Most Recent Announcements
Fighter Practice Announcements for 05/14/2013
Baronial pollings have been mailed. Please fill out and return by the Due Date (must be postmarked by the 18th). Extra forms are available on the Barony's website and also at midrealm.org
Baronial Birthday- June 9
A&S Championship at Baronial Birthday. Challenge will be to construct the Baronial Arms in any medium.
We need trim for Gold Key.
Simple Day is our next big event.
The Seneschal will be stepping down after Simple Day, first polling will happen at the business meeting on Thursday.
Fighter Practice Announcements for 04/16/2013
Baronial Birthday will be June 9th at Krannert.
The Baronial A&S Championship will be held at Baronial Birthday. The challenge will be to construct the Baronial Arms in any medium.
Simple Day is our next big event (website is up at this link).
The Seneschal will be stepping down after Simple Day. Anyone interested in the position please speak to the Seneschal, Lady Katrina.
Barony of Sternfeld Business Meeting Minutes
04/18/2013Baronial - We have two sets of Baron/Baroness candidates. The meet and greet went well. Looking for suggestions for awards for Baronial Birthday. Use the award recommendations form on the website. Use the roster to see who doesn't have awards that you think they should. Work on projects for the A&S Championship (Baronial Arms in any Medium).
Great Offices -
Seneschal - Stepping down after Baronial Birthday. Three people have stepped forward who are willing to take on the position - Wulfwen, Ysabel, and Valadar have all put their names in the hat. Wulfwen and Ysabel were at the meeting and asked to say a few words about their credentials and interest in the position. First polling will be next month. It's not too late to put your hat in the ring. Please contact the seneschal by the time that Announcements happen the Tuesday before next month's business meeting to get on the list of candidates.
Herald - No report but did mention we need to do the Baronial tabards this year while we have the budget set aside for it.
Chronicler - Should be publishing this weekend.
Exchequer - We have a PO Box and keys. The Exchequer and Seneschal both have keys. Address is PO BOX 17422 Indianpolis, IN 46217-0422. As of March 31st, we have $12760.61. We've received deposits since then - we got $3000 back from the Kingdom and a deposit back from the BWTA site.
Heavy Marshal - Moving outside! Woo! Next week! Weather permitting. We've had good practices with new people who keep returning.
Fencing Marshal - Everything's going well. Attendance has been light due to real life problems but should pick back up soon. MITs have mostly become marshals.
Archery Marshal - Middle Kingdom and Constellation competitions will be at Simple Day. Revised info will be on the website soon.
Youth Marshal - Youth combat has been on hold for a while.
Horse Marshal - They've been meeting. It's going well!
Chirurgeon - Nothing to report.
MoAS - No report this month officially. Constellation Scribal retreat has moved due to weather - they have also suggested an alternate travel route.
Costumers - People are costuming and reading about it.
Brewers - Meeting will be May 5th at Wulfwen's house. There will be tasting of things. Including a very purple beverage containing "essence of Samuel L. Jackson's lightsaber".
Cooks - Bardic/Cooks this weekend (Sunday) at 3 PM. Bring food. It is at Grainne's.
Rustica - Chickens continue to exist. People are planting gardens.
Performance Arts - Dance went very well. There were 22 people present. A homeschool group is considering bringing a large group in the future. It will be in June, August, October, and December on the 2nd Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30.
Largesse - Group passed to Cornelia.
Lesser Offices -
Chatelaine - Sorting of new donations needs to happen. Also there have been a fair number of donations of fabric.
Minister of Youth - Been busy and sick.
Property Master - We still have more than two tons of stuff.
Prize Czar - Recently have gone shopping. Got some good stuff.
Web Minister - We have a website. Please send updates to Simple Day website (this means you, department heads)!
Events -
Baronial Birthday - Second polling for the budget of $250 for Baronial Birthday passed. Check will be provided to the autocrat. It's Sunday June 9th at Krannert Park.
Simple Day - Hunting down where we got straw from.
Pennsic Camp - One person has preregged so far. If you are going to Pennsic, make sure to prereg earlier because deadlines are earlier due to Pennsic being earlier this year. The only way to get land is to Prereg. If you've never camped with the Barony before you need to talk to Moira. Do send an email to Moira after you prereg so she can find you on the list.
Fisher's Ren Faire - Nothing to report yet. Still on hiatus to find out what (if anything) we are doing this year.
BWTA - Bids open.
Yule Court - Bids open.
Meeting was closed in 35 minutes. Not the shortest one we've had, but still quite short.
Fighter Practice Announcements for 04/09/2013
Meet and Greet with Baron/Baroness candidates is April 14th at 4:00 PM at St. Athanasius, 1117 S Blaine Ave. Please wear your nicest (or silliest) garb!
Baronial Birthday will be June 9th at Krannert.
The Baronial A&S Championship will be held at Baronial Birthday. The challenge will be to construct the Baronial Arms in any medium.
Simple Day is our next big event (website is up at this link).
There will be English Country Dance taught by Colette at Garfield Park on April 11th from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. It's free!
The Seneschal will be stepping down after Simple Day. Anyone interested in the position please speak to the Seneschal, Lady Katrina.
Fighter Practice Announcements for 03/26/2013
Baronial Birthday will be June 9th at Krannert.
The Baronial A&S Championship will be held at Baronial Birthday. The challenge will be to construct the Baronial Arms in any medium.
Simple Day is our next big event (website coming soon).
There will be English Country Dance taught by Colette at Garfield Park on April 11th from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. It's free!
The Seneschal will be stepping down after Simple Day. Anyone interested in the position please speak to the Seneschal, Lady Katrina.
Barony of Sternfeld Official Business Meeting Minutes for 3/21/2013
In Attendance: Torquil, Eadric, Ronan, Duncan, Wulfwen, Elisabetta, Rurik, Kiltigern, Matheus, Bjorn, Isabel, Ciara, Eirik, Brandon, Karla, Cornelia, Azrael, Ulfr, Odile, Antonio, Maria plus Various Children and DogsBaron & Baroness:
There's a little over a week to put your names in for the upcoming Baronial polling - the deadline is the end of the month. So far we have two couples interested: Johann & Waldetrudis and Ulfr & Odile.
Seneschal:
Baronial meet and greet is 14-Apr-2013.
Until otherwise notified by Kingdom, all Department Heads for events must be a paid member.
Kat plans to resign after Simple Day. Anyone interested in the office should let her know. Wulfwen and Isabel expressed interest.
Herald:
Not present; no report sent.
Chronicler:
Report sent via Antonio. The March issue of The Star should go to press next week.
Exchequer:
We need to do a second polling for the financial policy. Poll was held and passed.
Sternfeld has $12,757.90 in the bank.
We're still waiting for the deposit to be returned from BWTA; it was sent to an old address.
Domesday has been finalized.
Trailer registration is updated.
Elisabetta suggests that we rent a PO Box, to maintain a consistent address for official mailings. There is a Post Office about 1.5 miles from St. Timothy's. The rent for the smallest box is around $60 annually. A polling was held and passed to approve a PO Box as long as the rent is $100 or less annually. Elisabetta asked whether we should get a box near St. Timothy's or near Fighter Practice. It was agreed that the group prefers it to be near St. Timothy's.
Marshall, Heavy:
We have practice.
Marshall, Fence:
Fencing is going well; a good number of people show up every week.
Marshall, Archery:
The landlord for archery practice requires named insurance. This will cost $50. A polling was held and passed to get the insurance.
The practice will remain on Wednesdays.
We may need to find another indoor practice venue later this year. Valadar may or may not be able to continue to host us at his shop.
Marshall, Youth:
Not present. Kat reported that there hasn't been any activity lately.
Equestrian:
We held our first practice and it went well! There were 10 people total.
The next practice will be scheduled in a few weeks.
We may have visitors coming from Bloomington.
Do we have the insurance certificate? Kat will verify and let her know ASAP.
Chirurgeon:
Not present; Kat advised there was no report.
A&S:
Constellation Scribal Retreat is in Bloomington this April.
Costumers' was held at St. Timothy's. The meeting was active and fun.
Odette judged at Midlands A&S and will be judging at South Oaken.
Brewers' Guild will be meeting in April; date and time TBD.
Cooks' Guild met and discussed Siege Cooking Competitions.
No update from Ars Rustica or Bardic.
Cornelia will be taking over Largesse League.
Elisabetta has button blanks available for anyone who wants a set.
Colette is teaching English Country Dance at Garfield Park on April 11. Contact her for details.
Chatelaine:
Cornelia read a report from Austorga.
Austorga will attend archery practice once a month, since several new folks attend.
If you meet new folks at an activity, please let Austorga know!
Minister of Youth:
Not in attendance; Kat advised she has no report.
Isabel and Bjorn are expecting - congratulations!
Property Master:
We still have two tons of stuff.
Prize Czar:
Not present; no report.
Web Minister:
We have a website!
Simple Day site is up, but it is pending many answers from Waldetrudis.
If you have updates or need to add something to the website, especially the calendar, let Antonio know.
Antonio needs bios and pictures from at least half the officers.
We've received the renewal notice for Sternfeld.org - this is our chance to transfer it from Ronan's personal property to Sternfeld property
Baronial Birthday:
Cornelia has a proposal. Rose has decided not to bid.
Proposed date: Sunday, 9-Jun-2013, 2:00 - dusk. Proposed site: Krannert shelter.
Proposed budget: $150 for food, $100 for site rental.
Johann has agreed to mentor Cornelia.
Polled and passed for Cornelia to run the event as described.
Torquil mentioned that this will likely be his and Moira's last baronial court. If you think anyone should receive awards, please send in recommendations right away.
Kat mentioned that the baronial A&S Championship will be held that day. The theme is the Sternfeld arms in any medium.
Simple Day 2013:
Plans proceed.
Pennsic:
Isabel will not be at Pennsic this year. She will organize camp in advance, but needs an on-site deputy to be Camp Mom or Dad. If you're interested, please let her know.
Torquil mentioned that Moira is still the land agent, but will have to leave earlier than normal to get back to work.
Rose will be taking the trailer to Pennsic and back.
Fishers' Ren Faire:
We haven't heard anything from them yet, and don't expect to for a couple of months or so.
General News:
Bids are being accepted for Yule Court and BWTA.
Fighter Practice Announcements for 03/19/2013
The Business Meeting is this week.
We will be polling on the bids for Baronial Birthday at the meeting.
The Baronial A&S Championship will be held at Baronial Birthday. The challenge will be to construct the Baronial Arms in any medium.
Simple Day is our next big event (website coming soon).
There will be English Country Dance taught by Colette at Garfield Park on April 11th from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. It's free!
Fighter Practice Announcements for 03/12/2013
The Business Meeting is next week.
We will be polling on the bids for Baronial Birthday at the meeting.
The Baronial A&S Championship will be held at Baronial Birthday. The challenge will be to construct the Baronial Arms in any medium.
Simple Day is our next big event (website coming soon).
There will be English Country Dance taught by Colette at Garfield Park on April 11th from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. It's free!
Barony of Sternfeld Official Business Meeting Minutes for 2/28/2013
35 (!) Gentles in AttendanceBaronial - Thanks for everyone at BWTA. Master Johann and Abess Waltrudis have put their names in the hat for Baronial Polling, as have Lady Odile and Lord Ulfr. Meet and Greet in April, Polling in May, to be installed most likely at Simple Day. Contact the Baron and Baroness and the Seneschal if you are also interested. Sternfeld had an overwhelming majority of the entries in Constellation A&S at BWTA, winning the challenge that was presented. People have started to register for Pennsic. If camping with Sternfeld, and you have before, go ahead and sign up and confirm with Moira (the land agent) that she sees you. If you've not camped with Sternfeld before, please talk to Moira before registering so she can discuss the rules, etc. Cutoff for Pennsic prereg is earlier this year - get your registrations in please!
GREAT OFFICERS:
Seneschal - On April 14th we will have a meet and greet for the Baronage candidates. It will be held during the afternoon at the Chase Legacy Center. It will be a question and answer session, so start thinking of good questions! Wear your best garb! The SCA Corporate Lawsuit Settlement has occurred. Middle Kingdom received 70% back from SCA Inc. Sternfeld originally contributed $5500, and would be eligible to get back up to $3850. We have about $11,000 in the bank as of the end of January. A motion was raised that we would like $3000 of the $5500 back. First polling passed. (This works out to 55% of what we originally submitted.) The emergency finance committee polled again so we could meet our deadline to respond to the Middle Kingdom in the time they wish. Second polling passed.
Herald - Absent, no report this month.
Chronicler - The February Newsletter was published. The March Newsletter will be published soon. Submit articles and stories!
Exchequer - The event brought in slightly more than $4000. We had 181 pay on the day of the event of, plus 42 pre-registrations. We made $143.73 on the event, plus we will be receiving about $500 more from the deposit on the site. The Kingdom Exchequer liked how troll was run and it's likely going to become the Kingdom procedure. The Domesday, once complete and approved, will be posted on the website and possibly also in the newsletter.
Marshals:
Heavy - Got some new elbows. Decent turnout of at least 5-6 people. Things are going well! The practice at BWTA went well.
Fence - Continued to have good turnout. One youth has been showing up pretty regularly and one possibly starting soon. Regional practice on the 2nd Tuesday is still going well. Tons of Marshals and MITs, which is always good.
Archery - Archery is going extremely well. There were 20 shooters even with a few regulars not present this week. About 90 shooters were at BWTA. Ilja has completed her Marshalate paperwork and is working on getting signed off. There's two other MITs, Cecily and Stephen. Starting the first week of April, archery night will be moved to the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Thursdays from 7 pm to 9 pm.
Youth - Absent, no report this month. There were some youth at BWTA.
Equestrian - Starts March 3rd - THIS SUNDAY!!! At 2 PM. The details are on the website. Mostly will be a discussion meeting to decide how we are running practice. There will be a few loaner horses available to rent. People need to be able to prepare/saddle a horse and ride it a bit. People not interested in riding but who want to help out with resetting games, etc. are welcome.
Chirurgeon - Absent, but there was a minor injury at BWTA that didn't require a chirurgeon.
MoAS - Thanks to Johann for his years of service. A longer report is attached below these notes...
LESSER OFFICES:
Chatelaine - We have new people, including a bunch of new archers at archery practice. There were new people at BWTA. Next project is finishing organization of Gold Key Garb. If you borrowed garb to repair it, please return it!
Minister of Youth - BWTA was fun. Five children attended children's pointe. Caristonia was a big help.
Property Master - We still have a ton of stuff (believe it or not). We are going to start working on wooden signs for events and some new signs for Troll plus some form of crowd control "velvet ropes" for Troll at events. The Baroness volunteered that she may have something that would help with that.
Prize Czar - Not much to report. Archery did a good job of finding their own prizes for the event that were themed to archery.
Web Minister - We have a website. Simple Day website will be up soon - I've been sent information, and I'm working off last year's site.
EVENTS:
BWTA - From the Feastocrat - one of the smoothest feasts we've had! Very little food came back to the kitchen! Lunch went well, we sold out. She'd like the funds earmarked for the scribal supply closet. The people in attendance agreed this was very reasonable. The judges lunch was great. Merchants liked the layout of the merchants area this year. There were questions about the archers line being shorter than we'd like. It's possible that in the future, the archery field will be rotated to make the line a little bit longer. Mynnd Seren might be willing to loan us an additional net so that additional firing space might be possible. A lot of people thought checkin for Troll was actually where the main entrance to the building is - this should be considered for the future. Next year's autocrat should use these notes! There were 28 entrants and 32 judges. Not too many issues, a successful divisional championship and pentathalon. All but a few pieces qualified to go on to Kingdom. We didn't need four runners for the A&S Faire - two would have been sufficient. Number of entries is slightly lower than the other regions. The later in February we can do this event (if we are hosting the A&S faire) the better. A suggestion of the 22nd and 23rd of February would be a good time to run this event in 2014. The possibility of hosting this event at Hendricks County again is likely - Kat will call and hold the site for us for that date since we've got that site figured out pretty well.
Baronial Birthday - Cordelia and Rose are both interested in possibly running Baronial Birthday. Both are given the month to prepare their bids - please come with your bids, including an inexpensive site, to the March business meeting. Johann has expressed an interest in mentoring whoever gets the bid. Possible dates being floated are June 2nd or June 9th, both Sundays as the Saturdays all have major events scheduled.
Simple Day - Nearly all department heads are in place. The activities are going to be essentially the same, including the same schedule. The cookie tourney may or may not be happening. Elisabetta has been given the information for ACCEPS, which will hopefully posted on April 1st. Bead Rescue will be at the event. Six classes have already been presented. Department heads are in place.
Demo - Oaks Academy on March 9th at 10 am, need fencers and heavy!
Fishers Ren Faire - Discussion. We've been partially invited back. They specifically want heavy and pike drills (no fencing, archery, or the village). The Faire's concerns are the cost and space required for the full setup we've done in the past. We'd be doing 3 heavy weapons shows and 2 pike drill shows. Looking for 21 fighters - we've had 40 people on site in the past, so our headcount will be about half of what it was in the past. We'll be hearing more about what is looked for in a month or two.
MOAS Report Follows:
In General: The Constellation Scribal Retreat is coming up on April 20th in Bloomington. The following is from Lord Ian the Green:
"The Constellation Scribal Retreat is a scribal focused event with no Arts Martial designed to build up and support the wonderful scribes of the Middle Kingdom. Come; bring your pens, inks, paint brushes, pigments, paints, scribal desks, and sundry scribal materials and tools as well as a friend. Join us in a fun and magical day of scribal geekery. Make new friends, learn new things, and get more grounded in things you already know."
"Our day will be filled with:
- A scribal show, tell and try area.
- Tracks of classes.
- An all day Scribal Play area.
- One on one tutoring times with Peers of Calligraphy and Illumination!
- The Dragon Signet will be present and will be giving a keynote talk during lunch.
- Lunch will be served on site, but there is no feast."
Costumers - planning a garb camp but the date and time have not been firmed up.
Brewers - Due to a lack of sufficient time to properly keep the group in motion, Antonio is handing over leadership of the Brewing/Vintners/Cordial-ling Group to Mistress Wulfwen. She will be organizing meet-ups and events, as well as moderating the Sternfeld Fermenter's Yahoo Group.
Cooks - Sunday's Cooks Guild was canceled so our cooks can recover from the feast. If you enjoyed the feast be sure to thank them! They work very hard and heads down building up to a feast.
Ars Rustica - Hatchery catalogs are all in, as are nursery catalogs. We've had one mass order for seeds already and Abot Johann knows of at least one order for a dozen goslings. He's also ordered some chicks from Sandhill Preservation but not from Murray McMurray yet. He has not yet heard what Odile or Ysabel want to do. Next meeting is in March.
Performance Arts - Colette has been meeting with Contra/Folk Dancers - she's also teaching English Country at Garfield Park every two months.
Largesse - Rois has created a Largess exchange program. Kind of like a secret Santa exchange. See her for details.
Bardic - Daisy will be hosting a Bardic circle at her home this Saturday (2/23) at 7:30. Let her know if anyone needs directions.
Fighter Practice Announcements for 02/26/2013
We are looking for bids for Baronial Birthday. Contact Kat if interested. If no bids are received by this month's business meeting (rescheduled for February 28th) this event will not be held this year.
Speaking of the Baronial Business Meeting, it was cancelled last week due to weather and has been rescheduled for February 28th, at St. Timothy's (the same place as usual).
There will be our annual demo for the Oaks Academy on March 9th at 10 AM. They will need fencers and heavy fighters.
Simple Day is our next big event. Volunteer for something!
Baronial polling will be happening before Simple Day, all those interested please see Kat or their Excellencies Moira and Torquil.
We are doing our annual Oaks Academy demo on March 9th at 10 AM, we need fencers and heavy fighters.
Fighter Practice Announcements for 02/05/2013
BWTA is February 16th and is looking for volunteers!Constellation Regional A&S will be at BWTA. A challenge has been issued to the region, so all should try and enter.
We are looking for bids for Baronial Birthday. Contact Kat if interested. If no bids are received by this month's business meeting (February 21st) this event will not be held this year.
Baronial polling will be happening before Simple Day, all those interested please see Kat or their Excellencies Moira and Torquil.
We are doing our annual Oaks Academy demo on March 9th at 10 AM, we need fencers and heavy fighters.
Fighter Practice Announcements for 01/22/2013
At Fighter Practice on January 29th we will be doing a demo for a Homeschool group. We are looking for volunteers to help with this! Need we color, a few A&S demo people and fighters both heavy and light.BWTA is February 16th and is looking for volunteers!
Constellation Regional A&S will be at BWTA. A challenge has been issued to the region, so all should try and enter.
We are looking for bids for Baronial Birthday. Contact Kat if interested.
Baronial polling will be happening before Simple Day, all those interested please see Kat or their Excellencies Moira and Torquil
On February 7th at 6:30 PM, there will be English Country Dancing at Garfield Park, taught by Colette!
Barony of Sternfeld Business Meeting - 01/17/2013
In attendance: 19 GentlesBaronial Report - Reminder that Emil's funeral is tommorow (Friday). Nothing else to report at this time.
Great Offices:
Seneschal - About to sign a new contract with Krannert for 2013. Looking at helping them by doing an Art in the Park program, as discussed at the November Business Meeting. Kat will meet with the Park on the 29th of January to discuss this. We are starting the process for Baronial Polling. Anyone interested should contact Kat or their Excellencies. The polling is tentatively set for Mid-April. There will be a meet-and-greet to get to know the candidates. Each candidate will need proof of membership and a letter of intent.
Herald - The Herald sent a deputy. We received money at the Althing to get heralds tabards. Colette is now the Deputy Herald, she'll be doing court, while he's doing bookwork.
Chronicler - Still working on January's issue. Shooting for the 2nd Tuesday of each month to publish.
Exchequer - The exchequer is ill (get well soon ~ ed), but sent a deputy. 2012 Reports were passed out. We have over $13,000 in the bank. Domesday has been completed and balanced correctly (yay!).
Marshals:
Heavy - Practice is happening! We've had several new people recently.
Fence - Fencing is going well. Throw-downs have been well attended. MITs reminded that quarterly report is due by the end of January.
Archery - Attendance is steady, averaging between 14-18 people, with some variety. There were 22 at the most recent practice. There were five visitors from Mynnd Seren. Better War Range schedule is set and individual/team shoots have been planned. Duchess Elena will be running the Baronial Championship.
Youth - Practice hasn't been happening lately.
Equestrian - We have an Equestrian Marshal in the area looking to begin offering practice. We will be amending the by-laws to add the office. We will also need to get an insurance certificate for $50 to cover the Equestrian practice. The idea passed first polling and we will get that process rolling. Information about practices and the Marshal's information will be posted on the website.
Chirurgeon - Sent a deputy. Rowena got a job. (Yay!)
MoAS: This is Johann's last meeting as MoAS - Duncan takes over for the following month!
Costumers - Met in January, looked at Turkish Books. Colette received an industrial Snap/Grommet press which she will gladly let people use.
Brewers - Johann is looking to get rid of some carboys and primary fermentation containers, plus bottles. There's a brewing activity May 1st (tentative) looking for people to demo for different styles of brewing.
Cooks - Prep mode for BWTA feast. Will be doing some shopping and pricing for meats and other things for the upcoming feast. Gerda did a presentation of breads that will be used for the feast at BWTA. Pickling will probably also happen this weekend at Cooks Guild.
Ars Rustica - Geese are being obtained.
Performance Arts - Colette has been meeting with Contra/Folk Dancers - she's also teaching English Country at Garfield Park every two months.
Largesse - Has not met recently.
Bardic - Performing Bardic this weekend (Saturday Night) at Daisy's.
Lesser Offices:
Chatelaine - If you borrowed garb to repair it, please return it, repaired or not!
Minister of Youth - Quarterly report submitted. Supplies being gathered and organized. Caristonia is coming on as a deputy for this position.
Property Master - We have stuff.
Prize Czar - No report this month.
Web Minister - Websites are up. We'll be posting a Simple Day website soon, once the Web Minister receives the information. Continuing to work on projects like the online award listings and related projects. Send me info for an event you are autocratting or a department head for!
Events:
Yule - We should buy 45 pounds of meat for this event in the future. All unused funds from the Yule Budget will be given to St. Timothy's for their kind willingness to allow us to use their space frequently.
BWTA - February 16th. Graine is doing populace lunch. Odette is doing judges lunch. Lunch will be comped for judges and staff. Volunteers are needed. Advance troll checkins starting at 8. Troll starts at 9. Populace space will not be provided in the main area archery area. It will be in the same area as lunch and youth point.
Baronial Birthday - Bids are open! There were no bids this month. Submit a bid by the Tuesday before the next business meeting. If no bids are received by February's meeting, there will not be an event. Bids need to come with a budget due to the lateless of the submission. Contact Kat with questions.
Simple Day - Various volunteers are needed. Greyhound coursing will happen. Lunch, feast, royalty liason, etc. have been taken care of. Cleanup crew lead (and crew) are still needed.
Demo - January 29th, there will be a homeschool group at fighter practice. Something like four families will be present - would be nice if some could come early with looking at A&S and fighting plus color. We are encouraging all to come in garb. If you have an A&S activity you'd like to demo, let Kat know. Spinning is already represented, but other options will be appreciated.
Fighter Practice Announcements for 01/15/2013
The Business Meeting is on Thursday at St. Timothy's.At Fighter Practice on January 29th we will be doing a demo for a Homeschool group. We are looking for volunteers to help with this! Need we color, a few A&S demo people and fighters both heavy and light.
BWTA is February 16th and is looking for volunteers!
Constellation Regional A&S will be at BWTA. A challenge has been issued to the region, so all should try and enter.
We are looking for bids for Baronial Birthday. Contact Kat if interested.
Baronial polling will be happening before Simple Day, all those interested please see Kat or their Excellencies Moira and Torquil
Fighter Practice Announcements for 01/08/2013
BWTA is February 16th and is looking for volunteers!Constellation Regional A&S will be at BWTA. A challenge has been issued to the region, so all should try and enter.
We are looking for bids for Baronial Birthday. Contact Kat if interested.
If you are officer, and you have items owned by the Barony, please contact Ronin with a list of your items ASAP!
Baronial polling will be happening before Simple Day, all those interested please see Kat or their Excellencies Moira and Torquil
Fighter Practice Announcements for 12/18/2012
BWTA is February 16th and is looking for volunteers!Constellation Regional A&S will be at BWTA. A challenge has been issued to the region, so all should try and enter.
Yule Court will be on January 5th, at St. Timothy's. There will be no stove or oven available at Yule Court - plan accordingly.
There will be no fighter practice on Tuesday December 25th or Tuesday January 1st due to holidays.
Officers! Your inventory of Baronial Property needs to be sent in to the Property Master ASAP!
Happy Holidays to Everyone!
Barony of Sternfeld Business Meeting Minutes - 12/13/2012
In attendance: Torquil, Moira, Ulfr, Odile, Noelle, Johann, Az, Wulfwen, Waldetrudis, Duncan, Megan, Grainne, Ryu, Kat, John, Bjorn, Brigitte, Rurik, Elizabetta, Austorga, Ronan, Alexandra
Baron & Baroness:
-Not much to report.
-Coronets are holding up after their repairs.
-Please send in award recommendations! Most of the Court List for Yule Court is complete, but Their Excellencies always need more recommendations.
-Brigitte asked whether any recommendations were submitted online; she sent one in. Moira said no and asked her to re-send as a test of the system.
-Moira encourages people to use Society names when in Society settings, including in social media. Johan enthusiastically seconded this; half the fun of a Society event is in our alternate personae.
Seneschal:
-Report is due in January.
-Moira has drafted a "How to Determine the Size of a Sternfeld Event" sheet for the group's use. The group liked it.
-Suggestions were made to split the 10-20 point Large category into 10-14 and 15-20. It was decided to leave it as-is, and review it as necessary after it has been in use for a few events.
-Suggestion was made to include the event examples (Try Something New = Small, BWTA = Medium and Simple Day = Large) on the spreadsheet, to help people compare scope between events.
-Moira will make the Google spreadsheet available for use.
Herald:
-Odile delivered a report as proxy for Llewellyn.
-The tabard project is on hold, and he will get back to it after the New Year.
-Llewellyn would appreciate it if someone could be his permanent proxy reporter, since he is working nights.
Chronicler:
-Two Stars were put online yesterday.
-Officer reports for The Star are due by the last day of the month. Exchequer has a permanent exception so that her end-of-month reporting can be correct.
-Waldetrudis requested to have her information updated in The Star.
Exchequer:
-As of the end of November, we have $14,620.46 in the account.
-Try Something New event report is almost completed.
~We have a projected loss of $346.14.
~Moira asked which area was over budget. Elizabetta stated that both attendance and feast sales were below expectations.
~The site was over $800; the only reason we held is there was because Tipton was unavailable.
~Moira reported that we had a large number of requests from attendees for the event to be held again. Everyone had a great time.
~Kat said that this was the first event she has had the time to enjoy while serving as Seneschal.
~Elizabetta mentioned that the new Troll procedures and forms worked very well. Bjorn commented that the process was very easy to learn.
-Elizabetta passed out the 2013 Budget.
~First polling passed in November at the Althing.
~Torquil asked what our profit or loss was for 2012, not including the payment to the Society for the lawsuit. Elizabetta said our estimated loss was around $2,800.
~Comments were made that we made several capital purchases, such as Cooks' Guild equipment that is owned by the Barony.
~Torquil said that we do need to keep our annual expenses in mind going forward, especially since we may or may not have the income from the Fishers Renaissance Fair demo.
~Kat asked Elizabetta to prepare a report on 2012 expenses that can be reviewed at the January Business Meeting.
~Elizabetta pulled up the 2012 spreadsheet and stated that tentatively the group is breaking even overall, setting aside the payment to the Society and the Cooks' Guild equipment.
~It was agreed to continue discussing ways to keep the Barony's budget balanced.
~Second polling was held and passed.
-Elizabetta passed out copies of the Sternfeld Financial Policy.
~Antonio will publish the Policy online.
~The plan is to poll on the Policy twice, starting tonight.
~Section V: Austorga asked whether we should particularly call out the Department Heads as need or not needing to pay Troll in advance. Consensus was that V-e-ii covers this situation. Policy will be left as-is, with the expectation that the Autocrat will sign off for Department Heads either in advance or at the event.
~First polling was held and passed.
~The next polling is scheduled for the January Business Meeting, on 17-Jan-2013.
-Elizabetta mentioned that we need new checks. She has priced duplicate checks.
~We can get 500 from Wal-Mart for $40. She would also like to order a "For Deposit Only" stamp. Total for the checks and stamp is $72.82, which is not in the Exchequer's budget.
~Polling was held and passed.
-Moira asked whether Elizabetta has a drop-dead deputy. Elizabetta is working on it; Grainne has expressed tentative interest.
Marshall, Heavy:
-We are still having practice.
-The "getting armor together for loaner gear" project has not progressed much.
Marshall, Fence:
-Practices are well-attended; we may be getting some new youth fencers.
-Check your authorization card! Many expire at the end of 2012, due to the mass re-issue last time.
Marshall, Archery:
-Moira mentioned that Eadric is trying to find a proxy deputy to report.
-Archery practices are happening regularly.
Marshall, Youth:
-Moira reported that Rois has asked people to call her if they have any questions or need information.
Chirurgeon:
-Kat reported for Rowena.
-There are people interested in becoming deputies.
-Moira asked whether Alexandra's accident at Try Something New was reported. Kat said it was not; she will make sure one is put in.
A&S:
-Johann asked what Costumers' was up to. Odile mentioned that Costumers' met last Thursday.
-Johann mentioned that he has come across three 5-gallon carboys, if the Brewers & Vintners are interested. He also has one at his house that needs a new home.
-Cooks' has been meeting regularly. Sunday's meeting is Cooks' and Bards' at Grainne's house. The discussion will be "what would have been served in period during the holiday season."
-Ars Rustica is preparing for the new year; poultry and gardening catalogues are starting to arrive. In January they will discuss placing group orders.
-Johann reminded the group that Colette is teaching at an English Country Dance class at Garfield Park. (Editor's Note: It was the same night as the business meeting this month. Dates are being scheduled for February and April. More info forthcoming.)
-Several local dance troupes have asked Sternfeld to come teach their members some period dances. These would be at the troupes' private practices; they are not demos. This kind of request is likely to continue. We should try to focus on them as recruitment activities and ways to introduce the community to the Society.
-Brigitte asked Johann to send the information to her for the newsletter.
Largesse League:
-Next meeting is in January at Yule Court. The project will be sewing kits.
Chatelaine:
-Two people have volunteered to be ad-hoc deputies; Eine and Cornelia. They will be running Chatelaine's Point at BWTA.
-Ceridwen has approached Austorga to help with repairing Gold Key Garb.
-Not all of the Gold Key Garb that was farmed out for repair has been returned.
-Please return it to Austorga before BWTA.
Minister of Youth:
-Kat reported for Emme.
-Emme needs a deputy and additional people to help at events.
Property Master:
-Ronan is still getting officers' property reports.
-We need to renew the trailer registration.
-Moira asked how plans are coming for the list pole rack for the trailer. Ronan said he needs help diagramming what he wants. Torquil volunteered to help with that.
Prize Czar:
-Please let Grainne know well in advance if you need something specific for BWTA.
Web Minister:
-Wulfwen reported for Antonio.
-We have websites up for all of our upcoming events! Antonio is very grateful to everyone who has sent him information; please keep it up!
-Ronan said he has some "Not seeing what you need? Click here to test your browser!' links we can use.
Try Something New:
-Ulfr asked how much publicity we had for the event. Moira said she placed an ad in The Pale; she purposely kept the advertising low-key to keep the event small.
-John particularly liked the site because there was an excellent pizza place nearby, Mug & Pye.
Yule:
-Scheduled for 5-Jan-2013.
-We have a website!
-The stove and oven at St. Timothy's will be out of commission; please plan your potluck items wisely. Odile will put a reminder on the potluck Google doc.
-The Baronial Cooking Competition will take place. Waldetrudis said she will send out information shortly. Basic criteria: recipe must be documentable to period; minimum documentation encouraged; must include an ingredient list; please avoid known items to which the Baron is allergic. Waldetrudis will provide prizes for first, second and third places.
BWTA 2013:
-All Department Head positions have been filled; thank you!
-Mara is the Volunteer Coordinator; she will have a Google doc online soon for people to sign up.
-Austorga is ordering the materials to make site tokens; she will bring them to Yule Court.
-Elizabetta has received an email from the ACCEPS Treasurer; everything is approved on the ACCEPS end; approval is needed from the Sternfeld end.
-Moira volunteered to coordinate entertainment at feast. She would also like to sponsor a soteltie competition. Entertainment at court will have the theme "Storytelling."
-Grainne is making the populace lunch; Odette is making the judges' lunch.
-Kat asked that we start publicizing the overnight activities ASAP; this will help the event to make money.
-Johann has had the feast menu posted on the event website. He will start preparing make-ahead dishes in January.
Baronial Birthday:
-Kat is soliciting bids for Baronial Birthday.
Simple Day 2013:
-Waldetrudis distributed budget packets.
-Waldetrudis has confirmed that we are on the site calendar for the FFA Center.
-She needs a check for $1,124 for the site deposit.
-The theme for the event is "A Simple Faire (or Fare) for a Simple Day."
-Moira asked that Waldetrudis have the site write into the contract that "lodging will be charged per use only," so that we do not have to pay for unused cabins or tent camping.
-Ceridwen will be doing the lunch and the feast. Lunch budget $300; feast budget $600. Lunch price $5; feast price is being debated between $8 and $10.
-Based on the attendance numbers from 2012, which are the lowest we have seen in many years, the projected profit is $871.
-Waldetrudis asked how much ACCEPS costs; Elizabetta confirmed that it is $15.
-Kat said that when considering the budget for polling, we need to adjust the following items:
~Non-Member Surcharge has increased from $3 to $5; this is a pass-through expense to the Society so it doesn't impact the budget total.
~The ACCEPS charge is $15 rather than $50.
~The specific insurance charge is not necessary.
-Waldetrudis asked if we have to pay for the Society insurance that names the site as an additional insured. Kat said that it wasn't required last year.
-Torquil asked whether the budget included all of the areas we used last year; per Waldetrudis, it does.
-First polling was held and passed.
-Emergency Finance Committee passed the polling for the site deposit.
General News:
-Kat mentioned that her homeschooling group has requested a demo on 29-Jan-2013. She suggested that this be done as two activities; a small demo at her house or a local church, and then invite the group to come to Fighter Practice.
-Moira suggested that Krannert might have a room that could be used, rather than having the first part of the demo offsite. Kat said she will look into this. The first part is likely to start at 4:00; Kat needs some additional help to demonstrate some A&S activities. Odile volunteered to help.
Fighter Practice Announcements for 12/11/2012
BWTA is February 16th and is looking for volunteers!Next business meeting is moving days because of holidays this month! The meeting will be December 13th (that's Thursday!!!)! Meeting will be at Odile's house: 1208 Hoover Lane, Indianapolis, IN 46260.
For people not attending the business meeting, there will be English Country Dancing taught by Colette at Garfield Park on Thursday, December 13th from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.
Yule Court will be on January 5th, at St. Timothy's. There will be no stove or oven available at Yule Court - plan accordingly.
There will be no fighter practice on Tuesday December 25th or Tuesday January 1st due to holidays.
Fighter Practice Announcements for 12/4/2012
Try Something New- Thanks to everyone for all the hard work!
BWTA is February 16th and is looking for volunteers!
Next business meeting is moving days because of holidays this month! The meeting will be December 13th! Meeting will be at Odile's house: 1208 Hoover Lane, Indianapolis, IN 46260.
Yule Court will be on January 5th, at St. Timothy's.
There will be no fighter practice on Tuesday December 25th or Tuesday January 1st due to holidays.
Fighter Practice Announcements for 11/27/2012
Try Something New will be December 1st at Hall Civic - we are still looking for volunteers! Please note that the incorrect address has been published in some locations. We are working diligently to fix this. The address on the Sternfeld Website is now correct. The correct address is:
Hall Civic
5955 W Hurt Road
Monrovia, IN 46157
The next business meeting has been moved to December 13th, due to the holidays. It will be at the home of Odile de Brienne, which is at: 1208 Hoover Lane, Indianapolis, IN 46260.
Yule Court will be on January 5th, at St. Timothy's.
There will be no fighter practice on Tuesday December 25th or Tuesday January 1st due to holidays.
Fighter Practice Announcments for 11/20/2012
Try Something New will be December 1st at Hall Civic - we are still looking for volunteers!
The next business meeting is December 20th.
Yule Court will be on January 5th, at St. Timothy's.
There will be no fighter practice on Tuesday December 25th or Tuesday January 1st due to holidays.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Archived Announcements
Barony of Sternfeld 11/18/2012 Althing Meeting
Overall:
Drafts of changes to the Baronial Bylaws and Baronial Financial policy were distributed. A copy of these policies will be edited with changes discussed at this meeting - these revised documents will be posted to the website and to the Sternfeld list, as well in the Sternfeld Star. These policy changes will be voted on at the next two business meetings, so there is opportunity to suggest changes between this meeting and the next two business meetings. Polling on the finalized versions of these documents is planned for December and January.
Financial Policy:
Our Exchequer (Elisabetta) presented the Financial Policy for the Barony. Discussion occurred regarding how the signatories (other than the Exchequer, Seneschal, and Regional Exchequer) are changed out. Do they need to be changed regularly? What are the criteria?
The outgoing Exchequer will not be retained as a signatory.
After discussion it was decided that an announcements page will be made on the website to post weekly announcements, including any financial decisions over $100, in addition to announcing them at a weekly meeting. When possible, these financial decisions will be published in the Star as well.
Article 7 Section 7.05 was proposed to be stricken from the Bylaws, as the same policy is covered in the financial policy. Proposed wording was discussed. (This is Financial Policy 2e.) Wording will be drafted.
There is a form for all reimbursements or advances. It will be made available via the website along with other financial policies and forms.
Bylaws Revisions:
Throughout the bylaws, wherever the Star is mentioned as a place to publish information, the website will be added as well. Additionally, locations in the bylaws where financial policies are dictated will be removed, with a reference to the Financial Policies document.
(Article VI) Champions:
Strike the phrase "No Champion may compete to succeed him or herself." from Section 6.02.
Strike the phrase ", once in the month preceding the Baronial Birthday and once in the month preceding the Baronial Holiday Court." from Section 6.03 This is to allow flexibility in scheduling the changes of champions.
Strike the same phrase in the previous item from 6.04 as well.
Strike the phrase "at the Better War Through Archery event, or another event chosen by the Coronet," from 6.05.
(The preceding 3 changes are for the same reason.)
Change "according to the A&S criteria of the Middle Kingdom and the wishes of the Coronet." to "according to the wishes of the Coronet." from 6.06.
Also change 6.06 to remove "and judged at the Baronial Birthday".
Also change 6.06 to remove "and the current A&S Champion" and replace with "and others invited by the Coronet."
(Article VII) Events:
Discussion of how to word and or change 7.01 "The Barony shall hold a maximum of three (3) large events per calendar year." A rewording is due from the people working on it by December 13th.
7.01.a Strike "1st quarter of the year" to remove the required date range to allow it to happen at other times when needed.
7.01.c Strike that item entirely. It's an optional event.
7.01.c.i Strike entirely.
7.01.c.ii Strike entirely - due to more hotels having been built around Indianapolis, the Indy 500 makes it no longer a problem to hold events that weekend.
2013 Officer Budgets:
Were passed on first polling (will poll again at December 2012 Business Meeting).
As follows:
$300.00 Archery
$25.00 Chatelaine
$50.00 Chirurgeon
$150.00 Chronicler
$150.00 Coronet
$25.00 Exchequer
$150.00 Herald
$25.00 Knight's Marshal
$100.00 MOAS
$25.00 MoY
$500.00 Prize Czar
$500.00 Property
$25.00 Fencing Marshal
$100.00 Seneschal
$100.00 Youth Marshal
$2,225.00 TOTAL
These funds are funds that are pre-approved for spending by the officer/deputies in question without further approval. Any projects or money outside this budget that must be spent can be passed via pollings at Business Meetings.
Baronial Inventory:
Reminder. If you have stuff and it belongs to the Barony. Please send a complete list of the individual items you have to the Exchequer BEFORE December 31st. The sooner the better.
November 15th, 2012 Barony of Sternfeld Meeting Minutes
Baron & Baroness: The Baroness reports that a batch of the Sternfeld coins has arrived, as was ordered. The court list for Try Something New is being finalized. Please make award recommendations via the Sternfeld Website!
Seneschal: The Althing is Sunday, November 18th from 1PM-6PM at the Chase Legacy Center; officers please get with Kat on any needs for Althing discussions. Kat would like to have a report from all officers for the Althing, especially major officers. Kat would like a yearly budget from each office. Share a treat or donate to St. Timothy's food bank.
Herald: Currently working second shift. Nothing to report currently. Officially has a voice deputy: Colette.
Chronicler: Working on November issue of the Star.
Exchequer: As of end of October, we have $15,479.81. Quarterly reports have been submitted. The exchequer is still working to get the information for financial committee members to be submitted so we are in compliance. The quarterly numbers that we got from Kingdom actually matches what we have, for the first time in a long time, possibly ever! We have a new regional exchequer and a semi-new kingdom exchequer. We need to order checks - we have less than 100 remaining.
Marshal (Heavy): Last month, $100 was passed for new armor. Ulfr still needs to spend it. Attendance is up - the gym is getting crowded which is absolutely a good thing!
Fencing: Doing well. Domesday made it in on time. We have 11 fencing marshals in the Barony! Plus one in training!
Archery: Eadric reports that attendance is pretty steady. They are looking forward to BWTA.
Youth: Haven't practiced recently. Inventory is done. Wishlist coming together in the next few days.
Chirurgeon: Nothing to report. We may have a new person working on getting warranted!
MoAS: No report this week.
Costumers: Doing a show-and-tell event at the Try Something New event. Also offering garb construction help and gothic fitted dress fittings.
Brewers: People are Brewing and Vinting and Cordialing. Ronan is teaching a class on it at Try Something New.
Cooking: Will not meet this week but due to the Althing, will not be meeting this month.
Ars Rustica: No report. We do still have lots of chickens.
Performance Arts: No report.
Largesse: Will meet in January after the holidays. Will be putting pins and needles in sewing kits. Maybe in January at the Yule event.
Lesser Offices:
Chatelaine: Is still looking for a deputy. Has been absent and busy. She did submit her report to Kingdom. Gold Key needs inventory.
Minister of Youth: Needs help for events. Needs some firm commitments. Needs to still do property inventory of the Youth Property.
Property Master: We have stuff. Lots of it. 22 Pages Worth! That's just the storage and trailer, not stuff officers have. Officers need to provide a list of their Baronial Property. Only the Youth Combat Marshal has done so up to this point. (The Web Minister would like to inform the Property Master that he does not have any property.)
Prize Czar: The prize czar is planning on spending her budget to get some more prizes. If you want prizes at an event you are running, please contact the prize czar to request which prizes you think would be appropriate!
Web Minister: We have a website. Sites exist for "Try Something New". The Yule site will go up as soon as information is provided. The site for BWTA is in process and will be going live within the next week, in all likelihood.
Officers were given instructions and information on their new sternfeld.org accounts, which provide email and google docs accounts for all major and minor officers plus autocrats for all events we run! Email addresses will be updated on the web in the next week or so, per agreement of the officers present. Contact Antonio (webminister@...) or 317-985-3178 for tech support or help using the tools. I want these tools to work well for the Barony!
Events Updates:
Try Something New - December 1st: There are tons of classes (62 by this author's count). This will be a really different event, and there's a lot of enthusiasm and energy behind it! We need to be offsite on time, as we are charged by the hour. We have 8 tracks of classes, in four rooms plus the gym will be divided into four classrooms. Details (times, location) are available on the event website at: www.midrealm.org/sternfeld/trysomethingnew/
Yule - January 5th: Website coming soon. Event will run from 10 AM to 9 PM. Wulfwen will be smoking meat for the event. Remainder of food will be pitch-in. There will be a cooking competition as well. Court and Golden Tower meeting will happen.
BWTA - February 16th to 17th: First ad will be in the December Pale. Talking to department heads. Getting information. The archery schedule is together. Bead Rescue Project will be there. Site tokens to be ordered soon.
Baronial Birthday - Bids are Open for this Event (June 2013). Crickets were heard on this topic. Please submit a bid if you are considering it!
Simple Day - Waldetrudis is currently looking for sites. Waldetrudis is down to two choices: The FFA Center (Same as Previous Two Years), and Johnson County (Same as Many Previous Years). Discussion of the benefits and problems with both sites has been discussed. In either case, a Tavern-Style Feast would be the feast and a feastocrat has been found. We'll be discussing this at the Althing Sunday - please consider the options. A quick polling indicates that FFA Center is the better option, but more discussion will need to happen.
Event Discussion - A rewrite of the rules in the bylaws regarding events is being discussed. We'll be discussing this in more detail at the Althing.
Krannert Park - We'll be setting up a contract for 2013 with the park for use of the space. We pay $25 an hour, for two hours each Tuesday for the gym rental for fighter practice. (We don't pay for 52 weeks - as we are outside for a chunk of the year.) We are looking at the option of offering classes at/during fighter practice to try and make our group more appealing to the Park Management. These classes would be things we could teach to the public.
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