Whyt Whey Commons - September 8, 2005

Attending:
	AEllin Olafsdotter		Anne Murphy
	Ailith Lytel alt Aldwuder	Eppu Jensen
        Alexandre d'Avigne              Jeff Berry
					Brian Bleich
	Elissa Coisini			Laurie Postner
	Eularia Trewe			Lorree True
	Llywellan ap Rhys		Tom McCann
	Mael Eoin MacEochidh		Michael Broggy
	Sancha de Flores		Jessica Valadez
	Tauna AElswith			Donna Bowers

Introductions were made around the table to start the evening, since
Brian was brand-new and several other people had not not met.

Upcoming Events:
A number of events are on the horizon.
Sep. 10-11 : John Barleycorn in Northpass. Comments were made about
	how pleasant the event usually is and several people mentioned
	they were planning on going.
Sep. 10-11 and 17-18 : MSR Demo at Sand's Point.  Llywellan said
	that anyone who had never been to Sand's Point should try and
	make it since it's beautiful.  He also said the relations between
	the MSR and SCA fencers are very cordial at the moment.

Sep. 24 : Coronation in Settmour Swamp.  Alexandre is cooking feast and
	some other people are planning on going.
Sep. 25 : Curia is being held.  Some folks are up in the air about going.
Sep. 24-25 : Queen's Farm Demo.  Scheduling conflicts are a drag.  Several
	people said they were aiming for one day or the other, but it's
	a busy weekend.

Oct. 2 : Ft. Tryon Demo.  Alexandre urged everyone to attend and said he
	needed to contact Eileen Merle-Rao to get the details of driving
	and parking and timing and such.

Nov. 16 : Agincourt.  Scheduled opposite 100 Minutes War, which means
	both fighting and fencing attendance is likely to be low.
	Llywellan was going to look into simply not scheduling fencing
	on that account.

Nov. 26 : St. Andrew's in An Dubhaigeainn.  Alexandre plugged it a bit,
	since he likes An Dubh and has fun at their events.



Officers Reports:
Throughout, the purpose of each office was elaborated on, sometimes
at length, for the benefit of all but especially those new to the SCA.

1) Seneschal: Alexandre outlined the current state of events in the 
	Province with respect to the Viceregency, with help from
	other attendees.  The main theme was, "we'll know more after
	Barleycorn and Ostgardr Commons."
2) Knight Marshall: Although Luis wasn't present, Mael Eoin and AEllin
	were able to verify that we had permits for Sep. and Tuesday
	nights and USP were ongoing.  Presumably, they will continue
	through October.
3) Herald: Sancha says she has one submission.
4) Chronicler: Eularia provided copies of the September Cheesecloth.
	Although she didn't remind everyone to submit articles, artwork, event 
	reports and, for By the Whey, newsy tidbits, I'm sure she meant to.

New Officers and Deputies and Such:
Tamara, our A&S Minister, has vanished from mortal ken, and Lady Tauna
graciously agreed to take on the mantle of the office.

Alexandre discussed the state of the offices, specifically addressing the
questions of deputies and the time in office of some of the
officers, then queried the old-timers about their desires.
Eularia (Chronicler) and Sancha (Herald) both expressed a willingness to
continue in their offices, although both also said that if anyone
was interested in serving as deputy or even in taking over the office
at some point in the near future, they would not be averse to the idea.
Mael Eoin showed some interest in perhaps becoming Luis' Deputy Knight
Marshall, and will be contacting Luis on the subject.

Alexandre said that he was actively looking for a deputy and would like
to hand the Seneschalate off to that person sometime in the next year or
so.  (January 2006 will mark his fourth year in the office.)

Anyone interested in serving as a deputy in any of the offices should
contact the officer in question directly.

Continuing Business:
Although we are nominally meeting quarterly, Alexandre scheduled a meeting
for October 13, with the idea that a Fort Tryon post-mortem would be no
bad thing.  Tauna volunteered to have it at her place, but needed to
check on a few things. If her place is not available, then we will
fall back to Alexandre's.

Submitted by Alexandre d'Avigne