Moot Minutes

2 May 2004

Officers:

Seneschal:

• Mag Mor and Pytt quarterly reports were all submitted on time. Good going officers!
• Troll shift for Lilies is confirmed with the Troll coordinator. Mag Mor's shift will be on Thursday from noon to midnight. Calien will speak to Alatheia about having the Pytt handle the 8:00 a.m. to Noon shift on Thursday as well.
• The Lilies shower bench project needs to be started soon.
• The Fighting Pas (Anvil of Virtue Tourney) will be held at Lilies on Wednesday morning
• The Archery Pas (Anvil of Virtue Tourney) will be held at Lilies on Thursday morning
• The Baronesses Pillow Fight Challenge will be held immediately prior to the Fighting Pas on Wednesday morning.
• Moot Meeting place: the populace has been asked for input regarding meeting places, times, day of week, frequency. Isabeau and Carlos have offered to open their home for this if need be. Calien received a letter from Gramercy Hill about their facilities and will be contacting them. Calien's workplace has also approved use of their meeting room but it is limited to twice a month. Upon discussion it was the concensus that it's okay to have Moot only on 2 days a month (example: 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month), but would like the option of having other activities on the non-Moot days. Calien will be investigating the meeting place options and will get back to us. It was also decided that a week night, starting a little later, would probably be easier for the majority of attendees.
• Kat, Calien and Sashatec went to a mandatory seneschal meeting this weekend and learned that:
  1. Event stewards MUST BE MEMBERS
  2. If you take someone else's child to Missouri, you must have written parental permission or it's a felony. You must also have a notarized statement giving permission for medical treatment in order to obtain medical treatment for said child.
  3. It's come to the attention of the Treasurer's office that some groups (not Mag Mor) are padding their site fees in order to make sizeable profits. In the future, event reports are going to be publicized and the populace will be able to see the breakdown of costs versus income for all events in the Kingdom.
  4. If a child's site fee is discounted or "free", then the child is not charged the non-member surcharge.

Chronicler: New Runestaffs are available. Extra copies were made in anticipation of James Arthur Vineyard. Next deadline for submissions is May 26.

Pursuivant: (editor's note: this report was submitted by email after the meeting) "There was a herald's meeting at Crown. We discussed augmentations and the issues surrounding them, the herald's handbook, and a new SE regional was appointed. HE Lyriel said she would be stepping down as Gold Falcon in awhile. Anyone interested in her job should contact her. HE Jadwig's warrent as Saker expires around March. Anyone interested in her job should contact her. There will also be another herald's meeting at Lilies. If anyone is interested in more information, please contact me. Morag "

MoAS: Criteria was changed for Kingdom A&S Championship and Tri-levels. (editor's note: included is the note from Her Majesty regarding this issue)

"Unto the artisans of Calontir and of the Known World come these warm words of greetings from Sile, Queen of Calontir. Many thanks to Her Ladyship Cassandra di Capelletti and all the people who have helped her work on the new Arts and Sciences judging criteria. Ever since the announcement that the Kingdom Arts and Sciences Competition would be judged with the new criteria, much has been discussed and pondered by Our people. We have heard your words and now do heed your council. The Arts and Sciences Championship shall be judged using both the old and new criteria, for comparison, but the old criteria shall determine the Champion. The Tri-level competition held at the Championship shall be judged using the new criteria. In this manner, the new criteria will be tried out, but no one shall be punished for starting projects before the criteria were available. We are pleased with the prospect of seeing both in action on July 24th at Our shire of Crystal Mynes, and hope to see many of Our people there, both competing and enjoying the many and diverse talents inherent in Calontir. Written this 2nd day of May, being the feast day of Saint Amator. "

Sashatec will be stepping down as MoAS in order to take on the seneschal duties. As such, he needs a successor. Please send letters of intent to either Sashatec, Calien or TE's by May 29. Also, HL Cassandra should be stepping down at Kingdom A&S this July, HE Diania will then become the new KMoAS.

Surveys on how you found the SCA are due this next Thursday.

Treasurer: 51 people signed in at the gate for Herd Master. We took in $143.21 in donations for the Moot/Fighter Practice site costs. Directories are available for $1 each. We received $55 more in donations for the Lilies Tent.

Marshal: A letter asking permission of the City of Lincoln to hold fighter practice in Bethany Park (66th & Vine St.s) has been sent. No response yet. Hoping to have practice on Wednesday at Bethany, but only if Callaghan calls you. If you don't receive a call, then we are still at Easterday Rec Center on Sunday for this upcoming week.

List rope flags are going to be cut off the current list ropes and laundered. Callaghan requests help from the populace next Sunday after Moot to iron these flags. They will then be put on fresh ropes and stitched down to keep them in place. Please bring ironing boards and irons if you have them.

Demo Coordinator: JAV is May 22. Please see Katalina to volunteer for demos and other jobs. Katalina will have a schedule. Katalina will be going to the Vineyard this week to do some measuring and mapping.

Baronage:

• Need Cattle Raids bid - double checked date (Sept 17,18,19) . Date is reserved with the Reeve. Since this is right near Coronation and TRHs are in Lonely Tower, would we like to change the Cattle Raids bid to a Coronation bid? Consensus was yes, but keeping Cattle Raids on the back burner in case we don't get the Coronation bid (much like we did for Norman Law II). Bids for both Cattle Raids and Coronation will be due May 16. (Coronation will be held on Sept 11-12).
• Need bids for Baronial A&S today.
• Need nominations for Financial Committee members. Will need to replace 2. Committee will vote next week following Moot.
• Make sure to send in your Lilies Tent donations. Send them to Kat with a note of explanation so she knows what the donation is for.
• Anyone who has Sports Challenge footage, please bring it next week so we can start the process for getting it on DVD.
• Congratulations to Duke Garrick and HE Yasmin on their Crown win.

Guilds:

Music: On May 23 at 3:00 there will be a CD concert at St. Mark's on Campus for Voc Dulci.

Scribes: Scribes will be meeting at Sabi's house at 7:00 p.m. on May 6 and 20.

Miscellaneous:

Lonely Tower Fighter Practice: Mikhail will be going to the BLT fighter practice on Tuesday. Anyone who wishes to carpool, please contact him.

Rayya: Will be graduating from North Star High School on June 5. You are invited to come watch the 1st commencement ceremony of this new high school and to cheer Rayya on. Commencement is scheduled for noon.

Silk: Jane is planning on buying a large quantity of lightweight silk (it's transparent). Anyone that is interested in going in on this purchase, please contact her.

Moot Dates: There will be no Moot on May 23 or 30th due to the JAV demo and Memorial Day weekend.

May 16 Moot: Isabeau will be doing a test run of her children's embroidery class at Moot on May 16. Bring your young ones to learn a new skill.

Directory Job: Sabi will be stepping down as keeper of the Directory. We are accepting letters of intent until May 16. Please submit your letter to either Sabi, Calien or TE's. Qualifications for the job include working knowledge of and easy access to Microsoft Access as well as an eye for detail.