South Downs Baronial Business Meeting

06 December 2022, Time: 1930

Notes submitted by Baronessa Aelia Bassina, South Downs Chronicler.

Lady Bú Feiyan called the December meeting to order. Our Seneschal, Lady Raven Helmsplitter, greeted the populace joining the Zoom meeting. Lady Raven read the Kingdom Anti-Bullying statement.

Officers’ Reports

Seneschal, (Lady Raven Helmsplitter)

• Discussion of how many in-person meetings we should have in 2023. Each meeting space rental at Doraville Civic Center is $100 (for 2 hr rental). The financial committee recommends keeping our current schedule and revisiting it in June once we better understand our financial situation.
  • 2x/month (current schedule)
  • 3x/month (all except business meetings)
  • 4x/month (as in the before times)
• SCA business
  • Post-mortem of Castle Wars
  • There has been some interest in submitting a bid for RUM 2023 (14-16 July), which is great as we need to submit a bid for a KLE for 2023.
  • We have reserved Indian Springs State Park for Red Tower 2023 (8-10 September). So if you’re interested in event stewarding Red Tower, you don’t need to find a site.

Herald (Lady Bú Feiyan)     

• We have a bunch of people that got awards recently. Unfortunately, my list is still packed up in my Castle Wars stuff because I went back to work. I would like to be very happy about all the people that got awards. 
• I would like to know what everyone would like to learn about heraldry so I can try to drum up some classes for us.
  • Master Mathias suggested a class on how to make your own personal heraldry and/or voice heraldry class. Or, showing the different ways to display heraldry. 
• I am still looking for a deputy.

Knight Marshal (Lord Erikr Palsson)

• We’ve been having a lot of practices. Last practice, we had 3 new people in loaner armor. The time before that we had 2. This month we will not be having practice on Christmas or New Year’s Day.

Rapier Marshal (Captain Brendan de Hay)

• No report was provided.

Live Weapons (Master Mathias Blackett)

• Sharp pointy things have been flying through the air. The next practice will be held this upcoming Sunday, depending on the weather.
• Live weapons at Castle Wars went very well. We were able to get a bunch of people qualified for second-class Weapons Master. 

Reeve (La Magnifica Justina di Silvestri)

• No report was provided.

Quartermaster (Mistress Isabetta de San Marco) 

• Nothing to report

Chatelaine (Lord Ogata Tarō Hiroyuki)

• November was absolutely packed for activities
• We had a ton of newcomers attend Castle Wars!
• This is mostly an extended thank you to everyone who helped our newcomers feel at home that weekend in November
• At the moment I’ve lost count of the exact numbers, but I know it was definitely over 8 because that was how many feast kits we gave out. Shout out to Mistress Andriette for providing us with those melamine feast kits for newcomers. And a special shout out to Seong Daegam for being ahead of the curve in that regard and for just being a really well-organized camp lead.
• In the weeks before Castle Wars, I had been closely monitoring our Gold Key inventory to make sure we had enough cloaks…and then about 7 newcomers came out of the woodwork in the week before.
• I would like to thank our neighbors in the Shire of Tir Briste for loaning us a surplus of cloaks to ensure our Gold Key was well-stocked for the day. If you see Dikon de Stokke, thank him because he handled that really well at the last minute.
• I have made a budget request, which was approved and which I used to purchase a small roll of fleece. I’ll use this to make new cloaks and reinforce some of the lighter ones we have on hand, just in case we get slammed by newcomers at next year’s Castle Wars.
• Interestingly, we had one newcomer from Tir Briste who had been trying unsuccessfully to establish contact with her local group and the kingdom chatelaine. And then her post kind of blew up on an unofficial known worlde discussion page on Facebook. Although we did not meet personally during Castle Wars, rest assured I caught up with her online and she reports that she had a really good time and everyone was nothing but nice to her the whole weekend. She has since been put in contact with her local group and she has the correct email for the kingdom chatelaine.

Demo Deputy (Lady Bú Feiyan)

• I am working on finalizing the date in January. Once I have that, I will post it to our Facebook pages to find out who is available. That is the only demo I am working on right now.
  • Raven made a suggestion to request people from some of our neighboring groups.

Arts & Sciences (HE Rhiannon verch Madyn)

• This month at Castle Wars we held the Baronesses Challenge A&S competition. We had a pair of beautiful entries. Both deserved recognition and we awarded prizes to both. The theme of the contest wasn’t really met, but we’ll keep trying until Meridies catches on to the format of the Baronesses Challenge.
• Midwinter is just around the corner and I’m really excited since this will be the first in-person Midwinter since Covid.  I’m hoping South Downs shows up in a major way for both the A&S competition and the Faire. At Magna Faire this last weekend there was a category for “Anything Tudor” and I’m looking to do the same type of thing. So whichever bid is chosen, I’ll be reaching out ASAP to find out what the theme is so I can start schilling it up. Also, I’d like to encourage folks to teach a class if you’re interested. It’s a great way to share your Art or Science as well as help South Downs shine.

Provost (Seong Myeong Su Daesaseong)

• No classes this month for the holidays! Hope everyone has a great holiday and we’re looking to start taking class sign-ups for next year. Master Mathias has offered a Commedia class for the January class night, so be on the lookout for more details.
• I’d like to give a shout-out to THLady Isabella Parr for teaching two classes this past weekend at Magna Faire: Tudor History 101 and Gable Hood & Codpieces: Navigating the World of Tudor Fashion! Both were wonderful classes and her first time scheduling classes at an event!
• If you took classes at Magna Faire and would like RUM credit for them, please let me know! I have a Google Sheet that I’m collecting the info in so I can update the RUM website.
• Midwinter business:
  • Going to start taking classes for Midwinter soon, so think about what you’d like to teach!

Chronicler (Baronessa Aelia Bassina)

• Exciting news! The Read Tower will be back for the 4th quarter of this year. Please consider writing an article, even if it’s only a paragraph. Your contributions really do help.  It can be as simple as your most recent event experience, or your favorite memory. As of right now, I have two articles.
• Please remember to get your officer reports to me prior to the start of the meeting. If you can’t provide it before then, please get them to me as soon as possible. It is often hard to understand everyone in a Zoom meeting, especially being hearing impaired. 

Social Media Minister (Lady Isabella Parr & Lady Agnes Halydaye) 

• There’s been some renewed interest in having a discord group. I should have that set up shortly. Other than that everything is going well.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer (DEI), (Vidushi Mewadi Margavati Bai & Lily of South Downs)

• Nothing to report

Webminister (Lady Zhelana Vovkivna)

• Updated Seong Myeong Su’s page
• Updated Raven’s page
• Updated seneschal page links
• Updated Castle Wars Page
• Update from HE Piers
  • Distribution lists have been created for events so we no longer need to use personal email addresses.
    • Redtower@meridies.org 
    • MidwinterAS@meridies.org 
    • Castlewars@meridies.org

Minister of Children (Lady Una Ulfrdottir)

• Castle Wars went well. We didn’t have any kids in the morning. (It was cold and I wouldn’t have wanted to get out of bed either). The adults outnumbered the kids in the afternoon, but we all had a lot of fun anyway.

Their Excellencies, (Master Wistric Oftun & Mistress Sunneva de Cleia)

• We don’t have much to say. We’ve had a great event season. We’re very excited about how Swift’s Heart has progressed. 

SCA Business

• Discussion and voting on Midwinter bids – listed in order of receipt:
  • Piers and Aelia
  • Margavati and Sabine (this bid won!)
• The Castle Wars post-mortum will happen next business meeting
• If you are interested in doing a demo at the Atlanta Comic-Com, please let Ogata know!
• Party at Their Excellency’s house for the Baronial Holiday Party.

Non-SCA Business

The business meeting was closed @ 2059.

The next business meeting will be held on 04 January 2023, 1930, via Zoom Meeting.

02 November 2022, Time: 1931

Notes submitted by Baronessa Aelia Bassina, South Downs Chronicler.

Master Mathias Blackett called the November meeting to order. Our Seneschal, Lady Raven Helmsplitter, greeted the populace joining the Zoom meeting. Raven read the Kingdom Anti-Bullying statement.

Officers Reports

Seneschal, (Lady Raven Helmsplitter)

• Tentative meeting schedule for November – please keep an eye out on our FB group for the final schedule:
  • November 2 – Business meeting (virtual)
  • November 9 – TBD (virtual)
  • November 16 – TBD (in person); this is also the last meeting before Castle Wars
  • November 23 – Thanksgiving eve, no meeting
  • November 30 – TBD (in person); this is also technically a 5 th Wednesday, so… potluck?
  • Note: we have no in-person meetings scheduled for December, due to everyone’s schedules over the holidays
• Meeting schedules for 2023 – I will submit my budget and reserve meeting space for 2023 soon. Now that we’re having events (and income), we can consider adding more in-person meetings, noting that each 2hr meeting reservation is $100. Discussion for the populace – should we:
  • Continue with our current schedule (2x/month virtual, 2x/month in person, with the 5th Wednesday’s in-person)
  • Add one more in-person meeting/month (leaving just the business meetings virtual)
  • Change back to the Before Times schedule (all meetings in-person)
• Red Tower was an excellent event – everyone had a great time and it was good to be back together in person. More details from the stewards later on in the meeting.
• Castle Wars is coming! The Event Stewards will share their status report later in the meeting.
• We have secured Indian Springs State Park for Red Tower 2023, with a new date of 8-10 September 2023. Master Ximon and I toured the site last week and were impressed with the facilities there. I will set up a photo album on the baronial FB group so everyone can see the pics I took. 
• Still looking for bids for Midwinter A&S, scheduled for February 3-6, 2023. If interested, please contact Raven or Their Excellencies.
• Reminder – As a barony, we are required to submit one KLE (kingdom-level event) bid per year, so we should start looking at something to bid on for 2023. Available bids for 2023 are the following – if you are interested in submitting a bid on any of these, please contact Raven or Their Excellencies:
  • Less than 6 months out, so bids are encouraged ASAP:
    • Spring Coronation (31 March – 2 April 2023)
  • Events 6-12 months out:
    • Spring Crown/A&S (“Artsy Crown,” 26-29 May 2023, Memorial Day weekend); Please note that if no bids are submitted for Spring Crown/A&S, the Kingdom Seneschal may decide to drop the A&S part of the event as Crown Lyst (and Coronation, for that matter) is required to happen. If this happens, then Crown Lyst will be a minimal event.
    • RUM (14-16 July)

Herald (Lady Bú Feiyan)     

• No report was provided.

Knight Marshal (Lord Erikr Palsson)

• No report was provided.

Rapier Marshal (Captain Brendan de Hay)

• Preparations are underway for Castle Wars.  Rapier’s schedule is attached.  Communicated with Event Stewards re logistics.
• Could use volunteers on Thursday of CW to build the castle.
• I’m out of town until the Wednesday evening before CW, so practices will be handled by Celebrity Guest Stunt Rapier Marshals.  Please be kind to them.

Live Weapons (Master Mathias Blackett)

• No report was provided.

Reeve (La Magnifica Justina di Silvestri)

• As of Oct 31, 2022, South Downs has $6,396.31 in the bank.
• Vote

Motion vote on the Head table feast gear Myeong Su discussed last month, requesting a $225.10 budget to cover.

• SCARS

Society is phasing out SCA Reg sys version #1- no new events past Winter Market will be through SCARS while a new system is set up. In the meantime, we will go back to PayPal for online registration

• Budgets

If baronial purchases are made, the pre-approved budget needs to be adhered to as closely as possible. If it is not feasible to make needed purchases within budget, please consult the event steward or financial committee before making purchases. Unauthorized overages are not obligated to be reimbursed.

• Annual Budget meeting

This Sunday, the financial planning committee is going to meet to discuss the 2023 baronial budget, if you have any budget requests for baronial expenses, please let me know by the end of this week. We will also be discussing the financial policy, and both should be ready for a baronial vote at the December business meeting

Quartermaster (Mistress Isabetta de San Marco) 

• We have a new unit and we have stuff.
• Inventory load up for castle war is Nov. 16th at 4 pm

Chatelaine (Lord Ogata Tarō Hiroyuki)

• No report was provided.

Demo Deputy (Lady Bú Feiyan)

• No report was provided.

Arts & Sciences (HE Rhiannon verch Madyn)

• No report was provided.

Provost (Seong Myeong Su Daesaseong)

• No class nights for November and December for the holidays. Thank you to everyone who has taught this year virtually and in person and kept activities going in the Barony! This a reminder that I will be handing the office over to Lord Aelfric at Midwinter, so please treat him well as your new Provost when the time comes! 
• If you’re interested in teaching in 2023, we are taking early class sign-ups! Reach out to me or Lord Aelfric and we’ll get you on the schedule.
• Still taking some classes for Castle Wars, but the slots are filling up. Reach out to me if you’re interested in teaching! I will be closing the form for sign-ups by the end of this week/beginning of next week so we can finalize schedules for the booklet.

Chronicler (Baronessa Aelia Bassina)

• Exciting news! The Read Tower will be back for the 4th quarter of this year. Please consider writing an article, even if it’s only a paragraph. Your contributions really do help. If If you have something longer, I would love that as well. It can be as simple as your most recent event experience, or your favorite memory.

Social Media Minister (Lady Isabella Parr & Lady Agnes Halydaye) 

• No report was provided.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer (DEI), (Vidushi Mewadi Margavati Bai & Lily of South Downs)

• No report was provided.

Webminister (Lady Zhelana Vovkivna)

• Updated CW page

Minister of Children (Lady Una Ulfrdottir)

• I’m going to write the schedule for children’s activities this week/weekend and so far it’s going to be Myndee, me, and probably one other person running activities.

Their Excellencies, (Master Wistric Oftun & Mistress Sunneva de Cleia)

• No report was provided.

SCA Business

Non-SCA Business

The business meeting was closed @ 2107

The next business meeting will be held on 06 December 2022, 1930, Zoom Meeting.

South Downs Baronial Business Meeting

01 June 2022, Time: 1932

Notes submitted by Lady Raven Helmsplitter, stunt South Downs Chronicler.

Master Mattias called the May meeting to order. Our Seneschal, Master Nikoslav Mikolaevich, greeted the populace joining the Zoom meeting. Nikoslav read the Kingdom Anti-Bullying statement.

Officers Reports

Seneschal, (Master Nikoslav Mikolaevich)

• If anyone has not seen it, he posted the info about the meeting space and schedule options
• After talking with the officers, we’re looking at adjusting the in-person schedule to maximize time together and minimize costs.
• Multiple options are shared online, all at the previous Doraville location
• Doraville – not that much different in cost compared to other locations, and the contract is easier (other places need a new contract for each meeting)
• Mathias said he’s a fan of having the business meetings online (because he loves Justina’s pie charts). Makes it easier for everyone to attend, even if they’re working or out of town
• Online accessibility options are another advantage
• Perhaps we can do dinner after project night instead of business meetings, to maintain community (Yeoung Su)
• Emelina is really excited about having project nights in person – it can be difficult to work on projects while trying to participate online
• Señor No commented that ongoing Zoom meetings outside of work is discouraging. Nik replied that this can always be revisited once we start getting $$ in after Red Tower/CW
• Yeong Su mentioned that it’s been really hard to find suitable locations that are cheaper
• Nik said that next Wednesday is potentially open in Doraville – we could start with the Option 3 schedule beginning 6/8. He’ll check with Doraville this week and see how far in advance we can schedule our meetings there.
• Storage unit search is ongoing. Nik is checking out every public storage space in metro Atlanta. Justina said the current price is $466/month (?). Staying with Public Storage is good because we can pay at any location. Looking for a 20×20. We either need to move or get the price sorted out by the end of June – price increases in July. The budget has already been approved
• Castle Wars bids – Nik posted on the FB page. No site yet, no theme yet, so completely open.

Herald (Lady Bú Feiyan)     

Knight Marshal (Lady Mairghread Wilson) who 

• Nothing new (new Knight marshal)

Rapier Marshal (Captain Brendan de Hay)

• Thanks to Master Wistric and Master Ximon for covering practices while I’ve been away on business trips.
• We have a couple of new fencers that I’ve barely had a moment to meet.  Perhaps Ld. Ogata can make those intros for us.
• Ogata and Pietro seem well on their way to getting marshal’s warrants, which will help make South Downs Rapier more accessible.  Huzzah!

Live Weapons (Master Mathias Blackett)

• Last month’s practice went well – 20 people showed up
• Agnes qualified for 
• Donated arrows for youth archery
• One more person qualified for 
• One more person qualified for axes and spears
• The next practice held on 6/19 – yes, it’s father’s day but that’s the date that’s available
• Roice (sp?) is going to work on youth archery, which is really needed in this kingdom

Reeve (La Magnifica Justina di Silvestri)

• The RT deposit check was lost, but Isabella was able to secure the reservation and she was reimbursed for the $675. The remainder will be due at the event.
• The site fee has an additional $100 in admin fees and taxes, bringing the total to $1350, and the barony will vote to approve. Populace approved.
• The original check has had a stop payment placed, the fee for that is $36. The Financial Committee has approved this expense and as it is under $50 does not need a populace vote at this time.
• New checks have been ordered, the cost is $112.35, previously approved in the reeve annual budget.
• June was the last month of the cost increase for storage, so storage fees increase to $466/mo starting in July

Quartermaster (Mistress Isabetta de San Marco) 

• Nothing new
• We have stuff
• Trying to find a new place to store our stuff – the best deal she can find so far is a 10×30 for more $$ than what we’ve got currently

Chatelaine (Lord Ogata Tarō Hiroyuki)

• I’ve also completed a Gold Key Donation intake document in the form of a Google survey and I’ll be getting in touch with our web minister to have that added to the Chatelaine page
• Also uhhhhhh, we have more newcomers than I ever expected
• Lola, Giovanna MKA Armena, Maryam MKA Kaity, Sein, and Red, and Laura McWhorter had a pretty solid time at ArtSci Crown. I could say that I had an enjoyable weekend, which could be the end of the report.
• However, at different times this past weekend, our newcomers approached me in confidence to tell me how they were personally affected by casual discrimination and bigotry.

I don’t think we’re going to solve systemic bigotry once and for all in a single zoom meeting. What I would like to do right now is repeat some advice that Kehinde had during their class on Diversity Equity and Inclusion in the SCA.

Most of us don’t have bystander intervention training.

If someone approaches you to talk about a time they had to deal with bigotry, or even if they’re being targeted that way right in front of you, the best thing you can do is check in with them as a first reaction. Offer to get them out of the situation if that makes sense, listen to them sincerely, and trust them to tell you what they need at that moment.

I know the first reaction for some of us is to step in with dramatic, romantic gestures and promises about how we will act on their behalf. On some level that makes sense, a lot of us have this image of a knight as someone who steps in to defend the weak and take on any challenge no matter how great, and… you get the idea.

But that’s just one example of knightly behavior.

Instead, I think we could all stand to practice grace by asking our friends what they would prefer to have happen to resolve what they’re going through.

Also like, I know we’re getting a lot of newcomers and it may be hard to tell who is who.

What I would offer as a solution is some solid advice that was already offered by one of our newcomers.

Rather than asking “Hey are you this person?” try introducing yourself and then asking their name. Or, if they’ve already told you and you’ve forgotten, you can even try “Would you mind telling me your name again?” I guarantee, that someone will be way more forgiving of forgetfulness than casual discrimination.

Even if you’re 100% sure and you’re confident that they are who you think they are, the worst case scenario is you’re wrong and now somebody has been reduced to a category rather than being seen as an individual.

• I hate the idea of ending this with something like “we can do better” and I would prefer to say something more concrete.
• However, in the interest of time, I’m going to end it there by saying I trust y’all.

Demo Deputy (Lady Bú Feiyan)

• Nil sent Bú and Ogata an email about a potential demo at a school
• Holy Spirit prep 7th-grade history teacher looking for fighters and C&I in Dec/January. More info to follow

Arts & Sciences (HE Rhiannon verch Madyn)

• No report

Provost (Daegam Soong Myeong-Su)

• Class this month will be virtual and is How to Read Music by Noble Cellach ingen Oengusa. They will be moving to Boston, so they can only teach virtually this month. It is currently set for June 22, but I plan on talking to them in case the meeting schedule will shift things around. If we start with in-person this month, we’ll need to reschedule the June class since it will need to be done virtually. So – if you have an in-person class you’d like to teach, talk to Myeong-Su
• Switching hats from South Downs Provost to Dean for RUM – Get your classes submitted for RUM by June 15th! We’re hoping to have a virtual track so you can teach even if you’re not going to be able to make it to the event. Use this form to submit your classes.

Chronicler (Baronessa Aelia Bassina)

• Still in need of a deputy. If you know anyone who may be interested, please direct them to me.

Social Media Minister (Lady Isabella Parr & Lady Agnes Halydaye) 

• Isabella says we have social media, nothing else to report

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer (DEI), (Vidushi Mewadi Margavati Bai & Lily of South Downs)

• Thanks to Ogata for his comments/advice about casual bigotry
• Thanks also to everyone who was supportive and to Lily who spoke up when the situation needed 
• Might be a good time to revisit our class on microaggressions and unconscious bias – often people are not trying to be malicious, they just need guidance
• Moving DEI classes to every other month will definitely make it easier to prepare/plan and advertise classes
• Working with kingdom to develop reporting processes
• Thanked everyone in the group for the work y’all are doing. Despite things we’re still working through as a kingdom, we worked really hard to be welcoming and inclusive

Webminister (Lady Zhelana Vovkivna)

• Added chatelaine (demos) to help wanted page.
• Zhelana is also looking for a deputy

Minister of Children (Lady Una Ulfrdottir)

• Nothing to report

Their Excellencies, (Master Wistric Oftun & Mistress Sunneva de Cleia)

• Sunneva shared Wistric’s notes which she then attempted to decipher
• We’re doing RUM, which means Baronial Court, which means they need recommendations. Recommendation forms are online, but if you find it intimidating, just text their Excellencies. They want to know!
• Since we’re ramping up in-person events, we’re looking for retainers/courtiers. Hang out with TE in shifts, help out, etc. Great job for newcomers, very low-key gig (other than for feast or court).
• Looking forward to meeting everyone in person again 🙂 we miss that!
• Let’s continue the lovefest!
• And say hello to newcomers!

SCA Business

• Red Tower
  • Isabella – need volunteers – many hands make light work
    • Merchantcrat
    • Event Steward
    • Nastycrat
    • Fundraiser lunch (Mattias mentioned that Excelsior would likely love to do this)
  • Going to do a passport – get stamps for taking part in activities, raffle basket giveaway at court. Need donations for raffle basket
  • Margavati asked about whether we’re still doing pavilions – maybe not? But we’re looking at a pavilion for an SCA swap in addition to the merchants
  • The Grand Bazaar is the event theme. Mattias discussed ideas for LW targets that would reflect the theme and not be cliche
•  RUM
  • Isabetta is still looking for 2 people to be runners – need a person on each floor that teachers can access for help
  • Looking for a royal liaison
  • Looking for someone to do a royal lunch
  • Troll volunteers also
  • Interested? Text her on FB

Non-SCA Business

• none

The business meeting was closed @ 2022

The next business meeting will be held on 06 July 2022, 1930, Zoom Meeting.

South Downs Baronial Business Meeting

01 December 2021, Time: 1935

Notes submitted by Signora Aelia Bassina, South Downs Chronicler.

Lady Bú Feiyan called the August meeting to order. Our Seneschal, Master Nikoslav Mikolaevich, greeted the populace joining the Zoom meeting. Nikoslav read the Kingdom Anti-Bullying statement.

Officers Reports

Seneschal, (Master Nikoslav Mikolaevich)

• Castle Wars went well, we made money
• There is nothing crazy that happened
• We had a non-martial injury
• We have one MidWinter bid to go over. I will post it and let Ximon go over it. I do need to talk to the Kingdom Seneschal if there’s anything different we need to do for an indoor event
  • Ximon
    • Isabella Parr is my numbers person so I’ll let her go over it
    • I would like to get opinions on capping attendance, as we want to limit contact between non-pod people
    • Printing was offered by Angharat
  • Isabella
    • There have been small adjustments. 
    • MidWinter is pretty barebones when it comes to budgeting
      • We aren’t going to do any food
      • We only need general supplies
      • We need money for AS, printing budget, site tokens, etc
    • We are charging $10 for the day, pre-reg only. COVID documentation will need to be shown, just like at Castle Wars
  • Midwinter bid has passed

Herald (Lady Bú Feiyan)

• Members of the populace were given out at CW
  • Ælfric Hort -Swan’s Grace
  • Pietro di Conti – Red Raven 
  • Ogata Tarō Hiroyuki – Swan’s Grace
  • Brendan de Hay – Baronial Award of Excellence
  • Piers Simmons – Baronial Award of Excellence
  • Ximón Martillo de Cordoba – Baronial Award of Excellence
  • Mewadi Margavati Bai – Baronial Award of Excellence
• If anyone needs me to check on names or devices, please let me know
• I still need a deputy

Knight Marshal (Lady Mairghread Wilson)

• Castle Wars Event Report has been filed.
• 16 fighters in Champion’s Tourny
  • King’s Champion (Winner) – Barthelemy of Illyria
  • Queen’s Champion (Based on Chivalry, Courtesy & Prowess) – Iain MacArthur
  • Melees had a couple of calibration issues, but overall went well 
• Upcoming practice considerations:
  • 12/5/2021 – Practice
  • 12/12/2021 – Practice
  • 12/18/2021 (Sat) – Regional Practice at W GA University; no practice on Sunday
  • 12/26/2021 – Christmas Holiday – NO practice
  • 1/2/2022 – New Year’s Holiday – NO practice

Rapier Marshal (Captain Brendan de Hay)

• Castle Wars was a success for rapier as well
• Practices have been happening, and there has been a rapier presence most weeks.  Thanks to Master Ximon & Master Wistric for covering my gaps.
• We are nearing the point of being able to re-start Tuesday evening practices.  We’ve done one “dry run” with the lights, and I’ve got notes on how to tweak the lighting kit to make it more usable when I’m not there.  I feel like we might try to officially re-start Tuesday evenings at the start of the new year (1/4/22).
• Speaking of practices, I may not be able to make Sunday this week, due to work issues.  If I can, I will, but I may need some coverage help.

Live Weapons (Mistress Mara Palmer)

• We had archery at CW and it was good. 
  • We had about 20 people on the range
  • 9 people participated in the Baronial tourney
• Also since we had to build stands for the event, we’re set for practices once we start them again

Reeve (La Onesta Signore Justina di Silvestri)

• Castle Wars Total income, minus expenses is in the close estimate of $4,192.40. I have a few other considerations before the number is accurate, and on that topic can anyone who has any holdout receipts that I have not seen please talk to me by the end of the meeting because I have to finish this report for accurate numbers
• 310 Adults, 55 non-member Adults, and 39 children
• Also, preregistration only and SCArs is excellent for bookkeeping and is much easier for the staff and I personally am a fan and hope it continues to be something we put to use
• I forgot to mention, PLEASE keep in mind when you do baronial purchases DO NOT add personal items on the same receipt. I cannot process receipts with personal expenses. 
• Thanks to the awesome speakers and to Baroness Emelina for sharing the Theodosia colloquia that was hosted at castle wars on social media. I got a ton of interest for future salons and I would like to make it a reoccurring format for discussing a&s, so if you are interested in short ten minutes of sharing your SCA topics, please reach out and I would love to coordinate speakers for future events. Possibly for the next castle wars, I am working on teaming up with the Ca d’Oro Salon of Gulf wars fame to have our own Salone to host.

Quartermaster (Master Ximon Martillo de Cordoba & THL Isabetta de San Marco) 

• Thanks to everyone that helped load out and unload for Castle Wars. It is greatly appreciated. It’s little things like that that really help. 
• In January, Isabetta de San Marco will be taking over as quartermaster and I will be assisting as needed for any help on things. I want to thank her for taking this position over from me, and the baronial inventory is in great hands with her service

Chatelaine (Lord Nikon Dawidowicz)

• We have a new person, Tiffany. I was, unfortunately, unable to meet her at CW, but Charlie did! She made a wrap-up video for YouTube that was shared with the Barony!

Demo Deputy (Lady Bú Feiyan)

• Right now, I do not have anything planned for future demos
  • Do we want to do indoor or outdoor demos in the upcoming months?
    • Ximon expressed concern about doing any indoor demos due to cold and flu season
• My sister came to CW and would like to volunteer to teach a Medieval Math class

Arts & Sciences (THL Alisandre de la Chapelle & HE Rhiannon verch Madyn)

• A thank you to the teachers that taught at CW.  
• A heads up to think about teaching at MW. 
• A reminder about virtual Magna Faire next weekend (December 11)

Provost (Daegam Soong Myeong-Su)

• No classes for December for the holidays. 
• Thanks to all who have taught this year! 
• Thanks to Lorenzo for organizing classes for CW this year. 
• Looking for someone for a deputy if someone wants to help organize classes for the barony and our events!

Chronicler (Signora Aelia Bassina)

• Still looking for a deputy!

Social Media Minister (Lady Isabella Parr & Lady Agnes Halydaye) 

• Approved 3 new members to our FB group.
• 16 new followers on IG. 
• Castle war was very well received on social media Thank you to everyone who took photos for me!  Some of the kingdom’s photos were even reposted by Society! So good job everyone!!

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer (DEI), (Vidushi Mewadi Margavati Bai & Lily of South Downs)

• There isn’t a whole lot to report
• Hopefully, we will have something to talk about next month
• I don’t think there will be a class this month due to it being so close to the holiday period. We are going to push the class to January

Webminister (Lady Zhelana Vovkivna)

• I have updated all of the plugins and updated WordPress. I also created an account for the Kingdom Eastern Regional Webminister.
• Added all awards from Castle Wars.
  • Ælfric Hort -Swan’s Grace
  • Pietro di Conti – Red Raven 
  • Ogata Tarō Hiroyuki – Swan’s Grace
  • Brendan de Hay – Baronial Award of Excellence, Meridian Majesty
  • Piers Simmons – Baronial Award of Excellence
  • Ximón Martillo de Cordoba – Baronial Award of Excellence
  • Mewadi Margavati Bai – Baronial Award of Excellence
  • Mairghread Wilson – Argent Comet
  • Ælfric Hort – Weapons Master
  • Isabetta de San Marco – Pelican Writ
• A page has been set up for all the positions looking for deputies. Please send me that information as soon as possible
• I am looking for a deputy

Minister of Children (Lady Una Ulfrdottir)

• We had 12 children attend children’s activities at Castle Wars. 
• Thank you to Bloody Ridge for letting us use their communal tent since there was nowhere set aside for us to set up. 
  • We mostly had teenagers attend, and I’m glad they had somewhere to go. 
  • They did, however, appear to run off a number of younger SCAdians.
  •  Myndee and I would really like to make splitting up the kids a priority. The teens and pre-teens really need a place to go, but grouping all of the ages together really isn’t working.

Their Excellencies, (Master Wistric Oftun & Mistress Sunneva de Cleia)

• First, thank you for Castle Wars. You guys are the best.
• I can’t wait to see you all at MidWinter.
• We need award recommendations.
  • If you don’t want to do the form, please reach out to us.
• We did have a new award! It’s the Baronial Award of Excellence. It’s something you can award over and over. The regalia is going to be up to the sitting baronage. It’s for outstanding service to the barony.
• We are looking forward to having in-person meetings in the new year. 
  • We are looking at implementing some of the items from virtual SCA to in-person meetings.

SCA Business

• Ximon & Isabelle for MidWinter
  • We are looking for teachers, it’s on February 5th (weekend before Superbowl weekend)
  • I don’t know if there’s interest in doing a fighter practice after. Mairghread did mention that a large regional fighter practice that happens after MidWinter
  • We are going to have logistics issues with how many people are going to be in classes and how people are going to move between them. We are going to review that on our physical walkthrough
  • Justina will not have a vigil at MidWinter
  • Troll will be at the gym area, as of right now
  • We don’t know what’s going to happen with the new variant. We’re going to move forward as though it’s going to happen
  • Total props to Isabella for being the numbers person
  • If you have any questions, the best way to contact Ximon, please reach out to him via FB messenger
  • Questions
    • Lily – I wanted to ask if you had any thoughts on quiet spaces? If you could just keep that in mind when you do your walkthrough
      • Ximon – we can do a room. We may not be able to do one on every floor, but we will have a room

The business meeting was closed @ 2033.

The next business meeting will be held on 05 January 2022, 1930, Zoom Meeting.

South Downs Baronial Business Meeting

03 November 2021, Time: 1932

Notes submitted by Signora Aelia Bassina, South Downs Chronicler.

Lady Bú Feiyan called the August meeting to order. Our Seneschal, Master Nikoslav Mikolaevich , greeted the populace joining the Zoom meeting. Nikoslav read the Kingdom Anti-Bullying statement.

Officers Reports

Seneschal, (Master Nikoslav Mikolaevich)

• We need bids for Midwinter.
• We have talked about resuming in-person meetings in 2022. That will depend on the availability of the Doraville location and our money.
• We do need deputies for some of our officers. 
• Castle Wars is pre-reg only
  • For set up and take down, many hands make light work.

Herald (Lady Bú Feiyan)

• Look for a deputy. 
• We need shouty people for Castle Wars.

Knight Marshal (Lady Mairghread Wilson)

• Proof of vaccination (2nd shot – no later than 2 wks prior) or Negative Covid test w/in 72 hrs (Dated no earlier than noon on Thursday the week of).  This applies to fighters as well as spectators.  Please sign up in the Sign Up Genius to make reporting contact tracing rosters to the Kingdom each week easier on your marshals.
• Event is defined in Corpora as any official SCA activity (Event, Demo, Practice, Mtg, etc)
• Masks are still required for now.
• Upcoming practice considerations:
  • 11/7/2021 – Conjuration – Possible demo? – rumored that 1/2 the rooms normally used for vendor space are under construction
  • 11/14/2021 – Crown Lyst – No practice unless other Marshal coverage
  • 11/21/2021 – Castle Wars – NO practice
  • 11/28/2021 – Thxgiving – Practice if desired

Rapier Marshal (Captain Brendan de Hay)

• Practices have been happening, and there has been a rapier presence most weeks.
• The Rapier Marshal in Training (RMiT) program has re-started.  If you are interested in becoming a Rapier Marshal, contact the Kingdom Rapier Marshal (KRM).  There is a class, and you must assist in the marshaling of several events and/or practices to be warranted as a “Marshal At Large.”  A Marshal at Large can act as Rapier Marshal in Charge of events, demos, practices, etc.
• This is near and dear to my heart because I can’t always be available for every practice or event.  The more warranted rapier marshals we have available, the more flexible we can be.  Also, I could use a deputy with an eye for replacing me in this position at some future date.
• A reminder of current KRM policy…. It is requested that each of us take a “re-authorization” real soon.  It can be as simple as taking a few passes with an experienced fencer from outside our regular circle and follow up with fresh paperwork.  This will help move forward the goal of creating a digital authorization card.
• I will be unavailable for this Sunday’s practice.  Is there a warranted rapier marshal who can cover for me?
• The city of Dunwoody has added power outlets on the edge of our practice field.  I’m working on a lighting package that will allow us to restore Tuesday evening practices.  My hope is for a test run on Tuesday, 11/23.
• My focus now is on Castle Wars:  Open for Business
  • If possible, any authorizations or refresher authorizations should be done before the event or on Friday, because Saturday will be packed
  • Anyone currently enrolled in the Rapier Marshal in Training program can get some of their warranting requirements fulfilled at this event, contact me
  • Saturday schedule starts at 0800 in an attempt to start Their Majesties’ Champions tournaments on time.
  • The afternoon rapier activities will be pretty intensive, but there will be space for pickups, training, and further authorizations, PENDING THE AVAILABILITY OF MARSHALS

Live Weapons (Mistress Mara Palmer)

• Practice is still on hold for right now
• I need target stands for Castle Wars. We are building three more right now. It’s costing $130. Things aren’t cheap right now. $200 should be enough to get live weapons back up and running with everything we need. 

Reeve (Mistress Alessandra Giovanna Fioravanti & La Onesta Signore Justina di Silvestri)

• We are in the process of switching over signatures for the bank
• We do have money. As of the end of the month, we have $7,745.76
• Just remember that if you make any purchases that need to be reimbursed, please make them separate from your personal purchases.

Quartermaster (Master Ximon Martillo de Cordoba) 

• We have stuff!
• I would like for Isabetta to take over for me and I will be her deputy.
• It was decided to get a tube for the baronial pavilion. Wistric has it and will check to ensure that it is big enough.
• On Saturday, Lady Agnes has asked to view things for the Royal Luncheon. If anyone else needs access, please let me know. 
• We need a few things:
  • Index Cards
  • In the Baronial Feast gear, we are missing blue goblets
  • We need new parking signs
  • When Isabetta takes over, there will be a new way to sign things in and out.

Chatelaine (Lord Nikon Dawidowicz)

• Nothing new to report

Demo Deputy (Lady Bú Feiyan)

• Nothing to report

Arts & Sciences (THL Alisandre de la Chapelle)

• Nothing to report

Provost (Daegam Soong Myeong-Su)

• Class this month is Site Heraldry with Baron Kalbardr

Chronicler (Signora Aelia Bassina)

• Still looking for a deputy. Please let me know if anyone is interested.

Social Media Minister (Lady Isabella Parr) 

• Made castle wars facebook event. 
• We held a steady 3% Facebook page growth and had 6 new people join the FB group. 
• Nothing to report about Instagram or Twitter accounts 
• Also, I got a deputy! Lady Agnes Halydaye

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer (DEI), (Vidushi Mewadi Margavati Bai & Lily of South Downs)

• The class this month will be on Extra-European Scribal Arts.
• It is a panel of artisans discussing their various fields of focus, hosted by Lady Lily, South Downs DEI deputy. It will be during the third Wednesday meeting, at 7:00 pm on November 17th. Zoom details will be posted the day of the event on the South Downs Facebook page.
• The survey for feedback on DEI has been extended for an extra month! I will be closing it the evening of the November DEI meeting. So if you haven’t done so, please fill it out. The form can be found here: https://forms.gle/uGXdjqjwVAAau3Tr5

Webminister (Lady Zhelana Vovkivna & HE Piers Simmons)

• Various Castle Wars updates
• Updated all of the plugins

Minister of Children (Lady Una Ulfrdottir)

• Nothing report

Their Excellencies, (Master Wistric Oftun & Mistress Sunneva de Cleia)

• As usual, I love you guys. You are the best barony.
• Wistric and I went to Gatalop and it was really nice to see people and see people wearing masks and being safe. 
• We need award recommendations
  • Message me, message Wistric and we can take care of it. This goes for Kingdom awards as well!

SCA Business

• Castle Wars
  • THURSDAY 11/18
    • 3:00 pm EDT- Site opens to event participants for set up of camps and help needed for any other event things. There are no scheduled activities.
    • PLEASE NOTE:
    • **TROLL CLOSES at 11:00 pm EDT, no one is allowed access into the site after this time.**
  • FRIDAY 11/19
    • 12:00 noon EDT- TROLL / Covid check-in opens
    • 12:00 noon EDT- Main field open for pickups and any needed authorizations will start
    • OPEN TIME – If Castle Walls are on site, we will have a setup party
    • 5:00 pm EDT to 11:00 pm EDT – Fighter’s open mixer. (maybe a possible team torchlight tourney?) This is a chance for
    • fighters to get warmed up for championship tournaments on Saturday and for everyone be social. (Please mask up and practice social distancing when not fighting)
    • PLEASE NOTE:
    • **TROLL CLOSES at 11:00 pm EDT, no one is allowed access into site after this time. **
  • SATURDAY 11/20
  • **Please listen for announcements for Arts and Sciences classes and other activities.**
  • 7:00 am EDT – TROLL OPENS , **PLEASE HAVE ALL OF YOUR ITEMS NEEDED AND READY FOR TROLL TO GET CHECKED IN QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE**
  • 8:00 AM EDT- ARMOR INSPECTION OPENS
  • 8:30 am- 9:30 AM EDT – “Coffee with the Crown” (bring your coffee, your chair and chat with their Majesties )
  • 9:00 am EDT – CHAMPIONS TOURNAMENTS BEGIN
  • 12:00 NOON EDT- Lunch break and COURT OPENS
  • 30 MINS AFTER COURT – Melee scenarios will begin.
  • 30 MINS AFTER ALL MELEE SCENARIOS ARE COMPLETED –
  • Non-Martial activities WILL COMMENCE! Please have fun and celebrate responsibly!
  • Marshal in Charge (Reporting Marshal):  Ldy Mairghread Wilson (Charmone Newell)
  • Add’l Marshals:  Sir William Colquitt (William Jackson) & Sir Vasilii Dragomere (Wes Babb)
    • Lyst Mistress:  Ailleghean (Rachel Strange)
    • Fri:
      • Field & castle set up, inspections & authorizations, pick-up fights
• Sat:
  • 0800-0900 Armor Inspections 
  • 0900-1200 Champion Tourneys
  • 1200 Court/Lunch
  • 30 mins after court until sundown (5 pm-ish) – Melee Scenarios
    • Field (non-rez)
    • Bridge (non-rez)
    • Castle (limited rez)
• Both Archery & Thrown will only be open on Saturday, 11/20.
  • *I will be arriving by 8 am. If the range is set up sooner than 9 am, then we will start sooner than 9 am.
  • Nathri Mac Conaill is running Thrown.
  • ARCHERY
    • 9-11 am: Queen’s Yeoman
    • 10-11 am: Youth Live Weapons Champion
    • Post-Court: South Downs Baronial Champion, Open Range
  • THROWN
    • 9-11 am: King’s Huntsman
    • Post-Court: Open Range
    • More details TBA once I have them.
• Sunday, we have to be off-site by noon. When things start wrapping up on Saturday if you could help break things down that would be great.

• Midwinter
  • If you’re potentially interested in putting in a bid, please let me or Nik know.
  • If you think that an indoor event isn’t a good idea, we can talk about looking at outdoor space.
  • If you need help with the bid form, let us know.

The business meeting was closed @ 2051.

The next business meeting will be held on 01 December 2021, 1930, Zoom Meeting.

South Downs Baronial Business Meeting

06 October 2021, Time: 1932

 

Notes submitted by Signora Aelia Bassina, South Downs Chronicler.

 

Lady Bú Feiyan called the August meeting to order. Our Seneschal, Master Nikoslav Mikolaevich , greeted the populace joining the Zoom meeting. Nikoslav read the Kingdom Anti-Bullying statement.

Officers Reports

Seneschal, (Master Nikoslav Mikolaevich)

• The BOD has issued a Vaccine/Negative testing statement starting on October 8th.
• The home test will not be accepted.
• There will need to be at least one person at troll that will check vaccination/testing status as their sole job at troll.
• Click here for the announcement.
• Approval was received to get a new tub to hold the baronial pavilion.

Herald (Lady Bú Feiyan)

• Looking for a deputy.
• Need voice heralds for Castle Wars.

Knight Marshal (Lady Mairghread Wilson)

• Beginning this Sunday 10/10/2021, Proof of vaccination (2nd shot – no later than 2 wks prior) or Negative Covid test within 72 hrs (Dated no earlier than noon on Thursday the week of).  
• This applies to fighters as well as spectators of any age.
• Event is defined in Corpora as any official SCA activity (Event, Demo, Practice, Mtg, etc)
• Masks are still required for now.
• Upcoming practice considerations:
  • 10/31/2021 – Coronation – No practice unless other Marshal coverage (also Holiday)
  • 11/7/2021 – Conjuration – Possible demo?
  • 11/14/2021 – Crown Lyst – No practice unless other Marshal coverage
  • 11/21/2021 – Castle Wars – NO practice
  • 11/28/2021 – Thanksgiving – Practice

Rapier Marshal (Captain Brendan de Hay)

• Practices have been happening, Sunday afternoons at Liane Levetan Park in Dunwoody, concurrent with Armored fighter practice. 
• Numbers are low, but understandably so in the current weather and public health environment.
• Castle Wars planning is in progress. 
  • Queen’s Champion Tournament in the morning, melee activity in the afternoon. 
  • More info to come.

Live Weapons (Mistress Mara Palmer)

• Nothing to report.

Reeve (Mistress Alessandra Giovanna Fioravanti & La Onesta Signore Justina di Silvestri)

• Nothing to report

Quartermaster (Master Ximon Martillo de Cordoba) 

• Nothing to report.. we have stuff

Chatelaine (Lord Nikon Dawidowicz)

• We had a new person join us last week, Jasmine!

Demo Deputy (Lady Bú Feiyan)

• Nothing to report

Arts & Sciences (THL Alisandre de la Chapelle)

• We’re planning a mostly virtual A&S comp for CW on the theme of “commerce & trade” since the theme of CW is Open for Business.  Make something that would have been sold/traded be it local market Faire or down the Silk Road and tell who would have made it and who would have bought it.  
• Prizes TBD.  
• If anyone wants to offer a prize for a specific subcategory (ie woven item?  Item that traveled the Silk Road? Things like that) please talk to Rhi and I

Provost (Daegam Soong Myeong-Su)

• Class this month is Site Heraldry with Baron Kalbardr

Chronicler (Signora Aelia Bassina)

• Still looking for a deputy. Please let me know if anyone is interested.

Social Media Minister (Lady Isabella Parr) 

• Nothing to report

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer (DEI), (Vidushi Mewadi Margavati Bai & Lily of South Downs)

• Lady Lily will be leading a discussion on extra-European scribal

Webminister (Lady Zhelana Vovkivna & HE Piers Simmons)

• Canceled Red Tower
• Changed fighter practice location
• Added vaccination/testing policy to fighter practice page

Minister of Children (Lady Una Ulfrdottir)

• Nothing report

Their Excellencies, (Master Wistric Oftun & Mistress Sunneva de Cleia)

• 9 Lives Tourney is being hosted by our cousins to the west at the regional fighter practice this weekend; participate if you can; donate if you can (link shared on Baronial Facebook group)
• Please send award recommendations for Castle Wars – Baronial Court will be at noon with the Royal Court. 
• We have a new head retainer, Annelisa Wolf (mka Rebecca Scott). If you’re interested in retaining (either participating or learning more about it), reach out to her or her deputy, Justina. 
• Baronial Pavilion Tub
  • Two options ($40 45gal. w/ wheels. $70 70gal. w/ wheels). 
  • Red one (45 gal.) should work but requested Barony allocate for the higher price ($70 plus tax) in case it’s needed.

SCA Business

• Ximon
  • Castle Wars is coming!
  • McIntosh Reserve is in Georgia and near Carrolton. We went out there and the site looks good.
  • We are getting a flyer together and create the Facebook page/Website
  • We are going to need to do:
    • Looking for volunteers
    • People to help set up/take down the castle
    • No feast, no fundraiser
    • Help loading the trailer
  • There will be a South Downs encampment
  • No ground fires!
  • The signal is not very good out at the site, so it may not be able to be live-streamed. We will be looking into recording court and uploading it after the event.
  • There is no schedule yet.
  • More information will be available for the November Business Meeting.
• Ximon
  • Next Wednesday is project night.
• Ælfric
  • Will we have live weapons for Castle Wars?
    • Nikoslav: We will speak with Mara regarding that.
• Emelina
  • Now that we have this vaccination check in place, are we going to have meetings in person again?
    • Wistric: We will need to see if we can get the old meeting spot. We would like to hear from people regarding this, informally. We may need to wait until after we get our Castle Wars money.
    • Nikoslav: I’m going to email the kingdom Seneschal and see if there has been any decision on indoor gatherings.
  • Since we already have outside fighter practice, can we do the meetings then as well?
    • Wistric: We can look into that.
• Wistric
  • Midwinter is coming up. If you would be interested in autocratic that, please let us know.

The business meeting was closed @ 2032.

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

South Downs Baronial Business Meeting

01 September 2021, Time: 1930

Notes submitted by Signora Aelia Bassina, South Downs Chronicler.

Lady Bú Feiyan called the August meeting to order. Our Seneschal, Master Nikoslav Mikolaevich , greeted the populace joining the Zoom meeting. Nikoslav read the Kingdom Anti-Bullying statement.

Officers Reports

Seneschal, (Master Nikoslav Mikolaevich)

• Nothing big new.
• All the stuff for Castle Wars has started.
• Concerning Red Tower, with the new COVID numbers in mind, I will be making an announcement regarding Red Tower. I will have a final announcement on that by Friday. If you have any input, please let me know.
• There is a survey that was put out by the Kingdom Seneschal regarding being for or against vaccines for events.

Herald (Lady Bú Feiyan)

• We are looking for people to help at Red Tower and Castle Wars with field and site Heraldry. 
• Congrats to Ælfric on his Meridian Cross.

Knight Marshal (Lady Mairghread Wilson)

• Heavy practices started off strong initially; 12-14 fighters.  After the mask mandate was put back in place our numbers have dropped off considerably.
• Upcoming practice considerations:
  • 9/5/2021 – Dragon Con – poll yes/no to have practice
  • 9/19/2021 – Red Tower – NO PRACTICE ON SUNDAY
  • 10/3/2021 – Gulf Wars – No practice unless Gulf gets canceled or other Marshal coverage
  • 10/10/2021 – Gulf Wars – No practice unless Gulf gets canceled or other Marshal coverage
  • 10/31/2021 – Coronation – No practice unless other Marshal coverage
• Heavy combat schedule for Red Tower:
  • 0900-1000   Armor Inspection
  • 1000-1200   Red Tower Tourney (Format – Double Elim)
  • 1200-1300   Lunch
  • 1300-1430   Baroness Prize Tourney (Format – TBD)
  • 1500-1630   9-Lives Charity Tourney (Format – William Marshal)
• Youth Combat:
  • Div I & II have been suspended until further notice due to skyrocketing COVID rates & lack of vaccination availability in these age divisions.  
  • Div III (14-17 yr olds) can resume fighting but will wear a mask the entire time, on and off the field, along with any adults who are authorized to spar with youth

Rapier Marshal (Captain Brendan de Hay)

• Practices have been happening, Sunday afternoons at Liane Levetan Park in Dunwoody, concurrent with Armored fighter practice.  Numbers are low, but understandably so in the current weather and public health environment.
• Personally, I’m just finishing up a work project that has completely absorbed my time for the last couple of months, and Raven and I are in the process of moving our residence (still in South Downs).  Please bear with me as I re-emerge, but I am still planning on marshaling at Red Tower.  Look for some rapier-related publicity this week.
• The Nine Lives Tourney, this year to be held at Red Tower does include a rapier list.  Buy some lives, save some cats!

Live Weapons (Mistress Mara Palmer)

• Nothing to report.

Reeve (Mistress Alessandra Giovanna Fioravanti & La Onesta Signore Justina di Silvestri)

• Insurance for castle wars has been paid

Quartermaster (Master Ximon Martillo de Cordoba) 

• Isabetta, Bu, and I went to storage several weeks ago and. Went through and culled out the food and supplies that were out of date. Isabetta graciously has worked to update and reorganize the inventory list and both she and I went to storage last week and performed counts and reorganized the shelves that all of the items were stored at and items are now all grouped by function of use. We do have a few more items that we need to account for, but it’s organized well enough. 
• We did find that most of the gold key clothing was in cardboard boxes and most were not covered. I would like to ask the barony to review the cost of 6 totes to be purchased.  They are $11.98 each. We also need to purchase a new rolling tote for the Baron pavilion. I’ll get the cost of that later.(thought I had that…?) I know this still has to be approved by the financial committee but the Barony should be aware.

Chatelaine (Lord Nikon Dawidowicz)

• We don’t have much. 
• The quarterly report is due by the 10th but I’ll have that in plenty of time.

Demo Deputy (Lady Bú Feiyan)

• I am putting a hold on indoor demos until the COVID situation improves. 
• I would like to have an outdoor demo at the Westside Pop-up in October. (I will need permission from Barony as it will cost $25)

Arts & Sciences (THL Alisandre de la Chapelle)

• The quarterly Report has been submitted. 
• Not much else to report.

Provost (Daegam Soong Myeong-Su)

• Class this month will be taught with Baroness Emelina with a title TBD
• We have an opening in October should anyone want to teach next month

Chronicler (Signora Aelia Bassina)

• Still looking for a deputy. Please let me know if anyone is interested.

Social Media Minister (Lady Isabella Parr) 

• Created the Red Tower event. Related pre-reg is required and you now can find the URL link either in the about section or by hitting the tickets button on the event page. 
• We’ve gotten a spam post within the group. The post was swiftly dealt with by our lovely Baroness so Thank you! 😊 After looking into the poster, It was clearly a fake profile that I kicked from the group. Hopefully, that solves everything. If you notice a spam post please feel free to report it and/ or send me a Facebook message. It really doesn’t matter the hour you message me- I keep odd hours 🙂
• Also, I’m seeking a deputy

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer (DEI), (Vidushi Mewadi Margavati Bai & Lily of South Downs)

• This month we will be having a class because it was highly requested, Bystander Intervention on our usual DEI night. It’s a great class at conflict management. 

Webminister (Lady Zhelana Vovkivna & HE Piers Simmons)

• Updated Plugins
• Deleted unused themes 
• Announced Red Tower pre-reg
• Updates to Red Tower site

Minister of Children (Lady Una Ulfrdottir)

• Nothing report

Their Excellencies, (Master Wistric Oftun & Mistress Sunneva de Cleia)

• Thank you to everybody who participated in the poll about vaccine policy. Results have been posted to the Baronial Facebook group on the post with the link to the poll. Results have also been sent to the SCA president, Seneschal, and BOD.
• A very similar poll is up on the kingdom Facebook group and Baronial FB group. Please participate in that one as well so that the Kingdom Seneschal can accurately report the views of the entire kingdom to the BOD.
• Her Majesty recently shared a letter that she sent to the BOD encouraging them to reconsider the policy, and I know some of you have also written to them on the matter recently. Pressure is increasing.
• If you feel strongly about the SCA’s vaccination policy, however you feel, please write to the president@sca.org and comments@sca.org.
• However, the next scheduled BOD call isn’t until the same day as Red Tower. So Red Tower, if it goes forward, will be held under the current kingdom rules (see Nik). We understand folks are worried about the risk of transmission under the current rules, and we share your concerns. 
• We urge everybody to do what is best for the health of yourself and everybody around you, including vaccination, masking, maintaining social distance, hand sanitizer, and, if need be, staying home.

SCA Business

• Red Tower – Iazzie
  • We’re renting a pavilion and using the space in front of it. The area that we have is small. 
  • The site will open at 8 am. That’s the time the area opens so we can’t open earlier than that. Though, if people arrive early, the gates are normally open.
  • Everything will be pre-reg. You will need to get the parking pass on your own. We do not want to have a til there.
  • There are several areas that could be used for Childrens’ activities and a quiet place if needed.
  • The area where classes would be is very big. There are close restrooms as well as electric outlets.
  • This isn’t a state-run park so annual passes won’t work. This is a county park and you will need to pick up your pass on the way in.
• Castle Wars – Ximon
  • We are actively looking for people to help out for staff.
  • I have talked to the marshals. We are planning right now but will need a goodly amount of marshals.
  • The plan right now is Their Majesties will hold court after lunch, not after fighting.
  • We are still in the early stages and I want to thank Alisandre for handing out the check so we were able to get insurance.
  • In case we can’t have the event in person, we have started talking about online things. 
  • We are looking at maybe doing a raffle or a silent auction to help play for our storage.

 

The business meeting was closed @ 2008.

The next business meeting will be held on 06 October 2021, 1930, Zoom Meeting.