Gleann nam Feòrag Dhuibhe - Canton Meeting Minutes July 12, 2007

The Incipient Canton of
Gleann nam Feòrag Dhuibhe
Barony of Bhakail

Canton Meeting Minutes

Wednesday September 13, 2007

Present: Lady Suba al-Hadid, Lady Eleanora the Tilemaker, Lord Robin Gallowglass, Lord Marcus Atheniou, THL Madelaine Isabeau de Cat, Mistress Shannon Gallowglass, Lord Deiniol ap Gwrgwyst.

Meeting came to order at 7:39pm.

Officer’s reports

Seneschal

With Samhain against Crown Tourney we decided to cancel Samhain for Nov 3rd.

Exchequer

We have 768.48.

Chatelaine

Been getting interest from the Bhakail feedback page - a couple of college students.

Web Mininster

We have a website.

Suba says she still owes the minutes from last month.

Note - canton meeting page needs directions.

Yahoo group notice could use an address as well.

Herald

Heraldry workshop is 2pm-until hosts are tired every third Sunday of the month. This month will be on Sep 16th. Anything you want to work on as long as it's heraldry-related.

MOAS

A&S Night on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of every month from 7pm - 10pm at Lady Elenora's except the 3rd Thurs which will be a cooking workshop as follows:

Cooking workshop to help prepare dayboard for coronation will be on Thursday September 20th from 7pm-10pm at the Gallowglass home.

Bellydancing classes stopped for the summer. Considering re-starting for fall.

Bhakail Garb workshops are moved to 2nd and 4th Tuesday nights in nearby Clifton Heights. Lots of people attend. There is only one more garb workshops before Pennsic.

Brewer's Guild meets 2nd Wednesdays at rotating locations - periodically it meets in the canton.

There is a class at the home of Deiniol and Damiana on making fire in the ancient ways at 7:30pm on Monday September 17th taught by Pat Fulsom.

Chamberlain

We have stuff.

Chronicler

The first issue of the new run of In a Nutshell will be published by the middle of October, being the start of the 4th quarter. This issue will focus on A&S.

Anyone with anything they would like to have published please contact the Chronicler in some manner for inclusion in the newsletter.

Martial Activities

Fencing is over for the spring and will resume in the fall.

Thrown weapons practice is on 1st, 3rd, and 5th Tuesdays starting starting at 6pm until too dark to throw.

Fighting practice is in Bhakail and going strong on Thursday nights; contact Lord Darmon. Can also contact the Caer Adamant marshal.

Archery in Delaware at Padraig's is the 2nd and 4th sundays and fighter practice is also held. Archery in Hartshorndale in Limerick.

Caer Adamant has a fighter practice on Delaware City on Sunday 16th. Sunday the 23rd fighter practice is at Padraig's.

Hartshorndale has a regular archery practice as well.

Special committees

Finance Committee

Nothing to report.

Event Committees

Tavern Event under consideration. We have a VFW site on tap that looks promising. We are targeting late February. Bad puns abound: "Grab your nuts and come." We'd like to combine this with the dance event assuming we have space. Shannon and Cat have volunteered to co-autocrat.

Samhain Nov 3:

Cancelled.

Old Business

Plans to inquire to Kingdom about graduating from incipiency about 6 months from now.

Dance practice plans have no progress at this time.

New Business

None.

Comments for the Good of the Canton

The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 11th, 2007 at 7:30pm at Middletown Free Library.

Coronation is Sep 29th in Delaware. Anyone available to help set up on site at 8am will be gratefully welcomed and served a continental breakfast.

Red Hat demo is Sep 30th in Delaware.

At the last Barony meeting the current B&B started accepting bids for incoming B&B. Lord Bryan and Lady Alesia put in a bid. Lady Judith the Confused also put in a bid for B.

Meeting adjourned at 8:38pm.

as recorded by Lady Suba.

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