October 5, 2004

16 members of the Marche (including Officers) attending. Meeting called to order at 7:10 PM.

Officers of the Marche in attendance:

Seneschal - Mistress Leah bint Salah (Ginger Shelby)
Herald - Lady Duvessa of Movilla (Carissa Spenst)
Chronicler - Lady Faoileann inghean Tighearnaigh (Ann Grabach)
Knight's Marshal - Lord Giles fitz Alan (Curtis Conrad)
Exchequer - Lady Faoileann inghean Tighearnaigh (Ann Grabach)
Minister Of Arts & Science - Lord Ulf the Wanderer (Brian Spenst)
Chatelaine - Lady Aine the Dreamseeker (Carolyn Dollish)

Officer's Reports:

Seneschal - the new seneschal introduced herself and bid all welcome
Minister of Arts and Sciences -working on sorting many donated books, Tournaments Illuminated, and Compleat Anachronist. We have projects for Hastings - a tablecloth for head table and napkins.
Herald - report in on time; continuing work on names & devices for shire members
Knight's Marshal - one heavy practice with newest fighter
Chatelaine - has contacted Jaycees with no results yet
Chronicler - newsletter was distributed
Exchequer - the signatories on the checking account have been changed to include Faoileann, Leah, Aine, and Artemisia Grimaldi, Kingdom Exchequer; exchequer's report follows:

     Marche of Three Towers
     Statement of Account
September 1 through September 30, 2004

Old Business:

•Halloween Parade
Aine reported that she has attempted to call the Jaycees several times and has left messages, but they have not returned her calls. If we don't have an application by next week, we won't march in the parade.

•Hastings - 10/16
Anyone who wants is invited to tour the event site on Wednesday, October 6 at 6:00. Camp Mowana will loan us bales of straw, with the stipulation that we purchase any we break. Truffie is ordering the wooden disks for site tokens and will be painting those. Duvessa is going to purchase the red, gold, & white ribbon for the tokens. Truffie & Leah are going to work out the logistics of getting her trailer to Giles' house to pick up pavilions.

•Cook's Symposium - 12/11
Giles' reported that there had already been some interest in teaching classes. Leah said she had several classes she could teach. Ulf offered to teach Celtic Knotwork.

•Encampment at the Castle V - June 17-19, 2005
Faoileann brought the contract for Leah to sign and the deposit check of $100 was cut & signed.

New business:

Leah reported that Brice le Corbet, Baronial Seneschal, had called to ask if a Baronial meeting could be held at Hastings. The consensus was that it was ok.

Peter asked if he could continue to receive the newsletter. There were no objections.

Faoileann reported that Peter had made many donations to the shire, including his 10x20 garage with walls, coolers, cooking pans & utensils, a roaster, and much more. Faoileann made a motion that more tubs be purchased to store these items. Giles & Peter seconded. The motion was passed.

A member asked if people who work at events should pay the site fee. It was pointed out that since the shire is still recovering from its financial disaster of two years ago and since it has lost a small amount of money on the last two events, this is not a feasible practice right now. The suggestion was tabled for further discussion in the future.

There being no other business, the meeting adjourned at 7:55 PM and work began on the tablecloth.