7 February 2024, Time: 7:30 PM EST

Notes submitted by Seong Myeong Su Daesaseong, South Downs Chronicler.

Magister Lorenzo called the February meeting to order. Our Seneschal, Lady Raven Helmsplitter started recording the meeting and greeted the populace joining the Zoom meeting. Lady Raven read the Kingdom Anti-Bullying statement.

Officers’ Reports

Seneschal, (Lady Raven Helmsplitter)

• Schedule for this month:
  • Feb. 14th: online
  • Feb. 21st: online
  • Feb. 28th: in person meeting – Research Basics with Baroness Rhonwyn
• Thanks to all who came out to Midwinter and the Fighter Practice!
• We got the bid for RUM at UWG
  • Event stewards: Sumarlidi and Captain Brendan
• If you have a website as an officer, please check the website and submit any changes to keep the information up to date
• For the populace, we have a page for interests and information to be listed, so please contact the westminster if you need to update the page
• The Baron and Baroness want to meet with the officers sometime soon to discuss plans for 2024
• Officers, please email me if you haven’t already to update warrants and paperwork for the officers
• We are going to start collecting items from South Downs’ history to display at Red Tower 50, so if you have anything you’d like to be displayed as well, please let me know.

Herald (Magister Lorenzo Petrucci)     

• No activity for name or device submissions, please email me if you have something if you want to submit.
• Awards:
  • Midwinter
    • Lord Ælfric – Falcon’s Faith
    • Seong Myeong Su Daesaseong – Falcon’s Faith
    • THL Lykania – Court Barony
    • Magister Lorenzo – Meridian Majesty, Order of the Pelican
    • Acharya Mewadi Margavati Bai – Order of the Pelican

Knight Marshal (Lord Eiríkr Pálsson)

• We have been having practices that have been relatively well attended.  Completed a few authorizations at last weeks regional practice.  Regional practice was fairly well attended even with the horrible weather.  There were 5 youth fighters.  And also 2 brand new fighters in loaner gear.  Performed multiple authorizations and reauthorizations.  My squire brother Ajax got authorized for youth sparring. 
• There will be no practice on 11 February due to Knights Gambit and the Comicon demo and 25 February there will also be no practice, this is the week of MCA and I intend to be there to see his Excellency be recognized as a MoD.  As always I will post any changes to practices on the Atlanta SCA Fighting Facebook page.

Rapier Marshal (Captain Brendan de Hay)

1. Practices have been proceeding, weather and other events permitting.  Sundays starting around noon (concurrent with armored practice).  Schedule changes, cancellations, and any other relevant information is shared on the FaceBook group “Atlanta SCA Fighting,” and sometimes other locations depending on circumstances.  Loaner gear is usually available, but it doesn’t hurt to check the “Atlanta SCA Fighting” group in advance.  Sometimes when I’m not available, the “stunt marshal” might not be able to bring it.
2. BTW, “Atlanta SCA Fighting” is still visible publicly and searchable, but is now “Private” to keep the bots out.  If you have any trouble at all finding practice announcements, feel free to reach out directly to me or Ld. Eirikr.  It should be readable to anyone, but you’ll need to join in order to post.
3. Thanks to everyone for working together to keep practices happening.  I wouldn’t mind having a deputy step up who could take over from me in the not-too-distant future.  In the meantime, my continued thanks to our celebrity stunt marshal team, particularly Ldy. Ogata, Master Ximón, Master Nikoslav, et. al.
4. Big shout-out to folks recently giving rapier a try.  Looking forward to seeing more folks having fun!
5. Regional practice after MWAS was successful.  Fencing, lessons, a little meleé.  Good fun.
6. HYDRATE!

Live Weapons (Master Mathias Blackett)

• Supposed to have target archery practice at the regional fighter practice after midwinter, but the weather had other plans
• Target archery practice will be Feb. 24th, which is the same weekend as MCA
  • Combining target archery practice with equestrian and Meridian Calvary practice
  • Will be at Mistress Peryn’s farm

Exchequer (La Magnifica Justina di Silvestri)

• We have $4,708.22 in the bank
• 2023 Q4 has been submitted to Kingdom
• Complete numbers for MWAS will be ready for the March report
• Please get all event receipts to me by February 17th. You can email them to me at excheq.southdowns@meridies.org.
• As many are aware, the NMR fee for events will increase to $10 starting this April

Quartermaster (Maestra Isabetta de San Marco) 

• We have stuff, the new storage unit looks like it’s working out pretty well
• Still needs to be organized, but will need to set some time aside to do so
• Still looking for a deputy

Chatelaine (Lady Ogata Mitsuko)

• Nothing reported

Demo Deputy (VACANT)

• Demo at Comic Con coming up this weekend, come hang out and help out at the demo!

Arts & Sciences (Lady Maryam)

• We had a wonderful Midwinter A&S this weekend. Thank you to the autocrats, Her Grace Thorkatla, and Baroness Rhiannon for your help and guidance in making this happen.
• A shout out to Mathias Blackett who received a score of 20 on his Shakespearean soliloquy entry!
• I’m looking forward to Red Tower 50 right now – I definitely want to make sure we can show off all the prowess of our barony’s artisans!
• Thank y’all for being great!

Provost (Lord Ælfric Hort)

• Last month’s class night – Medieval Nicknames with Wenyeva – had 5 students in attendance.
• This past weekend was Midwinter A&S.  We had 80 total students take 26 different classes over the course of the day.
• This month’s A&S Class night will be February 28th – in person at Doraville Civic Center.  Baroness Rhonwyn will be teaching a class on Research Basics.  If you’ve ever wanted a bit more help or information on how to get started with researching that A&S project you want to start, don’t miss this class.
• Finally, I am still looking for a deputy Provost.  February of 2025 will be the end of my term in office and I would like to start training a replacement before we get deep into the planning season for Red Tower.
• As always if you have anything you would like to teach, please reach out.  I have openings most of the rest of this year through October.

Chronicler (Seong Myeong Su Daesaseong)

• Nothing new to report.
• Always looking to interview the populace for each issue, so please fill out this form to get included! Eventually I’d like to collect these into one PDF so we have a good collection of information about our members: https://forms.gle/MNxww3KUQJo2VsEG9
• Please submit photos, art, articles, shout-outs, or anything that you’ve found interesting and want to share! I’ll always be collecting stuff for the newsletters going forward. You can submit either through this form: https://forms.gle/8SyEF9D7c8rMCnZP6 or email me at chron.southdowns@meridies.org.

Social Media Minister  (THLady Agnes Halydaye) 

• We have media, we’re social, we’re doing just the most-ial!!

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Officer (DEIB), (Lady Lily of South Downs)

• No DEIB class for this month, but we can work on one for next month
• Please contact me if you want teach something, we can have the sessions in many formats, whether it’s a roundtable, a lecture, or more
• The DEIB office for South Downs is still going forward as of right now

Webminister (Lord Eiríkr Pálsson)

• Nothing significant to report.  
• For future events and needed updates please email me those to the web.southdowns@meridies.org email or use the request update link on the webpage.

Minister of Children (VACANT)

• Position is still open, if you are interested, please contact Lady Raven.

Their Excellencies, (Maestro Ximon Cordoba de Martillo & HE Rhiannon verch Madyn)

• Ximon and Rhi
  • We’d like to say thank you for all the work for Midwinter and congratulations to all those who received awards this weekend
  • Looking forward to basically having a repeat of the same thing at RUM in July
  • In March, we’re hoping to host a kick-off meeting to plan for Red Tower 50

SCA Business

• Midwinter A&S

• • • Baron Piers and Lord Eirikr
      • Event went smoothly, thank you to all volunteered to help make it happen
    • Magister Lorenzo
      • Shout out to Ælfric for taking advantage of the tools to schedule classes for Midwinter
      • Maybe work scheduling out with meetings and classes next time so that meetings line up with classes so people don’t have to miss two classes for one meeting
    • Baron Ximon
      • Shout out to Ysabel who did the Royal Luncheon, it was a fantastic lunch
      • As far as we know, no complaints!
      • South Downs rocks and pulled it off again!
    • Lady Maryam
      • Her Grace Thorkatla helped make the A&S go smoothly, as she always does

• Meridian Challenge of Arms

• • • Baron Ximon
      • If you’re planning on going to MCA on Friday, we could use some help setting up the pavilions 
      • We’ll have a hospitality table set up

• Royal University of Meridies

• • • Sumarlidi
      • In the planning stages, be on the lookout for for more information as it comes it coming weeks and months

• Red Tower 50

• • • Lady Raven
      • No bid yet, looking to do it at McIntosh
    • Baron Ximon
      • Looking to showcase the history of South Downs
      • Looking to host a panel/roundtable on the history of South Downs
      • Want to see if we can create tshirts for it and host special tournaments
      • Want to put together a website specifically for the event, not just a FB page
      • Master Rhydderch wants to build a full size trebuchet for the site
      • Bring your ideas to brainstorm on what we can do for Red Tower 50

• Castle Wars

• • • Lady Raven
      • Looking for bids, please contact me if you’re interested
      • Looking to use Bert Adams for Castle Wars

• Lady Lily

• • • Wondering if we have a Baronial Historian when we’re discussing showcasing South Downs’ history

• Baron Ximon

• • If you’re interested in becoming a Baronial Historian to help shape that office and start keeping track and recording our history
  • Will post a link to his virtual vigil
  • Discussion on display at Red Tower 50, possible tshirts, and other ideas

Non-SCA Business

• None reported

The business meeting was closed @ 8:36 PM EST

The next business meeting will be held on March 6th, 2024, 7:00 PM EST via Zoom Meeting.

South Downs Baronial Business Meeting

07 September2022, Time: 1931

Notes submitted by Baronessa Aelia Bassina, South Downs Chronicler.

Master Mathias Blackett called the September 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)

• Nikoslav has received the refunded deposit for our meeting site and is working on getting the check to Justina to deposit into the baronial account
• I am still working on getting info about the art space site as a potential alternate A&S or project night site
• The September meeting schedule has been posted to our FB group:
  • Tonight – Baronial Business meeting (virtual)
  • 9/14 – Project night (virtual)
  • 9/21 – A&S night Building scrolls (virtual)
  • 9/28 – Dance night (in person – yay!)
• We are looking for bids for Midwinter A&S (Saturday, 2/4/2023). Please contact Their Excellencies or the seneschal if interested or if you have questions
• As a Barony, we are required to submit a bid for one KLE each year. As of now, the following 2023 KLEs have not had any bids submitted:
  • War College (1/27-29/2023)
  • MCA (2/24-26/2023)
  • Spring Coronation (3/31 – 4/2/2023)
  • Artsy Crown (5/26-29/2023 – Memorial Day weekend)

Herald (Lady Bú Feiyan)     

• Nothing to report.

Knight Marshal (Lord Erikr Palsson)

• We won’t be having practice the weekend of Red Tower.
  • Not planning on bringing loaner gear, but I will be bringing authorization paperwork.
• I will be looking to see if there is interest in a substitute marshal the weekend of MGT, I know our 2 regular knights aren’t attending so one of them may fill in for me.

Rapier Marshal (Captain Brendan de Hay)

• Red Tower!  Thanks to Baron Piers for taking on the Rapier Marshal position for RT, and thanks to Master Ximon for helping him out (I understand they are collaborating so both can participate.).
• Castle Wars!  Plans are underway for a Friday night fundraiser tourney as well as Saturday melee activities.  WooHoo!
• Practices continue, Sunday afternoons and Tuesday evenings, which leads to…
  • My work is increasing again for the fall season.  I’ll need help making sure that practices have adequate marshaling and gear management.  Please contact me if you would like to help cover when my slack butt can’t be there.

Live Weapons (Master Mathias Blackett)

• August practice changed locations due to the site hosts needing to prep for Dragon*con.
• We held practice at my house in Lawrenceville; we held 2 archery classes, practiced with an atlatl, and recorded 2 TWICs.
• Additionally, Roís O’Shannon completed the Reaper Challenge, shooting 100 arrows every day for 100 days.
• Archery at Red Tower is looking like it’s a go.
• Practice for this month may not happen, stay tuned!

Reeve (La Magnifica Justina di Silvestri)

• Our bank account as of Sept is $6,761.64
• Storage has been paid for September but they are raising the price again so next month it is a $583 payment, which is $117 more than last month, making our cost difference from the beginning of the year up by $234 per month.
• We now have a PO Box:
  • P.O. Box 681863
  • Marietta, GA 30068
• So moving forward, mailed-in reservations or necessary public addresses can go through there. I’ll be checking it on Fridays

Quartermaster (Mistress Isabetta de San Marco) 

• Nothing to report.

Chatelaine (Lord Ogata Tarō Hiroyuki)

• I would like to give a shout-out to our lovely scribes and calligraphers who helped make the August scribal night happen. I’m sorry I couldn’t be there in person, but I’m really happy that our newcomers had a chance to deepen their connection to the scribal arts
• So, thank you immensely to…Sunneva, Aelia, Myeong Su Daegam, Lorenzo, and Emelina
• Y’all rock!

Demo Deputy (Lady Bú Feiyan)

• Nothing new currently.  
• Waiting on a response from AWA to confirm our table still.

Arts & Sciences (HE Rhiannon verch Madyn)

• Not much to report this month. 
• I wanted to thank everyone for filling in the Baronial A&S tracking spreadsheet or sending me the info when the sheet does not behave. 
• We’re finishing up the details for the first Baroness’s Challenge to be announced at Red Tower and run for the first time at Castle Wars. After it’s announced in Court, I’ll post all the details to the FB page.

Provost (Seong Myeong Su Daesaseong)

• Class this month will be virtual on September 21st at 8:00 PM. It will be Building Scrolls with Hlāford Bran Mydwynter from Atlantia. 
• Class for October will be a Theodosia Colloquia (Ted Talk) hosted by La Magnifica Justina Di Silvestri. Come out and share your knowledge!
• Red Tower Notes:
  • The overall schedule is being finalized and will be published soon. We’ve got a lot of great classes, so I hope everyone is excited! Thanks to Lord Aelfric for organizing the classes for Red Tower.
  • Still looking for some spots to fill for various jobs for Red Tower, so if you’re interested, please let me or Isabella know!

Chronicler (Baronessa Aelia Bassina)

• May have a new deputy, woohoo!
• Nothing else to report.

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

• Business as usual with Social Media. We have social media, we gain a few friends and got some engagement on posts!
• For those who love the numbers:
  • Facebook page reached 831 people and 503 engagements. 12 new followers
  • The Facebook group got 2 new members
  • Instagram gained 27 new followers. A lovely boost from our demo at the lag and shout-out on their IG.
  • Twitter remains the same.

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

• Nothing to report for this month except in that in a month or two when the kingdom office changes over, he will not be able to continue his role. I will be stepping into his role. This means that Lily will be stepping up as the Baronial DEI officer. We’ll make an official announcement when the change happens.
• Will be looking into quiet space for Red Tower.
• Lord Red is teaching a DEI class at Red Tower.

Webminister (Lady Zhelana Vovkivna)

• Nothing to report.

Minister of Children (Lady Una Ulfrdottir)

• The schedule for Red Tower 2022 has been decided. Myndee (Deputy MoC) and Lex (our guest teacher) are going to be helping me all day. 
• The classes are going to be:
  • Morning: The Story of the Moon Festival and Intro to Chinese Characters and Basic Paper Lanterns – Pretty and Practical
  • Afternoon: Lion Dance Intro: The Magic of Luck, Lore, and Noise and Knot So Lucky – Intro to Chinese knots
• We’ve already started purchasing supplies and will send receipts to Justina as soon as we have them all.

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

• I don’t have a huge amount of stuff to report. We’ve been busy preparing for Red Tower.
• Wistric will be joining later, he’s catching up on work.
• The Order of the Swift’s Heart. Please fill out your ballot. Remember this is a work in progress. We appreciate the enthusiasm. 
  • The very first medallion is being worked, it will be very beautiful!
• Veronica is our new Baronial Scroll Boss. YAY! I know she’s going to do an amazing job!
• We are so excited about Red Tower. We’re working hard to keep up with all of you planning this. We need retainers, a link will go out soon. 
• We might need a helping hand with Carver during court. We would be willing to pay for a camp sitter!
• The person doing the class this class is my apprentice brother! The most recent scroll he created was a bronze age mirror for someone with that persona and a bass scroll. It was quite cool.
• Keep on being awesome!

SCA Business

• Master Mathias
  • For those who remember Wulfstan and Thorkatla’s reign, there were two scoundrels that acted up during their reign. We are looking for people. Please let me know if you are interested in helping out.
• Lord Ogata Tarō Hiroyuki
  • Vices & Virtue
    • Mistress Veronica was inducted into the Order of the Bough.
    • Lola authorized for rapier
    • Captian Pietro won the Patience & Wrath sword and dagger tournament.
• Red Tower Notes:
  • Daegam Soong Myeong-Su
    • The overall schedule is being finalized and will be published soon. We’ve got a lot of great classes, so I hope everyone is excited! Thanks to Lord Aelfric for organizing the classes for Red Tower.
    • Still looking for some spots to fill for various jobs for Red Tower, so if you’re interested, please let me or Isabella know!
    • Feastcrat is looking for servers
    • We are still looking for help with Royal Lunch.
    • We need help with setting up and tear down. 
    • I will talk to Margavati about the quiet space
    • If you pre-reg you get a cabin! It’s cabins only, no camping.
    • We have a port-a-potty company
    • Shout out to Mirghred for the traveler’s fare. Shout out to Ogata for the feast. Owl’s Nest will be doing a fundraiser lunch.
• Castle Wars
  • Baron Piers Simmons
    • We need a pottycrat
    • Our pre-reg will be open soon
    • The roses have contacted me and they would like to do a fundraiser Friday Night Fight. It’s a single-elimination event. With your donation for Breast Cancer, you get a second life.
    • If you have questions, let me know.
  • Seong Myeong Su – Will there be encampments?
    • Yes. We are trying to use a similar map as we did last time.
• Seong Myeong Su – I made Their Majesties Trimeris coronation garb.

Non-SCA Business

• None

The business meeting was closed @ 2011

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

South Downs Baronial Business Meeting

03 August 2022, Time: 19

Notes submitted by Baronessa Aelia Bassina, South Downs Chronicler.

Lady Bú called the August 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)

• In-person meeting space has been secured through the end of November (available dates in December run up against the end-of-year holidays, so we didn’t reserve any dates in December (yet). Stay tuned as we announce the upcoming monthly schedules.
  • The original security deposit for our meeting space is being returned to Nik as he is no longer seneschal. We should have that back in the next 2-4 weeks. We paid a new security deposit when I set myself up as the new contact with Parks & Recreation.
  •  Looking into using the art space next door for potential project night or A&S classes, in addition to our regular meeting space
• We are looking for bids for Midwinter A&S (Saturday, 4 February 2023). Note: kingdom calendar has the entire weekend reserved for Midwinter, in case a bid wanted to propose a weekend event.
• Outstanding Kingdom Level Events in 2023 that need bids
  • War College (Jan 27 – 29)
  • MCA (Feb 24-26)
  • Spring Coronation (March 31 – April 2)
  • Artsy Crown (Memorial Day Weekend)

Herald (Lady Bú Feiyan)     

• It’s that time to tell me any heraldry stuff you’ve been up to. May, June, and July are covered in this report! Thank you to everyone who has been in touch so far!

Knight Marshal (Lord Erikr Palsson)

• There will be practice this weekend.

Rapier Marshal (Captain Brendan de Hay)

• His Excellency & I have discussed making Tuesday evening practices “official” again starting in August. The website still shows it on the practice schedule, so all that would be left is to start posting about it and making sure that the appropriate marshals are on hand. We’re pretty much ramped up for it on the rapier side of things, and in unofficial get-togethers, we’ve learned some things and developed some questions.
  • The park added electrical service along the side of the field, and we’ve been able to put our own lighting in for safe visibility. Expanding the light kit is not difficult if we need a bigger space.
  • The park doesn’t simply close at 9 pm anymore (We always thought it did). We aren’t limited to a 2-hour block.
  • The plan is to begin (from the rapier side) on August 9 (I’ll be at Pennsic that week, but His Exc will marshal that evening)
  • Is there interest in a Tuesday evening practice on the armored side?  Do we have an available marshal?
• Red Tower
  • Odds are that I will not be available for Red Tower.  Master Ximon will be our RMiC.  Currently seeking a MoL.
• Castle Wars
  • I am planning to be the RMiC for CW.  Plans are underway to hold a Rose Tourney on Friday evening (Rapier & Heavy).  Further details to follow.

Live Weapons (Master Mathias Blackett)

• Live weapons report (because I’m at Pennsic): practice was able to happen thanks to Ælfric and Roís. We had lots of people at practice. The next LW practice is scheduled for August 28th.
• While wandering the merchants at Pennsic, I found a used atlatl set for a steal. So we will be able to add atlatl to Live Weapons practice!

Reeve (La Magnifica Justina di Silvestri)

• Our bank account balance as of July 31, is $9,002.64
• Expenses in July: $1,503.43
  • Printing for RUM $37.43
  • Deposit for Castle Wars $250
  • Meeting space August-November $750
  • August storage $466.00
• RUM
  • 101 Preregistrations (not counting 9 comped)
  • 87 at the door
  • 197 total (including comped)
  • We still need to do the final paperwork with expenses, but my math is we have a total income of $1,874.84, and our share is $937.42
• Requesting motion to baronial vote on a PO Box maintained by the exchequer for the Barony: est  cost $212/yr
  • Passed
• Red Tower:
  • Online reservation is in the works
  • To secure a weekend spot, an online reservation is strongly encouraged

Quartermaster (Mistress Isabetta de San Marco) 

• Nothing to report.

Chatelaine (Lord Ogata Tarō Hiroyuki)

• New wardrobes in Gold Key courtesy of Ælfric Hort and Sabine de Seint Clear
  • Unisex medium Japanese
  • Girls’ small tunics
  • Women’s medium bodices
• Our demo at the LAG in Underground Atlanta went beautifully! I can let Bu take point on her Demo Deputy report, and I want to drive home how much of an MVP she was through the whole thing

Demo Deputy (Lady Bú Feiyan)

• We had a great demo at LAG ATL. Looking forward to future demos at their events. 
• Currently looking for someone to take part in a demo at a school in January or February. More updates on upcoming demos soon!
  • May be during the week (school day)

Arts & Sciences (HE Rhiannon verch Madyn)

• As always I want to remind everyone to please record A&S activities on our Baronial A&S Spreadsheet. You can find it by clicking the A&S tab (not the dropdowns, just the tab itself). This takes you to the A&S site for the Barony and has a couple of spots to click for the spreadsheet. I will be sending over an edit soon to the Webminister to update the page.
• Now for the fun! Her Excellency and I are creating a new A&S competition to be held at Baronial events. It will be called “The Baroness’s Challenge”. We will be coming up with ideas for categories that tie into the theme of the event. I’m hoping it will spark some creative fun and of course, there will be prizes.  The official announcement for the competitions will be announced at Red Tower with the first competition to be held at Castle Wars. I’m looking forward to seeing the different kinds of A&S projects the populace of Meridies brings to the competition.
• Link to Baronial A&S Spreadsheet
  • https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s94DcR1QKZY9y4CS7KGp33k-AbJ42RfNivd0Xx1SQIM/edit#gid=2079058097

Provost (Seong Myeong Su Daesaseong)

• Virtual class night on August 24 will be on Honor with Baron Wistric.
• Next month, the class will also be virtual on Thursday, Sept. 22 – Building Scrolls by Hlāford Bran Mydwynter from Atlantia.
• Also, we’re currently seeking classes for Red Tower this year and will soon put out a call for classes at Castle Wars too. Come teach us cool things!

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) 

• We have social media.
• Created a couple of official events from our page: one for DEI meeting and one for the demo at the LAG.
• We’ve gained 3 Instagram followers, and 7 new FB group members. We are started to inch our way to 1,000 in that group!

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

• No DEI this month due to being booked up and Pennsic.
• Next month will be about Feast accessibility or Middle Eastern Calligraphy

Webminister (Lady Zhelana Vovkivna)

• Created Castle Wars Website

Minister of Children (Lady Una Ulfrdottir)

• Nothing to report

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

• Thank you to everybody who helped make RUM a huge success! We’re looking forward to Red Tower next month and if you can contribute with setup or takedown for the event or a troll shift, please do so.
• Drix, of Calontir Trim, has designed some custom trim for South Downs and is soliciting pre-orders. It is verrrrrah nice. (see pictures)
  • He needs pre-orders of at least 300 yards to make it happen, and we are currently up to 225 yards of pre-orders. The price is $3/yd – or $2.50 if we get to 500 yards worth of pre-orders. 
  • There’s a post on the baronial Facebook group which I bumped (link is: https://www.facebook.com/groups/baronyofsouthdowns/posts/5114757841891368/ ) where you should go comment how many yards you’d like.
  • Her Excellency and I have pre-ordered some for use as favors and/or to mark loaner garb (including belts), but the barony may want to order some as well.
• We’re in need of new business cards to hand out at demos, fighter practices, and wherever else we may encounter potential recruits. I posted the designs for the new cards in the baronial fb group. 
  • The idea is to print 1,000 of general use, and 500 for officers.
  • The current design is ready to go in VistaPrint, and will cost approximately $125 with shipping, handling, and taxes. I may be able to get the cards printed by Office Depot or Staples for as little as $80, I’m still looking into how good I can get them looking from those services. I’m requesting baronial approval to spend up to $130.
    • Passed
• We have been gifted his collection of books from 30+ years. I will be bringing them to the in-person meeting on the 17th. They are free to a good home.
• Swift’s Heart announcement: 
  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lLmPj8VESshpIcbsTRPRVqWJ-vDD37I3X9lYgVI3_VA/edit?usp=sharing
  • Previous winners of either the Heart of South Downs or the Chivalry award are not eligible
  • You will receive a ballot is you fill out the form. Please do not share this ballot with anyone else.
  • The committee that will be assigned to this is purely to count the ballots and make the list.

SCA Business

• Red Tower – Isabella & Myeong Su
  • SCARs and Pre-reg should be up by the end of the week. If you want a cabin with your friends, everyone should pre-reg together so you can be grouped together.
    • No tent camping on site
  • We are still looking for people to do foodstuff: breakfast, travelers fare, and royal luncheon.
  • We need another List Master. If you are interested, please let me know.
  • We will also need a field steward.
  • We are still accepting prizes for the gift baskets. At court, you will have a chance to will cool prizes.
  • We will also be having a silent auction. Please donate so we can raise funds for the baronial storage unit.
  • We need more merchants for Red Tower.
• Castle Wars – Piers
  • We have a couple of jobs open: Dep Merchantcrat (great opportunity to learn something new) and we also need a Pottycrat.
  • It will be called “Castle Wars: Battle Across Time”
  • No breakfast or traveler’s fare, only feast
• Scroll Boss – Aelia
  • The baronial scroll cases are getting rather thin. If you would like to contribute, we would love to have you. If you have any questions, please let me know.
  • The in-person event for the barony on August 17th will be a scriptorium. So please come out and play with paints!

Non-SCA Business

• None

The business meeting was closed @ 2042

The next business meeting will be held on 08 September 2022, 1930, Zoom Meeting.