying statement.

Officers Reports

Herald (THL Lucien d’Artois)

• Not much to report – no awards or submissions in the past month
• He is stepping down after 4 years, Bu is replacing him and he will be her deputy until she finds someone
• He’ll still help with submissions etc as he is still heralding on the kingdom level

Knight Marshal (Lady Mairghread Wilson)

• Reiterated Master Edward of Yarbrorough, Kingdom Earl Marshal’s message of the week: 
  • Check your gear, check your auth cards. 
  • Master Edward will be stepping down soon, and needs a replacement. 
  • Applicants should send a resume to him and Crown.

Rapier Marshal (Captain Brendan de Hay)

• Nothing new to report.

Live Weapons (Mistress Mara Palmer)

• Nothing new to report

Reeve (Mistress Alessandra Giovanna Fioravanti)

• Nothing new to report

Quartermaster (THL Lucien d’Artois)

• Haven’t seen any of our stuff for 6 months, but he’s assuming we still have our stuff
• Clarifies – he reached his pun quota for his herald’s office, but he still has a lot available for his quartermaster’s quota
• One of the storage locker doors won’t open. it was damaged when we rented the unit, but it’s gotten worse. Lucien will investigate it.

Chatelaine (Lord Nikon Dawidowicz)

• No report – we probably have people

Demo Deputy (Lady Bú Feiyan)

• Nothing new, but has been considering getting a table at this year’s Atlanta Pride. However, it is currently scheduled for the closing weekend of Gulf Wars, so perhaps next year? check FB group to see what interest might be. It’s possible that there may be enough interest if we don’t have as many people heading to GW as usual. Suggested FB poll to gauge interest.

Arts & Sciences (THL Alisandre de la Chapelle)

• We have arts and sciences!
• We have lots of fun classes for MWAS.  Check out 100 Days of Meridies, HRMs challenge to see lots of cool projects being worked on!

Provost (Daegam Soong Myeong-Su)

• (She has a Korean class at the same on Wednesdays now, so submitted report electronically) The class meeting will be a live cooking show from Ogata (Charlie). If anyone would like to take a class for the barony, please get in contact!

Chronicler (Signora Aelia Bassina)

• We have words, a chronicler, and double backup chroniclers tonight (Lady Raven and Captain Brendan)

Social Media Minister (HE Emelina le Nourreys)

• We have social media 
• Society social media is doing something for February – why you love the SCA #lovemySCA
• Look for it on the FB group

Webminister (Lady Zhelana Vovkivna)

• Site is down for the moment.  Kingdom is in control until further notice.  Should be coming back slowly over the next couple days.
• Our website is having some temporary difficulties. This is above my paygrade and I have temporarily given up control to the kingdom webminister who has cut everybody’s access to the website both as a viewer and an admin. By tomorrow Wistric, Piers, and I should have access. Other people will come up slowly after that, as we can institute new security protocols. Aelia, you’re our priority. Once you regain access, please change your password to something difficult to guess that you haven’t used on other sites. 
• It is now mandatory that we only use the official kingdom email addresses on our website. As soon as I regain control, I will be changing all email addresses to the @meridies.org addresses. If you don’t have one but need one, please contact me. Please check these emails. I am sorry; I was not given a choice. 
• In more positive news, Piers Simmons has stepped up as my deputy. For now, he is responsible for the DP. You should make sure your DP page is up to date, and give him things to do. We have also recently put a pronouns section on DP pages, so if you are comfortable doing so, you should give us your pronouns on the DP form. This is strictly opt-in. 
• Since last month I have added awards to Cellach and Aelia’s pages, changed the webminister page so that it lists myself and Piers as the webmin, fixed the sidebar so that all Wednesday activities are listed instead of just the 4th Wednesday, and changed the link on the A&S page to the 2021 A&S spreadsheet. Some of these changes did not stay on the site because of the aforementioned problems, but they will be back as soon as I regain control.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer (DEI), (Vidushi Mewadi Margavati Bai)

• We have a class coming up this month – DEI spotlight. this month will be taught by Lady Majda on orientalism

Their Excellencies, Master Wistric Oftun & Mistress Sunneva de Cleia

• Hello Loveliest of Baronies.  Reminder about Baronial Shop on RedBubble.  Helps pay storage fees.  Aelia & Margavati have made some cute designs. Will share link.
• MWAS.  Baronial and Kingdom court will be on the same FB livestream, Sunday at 5pm.  If you need court time, let B&B know tonight or tomorrow morning.  No last-minute stuff.
• Will contact others privately.

Minister of Children (Lady Una Ulfrdottir)

• Nothing to report

Seneschal, (THL Juliane de Vivonne)

• Two things:

1. A reminder that all official activity should exclude modern politics. This includes postings to Baronial FB groups.
2. Red Tower – we still don’t know about dates, but in thinking it over, we still don’t know where we’re going to be at that time. For those considering submitting a bid, please think about doing it as a day trip, as it will be a simpler event and will have less to adjust. Can we consider combining RT and CW again? maybe RT on Friday?

SCA Business

• MWAS (Raven).  Event coming up this Saturday.  A&S judging is in progress NOW.  2 full tracks of classes.  Judging for populace faire is on the event page right now, go vote.
• We will have online activities on Saturday night, graciously hosted by Mistress Ellen and the monthly Homecoming Social. MW will be adding a bardic circle, hosted by Master William Brewer, to Homecoming, and we hope to also host a revel – still looking for someone to host it, so please contact Raven if interested.
• Margavati tells us that for zoom security, a private group within public event online for Soong’s vigil.

The business meeting was closed @ 2001.

The next business meeting will be held on 03 March 2021, 1930, Zoom Meeting.

 

13 January 2021, Time: 1931

 

Notice: Due to the events that occurred at the Capitol Building on 06 January 2021, the normal Baronial Business Meeting was rescheduled to 13 January 2021.

 

Notes submitted by Signora Aelia Bassina, South Downs Chronicler.

 

THL Lucien d’Artois called the January meeting to order. Our Seneschal, THL Juliane de Vivonne, greeted the populace joining the Zoom meeting. Juliane read the Kingdom Anti-Bullying statement.

Officers Reports

Herald (THL Lucien d’Artois)

• Not a whole lot this month

• We did have two award recipients.

• Last month, we got a new laurel, Mistress Veronica!

Knight Marshal (Lady Mairghread Wilson)

• On the armor side of the house. There was a request to borrow armor for a photoshoot. We officially declined due to COVID. However, unofficially, if someone wanted to loan their armor and take care of cleaning, that would be on them.

• Penfeathers is looking for submissions. If any of our youth would like to submit something. That would be artwork or an article. The contact for that would be Jennifer Harrington.

Rapier Marshal (Captain Brendan de Hay)

• Nothing new to report.

Live Weapons (Mistress Mara Palmer)

• Nothing new to report

Reeve (Mistress Alessandra Giovanna Fioravanti)

• We have money. We finally got paid for Midwinter. There was a problem with the mail. We have $8,443.00. We will have enough money to pay for the storage unit to pay for the rest of the year.

• The Red Tower event is already paid for.

Quartermaster (THL Lucien d’Artois)

• We have stuff. It’s in the storage unit.

Chatelaine (Lord Nikon Dawidowicz)

• Not a whole lot to report.

• I started a Tik Toc account for personal use. I created a secondary account for SCA. I will see what comes of it. It will be informational/entertainment.

Demo Deputy (Lady Bú Feiyan)

• No demos currently scheduled. 

• I am working out where I can schedule things.

Arts & Sciences (THL Alisandre de la Chapelle)

• It is the beginning of Q1.

• Please fill out the A&S sheet!

• I would like to introduce my deputy!

Provost

• Nothing to report

Chronicler (Signora Aelia Bassina)

• I am behind on the Quarterly Newsletter due to real life. However, I plan to have it ready by the end of this weekend. If anyone has any last-minute articles, I would gladly accept them.

Social Media Minister (HE Emelina le Nourreys)

• The Kingdom has been getting a lot more zoom bombers.

  • I believe that the Barony is protected

  • Please do not post anything in public places and use the waiting rooms.

  • We’ve got some new followers.

Webminister (Zhelana Vovkivna)

• Webminister report – I stepped up on the first. 

• Since then we have given the kingdom admin access to the site but I still don’t have admin access myself. 

• Added Laurel to Veronica’s DP page

• Updated to 2021

• Added a note that all events are on hold.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer (DEI), (Vidushi Mewadi Margavati Bai)

• I have been working hard to get some DEI classes lined up.

  • I’ve created a Google Calendar as they get scheduled.

  • We have the first two months already set up.

    • The first month is really just informational and resources.

    • The first one is on inauguration day, so keep in mind things may be a bit tumultuous. 

    • Majda will be teaching in February.

    • We are going to try and bring in one of the silent heralds. 

    • I would like to include a young person in the SCA

    • We would like to have a class on SCA on a budget.

    • I’ve asked Justina to teach a class on behalf of the Courtesans’ Guild.

Their Excellencies, Master Wistric Oftun & Mistress Sunneva de Cleia

• We don’t have anything particular

• We are looking forward to MidWinter.

• Y’all are the best barony in the whole world!

Minister of Children (Lady Una Ulfrdottir)

• Nothing to report

Seneschal, (THL Juliane de Vivonne)

• Thank you for being flexible. It has been a stressful week. It’s okay to not be okay. 

• I want to emphasize that we don’t do outside political stuff during official SCA stuff

• I want to talk about Red Tower.

  • We all know that Gulf Wars has been moved to out weekend

  • Don’t despair!

  • There are a few things being considered. 

    • Not official! We have had an offer to combine with another group.

      • There are pros and cons. The biggest being that it would be two weeks before Castle Wars

      • Because they are a small group, we would do most of the heavy lifting

      • That means we would have two events without any money coming in right away since it takes a couple of weeks from PayPal

    • We may be able to do it on our old weekend in September.

      • It may not end up being a physical event

      • It will be decided this month.

      • This is our best-case scenarios

      • The downside is that it is very hot that weekend.

    • We can also roll Red Town and Castle Wars into one event

      • Not a good choice as one is a melee event and the other is a tournament

• The kingdom is making some changes to the website structures

  • Pietro is no longer our Webminister

    • He is amazing!

SCA Business

• Raven

  • Yes, we are doing MidWinter this year. It will be on  Feb 6th. 

  • It will also be lasting over to Feb 7th for the elevation and court.

  • We are looking at doing some evening activities. We are working with the HomeComing crew as their event is on the same night. They will be adding some rooms for us. Keep your eyes open for that information.

  • On Saturday, there will be classes. If you are interested in teaching a class, please talk to Lady Alisandre. There is a google form on the event page.

  • Master Lorenzo is running our regional faire.

  • There will be a subtlety showcase for cooks who can show their food in disguise. 

  • Juliane and Lucien are sponsoring a prize. They are focusing on extra-European. The prize is a set of teacups.

  • There is no theme this year.

  • Emelina will be handling the advertising.

• Bu

  • At demos, I normally have a banner for the Barony. Would it be okay if I flew something like that for Meriedies?

    • We would need to get permission.

    • We also have banners that have the badges for the Barony.

• Margavati

  • Tammy’s vigil will be having her vigil on the first day of MidWinter. 

  • I have created a FB group for updates.

The business meeting was closed @ 2016.

The next business meeting will be held on 03 February 2021, 1930, Zoom Meeting.