Minutes of November 1999 Populace Meeting

November 23, 1999

The meeting was called to order at 7:39pm, in room 328 of Bryan Hall. 9 people in attendance.

OLD BUSINESS

• Kingdom War Practice in February: Possibly have food for sale, but we didn’t discuss it too much, since Scott was not present.
• 25th Anniversary Event: The Seneschal will write Black Diamond, and see if they want to go to war over Afton Mountain. We did decide that we would prefer a  camping event, as opposed to a one day event. Trishka, the autocrat, is diligently looking into camp sites between Charlottesville and Harrisonburg. We will be sending in an event registration to the Kingdom Chronicler, and we will send in monthly updates as things progress. The rules about heavy marshals and how to bend those rules are being looked into. Until we come up with a better name, it will be named “Isenfir’s Silver Anniversary”.
• University 2000: Anne (the autocrat) has sent in tentative reservations for Cabell Hall, but will not be able to get anything definite until March or April. The date of the event is June 3, 2000. Monticello High School and Piedmont Virginia Community College are also possibilities for the site.
• Piedmont Virginia Community College Demo: Nothing is firm yet, except it will need to be on a weekday, possibly in February, March, or April of 2000.

NEW BUSINESS

• Minister of Minors: A new office that focuses on the minors of the SCA. Karen Oxford has offered to fill this position. THANK YOU KAREN!!!
• Duck Race Demo: Trishka brought up the possibility of doing a demo at the annual Duck Race ending point. It will be at Darden Towe park sometime in May. We decided this would be a good idea to bring in more people.
• Moving Populace: If student attendance continues to be low, we will probably move populace to a more accessible location. Or at least one that has easier parking access. Rosecroft and Trishka’s office were both suggested.

OFFICERS

(Herald, Rapier Marshal, and De Facto Heavy Marshal absent--No reports)

• Chronicler: Isenfairings will be out the first week of December, due to the holiday.
• Dance Master Extraordinare: We will have Burnley-Moran School for class until June. Our dance classes will be offered through Charlottesville Recreation and Leisure in the spring 2000 catalog, so hopefully we can get the word out to more people. David asked for suggestions on how to make dance class more beneficial. The main suggestion was to cut down on the number of dances taught at class and concentrate on only few at each practice.
• Minister of Arts and Sciences: Handcrafters is at lovely Rosecroft Cottage until further notice.
• Exchequer: $607.71 in the treasury. Revels at the Red Mountain Inn brought in $170.99.
• Chatelaine: No old business. New business: Demo opportunities that Trishka is taking care of.

EVENTS OF THE MONTH

See the CALENDAR for a summary of planned activities