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January 2014 | AS XLVIII | Volume 2 | Issue 8

 

Meetings

Upcoming Events

Goings On About Town

Articles of Interest


 
 

Meetings

Ostgardr Commons
Dec. 20, 2013
Transcribed by Stephen Bloch

Dec. 2013 Ostgardr Commons

People started arriving 6:30.  Food.  Meeting started 7:55.

Herald: Nothing.
Lions End: March 15 Date for event (incl. Provincial A&S Champs) fell through.
Considering other dates.
EK recognizes Bish as Seneschal.

Webmaster: not much new.  Final exams over.  There's allegedly another would-be deputy, but I haven't heard anything directly.  Will merge Bylaws changes to Web site.

Exchecquer: Richard & various other officers meeting at bank in Whitestone tomorrow to finalize paperwork.
Nordenfjord found more checks after their maiden event, so will need to revise event report.

Whyt Whey: haven't received check from Fort Tryon fair yet.
Have bought domain name.  JE pointed out that Kingdom is trying to move local groups onto Kingdom server.

Deputy Chatelaine: had small demo at Enigma Bookstore; some interest, we have permission to post info there, etc.
Working out e-mail infrastructure for contacting newcomers.
Norana Cantrell interested in deputy web position.
Asked Canton chatelaines for inventory of Gold Key.
(Lori says she has two bins of Ostgardr Gold Key stuff; will give to Maria at Season's Beatings)

Chronicler: Officially interested in continuing in office.

Archery: No longer happening in Staten Island, but apparently still going at Cedar Creek in Lions End.

A&S: Lots of stuff going on.  One more wood-working class, at Lions End Commons, Jan. 6.

Brokenbridge: Had A&S in Brokenbridge at Motylewskis'.
Next one will be 1/10, probably at Motylewskis'.
Brokenbridge Twelfth Night 12/29 at Motylewskis' (see e-mail for time & details).

Northpass: Tavern is proceeding.  Considering table display at Lunacon, March 15-16.  Considering "Riding of the Marches" sort of event, early May.
Funeral Games of John Barleycorn (based on Aeneid, book 5).

Viceroy: sharing space at MSR practice at Orthodox church near Wantagh train station.
Planning armoring workshop with Master Cet, in exchange for a day of grunt work expanding his shop.
"Autocratting workshop" at Motylewskis' house in February.
Maria has Lilli's "Autocrat's Handbook".

Seneschal: we have changes to Bylaws, approved at last Commons, but they were based on an out-of-date old version.  Webmaster will merge those changes into the 2007 edition & post on Web; send out to all Canton Seneschals.  If nobody objects by next Ostgardr Commons, we'll consider it approved.
[Editor's note: After the meeting, this material was posted at http://ostgardr.org/docs. Please read and comment!]

Upcoming Events
Season's Beatings: Jan. 11 at Blue Mountain, but we're not 100% sure we have the site.
Various people will talk to Wilhelm and/or Blue Mountain.
Coill Tuar just rescheduled a feast to the same date (they apologize).
[Editor's note: between the meeting and the publication of the E-Horse, the date of Season's Beatings was changed to Feb. 1, and yes we do have the site.]
Pot luck.  Maria has all sorts of marketing ideas.  Richard will be running games.  Thrown weapons, fencing, etc.

Tavern March 1-2.

Sean still working on proposal for Brew U; nothing formalized yet.  Considering April or May.

Riding of the Marches, May?

Ostgardr/An Dubh Challenge: Suuder & Lada will autocrat.  Still discussing dates; July had conflicts, so considering April.

Stained glass: Jimi planning to run a series of classes, probably starting in March.

New business: should have unified format for business cards for officers.  Some discussion of whether to have individual phone numbers (so they need to be redone whenever an officer changes).  Richard suggests checking with some local stationers; may be able to get better deal for a bunch of cards w/same format but different names.  Some offices do business mostly by e-mail, while others will need phone numbers.  Maria volunteers to look into prices.

Upcoming meetings:
January 17 at Kapajs'
February 21 at Motylewskis'
March 21: Maria will look into using Enigma Bookstore in Astoria; failing that, her house.

Adjourned 9:10.  Cookies!  Chocolate fountain!

Directions to January Commons

January Commons will be Friday, January 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Jacki and Luigj Kapaj, 4291 Napier St., Bronx, NY.

DIRECTIONS

By Car
➦ from the north (Westchester and north)
    Take the Major Deegan (I-87) south to east 233 Street, follow the long exit ramp to the light at the end, and turn left. Go one block and turn left at the light onto Van Cortland Park (there's a gas station on the left hand corner).
    * Go three blocks and turn right onto Napier Ave. We are on the right hand corner of Napier and E. 236th Street.

    Park anywhere you can, but follow normal parking regulations; don't block people's driveways and watch for the few "No Parking" signs.

➦ from Long Island/Queens
    Take the Throgs neck or Whitestone Bridge to the Bronx. Follow signs and take I-95 towards the George Washington Bridge. Stay on 95 until you see signs for the Major Deegan (I-87) exit. Stay to the right on the exit and
    ** take the Major Deegan (I-87) north to exit 13 (east 233rd Street). The exit ramp has two lanes; stay to the left and go straight. At the second light, turn left onto Van Cortland Park, and see * above.

➦ from Manhattan
    Take your best route to the Major Deegan (I-87) (we usually use the FDR and go over the Willis Avenue bridge), and see ** above.

➦ from Brooklyn
    Follow directions for Queens or Manhattan, whichever you prefer.

By Mass Transit
    Take the #4 Lexington Ave. train to the last station (Woodlawn). Cross the street to the bus shelter, and catch either the BX16 or the BX34 to Napier Avenue. Walk three short blocks on Napier to our house (at the corner of East 236th Street).


 


Upcoming events

Ostgardr Events

Season's Beatings, Feb. 1, 2014

Bear's Tavern,  Mar. 1-2, 2014.

For more local events,

see here for the on-line calendar.

East Kingdom Events

King's and Queen's A & S Championship, Feb. 22

King's and Queen's Bardic Championship/Novice Schola, Mar. 8, 2014

King's and Queen's Rapier Championship, Mar. 29, 2014

East Kingdom Brewers' Collegium, Apr. 25-27, 2014



Goings On About Town

Museum Exhibits

At the Met:  Silla:  Korea's Golden Kingdom
Through February 23, 2014.

At the Met:  Piero della Francesca:   Personal Encounters
Through March 30, 2014

At the Met:  Design Motifs in Byzantine Art.
Through August 3, 2014

At the Morgan:  Leonardo da Vinci:  Treasures from the Biblioteca Reale, Turin.
Through Feb. 2, 2014

At the Frick:  Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Hill Collection
January 28 hrough June 15, 2014.


Concerts

We maintain a Webbed database of upcoming early-music concerts in the Østgarðr area. Click here for the latest.




Articles of Interest

Why So Blue? Biblical Dye Was Made from Snails

2,000-year-old textile fragment rare extant example of Murex dye

Henry VIII's "Last Ever" Painting Uncovered in Wiltshire

Long believed to be a posthumous portrait, dendrochronological testing now indicates that this portrait was painted during the last year of Henry VIII's life

Old World People in the New World Before Columbus?

A professional archaeologist holds forth on why some claims of pre-Colombian contact with the Old World must be taken with a grain of salt





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