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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Forwarded Message: -------------- <BR>From: LMOORE2122@wi.rr.com <BR>To: announcements@sca.org <BR>Subject: [Announcements] President's Report of the October, 2005 Quarterly Meeting <BR>Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 17:54:02 +0000 <BR><BR>Some people have reported problems in reading the copy sent before, so <BR>I am re-sending. Please excuse the duplication. <BR><BR>Note, however, that the correct date for the July, 2006 meeting is <BR>Saturday, July 15. <BR><BR>Thank you. <BR><BR>Linda Moore <BR><BR><BR><BR>Greetings: <BR><BR>This is the President's report of the actions taken at the SCA, Inc.'s <BR>most recent Board of Directors meeting, held October 22, 2005 in <BR>Syracuse, NY, in the Kingdom of Aethelmearc. This material may be <BR>freely distributed, and those receiving it are strongly encouraged to <BR>share this information with the general membership. Permission is <BR>her
eby granted to reprint all or part of this report in Kingdom, <BR>Principality, and local newsletters. It is requested that the source <BR>of the information be identified as "from the President's Report of <BR>the October 2005 Board meeting" and that, as far as possible, exact <BR>quotes be used. Please note that this report is NOT the official <BR>Minutes of the Board meeting. In case of any discrepancy between this <BR>document and the approved Minutes, the Minutes are binding. Any <BR>inaccuracies in reporting contained herein are my own. <BR><BR>Subscriptions to the Board Minutes are available from the SCA, Inc. A <BR>subscription includes this report in addition to the Minutes approved <BR>at the meeting. Past approved Minutes are also available on the SCA <BR>web site (http://www.sca.org/). <BR>The next Board of Directors meeting will be held on January 21, 2006, <BR>in Atlanta, Georgia, in the Kingdom of Meridies. The deadline for <BR>submission of agenda items is Ja
nuary 1, 2006. <BR><BR>Respectfully submitted, <BR>Linda Moore <BR>President, SCA Inc. <BR>________________________________________ <BR>Branch Status Changes <BR>The Board took noted one new branch, the Shire of Earnrokke (Whidbey <BR>Island, WA), Kingdom of An Tir. There was one change in status; the <BR>Shire of Iron Bog, (Camden, Gloucester and S. Burlington, NJ), Kingdom <BR>of the East, is now a Barony. There were no branch dissolutions. <BR><BR>Old Business <BR><BR>-Proposed Revision to Corpora IX.A.5 (Youth Combat) <BR><BR>At the July, 2005 quarterly meeting, the Board voted to put the <BR>following change to Corpora out for comment to the membership: <BR><BR>Corpora IX.A.5 currently reads in part: <BR><BR>“No person who has not attained his or her sixteenth (16th) birthday <BR>may be authorized in armored combat or the marshaling of armored <BR>combat. No person who has not attained his or her fourteenth (14th) <BR>birthday may be authorized for any form of Society c
ombat-related <BR>activity.” <BR><BR>This section was written prior to the existence of Youth Combat <BR>programs in the SCA, and the existing working appears to ban youth <BR>combat. This is not the Board’s intent, so the following change was <BR>proposed, and sent for commentary after the July, 2005 meeting: <BR><BR>“In order to be authorized as a combatant or marshal in adult armored <BR>combat, an individual must have attained his or her sixteenth (16th) <BR>birthday. In order to be authorized as a participant, combatant, or <BR>marshal in any other form of Society combat-related activity, except <BR>Youth Combat, an individual must have attained his or her fourteenth <BR>(14th) birthday.” <BR><BR>Based upon the commentary of the membership, an overwhelming majority <BR>of which was positive, this change was approved by the Directors, to <BR>be effective 60 days from notification of the Kingdom Seneschals. <BR><BR>-Society Exchequer Land-Use Policy <BR><BR>The Society Ex
chequer asked that the Society Land-Use Policy, <BR>currently part of the exchequer’s policies, be moved to Corporate <BR>Policies of the SCA, Inc. <BR><BR>By consensus, Chairman Williams ordered this item remanded to the <BR>January 2006 quarterly meeting. <BR><BR>New Business <BR>-Resignation from the Order of the Laurel (Pamela McDermott) <BR>The Board received and accepted the resignation from the Order of the <BR>Laurel of Pamela McDermott. <BR><BR>-Board of Directors Policies and Procedures Manual <BR>President Linda Moore presented an updated version of the Board of <BR>Director’s Policies and Procedures manual. With some minor changes, <BR>the revision was approved. <BR><BR>-Seneschal’s Handbook (10/05 Edition) <BR>The Society Seneschal, George Reed, presented a revised version of the <BR>Society Seneschal’s Handbook. With some minor changes, this revision <BR>was approved. <BR><BR>-Database Deletions <BR>Based upon a request from a member of the SCA, the Board consi
dered <BR>whether information about a member who is deceased should be deleted <BR>from the database. After discussion, the board decided to take no <BR>action on this request. <BR><BR>-2006 Budget <BR>The 2006 Operating budget was presented and approved. <BR><BR>-Resignation from the Order of the Laurel (Noah N. Hale) <BR>The Board received and accepted the resignation from the Order of the <BR>Laurel of Noah N. Hale. <BR><BR>-Family Membership Revision <BR>A proposed change to the Family Membership category was presented. <BR>After some discussion about the changes, the Directors decided not to <BR>implement the change as presented, but to remand the item to the <BR>January meeting. <BR><BR>-Computer Support <BR>The directors allocated $5,000 towards computer support for the <BR>remainder of the 2005 fiscal year. <BR><BR><BR>Officers' Reports <BR>Action items and policy decisions (note: officers not mentioned here <BR>had no action items or policy decisions to present for
Board review): <BR><BR><BR>-President <BR>The President presented the Board Policies and Procedures Manual for <BR>approval. It had been approved earlier in the meeting. <BR><BR><BR>-Society Seneschal <BR>The Society Seneschal presented the Society Seneschal’s Handbook for <BR>approval, and it was. He had two policy interpretations that were <BR>upheld: <BR>1. Kingdom Seneschals are required to monitor administrative sanctions <BR>within their Kingdoms, and <BR>2. that any sanction may be appealed upon receipt through the chain of <BR>command from the issuing authority up to the Board of Directors. <BR><BR><BR>-Society Exchequer <BR>The Board extended the Society Exchequer's warrant until July, 2006. <BR>Updated financial policies for Drachenwald and Trimaris were approved, <BR>while the West Kingdom’s was returned for further work. The Society <BR>Exchequer brought a question about owning durable medical equipment to <BR>the Board’s attention, and presented a policy interpr
etation regarding <BR>owner operated gate/event entrances. The policy interpretation was <BR>returned for more work. <BR><BR><BR>-Society Marshal <BR>The Society Marshal requested that the Board confirm his decision to <BR>ban Kenneth Elsinore from all combat-related activities. The Directors <BR>confirmed that it was within the purview of his office to do so. <BR><BR><BR>-Society Minister of Arts and Sciences <BR>The Society Minister of Arts and Sciences presented a policy <BR>interpretation regarding the use of sharp metal weapons within the <BR>Study and Education of Historical Combat Techniques approved last <BR>quarter. The Board returned his interpretation for more work. <BR><BR><BR>-Laurel Sovereign of Arms <BR>The Laurel Sovereign of Arms presented a new financial policy, which <BR>was approved. <BR><BR><BR>Standing Committees of the Board <BR><BR><BR>-Grand Council <BR>The Grand Council had previously presented suggested topics for the <BR>Board's long-range plannin
g efforts. <BR><BR><BR>-Legal Committee <BR>The committee continued discussion on the matter of the Chirurgeonate <BR>within the SCA. <BR><BR><BR>-Investment Committee <BR>The investment committee presented a recommendation for handling buy <BR>and sell decisions, and was reminded of the option of making <BR>conference calls for those decisions. The committee also recommended a <BR>purchase of Caterpillar (CAT) stock which was approved. <BR><BR><BR>Executive Session <BR><BR><BR>-Revocation and Denial of Membership – Doug Heyns <BR>By consensus, Chairman Williams ordered this item remanded to the <BR>January 2006 quarterly meeting. <BR><BR>-Revocation and Denial of Membership – Bruce Parker <BR>By consensus, Chairman Williams ordered this item remanded to the <BR>January 2006 quarterly meeting. <BR><BR>-Corporate Treasurer Applications <BR>Motion by Lis Schraer appoint Alan Andrist (Alanus of Bunghea), to <BR>position of Corporate Treasurer for the standard three-year term, <
BR>effective at the close of the January 2006 quarterly meeting, subject <BR>to the standard probationary period. Seconded by Tom Hughes. In favor: <BR>Jeff Brown, Dena Cady, Tom Hughes, Shawn Reed, Lis Schraer, Gabrielle <BR>Underwood. Opposed: none. Motion carried. <BR><BR>-Corporate Treasurer (Tom Bilodeau) Resignation <BR>Chairman Williams accepted with regret the resignation, effective at <BR>the close of the January 2006 meeting, of Tom Bilodeau and thanked Mr. <BR>Bilodeau all his hard work and for his assistance in obtaining a <BR>replacement so quickly. <BR><BR>-Robert Bower - Absolute Banishment <BR>Motion by Lis Schraer to uphold the absolute banishment of Robert <BR>Bower (Richard of Wolfscairn) by their Majesties, Dietrich and <BR>Adrianna, King and Queen of the Kingdom of Caid, proclaimed on <BR>September 2, 2005. Seconded by Tom Hughes. In favor: Jeff Brown, Dena <BR>Cady, Tom Hughes, Shawn Reed, Lis Schraer, Gabrielle Underwood. <BR>Opposed: none. Motion carr
ied. <BR><BR>-Robert Bower - Revocation and Denial of Membership <BR>By consensus, Chairman Williams ordered this item remanded to the <BR>January 2006 quarterly meeting. <BR><BR>-Revocation and Denial of Membership – Steven Cowley <BR>By consensus, Chairman Williams ordered this item remanded to the <BR>January 2006 quarterly meeting. <BR><BR>-David George Banishment from the Realm <BR>Motion by Lis Schraer to uphold the banishment of David George (Daoud <BR>Barbarossa ed Din) by Their Majesties, Uther and Angharad, King and <BR>Queen of the Kingdom of An Tir, proclaimed on July 11, 2005. Seconded <BR>by Jeff Brown. In favor: Jeff Brown, Dena Cady, Tom Hughes, Shawn <BR>Reed, Lis Schraer, Gabrielle Underwood. Opposed: none. Motion carried. <BR><BR>-David George – Appeal of Banishment from the Realm <BR>By consensus, the Board chose not to review this appeal. <BR><BR>-Revocation and Denial of Membership – Stan Harmon <BR>By consensus, Chairman Williams ordered this item rema
nded to the <BR>January 2006 quarterly meeting. <BR><BR>-Pamela McDermott Banishment from the Realm <BR>By consensus, Chairman Williams ordered this item returned to the <BR>Kingdom Seneschal of Aethelmearc for further work. <BR><BR>-Julia Nelson - Exile from the Realm <BR>Motion by Lis Schraer to uphold the exile from the realm imposed by <BR>Malcolm and Tessa, King and Queen of Aethelmearc, on July 23, 2005. <BR>Seconded by Tom Hughes. In favor: Jeff Brown, Dena Cady, Tom Hughes, <BR>Shawn Reed, Lis Schraer, Gabrielle Underwood. Opposed: none. Chairman <BR>Williams exercised his option to vote and did so in favor of the <BR>motion. Motion carried. <BR><BR>-Letitia Wilde Appeal of Degradation from the Peerage <BR>By consensus, Chairman Williams ordered the appeal to be heard at the <BR>next scheduled meeting. <BR><BR>-Outlands Investigation <BR>Motion by Lis Schraer, in response to an petition from the Crown of <BR>the Outlands, Hoegaarden and Chiara, and subsequent input f
rom an <BR>overwhelming majority of active peers of the Outlands, Abraham Risho <BR>and Helen Patton, (Ibrahim ad-Dimashqi and Ileana Welgy) are banned <BR>from participation, in Royal Lists or holding an office within the SCA <BR>for a period of five years beginning October 22, 2005. Seconded by <BR>Gabrielle Underwood. In favor: Jeff Brown, Dena Cady, Tom Hughes, <BR>Shawn Reed, Lis Schraer, Gabrielle Underwood. Opposed: none. Chairman <BR>Williams exercised his option to vote and did so in favor of the <BR>motion. Motion carried unanimously. <BR><BR>The SCA Board of Directors wants to recognize and reaffirm the awesome <BR>responsibility that Royalty has in identifying and recognizing those <BR>individuals worthy of awards. The Board has no desire to participate <BR>in or to influence the decisions of the Royalty in their selections of <BR>those persons to receive awards. The Board also has no desire to <BR>hamper the creation and evolution of traditions and customs in th
e <BR>kingdoms. <BR><BR>However, the Board of Directors requires that Royalty follow kingdom <BR>law and respect kingdom traditions in the giving of awards and every <BR>effort should be made to follow kingdom customs and courtesies in <BR>order to build and foster courtesy and goodwill among the membership <BR>during the courts and ceremonies used to give any and all awards. <BR><BR><BR>Personnel Changes <BR>-Robert Osborne was thanked for his service as Society Marshal. <BR>-Jason Williams was re-elected Chairman of the Board; Jeff Brown was <BR>elected Vice-Chair. <BR>-Ombudsman assignments were updated as follows: <BR>• Jason Williams: President, Executive Assistant, Society Seneschal, <BR>Corporate Office, Legal Committee <BR>• Jeff Brown: Northshield, Aethelmearc, East, Middle, Information <BR>Technology, Marshal <BR>• Dena Cady: Caid, Lochac, West, Chirurgeon, Communications <BR>• Heather English: Arts and Sciences, Ealdormere, Artemisia <BR>• Tom Hughes: Financial Of
ficers, Atenveldt, Outlands, Grand Council <BR>• Shawn Reed: An Tir, Calontir, Heralds, Atlantia <BR>• Gabrielle Underwood: Ansteorra, Meridies, Trimaris, Gleann Abhann, <BR>Drachenwald, Board Recruiting <BR>-Jason Williams acknowledged this as the last meeting for Lis Schraer. <BR>She was commended for her service, and presented with handmade jewelry <BR>as a gift. Jason Williams then handed her the Chairman's gavel and <BR>allowed her to chair the final adjournment. <BR><BR><BR>Quarterly Meeting Schedule <BR>The First Quarter 2006 meeting will be held January 21, 2006, in <BR>Atlanta, Georgia (Kingdom of Meridies.) <BR>The Second Quarter 2006 meeting will be held April 22, 2006, in <BR>Richmond, Virginia (Kingdom of the Atlantia.) <BR>The Third Quarter 2006 meeting will be held July 15, 2006, in <BR>Indianapolis, IN (Kingdom of the Middle.) <BR>The Fourth Quarter 2006 meeting will be held October 21, 2006, and is <BR>tentatively scheduled to be in the Kingdom of Gleann Abh
ann. <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Comments are strongly encouraged and can be sent to: <BR>SCA Inc. <BR>Box 360789 <BR>Milpitas, CA 95036 <BR><BR>You may also email comments@sca.org or reply to this message. <BR><BR>This announcement is an official informational release by the Society for <BR>Creative Anachronism , Inc. Permission is granted to reproduce this <BR>announcement in its entirety in newsletters, websites and electronic mailing <BR>lists. <BR><BR>_______________________________________________ <BR>Announcements mailing list <BR>To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: <BR>http://www.sca.org/mailman/listinfo/announcements <BR><BR>To change the email address you receive these messages at, visit the URL <BR>listed above, subscribe to with your new email address. Once this is <BR>completed, return to the URL listed above and unsubscribe your old email <BR>address. </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>