Baronial Curia Meeting Minutes

June 9, 2002 (A.S. XXXVII)

(Warcamp)
Fox Mountain
Wolfsgate

In attendance:

Officers Present

• Seneschal: Richard "Ivan" Burke
• Chancellor Minor: Erica Plumridge
• Exchequer: Joe Chiasson
• Minister of Arts and Sciences: Diane Plumridge-Reid
• Chatelaine: Len Gordon
• Baronial Herald & Seneschal of Distant Shore: Jenny Stewart
• Seneschal of Wolfsgate: Colin MacKenzie
• Minister of the Lists: Greg Murray
• Knight Marshal: Mike Sangster
• Web Minister: Keith Noseworthy
• Company Captain of Archers: Vivian Fox

Others Present

• The Ruantallan Coronet: James and Maria Crook
• Robert Cotton
• Joan Chiasson
• Joy Pye-MacSwain

Coronet Addressed the Curia

Salient points:

• If you approach the Coronet with any complaint, expect them to research the facts. They do not want ! to work with just one side of a story.
• The Coronet sees their job as the voice of the populous and moderators in the Barony.
• The Coronet is concerned that some people somehow do not see them as approachable.
• The Coronet welcomes Curia's opinions and advice.
• Some individuals apparently feel that Maria's job as Baroness is somehow less than her former position as Princess of Avacal. Neither Maria nor James feel this way. The Coronet takes it's job very seriously.
• The Coronet advises the Curia to learn to work together better. Infighting hurts the barony and also hurts the Northern Shores principality movement. Furthermore, having a principality would help the Kingdom.

Officers Reports
(Note: the majority of the officer reports had been circulated by email to curia members previous to the meeting)

Arts and Sciences

1. Had submitted reported by email prior to the meeting. The officer was present for discussion of report. No questions or discussion were offered. Diane was also finding out information about the Queen's Favour for Pennsic.

Chatelaine

1. Had submitted reported by email prior to the meeting. Officer present for discussion of report. No questions on report were asked. No one had anything to discussion regarding the office or the report.

Minister of the Lists

1. Had submitted reported by email prior to the meeting. Officer present for discussion of report. No questions on report.
2. Items supplemented at the meeting by the officer:
   • Kingdom Minister of the List now has a Northern Shores Regional Deputy.
   • Many delayed cards have been sent to Greg by the Kingdom MoL.
   • The tournament results are being recording on the Kingdom MoL web site. This does not include archery tournaments.
   • Marshals who are planning tourneys are contacting the MoL for help when they need it.

Knight Marshal

1. Present for discussion of report which had been submitted prior to the meeting by email. No discussion or questions about the report.
2. Officer added to the following details to his report:
   • Youth fighting (boffer) was held at Warcamp and well received.
   • He has a copy of the new rules for youth fighting and will pass them along to all concerned.
   • There are now Tuesday night rattan practices in Distant Shore.

Herald

1. Sent report prior to the meeting by email. Curia had no discussion or questions about her report.

Exchequer

1. Reported by email. No discussion or questions on his report.

Chancellor Minor

1. Emailed her report.
2. Additions to her report:
   • She has received donations of fabric for activities kits.
   • She is looking for people to donate craft materials for children's use.
   • Has Jenny Stewart's list of young people in the Barony.

Web Minister

1. He explained the concept of changing the name of the baronial web site without having to change the actual location of the site. He hopes to change the name of the site to www.ruantallan.org if he can.

Chronicler

1. There are 6-7 new subscriptions to Quid Nunc - a 50% increase.
2. All copies are sold
3. Cailean asked about free subscriptions. i.e. Should canton seneschals have to pay for Quid Nunc or should they get it for free? - discussion but no decision (?)

CCOA

1. Emailed report prior to meeting.
2. The backlog of badges and baldrics has been cleared up
3. Seashire is organizing weekly archery practices on Monday nights. Marshal in charge is determined by a rotating schedule.
4. Vivian is also running archery practices at her house.

Canton Reports

Ynys y Gwaed

1. no report from their seneschal.
2. There has been no contact between curia and the seneschal of YYG (Mabel) as of late.
3. The Chatelaine has had some contact with the chatelaine of YYG
4. Robert Cotton suggested that YYG put on larger events or give us better and more opportunities to go over.
5. The Baronial Seneschal wants to improve the line of communication between YYG and the rest of the barony.

Wolfsgate

1. Emailed the report prior to the meeting. No discussion or questions were asked about the report.

Distant Shore

1. Emailed the report prior to the meeting. No discussion or questions were asked about the report.

Seashire

1. No report submitted

Other Reports

Coronet Report

1. At the previous curia meeting the seneschal asked the coronet to submit a report to curia. The coronet has decided to decline on reporting because they report to crown.

Old Business

1. Vivian and Cailean made a motion that Keith try to set up www.ruantallan.org as the baronial web site for one year to see how we like it. Motion carried.
2. Jenny and Joe motioned that Keith be reimbursed for the cost of registering the URL. Keith must present a receipt if he wants to be reimbursed. Motion carried.
3. Greg withdrew proposed changes to the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) regarding guilds. These changes had been submitted by Greg at the 1st quarter curia meeting.
4. Exchequer's proposed changes to the SOPs regarding changes in signing authority. These had been sent to curia members by email prior to the meeting. Joe explained that usually the Kingdom Exchequer has signing authority, or the regional Exchequer in his place. However, we seem to have an exemption to this cause in Kingdom policy. Ivan and Joe made a motion to table the discussion until we have a chance to look into provincial regulations.

New Business

1. Chronicler Position: Both Sarah Paterson and Mike Reid have each applied for the position. There was a motion to postpone discussion until the candidates could address curia. Motion carried.
2. Two detailed bids were submitted for events on November 30th - the US Thanksgiving Weekend. One By Wendy Cotton (Presented by Robert Cotton) the other by Len Gordon. Both bids were discussed. A secret ballot was taken and Wendy's bid was found in favour. Len was commended on his bid and encouraged to resubmit his bid for another date.
3. The Chatelaine decided to resign from office because of philosophical differences with members of curia. His deputy, Tina Oliver, will be acting Chatelaine until the position is filled. Ivan will advertise the positions. Curia thanked Len for this work in the Chatelaines office.
4. Vivian made a Motion to Adjourn the Meeting. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned.

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