Winter 12/17/05 Meeting Minutes

The meeting began at 1:34pm with a blessing from, Brogan one of our Druids.

In Attendance:
Members: Eberwulf
Brogan
Colin
Momus
Finnoula
Guthrum

Friends: Helska

What News:

Finnoula: She has quit her job but they can’t seem to let her go. The kids are doing well, and so is the new house.
Momus: He has moved in with Amy and things are going well thus far. He also has written three new songs and one was a response to the gauntlet thrown at him by Yvan during Samhain.
Eberwulf: With less then a month to go on their due date he is finding there are many things that are in need of preparations before then.
Brogan: His new job is going swimmingly. Things in general are going rather well. He attended Preachain’s Samhain where he found they do things a little different then us but had a great time. They have bardic circles going and he learned about a new drink “Athlebrose”
Guthrum: The trebuchet toss went very well; they tossed a pumpkin 421 feet. He is settling into his new home nicely and was able to brew a batch of berry mead.
Colin: Bree has moved in and things are going well. Work has hit the busy season since Samhain and he has been consumed with it since then.
Helska: Is busy getting ready for the new arrival. She has bee off since December 1st and doing preparations.

Treasury Report:

The treasury has $1,113 at the beginning of the meeting. There are some who owe debts.

Old Business:

1) Brewer’s Guild: There has been no progress on this. The previous Chieftain has decreed that it shall no longer be carried as business, until such time as someone is ready to bring it up again as new business if some proposal is ready.

2) Clann Coins: We are going to completely redo the dyes. Brogan will pickup tool steel at the proper dimension of the blanks we currently have. These will be passed off to Volund for him to etch our images into them. A test striking has been tentatively set for the first weekend in January to see if the new etching will work as well as try the new dyes. With this a shop cleanup day to go with the striking has also been set. *** These are both dependant on the availability of the shop and may be rescheduled of which all rescheduling will be posted on the clan site so look out for the details. ***

3) The New Kitchen Trailer: There was some discussion about the new trailer and the acquisition and completion dates. Since our Leading Celt “Aonghus” wasn’t available for an update the chieftain offered what he know about the project. The layout and design he saw when Aonghus showed him a while back was looking awesome. He also went onto say he would like to see the acquisition of a new trailer by the Spring Meeting and to have the finished trailer on the road being tested by the first of July. As a reminder, the following members have pledged cash contributions: $500 from Brogan, $300 each from Aonghus, Eberwulf, and Colin, and $300 from Guthrum and Finnoula.

4) Tee-Shirts: Guthrum has a design in mind and will send it to the File “Brogan” for approval. They should be on sale for $15 at Imbolc.

New Business:

1) Imbolc: Scheduled for the first weekend in February which would be the 4th but this would depend on the acquisition of the hall at Swan Lake. Since Aonghus is the only one able to reserve it he will let us know if the date stands. Events to occur will include the following:
a. Craft Fair: All active members, including absent from the event, shall present some sort of craft.
*** The idea of having the crafts judged was kicked around but we thought it would be best to have that as a separate event all together. This can be discussed further at Spring Meeting for Beltane.
b. Game: Bring your fitchel boards down for gaming but don’t forget the valuables (bobbles) as there will be knuckle bones present as well.
c. Auction: Since the silent auction went well and seemed to promote more social interaction Guthrum and Finnoula will be running our normal auction in the same matter. If you wish to put your craft up for auction let either of them know. Also if you have any thing you can donate or found something else that you no longer have a use for please bring it down.
d. Druidic Ceremony: Volund to run a Ceremony
e. Pomes and songs: Brogan has a presentation and Momus has a few new songs for singing. Who knows you might even be singing along with him.
f. Celtic Trvia: A trivia game involving both actual history and clan history to be run by Finnoula.
g. The Great Feast: We will again have our traditional fine feast. See the job assignments below for a full list of all duties and responsibilities.

2) Imbolc Continued: The jobs necessary to ensure a successful and fun event have been assigned as follows:

a. Setup: Everyone will assist with setup.

b. Jockey Box set up: Faellon

c. Feast coordinator: Brogan **make best efforts to get feast ready for 6pm**

d. Main Course: Leg of Lamb and Whole Chicken- Brogan

e. Vegetable I: Mixed Root Vegetables- Volund

f. Vegetable II: Pottage- Colin

g. Vegetable III: Yams- Guthrum and Finnoula

h. Bread and Honey Butter: Faellon

i. Desert I: Momus

j. Desert II: Jen / Finnoula if Jen Can’t

k. Pitchers and Jockey box from Shop: Colin

l. Beer: 5 gallons from Guthrum and Finnoula

m. Cider (non-alcoholic): Bree

n. Leftover detail: Guthrum

o. Bus Tables: Momus

p. Dishes: Aonghus and Fiachra

q. Jockey Box Clean up: Colin

r. Garbage detail: Colin

s. Clean Up of Hall: Aonghus to be in charge. **Everyone is responsible for share the work***

3) Our Calendar: Guthrum has asked we try and stick to the calendar laid out in the laws.
4) Friends of the Clan:
a. Guthrum motioned to remove “Wink” from the FOC list. Second by Momus. 1-yay 4-nay
b. Guthrum motioned to remove “Achna” from the FOC list. Second by Brogan. 5-yay 0-nay
c. Colin motioned to have “Jen” added to the FOC list. Second by Momus. 5-yay 0-nay
d. Colin motioned to have “Reannin” added to the FOC list. Second by Momus. 5-yay 0-nay
e. Colin motioned to have “Braun” added to the FOC list. No second.
f. Momus motioned to have “Sean” added to the FOC list. Second by Colin. 5-yay 0-nay
g. Momus motioned to have “Begaul” added to the FOC list. Second by Eberwulf. 5-yay 0-nay
h. Guthrum motioned to have “Cathy” added to the FOC list. Second by Eberwulf. 5-yay 0-nay

5) Mailing List: Colin motioned to assign the secretary to organize, update and keep our mailing list. This list will consist of both snail mail and email address where possible. The motioned was second by Eberwulf.
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Probate Review:

Fiachra was not present. Since his sponsor has gone inactive he will need to have a new sponsor. Eberwulf will speak with him about people that have approached him. I think it would be fair to say that any calnn member would be happy to be his sponsor.

Personal Business:

None.

Presentations:

Brogan brought plans for a late Iron Age chariot. It was the story behind the plans that was more impressive. He has offered some advise to the designers and in return they have asked him to proof the plans of which he was pretty excited about and rightly so.

Momus sung one of the songs he has been working on and it seems like an instant hit. By the end of the song almost everyone was singing the chorus. He felt so comfortable he decide to add another song for us. Both were great, I can’t wait to hear them at the next event.

The meeting was adjourned by motion of the Chieftain at 5:00 p.m.
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