11 November 2026, First Methodist Church, Mason City, IA
Attending: Juliana, Brigida, Berndt, Brighid, Sifrid, Sofya, Gobban, Gwynn
A&S: we’re working on our boxes. No meetings or project days the next couple of months, so hopefully we’ll be able to start on the site tokens in January. Juliana is getting addicted to needle felting.
Archery: we have bows and arrows. There are new expiration dates for the marshal authorizations that seem to be random, so everyone with an authorization needs to log into CALON to check their dates. Johan told Gida he has one of the Hill’s archery butts. We’re thinking it’s one of the old “good” straw round target and it’s unclear if it would be any good anymore. Gida says we had 2-3 of them back when we had the events at Pilot Knob.
Herald: we have names, devices, badges, and heraldic titles. There’s always room for more. Crazy Uji’s Half-price Sale for heraldic submissions at the Kris Kinder consult table.
Webminister, Deputy: we have a website, email forwarding. Let the web team know if something needs to be updated/re-worded.
Chatelaine: wants to make sure our webpage doesn’t mislead potential visitors from coming to a meeting that has been cancelled. Homepage updated to link better to our calendar which is kept relatively up-to-date with cancellation.
Exchequer: we have money. She needs to do thing where Gida signs the thing, so the thing is still all legit for staying a Shire and hosting a Kingdom event, etc.
Seneschal: December business meeting will be Virtual, probably January, too. Gida would like to be able to step down by June 2027. She’s got some other things requiring more of her time.
Event Planning: Juliana wants bigger cups (12 oz) for the soup, since 8 oz doesn’t go very far once you add the fixings to the broth. We’ll need new trays ($35 for a pack of 75, plan for Gida to get two). Juliana wonders about snacks for judges and the privy chamber (Gwyn will check about financial rules if get “special” foods for crown). Gida is still planning to overdye the stained towels – they’re on the project table waiting quietly.