The Milestone

April 2005

Attendance:
Lady Isabel of Rosley
Lord Alan of Rosley
Lord Harold Orn
Lord Faolan Dearg
Dhanwanti of Varanasi
Ron McBride
Lady Brigit of Longwood
Toi Poisson de Mortange
Lady Andrea
Patrick Cornell
Lord Black Leopard
Baroness Eleanor le Brun
Mistress Elisheva
Duchess Anna Tarragon
Duchess Katherine Stanhope

Seneschal:

• Writing Letter to Millbury to Introduce ourselves to the new director
• Answering Inquiries from newcomers

Exchequer:

• $4613.00 in account.

Knight Marshall:

• Not Present. Has sent step down letter. Now accepting letters of intent for this office.

Herald:

• (Open)

Mistress of Arts and Science:

• Strawberries are looking good – planning a liquor making class for the first part of April. Since this cannot be held at the school, I am planning on holding it at my house. Any other ideas for location please email me.
• Working on a stencil for Shire favors and looking for wooden blanks.

Marshall of Fence:

• Been gone a lot this past month, due to mundane work schedule.
• Will be getting last part to finish the drop tester this week.

Minister of Siege:

• The East Kingdom is in need of bowstrings. Lord Graywolf brought a bowstring jig and materials. We would like Quintavians to take a turn at practices on the jig. If each of us works 20 minutes and then passes it on to the next person, we can help the Kingdom and not over-tax anyone.
• Stonemarche is holding a Siege Weapons University weekend. For $200 you will come away with a fully functional Siege Engine. Lord Harald will be attending.
• Bergantal will be holding a Combat Archery bow building workshop on Sat/Sun in Springfield, MA area.
• Lord Anton dropped by the Tuesday practice last week and turned over what pieces of Shire Loaner equipment he had in his possession. Harald has them in his truck and would like to put them into the storage unit or give to new KM soon.

Chatelaine:

• Girl Scout Demo was great success. Toi’s daughter, Holly, wrote a wonderful article that got published in the Westborough Press and got picked up on-line by SCA Today. Vivat for Toi and Holly!
• Dhanwanti is making woven belts for Gold Key. She will have 10-12 of them done for Boredom War. Also, both Toi and Eleanor donated a belt to Gold Key.
• The April 10th Gold Key repair day went well. Toi worked on some items and also members made pennants for the list ropes.

Historian:

• The Shire History book is underway. Please drop by at any practice and help the Historian enter information.

Web minister:

• New template for the Shire Web site is up. Please give constructive ideas and feedback to Dhanwanti.
• She will be adding a section for thrown weapons and would like to include sections for all the Marshal arts and A&S. Also, if the guilds or any other special interest would like a page, please let her know.

Chronicler:

• Not present. (Minutes taken by Lady Isabel)

Old Business

The Girl Scout Demo was a great success. Toi did a wonderful job organizing the demo and making it fun for our members who participated. We had a great turnout of members to support the Demo and I thank you all for your support.

As mentioned earlier, we got very good publicity from the demo and several inquiries.

New Business

A motion was made by Baroness Eleanor and seconded by Lady Andrea to accept Lady Brigit of Longwood as our next Herald. The vote passed unanimously. Congratulations, Lady Brigit.

Boredom War: “It’s all good”. Our Autocrat reports lots of merchant interest. Theresa is running Troll and she put out a message for volunteers and has a schedule made. Mistress Susana has also put out a message for help with set up and break down. Eleanor still could use some volunteers to help with dayboard prep. She also announced that there will be no dogs allowed again this year. Also, no ground fires again this year. Anyone who can volunteer for even a short time, please contact Baroness Eleanor.

Duchess Katherine was present to talk about Les Jeux. She would like to add children’s activities and possibly an Arts and Sciences exhibit or competition. She welcomes ideas that go with the theme of Horses/hawks/hounds (no fighting, fencing or archery).

Dhanwanti showed the group the new chain mail Thrown Weapons banner that she commissioned from Lord Faolan. She will be using it for Boredom War. She also announced that she will be holding scheduled Thrown Weapons practices at her home. They will be posted on our schedule.

Lady Isabel announced that she will not seek a second term, when her term ends in August. Therefore, she is now accepting letters of intent for the position of Seneschal. The person chosen will work as her deputy until the August meeting, when they will officially take over the office.

Meeting adjourned.