Whyt Whey Commons - January 15, 2003

Attending:
	Alexandra of Ostgardr		Alexandre Aks
	Alexandre d'Avigne		Jeff Berry
	Anne				Anne Murphy
	Boal Mergen			Michael Vukek
	Derborgaill an 			Deborah Geary
		Chomhaidh Buitiler
	Ervald the Optimistic		Zorikh Lequidre
	Eularia Trewe			Lorree True
	Guy				David Minsky
	Johann von Antwerp		Richard Sanford
	Lev of Whyt Whey		Lev Aks
	Meadhbh				Mimi Curry
	Sancha de Flores		Jessica Valadez
	Sean O'Suillaebhain Beer	Sean M. Sullivan
					Jennifer Pitti
	Sean de Londres			John Cnapich 
	Tadg Ui-Duinn			Paul Hilts
	Umbar in Hashiral Daudachi Beis	Rick Umbaugh

1) The first and most crucial order of business was the election of
	officers.  Each candidate ran unopposed and was therefore
	elected by acclamation.  The officers elected were:
	Seneschal		Alexandre d'Avigne
	Knight Marshall		Tadg Ui-Duinn
	Exchequer		Sean O'Suillaebhain Beer
		Deputy		Johann von Antwerp
		Deputy		Meadhbh
	Herald			Sancha de Flores
	Chronicler		Eularia Trewe
	A&S Minister		Derborgaill an Chomhaidh Buitiler
	Web Minister		Lev of Whyt Whey

	The election was overseen by the Ostgardr Seneschal,
	Sean de Londres.  Deputies are still needed for most
	of the offices.  Officers were charged with contacting their
	local, regional and Kingdom superiors.

2) A list was passed around to gather addresses for the CheeseCloth
	mailing list.  The proposed kick-off date for the new
	print version of the CheeseCloth is late March for an
	April issue.  The attendees were warned that if no other
	articles were forthcoming, Alexandre would start to recycle
	his old one.
		A poll on the mailing list will be taken to get
	more names, and at the same time find out if people would
	prefer an electronic copy (for free) or the hardcopy
	version, for postage and almost nothing more - a price
	of $5 for 12 issues was suggested, postage for 12
	issues would be $4.44
		The suggestion was made that the first issue of the
	CheeseCloth be sent out free, but that it include a "send
	us money or purged" note, err, subscription form.


3) Times were discussed for regular commons meeting, and
	2nd Thursdays seemed to be a generally acceptable time.
	February, however, was awkward.  Therefore, February
	commons meeting will be on Thursday February 6th, and
	will be at Derborgaill an Chomhaidh Buitiler, at 7:30PM.
	Specific addresses and directions will be forthcoming.
	(Rehearsals for the Deptford Player's production of
	Uncle Vanya preclude use of the Community Room at
	552 Riverside.  Yes, that is a shameless plug.)


4) Zorikh reported on his work with PS87, but little progress has
	been made - they are slow.  We need to find out what
	costs might be associated with after hours meetings there.

5) Meadhbh has scheduled a sewing circle for February 12, at her
	place, starting at 6:30 or 7PM.

6) Meadhbh's building has a room which might be suitable for smallish
	events, and might even have a kitchen.  The price sounds right,
	but Meadhbh needs to get the latest version of the contract
	so we can see what we have to work with.  Alexandre wants to
	see the space, as well.  She is near Union Square, so there
	might even be parking.

7) The check for the Cloisters demo has not yet been forthcoming, but
	several people volunteered the information that this is SOP
	for them.

8) Sancha will look into setting up a Columbia University student group
	and doing some recruiting on campus.  She should probably get
	in touch with the Ostgardr Chatelaine about getting some of the
	old recruiting materials to use or update or what have you.

9) The March 21st Ostgardr Commons will be hosted in Whyt Whey, in the
	basement community room of 552 Riverside Dr. - where the
	Whyt Whey Commons have been held the last few times.

10) Sean de Londres mentioned that the March 15 Celtic Silliness event
	will happen, even though it may be with an emergency autocrat
	and cook.  All are encouraged to attend.

11) There was some discussion of borders and clarifying which localities
	belong to which groups - just to make sure that all officers and
	so forth were legal in the groups in which they served.


Submitted by Alexandre d'Avigne