Samhain planning meeting, 9/13/08

Meeting called to order at 1:35PM with a blessing by Comyn

Members Present:
Faellon
Colin
Sabha
Brogan
Comyn
Eberwulf
Aonghus
Gutrhum
Finnoula

Friends of the Clann Present:
Bree
Aislinn

Guests Present:
Tess

What News:

Comyn
Has been talking to Christiana about persona stories for kids. Has converted his garage into a music room \ man cave. Has also spoken to the Baron of the local SCA chapter, who is interested in coming to our event.

Eberwulf
Nothing new medievally. Has been working. Julian is growing fast and is talking now. He is very into baseball

Aonghus
Is in the process of moving the family business to a new location on Lakeland Ave. Still not feeling well and now may have Bursitis. Announced to the clann that Chris Truedler is in the hospital with respiratory problems.

Colin
Not much medievally. Has 10 gallons of mead to bottle. Mira is doing great and has been taking up a lot of his and Bree’s time. Is hoping to make Samhain. Work has been crazy, very busy.

Faellon
Not much medievally. Is starting classes to become a NYS licensed Home Inspector and will be starting up a new business when done

Sabha
Has been doing lots of knitting. Girls are in school full time this year and she is the Treasurer of the school PTA. She and Comyn joined a fruit coop and has been making lots of jams and preserves.

Guthrum
Had a great time at Pennsic. Went to the NY Renaissance Faire and met up with Fiachra there. Has been practicing his bodhran a lot and is planning on attending Fall Thyng

Finnoula
Same as Guthrum and is very happy that a guy from Japan that she works with has left and gone back to Japan

Brogan
Gearing up to do a brewing session with the 3 tier system. Has a bag of grain on order for this. Back in school again and is taking Psychology class. Is going to Fall Thyng

Tess
Wrapping up moving her mom’s stuff and having estate sales. Just closed on selling her mom’s house.

Aislinn
Has been very busy at work

Fiscal Business:
Treasury stands at $653.13 after Pennsic. Comyn passed around an inventory of old T-shirts to try and get some of them sold. A few ideas were talked about to try and raise some more money and a mead auction at Samhain was chosen to start off with. Aislinn to run auction starting on Saturday afternoon of Samhain.

Old Business:
None

New Business:

Samhain:

Feast:
Roasted Pig – Brogan to cook. He will contact Bosh about getting the pig for us
Venison – Bosh
Welcome Stew – Faellon
Pottage – Eberwulf
Bread and Butter – Sabha
Brussels Sprouts – Brogan
Roasted Root Veggies – Vollund
Another side dish of his choice – Brogan
Desert – Aislinn
Dayboard – Colin & Bree
Firewood – Guthrum and Finnoula
Beer – Guthrum and Finnoula
Cider – Colin

Other tasks:
Water setup and breakdown – Comyn
Dining Flys – Comyn, Brogan, Colin and Faellon
Jockey Box – Faellon
Trailer towing and setup – Brogan with assistance from whoever is around
Dishes – Fiachra & Momus
Tiki Torches – Fiachra
Other Assorted Crap – Vollund
Trailer Breakdown – Brogan with assists from any who are around

Event events:
Brogan will bring mask making supplies
Colin suggested a libation auction which Aislinn will run on Sat afternoon
Brogan to contact Greycloak about Wickerman and he will build it if Grey can not
Elections will be held after the feast and before the ceremony

New Business Cont..
Comyn had an idea for some type of Tiki torch with the clann symbols on it for use at our driveway at Pennsic as well as at the local events. He talked to Brogan about it during the meeting and they are going to try and come up with something made out of wood.

Presentations:
None

Probate Review:
None. No one has heard from Maeve in a while.

Personal Business:
None

Brogan moved to adjourn meeting at 2:52PM