<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">We haven’t had anyone eligible for years, at least not that I’ve been informed of.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">~ Cunegonda</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 2, 2016, at 9:11 AM, James Allan <<a href="mailto:jrallan333@gmail.com" class="">jrallan333@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">On the topic of tokens something that hasn't been done in years is the "stag tag"<span class=""></span><br class=""><br class="">On Sunday, 31 January 2016, D Bevan <<a href="mailto:dbevan@topfloor.ca" class="">dbevan@topfloor.ca</a>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word" class=""><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">We have a lot of projects on the Shire's to-do board. At the AGM people stepped up to help make these things happen, and I am hugely grateful. For those who weren't at the AGM, but may be interested in participating, here's some of what's up:</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">Website re-write: We're going to be redesigning the website using very easy to use design tools to make it both more aesthetically pleasing, and easy to use. Hopefully it will be newcomer friendly and a place members can go to get official news and notices of practices and the like.</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">-- Chaired by Aniko</span><span class="">.</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">Newsletter: Aniko needs articles, artwork, or photos for the newsletter. Feel free to email her any time.</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">Tokens: The shire hasn't given out tokens of appreciation in a very long time. It's time to resurrect the practice. We'll be using some ideas from our history, and some completely new ones.</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">-- Chaired by I've-completely-forgotten. Kjartan</span><span class="">?</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">Demo Kit: We did a LOT of demos last year. The Demo kit is a tub of items to fill up a demo table, so we aren't completely reliant on the same people showing up every time -- we know we'll have stuff to show off.</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">-- Chaired by Halima</span><span class="">.</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">Map: Harold</span><span class=""> is going to look at creating a local, updated map for us.</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">Newcomers Tabards: Hawa</span><span class=""> is going to look at creating tabards for newcomers out of the fabric that's already been purchased.</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">War Tabards: Fabric to be purchased and tabards to be sewn for tabards large enough to fit over armour for the war field, so Hartwood fighters can go into battle looking like... Hartwood fighters!</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">-- Chaired by Aniko</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">Herald's Tabard: Sigrun </span><span class="">has offered to create a fancy Heraldic tabard for the Shire Herald to out-shine every other shire's Herald. Because we are awesome.</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">Painted Walls: The shire covets the fancy stone-effect painted sheets that certain other branches have. We will create our own, and they will be beautiful, and our events will be more awesome because of them.</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">-- Chaired by Aline</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">It's time for a Chamberlain Audit. If anyone that currently stores any of Hartwood's goods could photograph and itemize them, and send that list to Ulf</span><span class="">, that would be terrific.</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">Event Sites: We need to know what sites are available, at what costs, and what facilities they have. A sheet of questions to ask, as well as a brief informational packet to offer private land-owners on the SCA will be created so that members can get information for halls/sites in their local area.</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">-- Chaired by Cunegonda</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">Databases: We need resources for Event Stewards. They need to know what sites are available for events, and they need to know where the darned tablecloths are. An Event Sites, and Stores database will be created to make it easier on them.</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">-- Written by Harold</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">The shed needs moving. It's my understanding that Ulf</span><span class=""> and Sextus </span><span class="">did this over the weekend, because they work fast!</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">Youth Combat: We're interested in having it available. Sextus </span><span class="">is going to work with Azemar </span><span class="">and look into what needs to be in place for that to happen.</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">Steward Handbook: A written guideline to Hartwood's events. When do our championships happen? What are the historical number of attendees? How do you put in a bid? How do you report afterwards? Lets make it as simple as possible.</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">-- Written by Cunegonda & Symonne</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">Contact Cards and Newcomer Vouchers: We're ordering more business cards to hand out to friends and those interested in what we do. We're also creating a voucher for a free first -Hartwood- event. These will be passed out to the populace.</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">-- Designed by Aniko</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">Some finished projects we wanted to recognize -- the beautiful Hartwood Banner for use at events, created by Aniko,</span><span class=""> and the concrete steps taken to getting thrown weapons happening in Hartwood by John,</span><span class=""> who's arranged for the purchase of iron key and is getting instructors for us. Also, the Championship belts, crafted by Attius</span><span class="">, which will make their debut at the TUTR event in April!</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">Other ideas: A guestbook at demos/newcomer events, a shire motto, and some open discussion about baronial interest vs a healthy shire. Look for some of these to be broken out into other conversations over the next month.</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">Thank you to all the volunteer coordinators, and those working with them. You make this shire function. You make us awesome.</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">For those who weren't at the meeting, I'm SURE that many of these project leads would welcome more helpers. Don't think because you didn't make a single meeting that there's no place for your input or creativity! Reach out to the coordinators, or if you don't have their contact info, to me. And finally, I know that there are some people who aren’t even on email lists (through no fault of their own *cough*Shaw*cough*). If you know someone who’s not traditionally ‘in the loop’, please, PLEASE, print off the event dates email, and maybe this one, and help them connect with us. Thank you.</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">Cunegonda the Spammy</span></div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="">Seneschal of Hartwood</span></div></div></blockquote>
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