Transcribed
by Lilli Haicken
December 15, 2012
Held at the home of Stephen Bloch and Deborah Peters
(John Elys and Rufina Cambrensis)
Attendees: John
Elys, Rufina Cambrensis, Gui avec Cheval de Guies,
Johanna I Visby,
Friderich Grimme, Ian Mitchell of Clan Mitchell,
Katherine Gillesfleur, Judith
Fitzhenry, Wilhelm of Northpass, Conandil inghen
Donngaile, Alexandre D'Avigne, Eularia
Trewe, Brekke Frankisdottir, Lilie Dubh inghean ui
Mordha, Valgard Stonecleaver, Gracia
Vasquez de Trillo, Phillip White, Richard the Poor of
Ely.
There was feasting and merriment before the meeting was
called to order around 5:30
pm. A reiteration of the meeting's agenda was done by
Deputy Seneschal, Friderich
Grimme.
Officers
Chatelaine: 3
contacts via email in the last month, including a
visitor from Trimaris for the holidays looking for some
rapier practice. Also reiterated stepping down and the
only person to ask to take the position being Sir
Diablu.
Vicereine: the
provincial A&S Champions will be in the spring, and
the criteria for the competition would be posted online
sometime soon. The Viceroy asked that all
champions be busy vis-à-vis the An Dubh Challenges.
Chamberlain:
No report. All is quiet.
Acting Knight Marshal:
McCarren Park practice is now closed for the winter, but
there will be armoring sessions and possibly some winter
tournaments up in Riverside Park as the Viceroy is
reviving the Beau Geste Tourneys.
A&S:
all reports were in for year's end. There was some
question on the Whyt Whey report, but it was corrected
post-meeting by Conandil, who forwarded the report to
Judith as sent to kingdom on December 7. A&S
will be stepping down in January and the deputy, Lada
Mongguligan, will step into the office.
Webminister:
the E-Horse is out and ongoing. Website changes will be
done over holiday break in regular life. Also, if a
provincial office is changing over there should be
notice sent to the webminister so that emails can be
changed and forwarded correctly. A possible new
deputy, Matthew Barr, was discussed.
Northpass:
doing housekeeping and looking forward to Bear's Tavern
as the next event. A new chatelaine, Magdelena
Carminante, has been chosen and is being warranted at
kingdom.
Exchequer:
Ostgardr has money, and the check sent to SCA Inc. for
the lawsuit was voided because it was never used. The
check's amount is back on the Ostgardr books.
Lions End:
the February event is on hold due to life issues in the
canton. The seneschal will step down and the new
seneschal will be Francesco Greco de Edessa (Bish).
Archery Captain:
practices are closed for the season. There will be an
arrow making class in January at Northern A&S held
by Lord Connor (Jimi Lee).
Chronicler:
you can subscribe to the E-Horse by email or get it in
print. The Chronicler would love to showcase local
talent in the articles, but will also consider out-area
submissions if there is interest by out-area people in
sending in material.
Deputy Seneschal:
holding the meeting with the approval of the seneschal,
Ysenda, who could not attend. There are 3 candidates for
the seneschalate – Friderich Grimme, Eilonora inghen ui
Ruarc (Lori Copland) and the husband of the current Whyt
Whey seneschal (Betancourt).
Upcoming
Activities
Seasons Beatings, Lions
End February Event: cancelled due to
budget and life issues.
Musicians Day:
The postponed event can take place either on the weekend
of January 26, which conflicts with Birka, or the
weekend of February 23. Either date loses someone from
staff or from teachers' roster. A final date will be
decided soon.
Bear's Tavern:
will take place the first weekend in March, and there
are still spots for overnight open. The registrar
(Richard the Poor) can take registrations pronto.
Spring Demo Season will open with Viking Day, which
might be on May 18. This will be checked on by Johanna I
Visby. Riverfest will be discussed when the liaison is
available.
Year End Officers
Meeting: Thursday, December 20 at the
Basement of Jeff Berry and Lorree True (552 Riverside
Drive), starting around 6 pm. It will be held like a
curia, with the Viceregents and officers allowed to
speak, and populace in attendance allowed to speak if
recognized by the Viceregents. Candidates for the
changing officer positions are: Seneschal: Friderich
Grimme, Eilionora inghen ui Ruarc and Elaine
Betancourt's husband. Knight Marshal: Valgard
Stonecleaver. Chatelaine: Sirhan al-Cyani ibn Atai
akarel Diablu (Sir Diablu). A&S Lada Mongguligan.
Lions End will confirm Francesco Greco de Edessa (Bish)
as seneschal, Whyt Whey will confirm Phillip White as
exchequer and Eularia Trewe as seneschal.
Ostgardr-An
Dubhaigheann Border War: will be held at
the UU Huntington site. Challenges were given at the St.
Andrews An Dubh investiture event in November. Dates for
this war will be discussed. An Dubh is holding a winter
commons on Sunday, January 13 and a group from Ostgardr
should go and talk to them. Teams from the cantons
should decide what to bring to the table.
Crown: Valgard
is putting together a bid for East Kingdom Spring Crown
Tournament. He and the Viceroy went to look at the
Staten Island Camp Pouch Boy Scout Camp and put in a
hold for the weekend of April 27. The site IS somewhat
public transit accessible via the Staten Island ferry
and a bus. The site has good amenities: cabins,
lean-to's, bathrooms, large field for both camping and
fighting. Feast hall, though the kitchen is small and
there would have to be lots of pre-prep work done for a
feast. The site also has archery and thrown weapons
ranges. Being a Boy Scout camp it is a DRY site, no
exceptions. Personnel are being assembled for the bid.
Budget needs to be finalized by the Officers
Meeting. Bid needs to go to kingdom by January 1.
A note on the bid – our neighbor An Dubhaigheann is
putting together a bid for Spring Crown as well. This
was discussed and it was decided that Sir Gui as Viceroy
would speak to both the baronial seat and the seneschal
of An Dubh to work out and smooth out things.
If our bid is not accepted and the An Dubh bid is,
Ostgardr should go and offer help. If the Staten Island
site can still be used, perhaps Ostgardr can hold a
different event there.
Upcoming Commons
January will be at the Office of Congressman Eliot
Engel in the Bronx, with liaison Lori Copland hosting,
on January 18. February is open still. March will be
held in Brokenbridge at the vicereine's home.
Meeting was adjourned around 7:45 pm to cries of
Chocolate Fountain and Cookies!
January Commons will be on Friday, Jan. 18 at the office of
Congressman
Eliot Engel, 3655 Johnson Avenue, the Bronx
By Car
➦From the South:
Best route to Henry Hudson Parkway in Manhattan.
Cross into the Bronx. Exit 20 for W. 239th Street.
From access road, take first right onto Johnson Avenue
and look for parking.
The office is almost immediately there.
➦From the North:
Best route to Saw Mill Parkway in the Bronx (e.g.
heading south from the Cross County).
Two miles south of the Cross County, this becomes the
Henry Hudson Parkway.
Exit 19 for W. 232nd Street and make a U-turn onto the
Henry Hudson northbound.
Exit 20 for W. 239th Street.
From access road, take first right onto Johnson Avenue
and look for parking.
The office is almost immediately there.
By Subway
Take your best route to the 1
train. Take 1 train to 238 St. Exit near
intersection of Broadway and W 238th St. Start
out going West on W 238th St.
Turn right onto Riverdale Ave. Turn left onto W 238th St. Turn left onto Johnson
Ave.
Saturday, January 19.
A monthly tournament designed to give fighters
practice at tourney fighting and to teach newer
fighters about the formal trappings of an SCA
tournament. The winner of the tournament is
declared "Beau Geste" and gets to help run the
next month's tournament. The current Beau Geste
is Lord Jabril. We hope to draw fighters from
not only Ostgardr but the whole of the southern
region. The tourney will take place at noon at
Grant's Tomb, West 122nd Street and Riverside
Drive in Manhattan. There is ample parking. Vive
le Beau Geste!
Sunday, January 20. Medieval Cooking
workshop at
Countess
Brekke's house. We'll discuss an aspect of Medieval cooking,
prepare a Medieval meal, and eat it for dinner. Please let
Brekke know in advance
if you're interested: her kitchen is small.
This is a participation class, and a group effort.
Please note that in general, the house is messy, and that there are five cats
living indoors.
Sunday 1/20 in the basement common room of 552
Riverside Drive, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00
p.m. Please bring any scribal questions
you may have and/or your ongoing projects to
discuss and work on in a group of fellow scribes
:-)
Also, see Richard III's remains, medieval
brassieres, and more.
Another look at an eleventh-century
coin found in York, Maine.
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