liamstliam | Jun. 17th, 2008

1. How do I feel about the SCA Board of Director's proposal to de-regulate waterbearing?

I am glad you asked. (What do you mean you don't care?)

Here is my response to the BoD.

Greetings.

The proposal to eliminate the Society oversight of waterbearing is damned near as great an idea as free, cold beer.

It seems to me, as a 15-year member of the Society, that this is a watershed event. I hope the trend toward smaller governance continues.

Master Liam Liam
Order of the Pelican
Kingdom of the East

2. Plan to pack something extra for K&Q Archery this weekend:

Greetings unto the residence of the great East Kingdom!

I will be in attendance at K&Q Archery Championship this coming weekend and collecting for Toys for Tots.
Last year saw an improvement in our collections of the previous year but still paled in comparison to years before that.

Please, while you are packing your gear for the event, add a new unwrapped toy to the mix. No donation is too small or too large, it's the kids that benefit.
Due to the restrictions of the program I am unable to accept liquids, such as bubble stuff, or guns.
Don't have room in your already crowded vehicle? Cash, checks, and gift cards are always welcome and take up almost no room.
Do you have an old gift card with only a few dollars left? Perfect, we can combine them with donations we have and make them add up.

I thank you in advance for helping to make this a banner year for the Toys for Tots program in the East Kingdom.

Lady Drueta de la Rosa, OSC
Iron Bog Seneschal
Deputy Collector - Toys for Tots Program in the East Kingdom Apprentice to Master Sofi

3. Today's sign of the SCApocalypse:

The prince e-mailed me, asking for a reference from kingdom law.

Scared me a little.

And I pretty much knew the answer (though I checked).

Scared me more.

4. A list of seven crazy people:

The following people have applied for the job of Society Seneschal:
Edward G. Kreyling (Erik of Telemark)
Gary Raine (Andre Jean Faucon)
Kimberly Harvey (Kenna Harve)
Fernando Vigil (Fernando Rodriguez de Falcon) John M. Sherman (Gottfried von Koln) JeNell A. Hays (Je Nell Aislynn of Blue Shadows)

The successful candidate will be chosen at the July, 2008 Board meeting.

If you wish to comment on any of these candidates please send your comments to: chairman@sca.org, seneschal@sca.org and president@sca.org.
Your comments will be confidential.

In the interests of ensuring confidentiality, please comment only to those email addresses. Please supply comments by July 7, 2008 for consideration.

Poor Fernando. He's the only one I know, so I wrote and recommended him.

5. Roll call!

What's the weekend plan?

Coldwood
Sommer Draw
K&Q Archery
Aethelmearc Academy
Other

6. From The Calontir Army Songbook:

NON NOBIS for the Latin impaired

NOAN NO BEES DOM IN AY, DOM IN AY
NOAN NO BEES DOM IN AY
SAY NO ME KNEE
SAY NO ME KNEE
TWO OH DAH GLOR EE UHM