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.
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.
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
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!
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 Went through and culled out the food and supplies that were out of date.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.
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 🙂
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.
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.
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.
Official Heavy Fighting Practices are up & running 12-3 pm at Liane Levetan Park
We will continue operating under Phase 1 guidelines until further notice from Kingdom
Reopening guidelines for Phase 1:
All Kingdom Guidelines will be adhered to include masks worn for non-vaccinated folks
Heavy & Rapier are able to practice on the same day/time, but at opposite ends of the greenspace to limit exposure and count our numbers separately toward the 20 allowable.
If we have under 20 combined, will we practice together (numbers include all spectators as well)
Heavy & Rapier have been combined onto a pre-registration sign up through Sign Up Genius to help facilitate the limited attendance (link posted to South Downs & Atlanta SCA Fighting Facebook pages as well as the Baronial website for those not on Facebook).
Both fighters and spectators need to sign up in advance.
Pre-reg collects info needed for Kingdom Rosters (mundane name, contact info, blue card info/waiver on site) which have to be submitted w/in 7 days of activity
“Walk-ins” will be allowed until capacity is reached.
Walk-ins must fill out their info on a paper roster.
If not signed up in advance you run the risk of being asked to leave.
It is much easier to sign up in advance rather than have to do all that while you are trying to put on armor.
If you do not have a blue card, cannot remember your blue card info, or your membership is expired; you will be signing a waiver
You must have all your own kit. Loaner gear will not be available for heavy fighting until a later Phase of reopening.
We will provide a water cooler; however, you must provide your own cup/drinking vessel
Red Tower
Double elimination (single bout; finals best two out of 3) Red Tower Tournament
Possibly Baronial prize fights? (Format TBD by their Excellencies)
Possibly Diamond Tourney (Single or double elimination depending on time/participants)?
This upcoming Saturday is Meridies homecoming hangout.. starting at 7:30. I’ll be holding a room for fighters. Come join if you are interested.
We are doing Baronial inventory/straightening up this Saturday. Starting at 8:30 if anyone is interested in toting barges and lifting bales as well as straightening items in boxes.
Class this month is Daoist Internal Alchemy with Bu Feiyan! As always, if anyone is interested in teaching a class for the Barony, they are welcome to host a separate workshop or class on another night if that works best for them. Just message me and we can get you on the schedule!
We are super excited to have Red Tower coming. Super Excited to hang out in a field with our friends.
We get to have a court, so if you know of anyone that deserves recognition, please let us know. We could use them for Castle Wars as well.
The baronal day shade is in a bin that is falling apart. It’s going to cost $50 + tax. Because of the cost, it’s not something for the financial committee.
Midwinter is 6 months out. Please get bids in for that. Make art for it.
Can’t wait to see you all!
SCA Business
Lily: With the variant and there is new CDC guidance, does that change the policy for events coming up, specifically mask requirements?
Nikoslav: A lot of that will be addressed in the kingdom guidance coming out soon.
Piers: As everyone knows, I am the deputy Webminister. The Webminister will be coming back, but she has asked for time. If you need anything, please reach out to her and she will let me know.
Nikoslav: Thank you for the work you’ve done so far.
The business meeting was closed @ 2031.
The next business meeting will be held on 01 September 2021, 1930, Zoom Meeting.
Notes submitted by Signora Aelia Bassina, South Downs Chronicler.
Lady Bú Feiyan 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.
Official Heavy Fighting Practice will reopen 18 July from 12-3 pm at Liane Levetan Park
Reopening guidelines for Phase 1:
All Kingdom Guidelines will be adhered to include masks worn for non-vaccinated folks
Heavy & Rapier are able to practice on the same day/time, but at opposite ends of the greenspace to limit exposure and count our numbers separately toward the 20 allowable.
Heavy will be using a pre-registration sign up through Sign Up Genius to help facilitate the limited attendance (to be sent out after the meeting).
Both fighters and spectators need to sign up in advance.
Pre-reg collects info needed for Kingdom Rosters (mundane name, contact info, blue card info/waiver on site) which have to be submitted w/in 7 days of activity
“Walk-ins” will be allowed until capacity is reached.
Walk-ins must fill out their info on a paper roster.
If not signed up in advance you run the risk of being asked to leave.
You must have all your own kit. Loaner gear will not be available for heavy fighting until a later Phase of reopening.
We plan to conduct armor/weapon inspections at fighter practices for a several weeks to make sure everyone’s kits are in order
Per postings on the various relevant Facebook groups: With our entry to Phase 1 of re-opening, I plan to start rapier practices this coming Sunday, 7/11, at noon, at Liane Levetan/Brook Run Park I Dunwoody.
Per current regulations, policies, and very prudent precautions, we are limited to 20 participants, and we must keep an attendance roster in case there is a need for contact tracing. Therefore, pre-registration is required. Sign up is via a Google form, link is in my previous fb posts.
Feel free to contact me with questions, fb Messenger or email (rm.southdowns@meridies.org).
Royal University of Meridies is coming up, 7/16-18. Please join us online. If my day is shaping up as expected, I’m in a RUM organizational meeting as this report is being delivered, and I promise to post anything relevant as soon as I can.
There will be a sew-a-long for a rectangular tunic/shift using the seamstrue custom pattern generator starting in a week or two details will be on the FB group as they unfold
I’d also like to plan a FineFabrics field trip for this weekend. What are the parameters we need to follow? Max 20, must have a roster of who was there but we don’t have to pre reg?
Class this month will be Constructive Criticism and A&S Feedback with Acharya Mewadi Margavati Bai.
I’m always looking for alternative classes for the barony, so please feel free to reach out to me if you have a class or workshop that you’d like to teach and we can schedule something. Doesn’t have to always be on class nights if anyone wants to host a workshop on the weekend or a longer class.
Bu had talked about doing signs. I’m not sure what signs she was talking about.
Laser etched on wood, something permanent.
Did we get a bid for Castle Wars?
Yes, it will be passed to the financial committee.
Pre-reg only.
Ximon: We are planning on having it at McIntosh. We’re going to keep the same time format. A couple of things we are going to try to do, we have an idea for a scenario for a war.
The business meeting was closed @ 2107.
The next business meeting will be held on 04 August 2021, 1930, Zoom Meeting.
Notes submitted by Signora Aelia Bassina, South Downs Chronicler.
Lady Bú Feiyan 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.
I need to spend $90-110 + S&H for new loaner arrows. This would get us 36 arrows (3 full quivers, 6 sets for Royal Rounds), & is a great price for them.
We need to build new target stands but have no idea yet how much they’ll cost because lumber is so expensive.
We need to figure out the parameters for phasing archery back in since it’s a combined practice for both SD and ON (and takes place on ON land). Also mine & Ben’s zip code is for Bryn Madoc; my Deputy Shawn/Conner has a Sol Haven zip code; how does this affect restarting archery practice?
I’m going to be going to the storage facility on the 12th to straighten up and count. I haven’t been there for about a month.
I’ll be getting with Wistric and find out the inventory list.
Lindsey offered to be my deputy so I wanted to run that by the officers to see what they thought. I hate paperwork so if she could do that it would be cool. (She’s willing to do it)
One or two people have posted in the FB group in the last month.
Walter has stepped down as my deputy. Cellach will be taking over as my deputy. She’s got a lot of ideas.
Thank you, Lily, for the financial acceptability class. It was amazing.
I would like to talk about transportation for new people. I would like to work on a “I need transportation help” form. This could be for meetings or events. We have talked about having people that have been background checked to be in the carpool list. I need some feedback on if it should be online (Google Form) or on paper (potential for getting lost).
There was a long discussion about background checks. It will be looked at further.
Moving forwards, I would like to create videos for newcomers.
Atlanta Pride is going to be the last weekend of Gulf Wars. Do we still want to try to do a demo?
I am looking for local festivals that I can contact about getting us tables.
Before the meeting today, we were discussing contacts at colleges. If anyone has contacts in colleges, please let me know. We would like to get things going in colleges again. I’m going to be looking to do a day-long demo for schools in the Fall or Winter.
I’m always interested in any diversity events you can think of. I am looking for more makers events.
I would like to request that the Barony officers email me their updates for the meeting. I don’t think a lot of people don’t realize how fast you talk and how hard it is to keep up. There’s also spelling of certain names and such. It would really help me a lot to have it in advance.
I am looking for a deputy. If anyone is interested, please let me know.
We have social media- we’ve gained about a dozen followers on IG, 7 on Twitter and had several new people join our Facebook group.
You might have noticed we changed our FB group to private per society recommendations that seems to have gone over well.
And finally in collaboration with Margavati- we’re celebrating pride month! I’ve changed over some of our photos and graphics in honor of this month. We will begin doing some more celebration posts as well!
We were supposed to have a class on female fighters, but it’s pride month!
We have an out of kingdom teacher that’s teaching trans 101. I’m super bad with names though. There’s a graphic that’s been posted. We will be talking about what it means to be transgendered and trans in the SCA.
I would love to feature more pride content. If you have a really cool period story about a figure that we could feature, that would be great. We would love to show off what our barony knows.
I still do not have any patterns for our beginner garb project. Please send it to the DEI email.
Updated the Seneschal’s page: added Nikoslav as Seneschal.
Removed THL Juliane de Vivonne from the People of South Downs per her request.
Fixed the Official Email address for Lady Mairghread and Captain Brendan’s Pages.
Added Burning Trumpet to the honors section of Master Lorenzo’s page.
Added all of Kál-Bárðr’s Awards to the honors section of his page.
Added Corona Graita to the honors section of Her Excellency’s page.
Requested email address from kingdom for the Demo deputy.
Updated the Chatelaine’s page: to add the demo deputy’s email address.
The fowaders for @Atlantasca.org to the new email addresses were shot down by Kingdom. Would everyone look at the website and see if I missed any of the @Atlantasca.org so we are up to date.
Created a Social Media Officer Author account on the website. Helped Isabella get logged in.
His Excellency Wistric setup the redirect from Atlantasca.org to southdowns.meridies.org.
Kingdom is giving us a new website URL southdowns.meridies.org
I would like to ask for approval from the Barony to keep the site redirected from Atlantasca.org to southdowns.meridies.org until July 1 2022 our other option is July 1 2021.
All web site content was copied to the new website on 5/19/2021
Notes submitted by Signora Aelia Bassina, South Downs Chronicler.
Lady Bú Feiyan called the May meeting to order. Our Seneschal, THL Juliane de Vivonne, greeted the populace joining the Zoom meeting. Juliane read the Kingdom Anti-Bullying statement.
The autocrat for Crown asked me (the Trumpet Herald), to use the eric for Crown. I will take it there and bring it back.
Motion carried.
I used to work for Emory. At that time, I was getting my Master’s. When I left, they couldn’t get me the discount. I’m going to be stepping down so I can continue my education. Nick will be stepping up. Once I stop the recording, Nick will take over.
Someone will have to figure out the zoom situation
Nick needs to be added to the Baronial FB as an admin and I need to be removed.
Notes submitted by Signora Aelia Bassina, South Downs Chronicler.
Lady Bú Feiyan called the April meeting to order. Our Seneschal, THL Juliane de Vivonne, greeted the populace joining the Zoom meeting. Juliane read the Kingdom Anti-Bullying statement.
I don’t know what I’m doing this month because I’ve scheduled things starting May through July. But, I don’t have anything for April. We will announce something in the next week or so.
Thank you to everyone for being so great and making my job super easy.
I would like to talk about what’s been on everyone’s Facebook.
The BOD made an announcement about in-person activities
We have to abide by state and local health guidelines
Masks that cover the mouth and nose by all attendees over the age of 4
Court or bardic activities must also include masks. Sound amplification is recommended
No day board, no water-bearing, or food of any kind. All attendees much provide their all food and beverages
You must remain in one spot and stay in one spot
No overnight events and they much be outdoors
There has to be a maximum of 150 people and everyone must pre-register
Small local gatherings shall remain at the discretion of the Crown and Kingdom Seneschal
The Crown and Kingdom Seneschal are working on it based on our own Kingdom guidelines. We are still in Phase Zero, which means nothing at this time. They are going to revamp that and tell us what they would like us to do. We will get guidelines that are specific to Meridies.
Red Tower
We are approved for the weekend before MGT in September
The Hard Labor Camp was not available.
There is availability in Indian Springs. However, if we are required to only do day events, we don’t know how that will work out.
We are going to wait to see what the Kingdom says within the next week.
This has been an incredibly difficult year for everyone.
But there is finally light at the end of the tunnel and I am grateful to see people interacting online and making plans.
As Barony, you all have persevered throughout this year that I never foresaw us doing.
We might see people that were absent that pop up again.
As we cautiously move towards reopening, consider things about this virtual SCA that worked for you. Consider things that you would like to bring into this bold new future.
We have watched you prevail and perceiver. We are so proud.
(She was tearing up!!)
We take a great deal of pride to claim association with you. Your works and deeds are admired across the Kingdom.
SCA Business
Juliane
At the last meeting, I mentioned the Known World Bardic. I could not find it for anything. I’ve found it for this month and I’ve posted it to the Barony page.
Margavati
The Crown posted some new enamel medallions. Check out the SCA Merchants page.
I have been talking about people in the Barony about this. We’ve been talking about creating some easy garb guides for people. If you have anything that you think would be easy for people to make, please send them to me. Garb for kids would be awesome!
We’re looking for the t-tunic for what your culture would be
Una
What if we made that little book and then did a bookbinding night to make them into booklets!
Lily
Maybe some illumination so that everyone can get in on it. Like a little scrapbook.
Since we are doing a class on SCA affordability, maybe we could include that in the class.
Juliane
Maybe try to make a dress form that matching your frame
Do not name the book “How to Cover Your Booty”
Emelina
We will be having a Homecoming social soon.
Ximon
I am running a room this Saturday (@ Homecoming) and I’ll be in the “if you get hit, walk it off” room.
The opening subject is “ what does a consort do?l
So I am looking for input from fighters and non-fighters.
BYOB
The business meeting was closed @ 2019.
The next business meeting will be held on 05 May 2021, 1930, Zoom Meeting.
Notes submitted by Signora Aelia Bassina, South Downs Chronicler.
THL Lucien d’Artois called the March meeting to order. Our Seneschal, THL Juliane de Vivonne, greeted the populace joining the Zoom meeting. Juliane read the Kingdom Anti-Bullying statement.
The second quarter newsletter will be coming out soon. If there are any articles that people would like to see published, please submit them to me asap.
I am going to start looking for a deputy. If anyone is interested, please let me know.
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.
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.
(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!
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.
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.
A reminder that all official activity should exclude modern politics. This includes postings to Baronial FB groups.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Notes submitted by Signora Aelia Bassina, South Downs Chronicler.
Lady Bú Feiyan called the December meeting to order. Our Seneschal, THL Juliane de Vivonne, greeted the populace joining the Zoom meeting. Juliane read the Kingdom Anti-Bullying statement.
Class this month is a Holiday Social. We just want to talk about different traditions for personas.
I have a deputy now, it’s Lady Lily!
I am working on ways to add subtitles to things for people that can’t hear well. I am working with Kingdom and Society for a solution. We have some options that we are going to try out. It’s an ongoing process.
I want to reiterate that at the very least, I am so grateful for you all. This is my one normal time during the week. I get to see people’s faces.
South Downs has been a steady rock during all this.
This is the best Barony, if i do say so myself.
Thank you for making Virtual Castle Wars.
I personally didn’t hear any complaints
It was nice and low key.
I enjoyed it.
I want to talk to Midwinter.
I’ve already been getting questions about Midwinter.
An in-person Midwinter isn’t going to be possible, but a virtual Midwinter can happen.
Someone reached out to me about being in charge of Midwinter. (Raven) It does not have to be an all out thing. It can just be classes and faire. It is an important event for the Kingdom A&S calendar. So, we should have a presence.
It will be at the same time of year as we normally do. So, we are about 2 months out. That is a good amount of time to pull together a list of classes and get a faire.
Contracts to everyone that made a good showing at Castle Wars.
I don’t have anything that HE isn’t going to talk about.
I hope everyone is doing well.
If you have any need whatsoever, please reach out to who you feel comfortable with.
Upcoming Events
05 December 2020 – 1900 to 2300 – Meridies Homecoming (it’s a hangout to see your friends)
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Post-mortem for Castle Wars
Juliane (personal observations)
I knew that I would not have the bandwidth to autocrat.
I have an idea to rule by committee, but I don’t think it was successful at all. I think it’s important to have one person in charge of everything. Because of that, I don’t think the communication was as good as it could have been.
I think it was a small event, but I think it was a quality event. If I have to choose, I would choose quality of quantity.
Sunneva
I wanted to bring up something I heard.
At the beginning when we were all trying to plan this. I was very much against a 3-4 day Castle Wars. If we could do a week-long event, like a class a night, that might be a better use of time.
Juliane – I think that’s a good idea because we are all Zoom exhausted. One hour a night is better than all day.
I think we could think outside the box more.
Aelia
I just want to say that I think that the way that Kal did the Baronial court was very smooth and seamless.
Juliane
Asked Kal about teaching a class on how to do Zoom streaming.
Kal – Absolutely. We can go over what you would like in the class. We can find out if you want to do the technical side or the show production side.
Pietro
I think it would be good to have an autocrat.
When Brenden was doing the tournaments, he put in the effort to make it feel like a real event.
Juliane – I’ve heard a lot of good things about that.
Juliane
I’m going to brag on South Downs
We are trend setters, we are innovators.
I think we set the standards a lot of the time.
I couldn’t be prouder of everyone.
Piers
Do we have an updated financial policy?
Juliane – No, it’s gone by the wayside. We will take care of it.,
Business meeting was closed @ 2011.
Next business meeting will be held 06 January 2021, 1930, Zoom Meeting.
