Quintavia

Attendance:
Lady Isabel of Rosley
Lord Alan of Rosley
Lord Harold Orn
Lady Brigit of Longwood
Toi Poisson de Mortagne
Lady Andrea
Baroness Eleanor le Brun
Damean ben Ephraim

Seneschal:

• Contacted FC Pewters about badges.
• Answered email inquiries.
• Is stepping down in August, letters of intent are being accepted. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to become active in the running of the Shire.

Exchequer:

• 3536.36 in the account.
• Has sent out the report for non-member attendance.

Knight Marshall: (Position is OPEN)

Herald:

• Sent in the report to the Kingdom:
• Is working with people on names and devices.

Mistress of Arts and Science:

• Reported by email
• Has purchased fabric for banners and favors

Marshall of Fence:

• Some fencers have come to practice.
• Antonio was in town this weekend to fence.

Marshall of Siege:

• In general for heavy list, anyone wishing to participate in Pennsic must have all authorizations finished by the end of July.
• The new siege rules are now mostly finished and in place.
• The first East Kingdom Siege University is in Stonemarch. Plans are to make a siege engine.

Chatelaine:

• Is waiting for one piece of garb to be returned to complete the inventory.
• Will need another plastic tub for storing clothing.
• Received a check from the Girl Scouts along with a very nice letter thanking the Shire for coming to their event.

Historian:

• The records of the Shire are progressing.
• Will put together a list of officers and events.
• Will bring book of the members’personae, Quintavian Lives.

Web minister:

• Reported by email
• Is working on a links page, preparing it for use on the site.
• Is looking for content from the various guilds and other groups within the Shire.

Minister of Youth:

• Term is up this July, will not seek second term
• Seneschal is accepting letters of intent for this office

Chronicler:

• Still alive and kicking!

Old Business

• Boredom War went well. It didn’t rain until Sunday. There were thirty fencers. Attendance was 286 and we had a profit of $358.86. About 45 people came for the weekend, around 181 for the day-trip.
• Discussion was held about moving Boredom War to late June and/or making it a one day event.
• We will need an autocrat for Boredom War by this fall. Next year is the 20th anniversary of the event, name change was considered.
• The autocrat will bring to the bid their vision of want the event will be.
• The Boy Scout demo was very hot. Seven people attended. It was a low key show, and the Boy Scouts enjoyed it.
• Sent out an order for badges which comes to $72.00 so we’ll have badges.
• There will be a Grafton Fair the last weekend of August. A small group of us may go in garb.

New Business

• Discussed the possibility of having an event in October. There’s an event at Wellsley put on by Carolingia, but they allow others to put up booths.
• Les Jeux is September 10th. Duchess Catherine Stanhope is the autocrat.
• A summer Revel was discussed, with a pot-luck lunch for July 24th. Bring your Pennsic projects and we will also hold a Shire Flea market that day. Buy/trade/sell.
• Due to Pennsic, the August business meeting will be on Aug 2nd. The September meeting will be held before Les Jeux on September 6th.
• In July, we’ll be open for the business meeting, Tuesday July 12th, and Sundays July 17 and 24th.
• There was a discussion about gathering new members. Colleges were mentioned but it is felt that we’d have to provide a weekly event to capture the interest of students. It also requires having an insider at the college to facilitate contact with the appropriate people.
• No bids were presented for Crown Tournament. It was decided that we would be open to a bid until the July 1st deadline and would have an emergency vote, if one surfaced.

Meeting adjourned.