March 11, 2026. Zoom.
Attending: Brigida, Berndt, Stasi, Juliana, Brighid, Gwyn, Gobban, Sifrid, Sofya, Avelyn
Chornicler: nothing to report
A&S : will be making pins so bring wire tools, metal files…
Herald: Brigida’s Herald Extraordinary title (Monkshood Herald) passed.
Exchequer: we have money. There are new protocols with a new handbook for her to figure out, but it doesn’t look too bad.
Seneschal: Brigida put in the paperwork for St. Augustine’s Faire.
Kingdom Event Bid: do we want to use the Bremer County Fairgrounds instead of the church?
- 70 x 100 ft main space ($700), conference room ($250), panel rental ($25 each) to block off a judges area,
- Fee includes having fair staff on-site all day to help with TP in the bathrooms, etc.
- lots of space and refrigerators in the kitchen, dedicated outlets on separate circuits, working on getting a stove but maybe not done by then
- reserving outdoor area for fighting ($100).
- so ballpark $1,200 total
- Site fee $15 members, $25 non-members (free will donation for inn)
- Bid for Queen’s Prize, Gida event steward, Julianna inn steward.
- Lots of windows, sheltered outdoor sitting space,
- room for camping (self-register on-line, $15 tent camping?, $30 electrical?) with access to the flushies if porta-potties.
- Okay to come in Friday for setting unless someone else has rented.
- No recreational alcohol, but okay for entries/judging.
- Church was going to be a bit cheaper, but space more broken up, steps vs elevator, possibly losing our privy chamber space to the expanding school… see October 2025 Business Meeting
- “Kingdom A&S bid: We need to finalize our big for Kingdom A&S. Figure 200 people. Site expense ~$600. Narthex $400, fellowship hall $150, three classroooms $75. Site fee $25/15 (children $5). ePay required for pre-reg b/c kingdom event. $600 for a good inn.”
- We vote to use the Bremer County Fairgrounds in the bid to host Queen’s Prize in spring 2027.