August 2024 Business/A&S Meeting

28 August 2024, First Methodist Church, Mason City, IA

Attending: Brigida, Berndt, Juliana, Avelyn, Randall, Sifrid, Sofya, Stasi, Gobban, Gwyn.

Deputy Web Minister: we vote to renew heraldshill.org and think about registering a different name for a possible unofficial email forwarding

Event Wrap-Up

  • Gate: adult non-members, adult members, children, 1 royal = 62 people =
  • Feast: 36 people, income ~ $360 in, expenses $560.
  • Inn: income = $546.10 (includes feast left-over donations), expenses =
  • Final receipts: -$42.72 (assuming we get our deposit back)
  • Silent auction = $416
  • we had 11 archers and two fighters, 2 teachers, 3 A&S entries.
  • Suggestions for the future: plan for 45-48 for feast instead of 60, getting away from the separate removes, will also back off amount of food for inns, worked well to get on-site on Thurs for a small crew to have plenty of time to set up, great to have the rolling carts to get food to the feast hall.

Kingdom-level events

  • Coronation (July & February) vs. Queen’s Prize (April, no feast) vs. Kingdom A&S (September, no feast): Grafton vs. St. Paul’s
  • Northwood site – near the casino
  • North Iowa Fairgrounds
  • Floyd County Fairgrounds (Fair in July)
  • St. Pauls in Waverly
  • First Methodist Mason City
  • Music Man Square
  • Mason City Columbia Club
  • the new Best Western conference center in Clear Lake?
  • Ventura Community Center ($700/day, non-profit rate $250/day, $200 deposit, invitation only, alcohol if proof of insurance, no freezer/ice machine)
  • Marble Rock Community Center