Meeting Minutes - March 2005

Present: Kitab, Katarina, Byle, Valgarth, Ariella, Busta, Arnorra, Kudrun, Vettoria, Bonnie, Torquil, Giles, Maewyn, Katrina

Officer Reports

Arts and Sciences

• List passed around.

Exchequer

• Rokeclif currently has $1,948.45 in spendable cash, and including all other funds a total of $3,334.22.
• There was also side discussion of purchasing a new mask for fencing and that the Rapier fund as $54.56 in it currently.

Knight Marshal

• We are basically waiting for the the snow to melt before fighting practice starts up again in Cameron Park.

Marshall of Fence

• Lord Torquil is stepping down as Group Marshal of Fence.
• Lord Byle will be taking over as the Group Marshal of Fence.
• The fencers are looking for a new practice site. One of the library's meeting rooms is an option.

Seneschal's Report / New Business

• Autumn Rose:  The Autocrat has not heard from those interested in Feastocratting, and is looking for a substitute Feastocrat.
• Novices' Day:  
  • Three other groups have events scheduled for that day.
  • Lady Sarra will do a simple Feast.
  • Their Majesties have approved holding a Court for demonstration purposes; however, they will not be able to attend.
• Kudrun has booked three Library demos as part of the summer reading program titled "Dragons, Dreams and Daring Deeds":
  • Tuesday, May 24th at 3:30 pm in Westby, at the Westby Public Library. (Note:   We are mainly expected to provide "ambiance" by showing up in costume.)
  • Friday, June 17th at 5:30 pm in Trempeleau, at the Trempeleau Public Library. (Note:   The itinerary is still open at this point. Details to follow.)
  • Tuesday, July 26th at the Galesville Public Library. (Note:  We will be performing something akin to a medieval "morality play", which Kudrun has scripted.)
• The office of Group Herald is still vacant. Those at the meeting generally agreed that it was a Good Thing for us to have one. Lady Brilliana (who was not present) will be sounded about her willingness to fulfill that role.
• Arnorra has volunteered to be the group Chatelaine, which will become effective once she receives her proof of membership in the form of a blue card.
• Next meetings tentatively scheduled as follows. See the Local Calendar for more detail.
  • April 17th - UW-LC Cartright Center
  • May 15th - Coon Valley
  • June 19th - Buffalo County Park
  • August 17th - Galesville Fairgrounds

Webminister

• Novices' Day pages are live and on the Kingdom Calendar.
• Filed quarterly a little early.

Meeting adjourned at 4:45 p.m.

Credits: Based on notes taken by Lady Vettoria

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