Chronicle of the Barony of Three Mountains. December AS XLII 2007 Volume 33, Issue 8. The Plume

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1 Chronicle of the Barony of Three Mountains December AS XLII 2007 Volume 33, Issue 8 The Plume

2 The Plume The Chronicle of the Barony of Three Mountains Greetings! Letter From Their Excellencies What a busy month leading to a busier month. We will be attending three different Yule festivities and will begin accepting letters for those wishing to be members of the Sergeantry at the Travelers Yule in the Canton of Kaldor. Thanks to everyone who made a Knight in the Carpathians a success, especially Vostroi and his staff. The event was loads of fun and the food was just wonderful. We have a new Arts and Science champion Aíbinn. Congratulations! We would like to extend our thanks to Marguerite de Moseleia for entering the competition and Aubrey for her single entry. All of the entries were impressive, well executed and worthy of the competition! Alfric represented the Barony at Crown Council and Jill attended Trimaris Crown where she presented the Shire of Castlemere with a GT. Their Majesties have requested that each Barony provide support for An Tir s war effort. We are solidifying our plan at this time, so if anyone has input we ll be happy to hear from you. We would like to see more events folks! They can be large, they can be small. How about a Court of Love? What about a Fools Feast? We all love to have events so let s get together and Get Together! Congratulations to Anneka, who is currently on vigil for the Order of the Pelican. Huzzah to the many citizens who have received accolades from Their Majesties! Yours in Service Alfric and Jill Baron and Baroness Three Mountains Happy Holidays Everyone This is the December 2007 issue of the Plume, a publication of the Barony of Three Mountains of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. (SCA, Inc.). The Plume is available from our Chronicler (see Baronial Officers). It is not a corporate publication of SCA, Inc., and does not delineate SCA, Inc. policies. Copyright 2007 Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. For information on reprinting photographs, articles, or artwork from this publication, please contact the Chronicler, who will assist you in contacting the original creator of the piece. Please respect the legal rights of our contributors.

3 For December s Getting to Know You, our Three Mountains Seneschale, Baroness Helena Bryenissa Raoulaina has agreed to go under our microscope. We thank her for her time and willingness! 1. When did you join the SCA? Why did you join the SCA? My mother made me. Actually my mother saw a write up in her community newspaper and thought I might like it, phoned the number given in the article to get the details. And the rest as they say is history.. 3. Was this Barony your first group...if not, where else have you played? I first played in the Shire of Adamastor and then the Incipient Shire of Griffinstor, (in South Africa for the geographically challenged) Both part of Drachenwald. 4. What do you do in the SCA? Textile stuff mostly, but occasionally put on my armour, done brewing, play with beads, my drop spindle and knitting. And I love research. 5. Is there anything you d like to learn how to do in the SCA? Lace 6. In the real world, do you have a family (Spouse, kids, etc)?...if so do they participate in the SCA? I am married to Master Aleyn the Younger, no children. Aleyn would love a dog, but I am still not convinced What can you tell us about your persona? (country of origin, time, period, etc) My persona is from the Eastern Roman Empire. My father is a minor official in the service of the Emperor Basil Komnene. 8. Tell us one (or more) of your favorite SCA memories. My first ever Kingdom event was 12th Night in Dublin. In Drachenwald 12th Night is the first weekend after the 1st of January. I flew to Dublin from London and was met at the airport by Master Etienne with a sign saying SCA South Africa. He had a number of people with him. He was the event steward and trying to co-ordinate getting everybody back to site. The weather was really foul and Dublin airport got closed periodically due to poor visibility. This resulted in planes being diverted all over Ireland and he was trying to make sure every body was accounted for. Azure, on a maunch Or a needle threaded sable While he was talking on his cell phone people introduced themselves and I got to talk to people that had up to then only been a name on an . I met amazing people that weekend, many of whom I am still privileged to call friend. And everybody was exceedingly kind to me. I have so many memories of that weekend. Walking through the cold to a pub Friday evening talking to a native from Florida. Both of us agreeing that we are insane. We could be on a beach, tanning Getting to know you... 3

4 instead of walking through the snow to find dinner. Having my first real Guinness in Ireland. And being called up in Court on Saturday to present our invitation for a visit to Their Majesties and presented as the living proof that the Shire in South Africa does have real live people and are not just a figment of the Kingdom Seneschal s imagination... Seeing my first auction. The length of wool being presented as Tudor garb, some assembly required. Touring Dublin Monday morning with a couple from Germany and our guide was from the US. 9. Finish this sentence... You ve been in the SCA too long when... I am still a baby, so I need a few more years before I can answer that Tell us anything else you think people might want to know about you (SCA or real world). I have no idea and my husband nearly killed himself laughing when I asked him... so I guess if you want to know something you would have to ask me a specific question. Baroness Helena faces Sir Michael de Brad, with Count Maximillain looking on

5 A Traveler s Yule & Potluck Feast December 8, 2007 Hosted by the Incipient Canton of Kaldor with the generous support of the Barony of Three Mountains Be part of this first ever event for the Incipient Canton of Kaldor and welcome in the Yule Season with a Potluck Feast and some lighthearted activities. SCA Artifact & Reliquary Display and Competition: Get creative and have fun with our own SCA take on the ubiquitous Medieval Reliquary: A splinter of sword from a Tournament of the Lions housed in a pierced tin box; Mud from your first May Drown carefully maintained in a rusted shield boss; The silver bottle-opener from the first gathering of the Ships in a shiny brass tube; These are just the type of special SCA artifacts and the containers housing them that should be remembered and revered-and giggled about for years to come! Join the Incipient Canton of Kaldor in a display of your treasured SCA objects and the incredible, creative and humorous containers that have been created by your artisans to house them in our SCA Artifact & Reliquary Display. Prizes for most creative artifact, most beautiful reliquary, best story to accompany, Judges Prize and Peoples Choice will be given. Other activities: A group arts activity will be going throughout the day that could use many hands to help complete. Bring your heraldry, badge or favorite critter to draw it on the Canton Carpet-Tile Project. Or bring your own project to work on as you visit with others. Newcomers should come to enjoy the variety of newcomer friendly activities prepared just for you. Also expect dancing and other spontaneous activities to pop up throughout the day for all to enjoy. The Potluck Feast (after 5:30 pm): Kaldor will supply the main dishes (including vegetarian) plus nonalcoholic drinks, breads and some sweets while you travelers supply the heart of the feast with your period and period-ish side dishes and extras (bring ingredients list please). Bring your specialties in quantities to feed 8 adults and don t forget the serving containers and utensils marked with your name. Please expect to take your dishes home dirty to be washed off-site. If you would like to bring a dessert instead of a side dish, please contact the autocrat staff directly at illughmin8@opusnet.com. Feast is discreetly wet (period containers only). Fire is allowed in enclosed containers only --no open candles. Site Info: Columbia County Event Complex and Fairgrounds, Pavilion Building, Saulser Road, St. Helens, OR Site Fees: -- $6 adult --$3 for 6-17 year olds, --Free-under 6 years old. ($3 NMS applies to non-member adults only). Make checks payable to SCA, Inc. -Barony of Three Mountains. Upcoming Events

6 Site Opens at 10:30 am & Closes at 10 pm Directions (for those coming from the south) From Portland, OR: Take your best route to I-405 N. Merge onto US-30 W (exit 3) toward St. Helens. Travel up US-30 W for about 25 miles to the Town of St. Helens. (Follow directions from St. Helens) From Beaverton and Route 26: Take the Cornelius Pass North (exit 62A) toward Route 30 and St. Helens. Drive the length of the road until it dead ends into Route 30. Turn Left onto Route 30 and follow it up past Scappoose and Warren for approx. 14 miles to St. Helens. (Follow directions from St. Helens) In St. Helens: Turn onto Left onto Gable Road by the High School (will have Columbia County Fairgrounds direction marker) and stay on road for 0.7 miles. Road will become S. Bachelor Flat Road for 0.2 miles and will make a 4-way stop. Make Left at 4-way and continue on Bachelor Flat Road through the gentle right curve and continue 0.7 miles on this road to a stop sign. Continue straight through stop sign (road name changes to Saulser Road at stop sign). In less than 0.1 miles on Saulser you will see the Columbia County Event Complex & Fairgrounds sign and driveway to the Right marked GATE 2. Turn in and park along drive or in parking area designated. The first large Blue-Green Octagonal Building on your Left is the Site Building. Directions from I-5 and Longview, WA (for those coming from the north) From I-5 take the Longview US-30 E Exit toward Longview. Follow the signage toward the Lewis and Clark Bridge (bridge over the Columbia from Longview, WA to Oregon) for about 2 miles. After you go over the Bridge, take the US-30 Ramp (heads southeast) toward St. Helens and Portland. Continue down US-30/Lower Columbia River Highway for about 20.8 miles until you enter the Town of St. Helens. By the Burgerville, take a Right onto Sykes Road and drive through the subdivisions staying on Sykes for about 2.1 miles. Once you get out of the subdivision and into pastures and fields, take a left on Saulser Road. Saulser Road skirts the back side of the Fairgrounds and then makes a sharp Left back toward town. Follow it around until you see the Fair Complex Sign and GATE 2 which is the main driveway on your Left. The large blue-green Octagonal Building on your Left as you drive in the main entrance is the Site Building. Turn in and park along drive or in parking area. Autocrat: Alexandria DK illughmin8@opusnet.com or Deputy Autocrat: Appoline D Avignon catherinebest@hotmail.com Supervising Autocrat: Dame Elizabeth Llandau dame_elizabeth@yahoo.com Canton Seneschal: Áedán mac Suibne fingolfen@yahoo.com Feast Scene from Richard Pynson s 1526 edition of The Canterbury Tales

7 Schedule for upcoming Friday Night Revels MARK YOUR CALENDARS: On 12/14/2007, Dragon s Mist s YULE FEAST Pot-luck feast, garb *highly* encouraged, bring a dish to feed 8-10, your feast gear, and any decorations you please to make our hall festive! NO LIVE FLAME, NO ALCOHOL - DRY SITE. His Lordship Ciaran will lead a Madrigal performance, tell us a bit about the musical form, then lead us all as we raise up our voices in song! Dancing - all ages welcome. GIFT EXCHANGE - bring a small wrapped gift (under $5). Hand-made gifts are encouraged. All Revels activities are at the Beaverton Community Center, Friday Nights, from 7:00-9:30 p.m. There will be NO REVELS 12/21, 12/28 or 1/4/ Happy Holidays! REVELS WILL RESUME: 1/18/2008 WITH NEWCOMERS NIGHT! Watch for more information from our Chatelaine, Alessandra de Barbuzza, about this fun evening. REVELS 2008 SCHEDULE: I have reserved our Friday nights for the next six months with the City of Beaverton; however, until I receive confirmation I will not know which nights (if any) will be unavailable. Typically we are denied only 3-4 Fridays per 6-month reservation so should not impact our schedule significantly. Our *NEW SCHEDULE* will include: First Fridays = Revels, potluck feast, dance, social Second Fridays = A&S nights Third Fridays = Newcomers nights Fourth Fridays = Heraldry nights, Heraldic consultation Fifth Fridays = TBA PLEASE REMEMBER: Revels is a DRY SITE. No live flame or wall decoration allowed. No animals (except service animals) allowed. Doors must remain closed and locked. No site fee is ever charged for Revels. No selling of anything is permitted at the site. There is a full kitchen with 2 microwaves, stove, oven, fridge & disposal on site. SPECIAL NOTE TO PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN: Children are always welcome, but no babysitting is provided. Our Pied Piper may sometimes bring activities for the children, but parents are asked to PLEASE be considerate of all the guests: PLEASE supervise your children to ensure no running, no yelling, no touching other s belongings, no damaging books or drawing on pamphlets & papers. Thank you for making Revels fun and relaxing for everyone! HL Fionnabhair inghean Donnchaidh Guthrie Librarian, Dance Minister & Revels Shire of Dragon s Mist All Revels activities are at the Beaverton Community Center, SW 5th Street, Beaverton, OR Friday Nights, from 7:00-9:30 p.m. Web page: Map: 7

8 This is the last in our series of Feast articles by HL Rycheza. The previous articles, How to Kit Yourself Out for a Feast, (October, 2007) and You re Going to a Feast, Now What? (November 2007) may be found in the newsletter archives here: content/blogcategory/28/31/ No Cook Potluck Contributions for the Culinary Inept and Others By HL Rycheza Z Polska It is mid-afternoon on Saturday at the event. The main tournament is winding down and you ve made the rounds of merchant row. Perhaps you bought a new feasting bowl. The bard in the next camp is tuning his harp and warming up to perform at the feast. Then it hits you! You can t go to the feast! You don t have a potluck contribution! Your famous casserole is still sitting at home on the kitchen counter. Her annoying little dog ate all the cookies in the car on the way to the event. Your kitchen blew up Thursday night. After six weeks you are still living with your mother-in-law waiting to close on your new house. A handsome young lord has enticed you to stay when you had planned to go home right after the archery competition. You are prohibited by law from cooking! It has happened to all of us! Good news! Many perfectly delicious dishes are available directly from the grocer s shelves. Here are some guidelines and suggestions for instant potluck dishes. Read the Event Copy! Many groups are now providing some dishes for even the most casual potluck feast. Frequently the sponsors provide bread, cheese, roast beast or bird or another dish. Consult the Feastocrat. As dishes are turned in to the kitchen, trends may become apparent. Perhaps there are ten tossed salads but no desserts or tons of bread but no fruit. Bring Lots! It is always better to have too much food than not enough. Your potluck contribution should serve at least ten. Each individual attending the feast should contribute. You can combine contributions from a larger party. For example, your family or group could provide a sheet cake, instead of a salad and a side dish and a main dish. However, a single loaf of bread from a party of six is not adequate. Multiply the number in your party by 10 to find out how many your contribution should serve. Very small children may be left out of the equation. Plan for Special Needs. When you bring children, picky eaters or restrictive diets to potlucks plan ahead. Bring snacks and extra items you know they can and will eat. Even at the best-planned event, things can get behind schedule. This can be a problem for children or people with special needs such as allergies or medications to be taken with food. Be Prepared. You will need to take care of any preparations, such as slicing or mixing, yourself unless told otherwise by the Feastocrat. Unless you know for certain that refrigeration or cooking facilities are available, assume that they are not. Even when a stove or refrigeration is available, space is limited. Remember, the closer to feast time the more hectic things in the kitchen will be. The less preparation needed on site the better! Serve it Forth. How a dish is served can make the difference between the mundane and the medieval. Chicken in a cardboard bucket spoils the mood, but the same chicken Featured Article 8

9 spread upon a platter is more appealing and easier to serve. Provide proper serving utensils such as spoons, forks, knives or hot pads if needed. Wooden, metal or ceramic bowls or plates are appropriate. Even a Pyrex bowl is preferable to plastic. Make your contribution ready to serve: heat, slice, garnish or otherwise prepare it. Offer to help in the kitchen! Many hands make light work. If your offer of help is initially turned down, try again later. Just because you aren t needed at 4:30 doesn t mean you won t be needed at 7:30 or 9:30. Sometimes the feastocrat has a regular crew or particular schedule for preparation tasks. Clean up help is always welcome and remembered. Clean up after yourself! Leaving your place in the hall strewn with bread crusts or other bits will endear you only to starving rats. However, clean up does not always include washing your dishes on site. Some kitchens can accommodate wholesale dishwashing, others cannot. Sometimes feastocrats provide washing stations in the back of the hall, but do not count on getting your feast gear sanitized. Save plastic shopping bags or use small trash bags to store your used feast gear in until you can clean them properly. (One friend has made attractive individual bags for all of her feast gear, which she can wash out at home.) Do not wash your dishes in the bathroom. More than rinsing out your goblet is likely to clog the plumbing. Some suggestions: Bread or cheese (If not provided by the sponsors) Fruit, fresh or canned (Bring a can opener) Ham or other cold cooked meat (sliced) Raw vegetables (sliced, pared etc.) maybe with a dip Deli or take out food (Stews, chicken, sausages and other items are becoming increasingly available.) Salads (Please, no macaroni or potato) Hard boiled eggs Pickles, olives, antipasto Cakes, cookies, other baked goods, etc. Cider or other non-alcoholic beverage. Remember: our aim is to re-create the ambiance of the Middle Ages , Rycheza a Polska mka L.J. Henson. Printed with permission.

10 Local Regular Meetings Baronial Council: Held on the third Tuesday of each month. December s meeting will be on the 18th, 7 pm at the Golden Jade Restaurant on SE 31st and Belmont. *Please see the Baronial Council Minutes, under New Business, p.21, regarding a new Council site* Armored Combat Practice: Mondays, 7 pm at the Multnomah Arts Center, 7688 SW Capitol Highway, Portland, OR Contact the Baronial Marshal for further information (see Officers). Armor Workshop: Contact Aleyn the Younger at Rapier Combat Practice: Mondays, 7 pm at the Multnomah Arts Center, 7688 SW Capitol Highway, Portland, OR Contact the Baronial Rapier Marshal for further information (see Officers). Target Archery Practice: Contact the Baronial Archer for information regarding time and location (see Officers). Arts & Sciences Night: Contact the Baronial A&S Minister for information (see Officers). Scribes Night: Contact the Baronial Scribe for information (see Officers). Charter Painting Nights: Wednesday nights, 7 pm to 10 pm, 2614 SE 28th Ave, Portland. Contact Eleanor de Sackville , cknutson3@aol.com. or Meri of the Bears, (Meri Falk) Court Heraldry: Contact the Mountains Persuivant (see Officers). Medieval Culinary Arts: Last Monday of the month. Contact Dame Elizabeth for further information: or dame_elizabeth@yahoo.com Incipient Canton of Kaldor: Áedán mac Suibne, fingolfen@yahoo.com NEW! Social Night: Every second Monday of the month, 7 pm at the Multnomah Arts Center, usually in Room 34, (but watch for signs in case it changes.) 7688 SW Capitol Highway, Portland, OR Concurrent with fighter practice. Curia Their Royal Majesties, Tiernan and Miranda (Todd and Miranda Brothers) NE 122nd Ave, Battle Ground, WA 98604, king@antir.sca.org Their Royal Highnesses, Cedric and Elizabeth (Tyler and Tamara Everett) PO Box 491, Grandview WA (no calls after 9 pm please) prince@antir.sca.org Their Excellencies, Baron Alfric and Baroness Jill (Ralph & Jill Mason) NE Davis St., Portland, OR 97230, alfricandjill@comcast.net Baronial Armored Champion Sir Torfin Torgulsson Baronial Rapier Champion Maestro Gregorio Cristovalez de la Vega Baronial Arts & Sciences Champion HL Andrew Stuibhard 1221 Leonard St., Apt.2, Oregon City, OR Baronial Archery Champion HL Robert of Wolf Fork Baronial Youth Champion Thora the Tall The Plume, Chronicle of the Barony of Three Mountains PO Box 8735 Portland, OR Baronial Information 10

11 Baronial Officers Seneschal: Helena Bryenissa Raoulaina (Ilonka Wurtz) 1579 N Davis St, Cornelius, OR, 97113, seneschal3m@yahoo.com Deputy: Khalja Khorkhoi (Lara Baker-Olin) 3915 SE Oak St. PDX, OR khalja@gmail.com Contingency Deputy: Malcolm MacGregor (Karl Christoffers) interestingclutter@yahoo.com Stock Clerk/Librarian: Meri of the Bears (Meri Falk) 2614 SE 28th Ave., PDX, OR meriofthebears@hotmail.com Dean of Pages: Marguerite de Moseliea (Carol Moseley) 3441 SE 111th Ave., #15, PDX, OR fastarcher001@aol.com Deputy to the Dean: Gianina di Firenze (Roni Carbajal) gianina_di_firenze@hotmail.com Constable: Office open for applications Chatelaine: Ersebet Janos (Jocelyn Mackie) 5228 SE Rinearson Rd, Gladstone, OR istp.archer@gmail.com Gold Key: Katcalin (Kat Shelley) 8329 NE Eugene, PDX, OR shelleymarine@netzero.net Mountains Persuivant (Herald): Zachariah Le Bigod Book Herald Deputy: Muireann inghean ui Mhuirneachain Contingency Deputy: Áedán mac Suibne, (Michael McSwiney) fingolfen@yahoo.com Scribe: Eleanor de Sackville (Chris Knutson) 6226 NE 32nd Ave, PDX cknutson3@aol.com Chronicler: Elfreda of Kingeswode (Lori Bennard) 5011 SW Alfred Street, PDX, OR lbennard@comcast.net Historian: Aubrey Florian (Chrissy Fischer) 2138 NE 112th Ave., PDX, OR Lady_dc@comcast.net Web Minister: Conchobar Clarsair (Bob Woods) bobwoods@mac.com Chancellor of the Exchequer: Temair of Hawthorne (Anita Strong) 5630 SE 47th Ave., Portland, OR temairofhawthorne@yahoo.com Chamberlain: Office open for applications Minister of Arts & Sciences: Giana Visconti (Kim Switzer) 4105 N Willis Blvd., PDX, OR, GianaVisconti@comcast.net Dance Minister: Slaine Inghean Ui Mhalle (Rebecca Ernst) muffinfeet@hotmail.com Armorer: Aleyn the Younger (Robert Wurtz) 1579 N Davis St., Cornelius, OR, 97113, robertwurtz@yahoo.com Marshal: Meri of the Bears (Meri Falk) 2614 SE 28th Ave., PDX, OR meriofthebears@hotmail.com Deputy: Aleyn the Younger (see Armorer listing above.) Marshal of Fence: Selvaggia Tomassi (Maggi Hill) 5720 SE 70th Ave, PDX mimags@comcast.net Archery Marshal: Andrew Stiubhard (Eric Malaine) lyoncoeur@yahoo.com Minister of the List: Disa Beadsdottir (Krista Morris) kkrista@yahoo.com Chirurgeon: Zachariah Le Bigod Deputy Chirurgeon: Aíbinn ingen Senain hui Neill (Cynthia Phillips) 1221 Leonard St., Apt.1, Oregon City, OR cynthiarcher@hotmail.com Waterbearer: Office open for applications 11

12 Three Mountains Baronial Council Meeting November 20, :00 pm, Golden Jade, PDX In Attendance: Aleyn the Younger, Talia, Slainé, Beak, Trahaern, Aubrey Florien, Duncan Mckai, Ersebet Janos, Ilona the Wisdom, Robert of Hawthorne, Temair of Hawthorne, Eleanor de Sackville, Malcolm MacGregor, Morwyn of Wye, Qaratani Ouygen, Liadian inghean Seaghdha, Conchobar Clairsair, Ulfred Draumfjalr, Elfreda, Disa Beadsdottir, Khalja, Ian MacGregor, Catelin O Kelly, Kybish, Marguerite, Meri of the Bears, Alexandra, Áedán MacSuibne, Selvaggia, Aibinn ingen hiu Neill, Andrew Stuibard, Alfric, Jill, Helena OFFICER S REPORTS: Seneschal: Helena present, written report. Greetings to the Council and Their Excellencies The work on the storage unit did not continue this month because of conflicting schedules. I would like to apologise for not sending out a more timely notice that Second Monday social did not happen. I also request that both officers and members of the Barony check with me in advance BEFORE scheduling events for Monday night social. While the room can accommodate a fair number of people there is a limit. And it is supposed to be an opportunity for people to socialise as well. There can be too many things on one evening. If needs be I can always ask for a larger room, but there may be factors preventing us from getting a larger room. In service to the Barony Helena Seneschal Constable: Open office. Stock Clerk: Meri present, written report. Greetings to the Barony of 3 M from stock clerk, Meri of the Bears Recently sold 1 copy of the armoring manual, otherwise everything is still the same. Following is the inventory list of items being held for the Barony of 3M stock: 1 large plastic bin 50 unassembled armoring manuals 44 binding spirals 1 large stapler 1 binding machine 13- A.S. 37 Directories Customaries Folder with back papers Notebook containing back reports 17 assembled armoring manuals 214 bumper stickers In Service, Meri of the Bears Dean of Pages: Marguerite - present, verbal report. Hopes to have activities at Yule. Chatelaine: Ersebet - present, written report. I designed and updated a meeting flyer which is now available on both the 3M and Newcomer yahoo groups. It will also be available when I attend the second Monday socials. I also have other hand-outs which are available to newcomers both online and in hard copy at the meetings. Second Monday Social was cancelled in November due to the Veteran s Day holiday. Therefore, no newcomer s meeting. However, I have been quite busy on . It looks like we will be getting a seasoned SCA veteran from Cleveland next spring! YIS, 12

13 Ersebet Janos Chatelaine of 3M Gold Key: Katcalyn - not present, no report. Herald: Zach - present, written report. Greetings unto the Baron and Baroness and the populace of Three Mountains. At Baronial Court at Knight of the Carpathians the following people received awards. Giana - Crystal Rainbow Appoline - Mountains Sun Leah - Order of the Mountains Sun Gregorio - Aegis At the Kingdom Court at Knight of the Carpathians the following citizens of Three Mountains received awards. Elizabeth Llandaff - Forget-me-knot Baron Alfric - Forget-me-knot Anneka Grace - Forget-me-knot Giana Visconti - Jambe de Lion Vostroi Ivanof Kievich - Jambe de Lion Aubrey Florian - Jambe de Lion Helena Bryenissa Raoulaina - Goutte de Sang Gianni Dellamara - Lion s Cub Alexandria - Throne s Favor On November 10th at Fall Crown Council (Stromgard) at the Kingdom Court the following citizens of Three Mountains received awards. Yojimbo Hiroshi-nin - Goutte de Sang HL Anneka was put on vigil for Pelican Duchess Hlutwige - Forget-me-knot Book Herald report: I hosted a meeting of local Heralds at my home on November 8th for the purpose of learning some of the new heralding resources. I am learning how better to do on-line conflict checking and research sites for names and devices. We did conflict checking for Ilona, Helena, Baroness Cateline O Kelly and Ian MacGregor all with favorable results. I will endeavor to be at he next social for consultations. Please feel free to contact me by at any time. madmarshalls@gmail.com In Service, Muireann Book Herald In Service, Zacharia De Bigod Mountains Pursuvent Scribe: Eleanor present, written report. Due to Meri of the Bears impending surgery, paint night will be held at the home of Temair of Hawthorne. The dates will be Wednesdays 11-28, We may meet there in January if the Crown requires it. There will be a Golden Torc Challenge at the Traveler s Yule on December 8th. Details have been and will be again published on the Three Mountains list. Leah s second scroll class was a huge success. Many of the scrolls presented at Knight in the Carpathians were done by students from her first class. Eleanor de Sackville Three Mountains Baronial Scribe Chronicler: Elfreda present, written report. 13

14 Greetings to their Excellencies, the assembled council and the populace of Three Mountains. The November issue of the Plume came out online on November 4, Online readership numbers: 60 downloads of the PDF version, and 12 of the DOC version. I d like to give a bit of an update on the online version of the Plume from my perspective as Chronicler: Putting a newsletter together without concern about pages being an increment of 4 (feel free to ask me about this if it s unfamiliar) makes it much easier. I also no longer have to try to edit officers and event stewards reports to keep the overall size of the newsletter as short as humanly possible, due to printing expenses. I can use color without a second thought to how it will look in B&W. I try to not use fonts smaller than 11 pt., and am usually able to keep it 12 pt. and above. It doesn t require the 2- or 3-day turnaround for printing, binding and mailing. I don t have to collate and staple, or seal, stamp and address each individual newsletter. I m able to include what I hope are useful and interesting articles, and could (HINT, HINT!) put in more ads about meetings, guilds, get-togethers official or unofficial. For an example, see November s page 10 about Dragon s Mist s upcoming Friday Night Revels. It was a total of 25 pages this month, with a 3 page article on feasts, a letter from me recommending recommendations, 9 pages devoted to the council report that included 2 letters of application, the new budget, and discussion on the storage unit, plus the usual Baronial Letters and articles and upcoming events. All this and a maze, too. (Please note I m not tooting my own horn - I m not creating the content!) We ve been publishing online now for about 8 months, I d like to hear what you all have to say about the format, and if it s meeting your needs, or if you have any suggestions for improvements. In service, Baroness Elfreda, Chronicler for the Barony of Three Mountains Historian: Aubrey present, written report. Greetings to Their Excellencies, The Council, and Populace, I have handed over the pictures for St. Crispins event and the Carpathians event on a jump drive. Continued work on scanning older photos of past events, choosing the best. Yours In Service, Aubrey Florian Web Site: Conchobar - present, verbal report. Exchequer: Temair - present, written report. We have money. (See page 15.) Chamberlain: open office (Duncan has applied: see Open Offices, page 14) A & S: Giana - not present, written report. Greetings Unto Their Excellencies and the Populace of Three Mountains! Our October A&S meeting at the monthly social was thwarted because the Center was closed for the Veterans Day holiday. A few people gathered and were social and talked about A&S type things in the parking lot, and Disa and I had a quick lesson in lucet braiding in her van. We will try for a full A&S Circle at the December Social. Here s the info on that: December A&S Circle Multnomah Arts Center where Monday practices and monthly social are held. Monday, December 10, 2007, 7 p.m. I hope to see you and your projects there! Regards, Giana Visconti, MOAS Baronial Council report continued on page 16 14

15 Exchequer Council 11/20/07 Fund Balances Unrestricted Funds 9/30/07 10/31/07 Business checking Stagecoach checking 7, , Business savings 9, , Total 17, , Restricted Funds Canton of Kaldor Scribal Dance Culinary Royal Travel Coronet Fencing College of St Urban Fighters Gold Key Heralds College of Pages Archers Total 2, , Total Fund Balances 19, , NET DIFFERENCE 1, , Withdrawals Douglas West (Uhaul gas SOK) Multnomah Arts Center (Project Night 10/8) Multnomah Art Center (Project Night 11/12) ABCO Marketing (T-Shirts SOK) , Columbia County Fairgrnds (Yule site fee) Rebecca Ernst (Police report, stolen music & replacement music) East Portland Community (Dance site) Karl Christoffers (Advance boxes storage) Sean Hinckley (Gate advance Carpathians) Total 3, ending balance reserve funds 0 old acct. balance (Closed) ending balance out standing checks Restricted Outstanding checks 1062 $0.00 Void stale date 1048 $0.00 Void stale date 1038 $0.00 Void stale date 1030 $0.00 Void stale date 1023 $0.00 Void stale date 1066 $0.00 Void stale date 1093 $60.00 Awards GT contest 1125 $2.50 Plume re-imburse 1154 $4.18 Supplies Champions 1182 $15.00 Refund SOK 1188 $28.00 Supplies SOK 1189 $33.28 Printing SOK 1193 $38.75 Propane Kingdom torches 1198 $25.76 Ladies Gallery Ropes 1202 $50.00 Site deposit Night Carpathians 1203 $ site fee Night Carpathians 1208 $45.00 Project night 1213 $ Storage boxes $ Deposits Interest MM 10/31/ Void check 1023 stale date 10/31/ Void check 1030 stale date 10/31/ Void check 1038 stale date 10/31/ Void check 1048 stale date 10/31/ Void check 1062 stale date 10/31/ Void check 1066 stale date 10/31/ NET DIFFERENCE -3,

16 Canton of Kaldor s A&S: Alexandria - present, written report. Current: Yule planning and decoration creation has been our focus the last 3 months A&S wise for our Semi Regular Socials. We have food, art projects, kids activities, games, decoration, etc. Monthly business meeting: 4th Thursday of the Month Reports due to Kingdom Oct 15, Jan 15, April 15, July 15 Monthly report: to yahoogroups, to 3M A&S Minister with CC to 3M Seneschal and Canton Future Plans: SEMI REGULAR SOCIALS: Returns in January or February Armoring: Some interest in armoring along with our Semi Regular Social Night Garb need. Our sewing social will return Equestrian Practice: will probably begin in late spring on a quarterly basis at first. Will need to confirm a date with an active Equestrian marshal--can use Alex and Aedan s barn and pastures for practice grounds SPRING GARBED SOCIAL: Izadora is heading up a Picnic in the Park in Garb for the spring. Nice way to visit, do A&S and maybe get some new interest. EVENT PREP: Small event tentative plans for May or September: Appoline is researching sites for a small new folk friendly gathering... Dance: Slainé - present, written report. Greetings unto Their Excellencies and the populace of the Barony of Three mountains! Dance is going well. We are having a good turnout. We only have two practices left before we take a break for the holidays, on the 30th of November and the 14th of December. We will be starting back up at the end of January. I have started rebuilding the music library, so we have some music again. Yours in service, Slainé inghean ui Mhaille Armorer: Aleyn present, verbal report. Did inventory of armorer s office. Taught at Ithra in Summits. Marshal: Meri present, written report. Greetings from Meri of the Bears, Knight Marshal - Barony of 3 M There was no practice last Monday, Nov. 12, due to the holiday. Practice should return to normal this week. Additionally, I will not be at council meeting for the month of Dec. due to surgery scheduled for Dec. 12. I will be at the next 4 sessions of practice and then turn over rosters to Aleyn the Younger ( my deputy) on Dec. 10. If all goes well and I heal quickly, I should be back on the job Jan. 7, Inventory for Knight Marshal: 5 staves, 5 baldrics, cloth bag for baldrics, file folder containing extra report forms, notebook containing rosters. Yours In Service, Meri of the Bears Rapier: Selvaggia present, nothing to report. Archer: Duncan present, written report Greetings to the Council and Populace of Three Mountains. Archery has had a very enterprising month! -- At the St. Crispin s Day event in Canby, the Host, Tegan of Conway, approached me with an offer to have regular archery practice at her place! I happily accepted her offer and we moved forward. We have had two outdoor practices and one indoor at our new location. Having an indoor location, as well as a dedicated place for SCA Archery is a VERY rare and valuable opportunity; it has been many years since we have had the luxury of shooting for scores and practice all winter long! Because of this new PRIVATE location we can resume practice

17 with Crossbows (not legal at public ranges) and we may also have regular Thrown Weapons practice added to our schedule. Thank You Tegan! Winter Practice will occur regularly on Sundays starting at 12:30 pm and running at least through 3:00pm. Weekday practice is suspended until further notice. me for more information & directions to the new site. -- Last Saturday we had a small Archery Guild workshop, where 10 people attended and worked on various archery related projects. The next Guild workshop is to be announced, but will be posted on the various message boards. -- Last Sunday a group of us set up the indoor range in Tegan s barn by rigging the safety netting; we then shot our first practice and Royal Rounds for the new scoring season. I d like to thank the following people for all of their help with Guild, and getting the new indoor range up and running. Tegan, Hugh, Muireann, Duncan, Ersebet, Aíbinn, Jared, Arnorr & Havoise. Given on the 20th day of November, the feast of St. Felix of Valois, in the year 2007, A.S. XLII Andrew Stiubhard lyoncoeur@yahoo.com Lists: Disa - present, nothing to report Waterbearer: - Office available. Incipient Canton of Kaldor: Áedán present, written report. The majority of the activity in the Canton in the past month has centered on the preparations for Yule Feast, which are going quite well (see separate Yule report.) Our last meeting was held at the Warren Country Inn on October 25, The meeting was very well attended. Our next Meeting Date is November 29 at 7 pm at Sofia s. We have one remaining Yule workday planned on December 1st. The group is now seriously discussing future events - and we hope to have an event proposal in January or February. I did receive word from Laurel Sovereign of Arms indicating our name had been rejected by Laurel for an aural conflict with a not well known castle. I have written Lion s Blood and Laurel requesting clarification and appealing their decision as several names with similar or greater degrees of conflict have recently been accepted by Laurel (including two on the same letter.) In service, THL Áedán mac Suibne, JdL, GdS Chirurgeon: Zach present, nothing to report. CORONETS: Their Excellencies present. Written report. See Baronial letter. 3M COUNCIL MINUTES: October minutes: ABCd with some corrections: add Malcolm and Morwyn to council attendees; also that there were some differences between the outgoing Chamberlain s verbal resignation and the written version. MONEY TALKS: no requests. OPEN OFFICES: Seneschal, Khalja applied, see below for letter, decision in December. A&S, Qaratani applied, see below for letter, decision in December. Exchequer, Caitlin applied, will be Temair s deputy, see below for letter. Still open: Chamberlain, Duncan applied, see below for letter, Council ABC d him as acting Chamberlain, with decision in January. Waterbearer still open. OFFICE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED: Application for Chamberlain: (First printing) Greetings Council, Please consider this my application for Baronial Chamberlain. I have helped load before events & unload after 17

18 events so many times that I am very familiar with what is in the storage unit and I am aware that we what is in the unit inventoried. The main part of my mundane existence has to do with accounting, and with several companies, warehouse inventory has been a requirement. I tend to be very organized & meticulous with my own stuff and will be the same with the baronies equipment. Thank you for your consideration, Duncan McKai. Application for Seneschal: (Second printing) Please accept this, my application for the office of the Baronial Seneschal. I have been a long time member of the council of Three Mountains, mainly due to serving as an autocrat or supervising autocrat. I have also held the office of Baronial A&S Minister and been a deputy seneschal twice (to Titus and Helena). I have been attending baronial councils for a bit over 10 years and believe I have a good grasp of how the council works. Additionally, I have served as the events deputy to the Kingdom Seneschal, an office I created initially in this barony before taking it to kingdom. Through both modern and SCA experience, I know how to provide leadership to a group to get them working together as a cohesive team. I know what consensus means, and how to achieve it in a group dynamic. I am an experienced mentor. I know how to delegate and how to say no. I also know how to say yes and how to say, I don t know. I ll check into that and get back to you later. If chosen, my goals in this office would be to maintain the traditions of the Barony, work well with the officers, council and coronet. And make sure we don t do anything that will get us into trouble legally. I would also like to work to get attract and train new autocrats and officers. Sincerely, Baroness Khalja, Companion of the Order of the Pelican. Application for Exchequer: (Second printing) Unto the Society for Creative Anachronism, Your Royal Majesties Tiernan and Miranda, Your Royal Highnesses Cedric and Elizabeth, Your Excellencies Alfric and Jill, Your Excellency Helena and Chancellor of the Exchequer Temair of Hawthorne greetings; May I introduce myself, I am Catelin O Kelley (mka. Linda Kelley-Nordlund). I have been living in the Kingdom of An Tir, Barony of Three Mountains, (Milwaukie Oregon), since April 10th, I have been a paid member since 1996 starting in the Kingdom of the Outlands, Shire of Aarquelle (Pueblo Colorado). During my life in Aarquelle, I held the office of seneschal twice, exchequer, Minster of children, Minster of arts & science and Chirurgeon. From the Outlands, we were sent to Caid, the Barony of Drieburtgen (Palm Springs, California) where we lived 55 miles from the nearest meeting place. In April of 2007 we were sent to the Kingdom of An Tir, Barony of Three Mountains (Milwaukie Oregon). I have always been someone who does not mind helping where needed. While at paint night, I heard that the current exchequer of Three Mountains needed a deputy. If it is acceptable, I wish to apply for that position. Included papers list the awards I have received, my mundane résumé, people who can recommend me as someone of honesty and as a hard worker. (Her Excellency Cainnleach presented me Baroness of the Court/ Grant of Arms, Her Majesty Madigan my trefoil, and Her Excellency Elisheva my A.O.A... I was apprenticed to Mistress Elaina de Sinistre, House delicious for cooking. I am currently looking for someone to transfer my apprentice to. Mundanely, I am the manager of King Bell Apartments, a senior/disabled property as well as a regional trainer/ coach for AIMCO. (A member of S&P 500). I handle all of the monthly rental collections, management of property s day to day business as well as the paying of the property s bills. I assist with establishing of the annual budgets, negotiating with HUD, the state of Oregon both for S/8 and Tax Credits. I am the liaison between the residents and outside agencies while writing grants for services that will make life more enjoyable, enabling persons to live independently as long as possible. 18

19 If you have any questions or require more documentation, please feel free to contact me at the above address or phone number. Yours in Service, Linda A. Kelley-Nordlund Catelin O Kelley Application for Minister of Arts and Sciences: (Second printing) Please accept this my application for Baronial Arts and Sciences Minister. I am very interested in arts and sciences myself as well as fostering A&S for the Barony. I have great organizational skills and I am very good with people as well as being extremely creative. If chosen my goal in this office will be to maintain and build interest and participation throughout the Barony. Sincerely, Lady Qaratani Oyugen EVENT REPORTS: Sport of Kings August 16-19, 2007, Khalja autocrat, written report. Another successful Sport of Kings has come and gone. We have final event numbers and the bottom line looks the event made about $6500. I ll let Temair give the details. Sport of Kings has a proven successful formula and we did not deviate significantly from that formula. We did hold a post-mortem meeting in September where each member of the staff was able to express what went well and where we can improve in I m not going to go over all of those details, but I would like to cover a few things for your benefit. Things that went well: Reserving areas D & E at the park not only garnered us more parking but reduced the amount of hassle we usually have with other, modern parties in those areas. We will definitely be doing that again in the future. The Virgin Countess Inn kept us all well fed and we are very grateful. I ve said numerous times that Sport of Kings would not be nearly as successful as it is with the efforts of the ladies of the VC. Thank you again. We added a new staff position this year - Volunteer coordinator. Lady Qaratani s efforts significantly improved our ability to respond to the needs of our attendees and our own staff members. I d like to recommend that future autocrats consider having a volunteer coordinator on staff. Student information packets put together with t-shirt orders ahead of time significantly streamlined our registration process. The list field Revel was again highly well received. I believe we addressed many of the difficulties Muirrean experienced in the first year, and her preparation area was much more conveniently situated. Thank you to her for providing such wonderful food. Also many thanks to the Stromgard culinary guild for participating in these years revel. We worked directly with the park manager this year, getting our agreements in writing in advance. The park was reserved through the park manager at well, and we believe that we should continue to do this if at all possible. We had anticipated problems with park staff, but those failed to materialize. The use of radios by event staff was very helpful in keeping everyone in touch and helping us all respond quickly to potential issues. Things that we will be looking to improve next year: 19

20 I could have done without the rain. We continue to struggle with class registration and last minute changes with teachers and classes. Our current system does not scale well and it puts a huge manual process load on our registration officer. We will be looking at ways to improve this. We will continue to explore the use of debit/credit cards for registration with the Kingdom financial committee and the Society. The ability to register online and pay via credit card will improve our registration process immensely. There is no current method approved by the Society that we can use (ACCEPS will not work for us in its present form), but we will be keeping an eye out of it. Scheduling this event continues to be an adventure. We will be addressing several problems with the schedule in 2009, including ending classes earlier on Saturday so that the Grand Tournament does not have to be so rushed. The practice field made its debut this year. Overall, we liked how that went, but we have several ideas to improve it s usability in Again, thank you to all the staff members, students and teachers of SOK. We re looking forward to Regards, Baroness Khalja, OP Masterinna Ula, OP Temair added that bank fees for Canadian money were a problem. Roving to Raiment Grand Ithra - October 13-14, 2007, Giana Autocrat. We had 129 students and it looked like most everyone was having a good time. A Knight in the Carpathians November 3, 2007, Baron Vostroi Autocrat - final report next month. Yule December 8, Incipient Canton Kaldor (ICK) to sponsor. Alexandria DK Autocrat, Dame Elizabeth Supervising Autocrat. SITE: Confirmed (2 times) that site has deposit, check, insurance that they need. I will pick up keys and do a walk through on Dec 7 (Friday) of site. If anyone would like to join me, please or call autocrat FOOD: Will be buying the main dishes and bringing receipts to council in Decembers Meeting. ***** If you wish to bring a dessert--please contact me directly UPCOMING WORK DAYS: Dec 1 (Saturday before Yule) 10-3 Will be packing trailer, working on additional food, finishing centerpieces for tables, cutting evergreen boughs for site decor, etc. At Guilder Farm (Alex and Aedan s place--directions and more info will go to Yahoogroups lists next week. 3M STORAGE ITEMS: Need to set up a time to pick up gate box, some kitchen supplies, road signs, Baronial Banner, coffee makers and tablecloths with Seneschal or Deputy Seneschal before event. GATE: Appoline will handle gate coordination as exchequer with Temair (3M exchequer). As autocrat, I will not be able to handle any money issues. Will need stock money for gate opening as well as typical stuff and volunteers to man it...we will have a separate sign in for those that come just for Court (after 6:45 pm) and that can be a sign in right in the feast. Our goal is 95 paying adults so get the word out and invite folks to show! Comp list includes: Exchequer, B&B (ours, TP and Stromgard should they join us), Clean Up Coord, Set Up Coordinator, Feastocrat & Dance Minister. If anyone else needs to be comped in, please see me. ADVERTISING/ADMIN: Yule Top ten teaser went out last week to all local lists to remind folks of Yule coming up. Site Copy is on kingdom Website, 3M website and in Plume. Will be in December s Crier as well. One more reminder will go our the week of the event with gritty details (site conditions, request to bring your chairs since site chairs are metal folders, etc) 20

21 ACTIVITIES Raffle for Newcomers--if you have items for this contact me SCA Reliquary Contest and Display SCA Scavenger Hunt: QUEST OF THE PANTHEON (All Ages all inclusive) Golden Torc Charter Design Contest Pot luck peoples choice awards Some local merchants Dancing Art projects on site for group participation Kids Activities & Games Period Board Games Pre-feast table ice breaker Sing along Pot luck feast 3M Court **** INPUT --Interest in a gift exchange or ornament exchange? HELP NEEDED Volunteers needed as always for work days and day of work. Set up happens at 9 am (I will supply food on site for all workers.) with gate opening at 10:30. Also need decorations, table moving, gate help, kitchen help, etc. throughout the day Clean up crew needed for after Court (8:30-11:30 pm for table and chair duty, decor into trailer, mopping of bathrooms, dry mopping the hall where needed, etc. After the event, I will go through the trailer and get baronial gear back to Storage Three Mountains Champions June date reserved, no bids received yet. Helena pointed out NO events are scheduled yet for next year. Khalja volunteered to put on a How to Autocrat workshop. Sport of Kings August 20-23, Date is reserved, though it doesn t show online. OTHER OLD BUSINESS: Eric Stakes: Ula will report on next month. Helena confirmed Council did approve ordering 2 more eric stake carts from Trahaearn. Comping Policy: (Kingdom Exchequer) Pyotr says comping policy needs to be IN the Customary, then he & superiors will review. Storage Unit: In progress, will be done soon. NEW BUSINESS: Surprise! We will need a new location for Council! Golden Jade Restaurant has been sold, will be closing for remodeling, (after December s council meeting) then reopening as a Thai restaurant. Time to start reviewing our options. ANNOUNCEMENTS: ADJOURNED: at 8:08 pm. NEXT MEETING: 7 pm, December 18, 2007, at the Golden Jade Restaurant, SE 31st & Belmont. 21

22 Proposed Changes to the Customary of Three Mountains March 10, 2007 First printing. Notes and formatting from Ollomo Esugenas In general, discussion flowed freely without heat, and there was only one sticking point, and that was finally remanded to a separate meeting. Attending the meeting were Áedán mac Suibne, Aleyn the Younger, Alfric Rolfson, Amalric Blackheart, Conchobar Clarsair, Elfreda Drommfjell, Elizabeth Llandaff, Esugenas maqqas Moridaci avvi Cremutanni, Giana Visconti, Gregorio Cristovalez de la Vega, Helena Bryenissa Raoulaina, Jill Blackhorse, Kateline MacFarlane, Liadan inghean ui Seaghdha, Malcom Rudolf MacGregor, Marguerite de Moseleia, Morwyn of Wye, Temair of Hawthorne, Ulfred Draumfjallr, Zachariah le Bigod Due to the possibility of going to a completely online The Plume and other documents, there was a desired global change to ensure printed was changed to published or something there-akin so that the wording was more electronically friendly. I have also dealt with The Plume under the same consideration. In addition to those realized at the meeting, when HE Kateline and Esugenas gathered to ensure a double checking of our notes, there were a few additional changes that came up as seemingly important. These items are marked with a single asterisk ( * ). While searching for items having relation to The Plume going online (printed, The Plume, publish, &c., ), Esugenas also found a few items that were seemingly important. These are marked by a double asterisk ( ** ). While I sometimes find items (such as grammatical) that are obvious and insert them into the changes, I don t feel comfortable inserting policy-type changes. In this case, there is one global item that came to mind after the Customary meeting. My concern is that since it seems that The Plume and The Customary will be going to electronic online documents, people will forget to check them on the website. Therefore, I would like to strongly encourage announcements on the Baronial listserv of any major changes such as customary changes, Council site changes, &c. Perhaps even an announcement to the list on when the monthly edition of The Plume, or the yearly Customary has been published to the website would be a good idea. Indeed, my worry is that checking and reviewing such things will be easier to forget about if they don t arrive in the mail. I feel an announcement will at least give people a reminder heads-up. If such a thing is deemed welcome or necessary by Council, let me know and I will insert wording such as [...published to the website] and announced on the Baronial listserv, where appropriate. Without further ado, here are your proposed changes for 2007/XLII Customary: CUSTOMARY OPENING [DATE CORRECTIONS, Customary Preface.] The A.S. XLI Customary, containing the Customs, Guidelines, and Traditions of the Barony of Three Mountains. Revised in Customary Meeting, March A.S. XL XLI, approved by Council XLII XLII. SECTION I -- SCOPE 1) This is the Three Mountains Customary, a Charter as defined and as permitted by Corpora I.A,... SECTION II -- DEFINITIONS 22

23 [*NAME CHANGE AND MOVE FOR GROUPING OF SIMILAR OFFICE, II.Contingency Deputy to II.Deputy, Contingency] Contingency Deputy, Contingency: A Contingency Deputy is a person approved by Council who is capable of performing the duties of an office when the officer is unable to function. [*INSERTION AND MOVE FOR GROUPING OF SIMILAR OFFICE, II.Successor to II.Deputy, Successor] Deputy, Successor: A Successor is a person who has been approved by Council as the designated successor to an Office. [ADDITION, II.Quorum] Quorum: A Quorum is achieved if there are 12 Citizens present including a Moderator, and at least 3 Greater and 3 Lesser Officers 6 officers, including at least three Greater (Acting Officials count, but each person may only be counted once regardless of number of positions held) [*DELETION OF ADDRESS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE ENTRY FOR: AN TIR, KINGDOM OF, II.Society] Society, The: The Society is the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc., PO Box , Milpitas, CA SECTION III -- OFFICIALS OF THE BARONY [ADDITION OF DESIGNATOR, III.Note changes to III.Note A] Note A: No one is permitted... [NEW, III.Note B] Note B: Not all offices are filled at all times. Some are open or dormant until an interested party comes along (i.e., offices can be open, not be filled, and still be considered offices). [NEW, III.1.S] S) Ensure any and all deputies are warranted. [PRINTED/PLUME MODIFICATION, III.1.M] M) Having access to a copy of The Plume available at the Official s address. [NEW, III.2.I] I) Ensure Proclamation Banning the Clan of Some is proclaimed annually, preferably at the Baronial Champions Tournament. [MOVE FROM III.11.F.i (CHIRURGEON) TO III.7.E.v (MARSHALL)] v) The Waterbearer, who is responsible for ensuring that adequate safe supplies of water are available at Baronial martial activities, as requested. [PRINTED/PLUME MODIFICATION, III.8.F] F) Distributing complimentary copies of The Plume as required by Kingdom law. In addition, complimentary copies will be sent to the Baronial Coronet, the Baronial Seneschal(e) and the Baronial Historian. Champions also have the right to a free subscription. (q.v., V.5.C) [PRINTED/PLUME MODIFICATION, III.8.G] G) Providing a current subscription liability report to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as necessary required by Baronial financial policy. 23

24 [**DELETION OF INCOMPLETE REFERENCE, III.8.H] H) Ensuring that the proclamation banishing the Clan of Some is published in the May issue of The Plume. (q.v., X.1) [PRINTED/PLUME MODIFICATION, III.8.I] I) Ensuring that the Customary is edited, put into a publishable form, and distributed to no less than the Webminister for publication on the Baronial website printed and distributed at least once a year. [MOVE WEBMINISTER FROM LESSOR OFFICE III.8.J.ii TO GREATER OFFICE III.13] Ensuring that the proclamation banishing the Clan of Some is published on the Baronial website. [MOVE WEBMINISTER FROM LESSOR OFFICER III.8.J.ii.c) Ensuring that the proclamation banishing the Clan of Some is published on the Baronial website. [DELETION as there are none, III.11.F] F) Overseeing Lesser Officers and/or deputies, which include: [UPDATE, III.11.Note] Note: Corporate Policy IX., Policy on First Aid at Events reads: Note from Society Governing and Policy Decisions, #11 (August 1985): While organized first aid services are desirable at events, the Society and its branches Society events, the corporation may not be placed in the position of promising to provide these services them. Therefore, while Society branches are encouraged to make every effort to have qualified volunteer first aid personnel available, they are specifically prohibited from requiring the presence of a medical officer at events, and from in any way implying that the Society s sponsorship of an event depends upon the presence of organized first aid services. [GRAMMATICAL CORRECTION, III.12] 12) The Baronial Scribe, who is responsible for scribal activities within the Barony. Duties and Responsibilities of the Baronial Scribe include, but are not limited to: [MODIFICATION, III.12.D] D) Encouraging participation citizens to participate in scribal activities. [INSERTION INTO NEW SECTION (WEBMINISTER), III.13.C) Ensuring that the proclamation banishing the Clan of Some is published on the Baronial website. [INSERTION INTO NEW SECTION (WEBMINISTER) III.13.D] I) Ensuring that the Customary is published on the Baronial website. SECTION IV -- CITIZENSHIP [NEW, IV.1.Note] Note: Citizens are encouraged to respond to Kingdom sponsored pollings. [UPDATE DUE TO KINGDOM LAW, IV.1.C] C) Participating in Baronial and Kingdom sponsored Baronial pollings. 24

25 [EMPHASIS=CAPITALIZATON, IV.2] 2) SUGGESTED Suggested responsibility guidelines for all Citizens include but are not necessarily limited to. [PRINTED/PLUME MODIFICATION AND CLARIFICATION OF INTENTION, IV.2.E] E) Keeping up to date with Baronial activities and current events Receiving The Plume at one s home address SECTION V -- CHAMPIONS AND SERGEANCY [DELETION, V.4] 4) The general tenure of a Champion is approximately one year. The tenure begins when the Champion is recognized during a Baronial Court of the Championship Tournament in which there was victory, and it ends during a Baronial Court of the following year s Championship Tournament... [DELETION WITH RENUMBERING AS NECESSARY, V.5.C] C) Receiving a complementary copy of the Customary and subscription to The Plume. [INSERTION AND RENUMBERING, V.5.D to V.5.C] C D) Generally paying no site fee when performing ceremonial duties at Baronial events. [DELETION AND INSERTION, V.6.A] A) Attending at least four Baronial events during their tenure as Champion (q.v., V.4). [NEW, V.6.F] F) Relinquishing the Championship when unable to fulfill the duties of the office, whereat the Cornet may appoint an interim Champion until another Champion Tournament can be held and a new Champion be inducted. SECTION VI -- OPERATING GUIDELINES [PRINTED/PLUME MODIFICATION, VI.1] 1) Proposed changes to the Customary may be suggested at any Council meeting and will be published to the website and may also be published printed in The Plume for two months prior to final decision by the Council. The final form, if any, will be published to the Customary pages of the Baronial website printed in The Plume.. [PRINTED/PLUME MODIFICATION AND TIME CHANGES, VI.1.A] A) The Seneschal(e) will call a special meeting during February for the purpose of soliciting recommended changes. These recommendations will be published printed in The Plume during the months of April March and May April. The final decision on the proposed changes will be made at a council meeting in May April (either the regular meeting or a special meeting, as determined by Council); the entire revised Customary will be published printed in June May as a supplement to The Plume. [PRINTED/PLUME MODIFICATION, VI.1.Note] Note: The current version is also available on the Baronial website. If Council so decides, hard copies may be mailed out. If someone wishes a current copy of the Customary, it may be obtained from the Librarian at cost. If someone wishes a current copy of 25

26 the Customary, it may be obtained from the Librarian at cost. The current version is also available on the Baronial website. [PRINTED/PLUME MODIFICATION, VI.2.Note] Note: Notices of possible changes to Citizenship status will be published printed in The Plume for two months, prior to approval by Council. [UPDATE/DELETION DUE TO KINGDOM OR SOCIETY LAWS, VI.3.A] A) Decisions are made by a consensus of the Council. The Council will work towards consensus. If consensus is not achieved, the Council will work towards at least a 90% agreement by a polling. If a 90% agreement is not achieved, a final decision shall be made by the Baronial Coronet in conjunction with the Seneschal(e). [PRINTED/PLUME MODIFICATION, VI.3.B.ii] ii) The minutes shall be published printed in The Plume and may also be posted on the website as a separate document. [**UPDATE, VI.3.E] E) New business for the meeting shall be published (with contact information for the subject s sponsor) to the membership no later than the day preceding the meeting. (Notification by the Baronial Announcement list is deemed sufficient.) Discussion of non-prepublished new business is subject to the complete consensus of the Council or it will be remanded to the next business meeting. [INSERTION, VI.10] 10) The Budget Committee shall meet not less than every three years. [RENUMBERING, (old) VI.10 to VI.11, VI.11 to VI.12, VI.12 to VI.13, VI.13 to VI.14, VI.14 to VI.15] SECTION VII -- SPONSORED BRANCHES [SIMPLIFIED WORDING, VII.1.A] A) Sponsored Branch officers are expected to report to their Baronial counterparts at least as frequently as the officer is required to report to the Council of the Sponsored Branch. This report will contain no less than the officer s Sponsored Branch Council report. An officer of a Sponsored Branch reports to the officer s analogue as often as the officer is required to report to the Council of the Sponsored Branch. The report will not be less than the Officer s Sponsored Branch Council report. [PRINTED/PLUME MODIFICATION and MODIFICATION, VII.4.A] A) The Barony shall ensure copies lend a copy of the required library (as defined in Governing Documents and Kingdom Law) to each of its Sponsored Branches in order to facilitate this. Included in this library will also be a copy of the Baronial Customary. [DELETION, VII.4.B] B) The library shall become a gift to the branch if they are approved for full branch status, or shall be returned to the Barony if the branch is not approved. SECTION VIII -- AUTOCRATS AND EVENTS [INSERTION, VIII.8] 8) Officials and Baronial Champions having office-related obligations at a Baronial Event are not required to pay a site fee, as determined by the Autocrat, for that event. After such determination, the Autocrat will provide a list of names for those people receiving complimentary admission 26

27 to the site (i.e., a comp list ) to Council prior to the event and to the event gate. This list will include the person s name, and office or obligation to the event. [NEW, VIII.8.A] A) Persons not amongst those on the list of complimentary admissions will need to pay the site fee, and will be refunded at a later time if appropriate. [MODIFICATION and RENUMBER, VIII.8] B A) Autocrats shall not retroactively give complimentary admission to an event to comp Officials, Baronial Champions, and/or others for an event once the event final gate is closed. XIII FINANCIAL POLICY [MODIFICATION, XIII.Note to XIII.Note A] Note A: The financial policies... [NEW, XIII.Note B] Note B: If the Barony of Three Mountains should be dissolved, all accounts shall be given to its successor branch, or should there be no successor, to the Kingdom general fund. The following item in Section VIII -- Autocrats and Events caused great discussion at the Customary Meeting and has been remanded to a separate meeting. [REMANDED TO SEPARATE MEETING, VIII.2.C.iii] iii) Having the Seneschal(e) approve all marketing publications related to the event prior to dissemination. Three Mountains Special Budget/Customary Meeting (Second printing) September 25, :00 pm, Golden Jade, PDX In Attendance: Helena, Aleyn, Alfric, Malcolm, Morwyn, Liadan, Conchobar, Ulfred, Elfreda, Zacharia, Temair, Robert, Ersebet, Duncan, Meri. Helena brought up that council can overrule any requirement in the customary on a case-by-case basis. Since we didn t have a quorum of all officers for the budget meeting, council overruled that requirement. #1. Amended budget meeting requirements for quorum to normal meeting requirements for quorum. #2. Addressed Jill s request to comp neighboring barons and baronesses in reciprocation. Helena had checked the current Kingdom exchequer s handbook. It mentions the King and Queen do not need to be comped except for Crown Events. She also checked with Pyotr, (Kingdom Exchequer) but hasn t heard back yet. Helena requested to wait for Pyotr s reply. Agreed, will wait for next council meeting in October. 3. Autocrat s issues: When do we need supervising autocrat, and when do we need to check autocrat s publicity (and other communications) copy? Aleyn questioned if we need to change at all. Liadan said we shouldn t have variable requirements for individuals. Suggestion that we have an approval group, made up of seneschal and deputy, chronicler, plus any other officer as needed, at the discretion of the seneschal, to review 27

28 event copy, with a 3 business day deadline. If no comments are received, it will be considered approved. Council decided that the Customary requirements for approval of event advertising shall stand as is. Budget - council went through all items. Temair will prepare updated budget and present at next council. Thank you to everyone that took the time to attend the special meeting. [As well as for your patience in reading this!] Event Copy Guidelines for The PLUME This checklist is intended as an aid in the proper submission of event copy to The PLUME. All copy for events at which official business is to take place must contain ALL of the information below for the enlightenment of the populace, legal, insurance, and tax purposes. (Note: This list is an aid only, you do not need to submit it with your copy.) Required Items Date of the event (day and month) If the event will not be held during the Common Era year noted on the front cover of the newsletter, the announcement must also include the Common Era year. The time of the event: when the site opens and closes. The name of the sponsoring group: Only SCA events will be published. The location (name, street address, and town) of the site. The postal code should also be included if available. The name and address of the autocrat (both society and modern). If there is a fee being charged for the event, the statement Make checks payable to SCA, Inc. - Group Name Other Items Official SCA Event Title (as your event will appear on the calender) Modern Location (Use the town where the event site is located) Cover from Illustrated History of Furniture: From the Earliest to the Present Time, by Frederick Litchfield, 1893, from Inside art from various Dover publications and com/~lindahl/food-art/ by Gregory Blount of Isenfir. (feasts) 28