January 14, 2026; First Methodist Church, Mason City, IA
Attending: Brigida, Berndt, Juliana, Rune, Tatiana, Avelyn, Randall, Stasi, Sofya, Sifrid, Brighid, Gobban, Gwynn, Tiernan, Darragh
Chatelein: contacted someone at Hampton School who is going to talk to someone to talk to someone… so we’ll see if we hear anything;
MoY: her background check has expired, so if someone else wants to do the job, feel free.
A&S: she hasn’t decided what we’re doing at the meeting this month. It will be a surprise!!!!!!!
Herald: we have a herald.
Chronicler: he is still waiting for a quorum of articles.
Exchequer: we have money. We are going to reimburse for the Advent Feast.
Web Minister: we have a website. His log-in works. Sofya wants the recipes from the Advent Feast.
Archery: hard to dodge the blizzards.
Seneschal: remember to get reports in. Kingdom is looking for a new Kingdom Advocate.
August Event: Brigida is willing to autocrat if someone else will Feast Steward. Stasi is willing to Feast Steward if someone can test for her (happy to hear we’re only cooking for 40). Rune is willing to be her taste-tester. Juliana would rather not spend all day in the kitchen this year.
Kingdom Event: Brigida points out that bids for Queen’s Prize 2027 will be due soon, so she wonders if we want to do another bid, since our last bid apparently was rejected. Brigida wonders about the new Bremer County Fairgrounds. Gobban says it could be okay, but only the one big indoor option apart from barns. We vote to go for it, planning the Waverly church as previously discussed unless Gida gets good info about the rental fee/facilities at the Bremer County Fairgrounds in time.
Project Day on the 24th. Holiday Party on the 31st.
Friday, March 20th – Paul Byram of the Irish Tenors will be performing at First Methodist. If we get enough tickets, a buddy or two might come, too.