The Milestone
Shire
of Quintavia
Business meeting
January of the year 2005 of the Common Era
Attendance
Isabel of Rosley
Alan of Rosley
Damian ben Ephraim
Patrick Cornell
Lady Vicky
Elisheva
Katherine Stanhope
Black Leopard
Harold Orn
Toi POisson De Montange
Lady Brigit of Longwood
Officer Reports
Seneschal:
•Submitted letter for Various officers switching posts.
•Letter for YOU Inc. Concerning the donation
•Fielded a lot of inquiries from prospective members
Exchequer: Not Present (sent report)
•Two Checks written: $300 deposit for boredom war and $1000 donation to YOU
Inc.
•Balance $4601.46
Herald
Not Present
Historian
• This Position is open; a letter has been received from Lady Vicky, Who is
currently organzing the shire records.
Mistress of Arts and Science
•Not Present
Knight Marshall NOT PRESENT (SENT REPORT)
•Reminder: Birka is the last saturday
of the month.
•Seeking a substitute
Minister of Fence:
• A
• The punch tester is nearly completed Only one part
needs to be added.
Marshal of Siege Weapons:
•There are new Siege regulations for the Kingdom.
•We Will have two siege marshals in the Shire, Lord Faolan will be our second Siege Marshall.
•Next tuesday (jan. 18th) there is a siege meeting for all who are
interested in learning about the art of Siege Warfare.
•The Revel in March will have a Siege theme to the event.
Chatelaine:
• Went up to the storage locker, and picked up some Gold Key for the Hafla
• Has one cape that needs repair.
Minister of Youth (OPEN):
This position is open
Web mistress: NOT
PRESENT (SENT INFORMATION)
•Is Fixing Dates, and putting up the schedule.
•The Kingdom Web minister said almost 20 groups are using the Kingdom Website
to host their pages.
The provider is charging a larger Fee. A proposed solution would be for the
local areas to contribute $60 per year to the Web maintanence
for the Kingdom.
•This was discussed at the meeting, and it felt that this is too much.
Alternate hosting companies will be investigated. There are many companies that
host Websites.
Chronicler:
•You are reading the current Chronicler's report •have photographs of Shire
events that will be available to the historian in order to complete the Shire
History records.
Old Business:
None
New Business:
• A vote was taken to accept Toi Poisson de Mortangne as our new Chatelaine. It passed unanimously.
• The meeting on Tuesday (Jan. 18). will be an
informational meeting about siege.
• The Hafla is Saturday the 14th,.
• The Exchequer symposium is ready, exchequers have been notified. A projector
ha been obtained for use with a laptop. Quintavia
will be the example used to show exchequers how to do their books. Local
restaurants do deliver, and donuts will be available.
• All questions about teaching a class for the
• Susana sent out questionnaires about the EKU, to determine what paperwork is
necessary. The fixed cost is around $550.00. The event is to be held in garb.
• There will be a shire revel on Sunday March 6th. Bring a potlick
dish, and we'll wear garb. Lord Graywolf will be
present and there will be a mini-siege contest during the event.
• Duncan Forbes received an inquiry about doing a ademo on February 11th, but that is a short amount of
notice. It probably won't happen unless someone wants to take on a large amount
of work.
• The Girl Scount event in Westborough will involve
our people coming in carb, and they requested a
demonstration of heavy-list fighting. This is a father-daughter dance. Toi has given the Girl Scouts information on making garb
for themselves. She has made some sets of Veil pins,
and there will be a table there for Arts and Sciences.
• Boredom War is on track. The fencing will take place in a simulated
"bar-room brawl" setting.
• Just a note: Lady Vicky is one of the Shire Elders; she joined back before
the Quintavia name, when it was called the Shire of
Bryn Canol. She is working on a history of the Shire
and is accepting assistance with the History Project. When finished, we will
put all the information into a History Book for the shire.