Minutes 2006 November

MINUTES FROM BARONIAL BUSINESS MEETING 06/11/2006

Present: Giles Leabrook, Maud la Leitiere, Constanzia Moralez y de Zamora, Helen Wentworth, Raoul of Buzz, Grete Engelhardt, Nesta verch Wyn, Gabriel de Beaumont, Henri de Montferrat, Lorcan of River Haven

Apologies: Acacia de Navarre

Absent: Reeve, A&S, Constable, Quartermaster

Minutes: Nesta verch Wyn (checked by Constanzia Moralez y de Zamora)

Meeting opened 7:35pm.

Outstanding Items:

• Banking – Bain and Stanzi to visit new bank 7/11/2006.
• Hospitaller gear - is at Stanzi's place temporarily while Acacia moves house. The old canteen at the football ground is available for possibility of QM gear.
• Cheques still to be written – Stanzi is following it up with Bain.
• Stanzi is waiting on event reports. Gabriel has banked the Celebration money.
• Cancellation of Great Northern War was proposed and approved.

Officers Reports

• Submitted to Seneschal.
• Attached at minutes.

Membership

• The first draft of members badge presented by Stanzi. She is checking on pricing of pewter for pour.
• Numbers are sitting on 24 again but some membership applications are in but not yet counted.

Facilities

• Stanzi is sorting out the lease of the football ground.

Buttony Cross

• Budget approval request from Aemon MacGregor (via Seneschal)
• Expenditure of $6/head food up to approximately $500.
• Unanimously approved.

Kids in Media

• No legislative requirements for us.
• We must use common sense, courtesy and awareness.
• Decided at meeting – if requested by parents – Chron team will remove pictures.
• Note to be added to DLV and on website.
• If ANYBODY is not happy with any photos shown, please let the Chron team know and they will remove them.

Other Business - Lorcan of River Haven

• Request purchase of shipping container to be placed onsite at BP Park, Samford.
• Storage and permanent structure
• $2000 to purchase + $30 delivery. Possibility of resale at approximately $1600.
• Seneschal cannot see feasibility for storage container on site where we do not have access (Samford). We haven’t got an event (yet) large enough to warrant the expenditure of $2000, or the equipment to actually store in it. One day it may be worth considering.
• Baroness believes that it is putting the cart before the horse. (Solution before need)
• To be discussed further via the list.

Other Business – Gabriel de Beaumount

• Money request - $200 for fighter practice (6 month’s equipment).
• Unanimously approved.

Meeting closed 8:45 pm

Note: No meeting in December or January. Next meeting - Monday 5th February 2007.