Transcribed
by Carol Smith
September 21, 2012
The meeting was called to order at 8:12 PM.
Officers attending were
JoAnna Motylewski, vicereine; Brad Richey, archery
marshal; Lilli Haicken, chatelaine; Elisha Friedman,
seneschal; David Minsky, Viceroy; Dyanna Flynn, Mistress
of Arts; Matthew Pius, MoA Brokenbridge; and William
Bornander, seneschal of Northpass.
Also attending were Carl Haicken, Oscar of Northpass,
Yevgeniya Pechenaya, John Motylewski, Alessandra
Brucioli, and Carol Eskesen Smith.
Officers
Officers reports from officers not able
to attend were read aloud to those present.
Lions End:
many of the Bardic Circle were attending the Huntington
Bardic Evening. The Bellmore Street Fair demo on Sunday
is working apace, and there may be an event in February,
possibly bardic related.
Chronicler:
the Seahorse is also being published free as the
e-Horse; contact seahorse@ostgardr.org to sign up for
it. Print copies have been made available to hand
out at the demos this week and next. (Our Viceroy
at this point suggested that we develop a contact
sticker to apply to such handouts in the future.)
Historian:
“history is still happening”.
Officers present then gave their reports.
Northpass:
Kathy Martin is stepping down as Chatelaine after many
years’ service. The last meeting served to analyze the
good and bad of Barleycorn and begin the planning for
the next Northpass event. Tavern will be the first
weekend in March.
Whyt Whey:
anyone driving to Cloisters must get car make &
color, license plate number, mundane name of driver, and
number of passengers (if known) to their seneschal ASAP
as otherwise they will not get in to off load or get to
park anywhere in the neighborhood. The sewing and fiber
arts workshops are becoming more regular and should
eventually stabilize.
Brokenbridge (via
Dr. Pius): the Fiber Frolic planning is proceeding
well, and that there will be flyers about it at both
Queens Farms and the Cloisters demos.
Vicereine:
the “Yet Unnamed” Masqued Ball held on Saturday, October
20, in the Shire of Coill Tuar, in Highland, New York.
Arts &
Sciences: reports were all in on time and
the Kingdom is happy. There are two contenders for
the position when the current officer steps down; both
should be
at the officers’ meeting next Friday.
Chatelaine:
cannot make Queens Farms, but Sherri Witty will cover
for her on Saturday. Her assistant, Lori Copeland,
who was originally scheduled to do it, is sick.
The next quarterly report to Kingdom is due October 15,
and reminders will go out to the Cantons around
October 1.
Archery Marshal:
archery is doing well both at Staten Island and Cedar
Creek, with regular practices at both sites. The
Northpass practices are not proving to be a big draw and
so have effectively ceased.
Viceroy:
McCarren Park fight practices and armoring workshops
were going well, and that the barrier we had been using
for the past several years had been replaced with a new
one thanks to those attending the armoring
workshops. There followed a discussion concerning
the actual site of the practice as a new would-be
attendee could not find us. The dancers reported
that posting a cell phone number and giving information
on the spot worked well for them, and that posting a
contact number might prevent this problem in the future.
There then ensued a general discussion concerning the
Østgarðr website and ways to keep it current. One
suggestion to make current information available was to
have one central calendar, with the current weekly
activities listed on it. All Canton officers are
requested to check for the accuracy of their
information, and to contact the webminister with any
necessary updates at webmaster@ostgardr.org for
information. This discussion was tabled to the
officer meeting as the officer in question was not
present.
The officers’ meeting was scheduled for 7:00 Friday
evening.
There being no further business, the meeting was
adjourned.
Upcoming
Events & Demos:
Musicians' Day:
11/16-18. Kuchmeisterin has been given budget
estimates. More
teachers have come on board. Designs for this
year's favor are being finalized. Progress is
happening :-) If you have any questions about the
event, please contact seahorse@ostgardr.org. If
you have questions about helping out at the event,
please
contact seahorse@ostgardr.org
Seasons'
Beatings: might be 12/8 (possibly at
Friends Field house)
Other events:
Crown Tourney in Maine 10/27
An Dubh investiture 11/10
Bhakail Yule 12/1
BBM/Bergental Yule 12/8
Upcoming Commons
10/19 at Bornanders' [Westchester]
11/? TBA
12/15 or 12/22 at Peters/Bloch [Queens]
October Commons will be on Friday, October 19 at the
home of Rachel and William Bornander
DIRECTIONS
BY CAR:
Take your best route to I-95 N (toward New Haven).
Take exit 21 for I-287 W toward US-1 N. Keep right
at the fork and merge onto US-1 N/Boston Post Rd. Turn
left onto Pearl St. Turn left onto Westchester
Ave. Take the 3rd right onto Exchange Pl.
Take the 1st left onto Irving Ave. After ~ six
blocks, turn right on Clark Place.
BY MASS TRANSIT:
Metro North to Port Chester station. Head
northeast on Broad St toward Irving Ave Turn left
onto Irving Ave Walk six blocks and turn right on Clark
Place.
