Transcribed
by Carol Eskesen Smith
June 15, 2012
The meeting was called to order at 8:20 PM.
Officers attending were Carl Haicken, deputy seneschal,
Dyanna Flynn, mistress of arts, Richard Solensky,
historian, Mitchell Krevor, exchequer, Debby Krevor,
chamberlain, Aimee (Lilli) Haicken, chatelaine, William
Bornander, Northpass seneschal and our host, and Brad
Richey, archery marshal.
David Minsky, Viceroy, and Johanna Motyleski, Vicereine,
arrived after the meeting was called to order.
Officers
Deputy
Seneschal: Found out a few minutes
before the meeting that our Seneschale would not be
attending the meeting; nothing to report.
Historian:
History is an ongoing process.
Lions End (Carol
Smith reporting unofficially for the seneschal, who
could not attend): Bellmore Demo will not have MSR
help as they are having a camping event that
weekend. We have asked An Dubheaigainn for
help; if so, we will have a pretty good
display. Otherwise, it will probably be a
table and some fencers.
Arts and Sciences:
Quarterly reports have been filed, with the
exception of one canton, which shall remain
nameless. (Information available on request.)
Exchequer:
We have money.
Chamberlain:
We are in process of finding a permanent place for
the Østgarðr feast gear; it should be ready by the
fall. Meanwhile, our next use of it is in
Northpass, so it might as well stay there.
[Note: after the meeting, Thomas Martin
informed us that we seem to have accumulated extra
stuff as not everything we have fits into the bins,
and Østgarðr never had sharp knives before.
Where do they go, and how do we return them?]
Northpass:
Barleycorn is progressing; discussion postponed to
events portion of meeting.
Archery:
Northpass is developing archery in odd spurts.
Both Staten Island and Lions End are holding
regular, well-attended practices.
Upcoming Events &
Demos:
Riverfest is next weekend. Not too many
classes were available for this year, but perhaps we
could have some for next year. Six or seven of the
Battle of the Nations crew will be attending; two are
coming from Arizona, and one from Michigan. They
will bring their own insurance papers as their
activities are not covered by the SCA, but will use our
area for their steel display.
[At this point David Minsky, our Viceroy, and Johanna
Motyleski, our Vicereine, arrived (after much traffic
delay; Mr. Minsky had left his house at 5:30 to attend
the meeting). There was a brief intermission as he
and Johanna got caught up on the officer reports.]
Back to
Riverfest:
We have the Krevor Green and White and Harry Minike’s
yellow and white, which is about the same size,
available. Perhaps we can set them up on opposite
sides of the display area, with pop-ups between?
Cars need to be off the drop-off area by 11 am.
Drop-off area opens around 8.
Demos will generally be ongoing, but fighting and
fencing will be scheduled. We may have thrown
weapons demos, but don’t count on it, and may have an
archery display, but no shooting. Luigi will bring
his pell for display and training. If we want
announcements of what we are demonstrating, we have to
write up the announcements of what we want said and get
it to Lori by Tuesday.
Remember that the Clearwater will be at Riverfest and
that they have expressed an interest in what we do, so
we might be invited to the Clearwater festival, which is
on Østgarðr lands.
Barleycorn:
Will use ACCEPS for reservations; announcement is going
up soon.
There will be event championships, but not Provincial
championships.
We are looking for help in various positions.
[Propositioning occurred after the meeting.]
We are looking for children’s activities.
We are looking to make event badges for all event
workers, for easy identification. If we do not
have time to hand out badges to everyone, we will have
them for the main people serving as sources of
information for the various activities, at least.
This proposal was greeted with much enthusiasm and both
the Northpass and the Brokenbridge A&S crews offered
assistance for this.
If a pilgrim badge is desired, it must be designed soon,
as it takes time to carve the mold and then pour the
pewter castings. We are running out of time.
There will also be Edward’s unbelted fighting and an
A&S display. See event write-up for details.
Fiber Frolic
Event proposal approved, same site as last year; October
6. Pre-registration is a must, but there is no
site fee. Brokenbridge will again host a raffle
and is requesting donations for it. Potluck lunch
dishes are requested, and they would like a pilgrim’s
badge as well. Again, a simple design is
required. Pilgrim badges will be made in the order
they are received, not in “next event” order, so it pays
to have a design ready to go.
There was some discussion of other events being held
over the Columbus Day holiday weekend, but it was felt
that this event was sufficiently small and local as to
not interfere with larger, more distant, events.
Debby Krevor proposed a new demo: the Tartan Day parade,
which is a 10-block parade down 6th Avenue. It is
Scottish themed, but Debby commented that she would help
provide information on a “look” for participants, for
what would have been worn in Scotland during our time
period. (Viking is acceptable.) We need a
minimum of 10 marchers. There was much enthusiasm
for looking at/ marching with Men in Kilts.
After some discussion (Does Northpass need a Provincial
July meeting for Barleycorn? No.), it was decided
not to hold one. The August meeting was moved to
August 24 as it was felt that the 17th was too close to
the end of Pennsic to be productive. We will ask
Alexander and Eularia to host the meeting at their place
as it is the most convenient for our Northpass
contingent, but have the Motylesky residence, freely and
generously offered, as a backup should they not be able
to.
The Viceroy noted that we again need an officer’s
meeting, but suggested we take it to the Officers
List. There will be an Østgarðr court on Tuesday
of War Week, which is also Fry Night. There will
be pilgrim badges, fun, frying, and surprises.
The Vicereine reported that she could use help at Lost
and Found and requested volunteers.
Carl and Lilli reported that the Pennsic Pity Party
would be held on the middle Saturday of Pennsic at their
place, but that parking would be atrocious, so car
pooling would be in order.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:15.
August Commons will be on Friday, August 24 in the
basement meeting room of Lorree True and Jeff
Berry, 552 Riverside Drive (just south of 125th
Street on Riverside Drive), New York NY.
DIRECTIONS
BY CAR:
By car from the west, take the Henry Hudson to the 125th
street exit.
By car from the east, cross somewhere and get to 125th
and RSD. (For example, the Triboro Bridge dumps
you onto 125th; when you get to Broadway, start looking
for parking.) Your best bet for parking is up
around Grant's Tomb. If you do park by Grant's
Tomb, you'll need to walk east and then down.
We're on a short chunk of RSD which is one-way, and next
to the tallest building for blocks (well,
excepting Riverside Church).
BY MASS TRANSIT:
By subway, take the #1 train to 125th St. Exit to
the right after coming out of the turnstile and go down
the escalator to 124th St. (there's a sign in the
station pointing the way). On the street, you'll be at
the intersection of Broadway and Tiemann Pl. Go up
the hill on Tiemann Pl. towards the park. That's
Riverside Dr. Turn right on Riverside and our
building is in the middle of the block (a little block
heading downhill toward the huge Columbia residence next
door). Shout for someone to let you in!
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