Ostgardr Commons
Sept. 19, 2014

Whyt Whey (Subotai): working on logistics (tentage, license plates, etc.) for Fort Tryon faire demo.  Discussing Whyt Whey Web presence and bank account.

Lions End (Gy): “Lion in Winter” event Feb. 21.  Dayboard only (no feast); need teachers.  New site which we haven’t used before, but it looks good.

Northpass (Wilhelm): Barleycorn went well.  Florence coming up.  Masked Ball coming up (but there’s a problem with the date, so it’ll probably change).  Thrown University coming up.

Barleycorn (Richard): Thanks to various people.

Exchequer (Richard): Guy is proposing cast-metal award medallions for Provincial awards.  Nordenfjord continues under our sponsorship; they’re putting together a bid for K&Q Bardic.

Chatelaine (Sofya): Almost ran out of Gold Key at Barleycorn; need to make more simple stuff.  To kill another bird with the same stone, make this a sewing workshop for newcomers; there are several interested in how to make garb.
Enigma Bookstore has lost its physical location, but the organization continues and would like to continue doing demos/classes with us… somewhere TBA.  Fort Tryon faire demo is coming up.

Chronicler (Rufina): There is a newsletter.  If you got it, you would have known directions to this meeting, and you would have known about a bunch of museum events in town, etc.  It’s free.

Musicians’ Day (Rufina): We were thinking of cancelling it on personal grounds, but things have changed and, after hearing from a bunch of people who were looking forward to it, we’re going ahead.  We have a chef and a registrar and a few classes.

Web (John & Norana): We haven’t redirected the ostgardr.org domain name to the new Kingdom server yet, although Norana has ported most of the Web site to it.  Just at the moment, Kingdom web servers are having problems, so we’re not in a rush to migrate, but we probably should Real Soon Now.

A&S (Lada): Reports are in.  A&S display at Barleycorn.  Upcoming demos: bring your shiny stuff to show off.

Upcoming events:
    Queens County Farm Faire Demo: come out this weekend.  There will be lots of knives, arrows, axes, and perhaps atlatls flying.
    Fort Tryon: come out next Sunday.  There are barriers, in case the fighters want to do a combat-at-the-barriers.
    Florence: Oct. 24-26.  Food should be awesome.
    Musicians’ Day: Nov. 21-23.  See above.
    Seasons’ Beatings: Jan. 17-18 now conflicts with Kingdom Twelfth Night, so we’ll need to reschedule.

Nearby events:
    St. Andrew’s in An Dubh
    something in Dragonship Haven
    Kingdom Twelfth Night Jan. 17 in Carillion
    Artisans’ Village, June 5 2015 in Hartshorndale

New business:
    Ervald was contacted by the Berkeley Carroll School in Park Slope, Brooklyn about medieval entertainment around Halloween (Saturday, Oct. 25, 12:30-3:30 PM).  Discussion; consensus that we should do a demo there.  Province will even get paid something for it.
    Philip plans to offer a class on running events (several offerings of the class, in different parts of the Province).

October Commons will be 7:30 P.M. Friday, October 17th at the home of Maria Dedvukaj, 24-47 26th Street, Astoria, NY 11102 (between Hoyt Avenue and 24th Avenue), 917-501-9440

By Subway
Nearest subway stop is the Astoria bound N or Q line stopping at Astoria Blvd. Walk 4 blocks in the direction of the Triboro Bridge. Turn right onto 26th Street.

By Car
from Westchester/Bronx/NYC:   take the first exit off the Triboro Bridge (31st Street/Astoria Blvd Exit). Keep left at the fork and follow signs for 31st Street and merge onto Hoyt Avenue. Turn left onto 33rd Street. Take the first left onto Hoyt Avenue North. Go straight (3 lights) and turn right onto 26th Street. I’m about the 5th house on the right side of the street. It’s a 2 family home and I’m on the first floor.

from Long Island or Queens:  take I-278 East to exit 45 (31st Street Exit) It’s the last exit before the Triboro Bridge. Merge onto Hoyt Avenue North. Go straight for three lights and turn right turn onto 26th Street.

ALLERGEN INFORMATION
There will be a little friendly havanese dog in residence that day. Chewbacca is supposedly hypo-allergenic but come prepared if you have allergies.

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