July Commons Minutes

Meetings

The canton’s quarterly business meeting was held online July 24. The minutes below were recorded by Alienor Salton and edited by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.

Attendance

Officers:
• Alienor Salton, Seneschal
• Zahra de Andaluzia, Exchequer
• Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin, Herald
• Simon Talbot, Webminister

• Ibrahim al-Rashid, Arts & Sciences

Absent Officers:
• Angelica di Nova Lipa, Chatelaine and Vicereine

Populace:
• Elizabeth

Provincial Guests:
• Jenna Childslayer

Opening Business

Meeting called to order at 7:08.

Alienor: 

  • Our canton name change has been delayed.  
  • The Cloisters demo has been canceled.
  • Most of us on the call will be at Pennsic — please drop by the Østgarðr potluck, Thursday Aug. 8th, starting at 5:30 pm or so.
  • After we get back from Pennsic, we will resume doing the kinds of activities we were doing in the spring, including gallery visits and dancing.  

Jenna: 

  • Sept. 22-23, An Dubh has a new demo at Longwood Estates in Suffolk. Historically plausible garb is important for this event.

Exchequer

Zahra: 

  • Last quarter all the exchequers had a study hall.  It would be nice to do it again.

Local Event

  • Elizabeth: Could Appleholm host a schola?  
  • Simon: Appleholm likes nothing better! 
  • Mathghamhain: I would love to do a show-and-tell A&S day, with a simple dayboard, and live dancing & music.  
  • Zahra: Why not both?  
  • Mathghamhain: Let’s find a venue! I volunteer myself & Alienor to call around the sites we previously scoped.

Webministry

  • Simon: I’m ready to step down as webminister, but willing to continue if needed.  
  • All: THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE.  
  • Alienor: Please feel free to step down now; there’s no need to drag this out past the point where you’re enjoying it.  
  • Mathghamhain: I will take over the office. We can arrange the logistics after Pennsic.  Thank you for sticking around even after moving away.

[Meeting adjourned at 7:26pm and then almost immediately re-opened when Ibrahim joined the call.]

A&S Gatherings

Ibrahim:  

  • Let’s resume regular A&S gatherings when we return from Pennsic.
  • We had one earlier this year and would like to have more.

Jenna: 

  • You can borrow our schola site, which is public transit accessible.

Closing

Meeting fully ended at 7:31pm.