Quid Novi January 2017

The Quid Novi

(QD)

Society for Creative Anachronism

Newsletter for the

Barony of Caer Mear Volume 39, Issue 1

Caer Mear Welcomes You!

Quid Novi 2 January 2017

Baronial Polling Please be sure that your mailing address is current with the Society if you wish to partici-pate in the Baronial Polling to select our new Baron & Baroness!

And the nominees are...

Viscount Tojenareum Grenville of Devon Mistress Magda z Stalburg Mestre Tomas de Montroig Mistress Aelfwynn Gyrthesdohtor Lord Hjörr Guðmundson Lady Arnóra in Rauða

Bids for Ruby Joust VI (and Investiture) need to be presented at the January Business Meeting.

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Announcements

Quid Novi 3 January 2017

Letter of Intent Viscount Tojenareum Grenville of Devon

& Mistress Magda z Stalburg

Unto the Most August Majesties of Atlantia and the gracious and talented members of the Barony of Caer Mear we send our greetings. Sir Tojenareum Grenville of Devon, 5th Prince of Atlantia, Order of the Laurel, Order of the Pelican and Founding member of Caer Mear and Dame Magda z Stalburg Founding Baroness of Settmour Swamp, Order of the Laurel and Found-ing member of Caer Mear, have heard the call of service to our fair Barony. We have loved our Barony for more than forty years and now feel the need to serve her as her Territorial Baronage. We have served the Barony in a variety of capacities. We have held offices, been members of committees and received awards through these four decades. We now feel that we need to offer ourselves as the representatives of this Most Loyal, Nobel and honorable Barony of Caer Mear. Please consider us when you seek those to follow in the noble role of Baronage. Yours in service, Sir Tojenareum Grenville of Devon Dame Magda z Stalburg

Quid Novi 4 January 2017

12 November, A.S. LI (2016)

Unto Their Atlantian Majesties Guillaume Tomas and Alyna, Their Atlantian Highnesses Cuan and Signy, Their Excellencies Wolfgang and

Yseult, Baron and Baroness Caer Mear, Lord Hjörr Guðmundsson, Baronial Seneschal, the Officers and the Populace of the Barony of Caer

Mear, and all others to whom these letters may come,

From Mestre Tomas de Montroig and Mistress Aelfwynn Gyrthesdohtor,

Greetings!

We hereby submit our Letter of Intent to be considered for, and if appointed to serve the Crown and the Populace of the Barony as, Baron andBaroness of Caer Mear. We have been residents of Caer Mear for 30 years. We are dues­paid members of the Society. We have reviewed Corpora and Kingdom Law, and are confident that we will successfully fulfill our duties and responsibilities if we are appointed. Our many years of experience in the Society have prepared us well to serve as Baron and Baroness.

Mistress Aelfwynn joined the Society in the West Kingdom in 1975, and was a founding member of the College of St. David. She has lived in

St. David and the Province of the Mists in the West, and in Caer Mear in Atlantia. She served as the local herald for St. David and the Provin

ce of the Mists, was the first Herald for the Principality of the Mists, and then served as Vesper Principal Herald of the West and

Batonvert Herald on the staff of the Laurel Sovereign of Arms. She has taught at a number of Collegia and Symposia, and is a Master

Instructor of the University of Atlantia. In the West, she was inducted into the Orders of the Leaf of Merit (service), the Rose Leaf (arts), the

Laurel, and the Pelican, and was made a Baroness of the Court. In Caer Mear, she has been inducted into the Order of the Pharos (service),

the Order of the Bris de Mer (arts), and the Order of Caer Mear.

Mestre Tomas attended his first event in Stierbach during the reign of Jahn and Tuiren. He has lived in Stierbach, where he served as Deputy

Everything and as a herald and chirurgeon at large, and in Caer Mear, where he served the Kingdom as Clerk of Precedence, Kraken Herald

on the Triton staff, Kingdom Chirurgeon (twice), and for the past 6 years as seneschal of the College of Yarnvid in Caer Mear. Tomas is a

Master Instructor of the University of Atlantia, and an instructor at the University of Tir Righ. He served for a decade as a chirurgeon

supervisor at the Pennsic War, and now serves very successfully on Pennsic staff as the department head for Disability Transport –

a demanding, highly visible, and politically­sensitive service requiring him to attract, train, organize, and lead a team of 120

volunteers from across the Known World to transport the disabled people of this temporary city for two weeks each year. He has been

inducted into the Orders of the Golden Dolphin, the Pearl, the Pelican, and the Laurel, and in Caer Mear into the the Order of the Pharos and

the Order of Caer Mear.

Neither of us has served as an officer of the Barony itself. For the first few years after we arrived, we were actively serving at the Kingdom

and Society levels. When we retired from those offices, we were both Peers. As Peers, it is our sworn duty to encourage others to like action,

and to mentor them in their endeavors. We have made it a priority to give others the opportunity to serve and be recognized.

Aside from a short sabbatical when our children were small and Tomas was a full­time graduate student, we have been active in Caer

Mear for as long as we've lived here. We are familiar with the history of the Barony and have supported and advised the Barons and Baroness

es. We have served the Barony in many roles, and our dedication and contributions have been recognized by induction into the Order of Caer

Mear. For years we have attended almost every weekly Baronial A&S/fight practice, weekly Yarnvid gather, weekly Baronial archery

practice, and monthly Baronial business meeting, devoting two or three evenings and a weekend afternoon to SCA activities

every week. We have attended and worked at most of the events hosted by Caer Mear and all its subsidiary groups, often volunteering at gate,

as security, heralds, chirurgeon (Tomas), archer marshal (Aelfwynn), and cooks. We travel to and support kingdom events, other

branch events, and inter­kingdom events, as work and other commitments allow.

Letter of Intent Mestre Tomas de Montroig

& Mistress Aelfwynn Gyrthesdohtor

Quid Novi 5 January 2017

Letter of Intent, cont’d Mestre Tomas de Montroig

& Mistress Aelfwynn Gyrthesdohtor

It is human nature for people to draw together by affinities, with groups frequently becoming some what insular, and Caer Mear

is not immune to this. The arts, heavy fighting, and fencing communities tend to congregate together.

With a few exceptions, those who live north of the James River rarely venture out for activities south of the river.

One of our goals as Baron and Baroness would be to encourage greater interaction between the various groups in the Barony and foster an

even stronger sense of community.

Another of our goals as Baron and Baroness would be to increase the opportunities for members of the populace to be involved in the

day to day running of the Barony. An active and engaged populace will maintain the vitality of the Barony. For many years, few

members of the general populace have come to the business meetings to participate in the planning process. Our pool of capable

and willing event stewards continues to shrink. There was a time when the Barony's business meetings were a time for the populace

to gather and interact. We would like to see more people attending the meetings and being involved in the decision­making, and

more people coached to successfully steward events.

The Society has always had a difficult time integrating children and keeping their interest. Children are the Society's future, but if we

cannot engage them, we will lose them. The Barony is blessed to have a number of children across a range of ages. Now that we have a

Youth Minister and a Youth Fighting Mar­

shal, we would encourage and support their efforts in finding ways to engage and retain the inter­

est of the Barony's young people. If they have activities that they enjoy and find satisfying, whether martial activities, arts, or

service, they will be more likely to remain active in the Society, or to reurn to it as adults. Our own children were born and raised

in the Barony. Although they were inactive in high school and college, they returned to the Society and are now active in other kingdoms.

We are dedicated to the Barony and would continue to be as Baron and Baroness. We will work with, represent, and support the

Barony to the Crown. We will work with, represent, and support the Crown to the Barony. We will represent the Barony to the rest

of the Kingdom as often as possible. We will continue to represent the Barony and the Kingdom when we travel abroad. We have

determined that during our tenure, wherever we go, there will be a Baronial presence, whether a hospitality table, Baronial

sunshade, or full encampment. We will camp with the Barony and provide a welcoming encampment for all members of the

populace. The Barony will always have shelter with us.

As Baron and Baroness, we would always work for the best interests

of Caer Mear as a whole. We always have. We always will.

Yours in Service, we remain,

Tomas de Montroig, OL OP CGD CP

Aelfwynn Gyrthesdohtor, OL OP ORL OLM Baroness of the Court of the West

Quid Novi 6 January 2017

Letter of Intent Lord Hjörr Guðmundson

& Lady Arnóra in Rauða

Unto their Majesties Guillaume Tomas and Alyna, Their Highnesses Cuan and Signy, and Their Excellency’s Wolf­gang and Iseulte, greetings. We, Lord Hjörr Guðmundson and Lady Arnóra in Rauða do humbly submit our letter of intent to hold the lands known as The Barony of Caer Mear in trust for our fair kingdom of Atlantia and Her crowns. During the more than ten years Hjörr has been a part of the Society, he has served in many capacities within the barony. He has been the voice/court herald for Their Excellency’s Augustin and Aine as well as Wolfgang and Iseulte, also retaining for both when needed. When the former quartermaster could no longer fulfill his duties, Hjörr stepped up and held that office for several years, facilitating the organizing, maintaining and transporting of the baronial property proficiently. He has served as the Deputy Webminister since 2011, working with Arnóra to redesign and maintain the website. In recent years, he was the deputy Seneschal, stepping up when the presiding Seneschal moved outside of our borders, and has held that position for the last several years. Hjörr has received several awards for his service to both Barony and Kingdom over the years and is currently protégé to Countess Honor of Restormel, following the path of the Pelican. Arnóra has also been a member of the society for just over ten years. She has served as Webminister and more recently, taken the office of Chronicler and combined them to become the Communications officer for Caer Mear. She has retained for Their Excellency’s Caer Mear during numerous tenures as well as serving as support staff during many Golden Rose and Crown Tourney’s. In 2013, she stepped up to steward her first event, Ruby Joust II. This marked the first appearance of the Equestrian community at the joust, an addition that has continued through to today. Arnóra has also received several awards for service to both Barony and Kingdom over the years and is currently protégé to Countess Honor of Restormel, following the path of the Pelican. While we have several goals and dreams for the barony, two of them stand out. In recent years, there has been a surge of idleness among the youth. One of our goals is to build up youth activities for not just the children, but the teenagers as well. Without direction, they will continue to fall into the “I’m bored” trap and we could lose our future as they decide to not continue to participate. We believe that working with the Chancellor of Youth and listening to the older children as to what they want from the SCA will help preserve their interest and in turn, the future of the Society. The second goal is to help rebuild the Baronial presence at events. Over the years, the Baronial camp at Pennsic has diminished to less than ten gentles and there has been no presence at War of the Wings. Due to this, not only have our lands shrunk, but we have been unable to hold any form of camp social activities as we have in the past. It is time to bring Caer Mear back from being more than just a few gentles huddling around a fire to a force the Kingdom can call on at any event. We remain, as always, In Service, Lord Hjörr Guðmundson and Lady Arnóra in Rauða Seth Somervill & Beth deTreville

Quid Novi 7 January 2017

Atlantian calendar of events

February 2017

January 2017 7 Inter-Baronial 12th night (R) Marinus

13-15 Kingdom of Atlantia 12th Night (R) Sacred Stone Greensboro, NC

21 Spanish Inquisition - Torquemada's Trans-Iberian Lochmere Severna Park, MD

27-29 Tourney of Mannanan Mac Lir XXVI Tear-Seas Shore Ridgeville, SC

28 Ice Castles (R) Black Diamond Salem, VA

February 2017 4 Feast of Fools Roxbury Mill Rockville, MD

4 Winter University 2017 Raven's Cove Kenansville, NC

11 Tournament of Love and Beauty - Ponte Alto Baro­nial Birthday

Ponte Alto Leesburg, VA

11 Giita of the Stone Middlegate Winston Salem, NC

17-19 Nottinghill Coill Baronial Birthday Nottinghill Coill Bennettsville, SC

18 Bright Hills Baronial Birthday (R) Bright Hills Manchester, MD

24-26 Tournament of Ymir and Baronial Investiture (R) Windmasters' Hill Reidsville, NC

January 2017

4 Kingdom Arts and Sciences Festival (H) Falconcree Greenville, SC

11-19 Gulf Wars XXVI (R,H) Gleann Abhann

17-19 Bacon Wars III Tir-y-Don Hayes, VA

24-26 Hidden Mountain Baronial Birthday and Investi­ Hidden Mountain Bennettsville, SC

25 Defending the Gate XVI Sudentorre Spotsylvania, VA

31-2 Academy of St. Clare of Assisi: MORE Stitches in Time!

Aethelmearc

March 2017

Quid Novi 8 January 2017

BARONIAL BUSINESS MEETING NOTES—December 14,2016

Officer Reports - Meeting start 7:07pm

From their Excellency's:

We are looking for bids for Ruby Joust ASAP

Yule was a great event– Thank you to Lord Henricus

We will possibly be at Ice Castles

Seneschal: It was a good year, it was a bad year

Looking forward to Unevent Reports

Exchequer: Reconciled balance: $13,451.59

Caer Gelynniog fund to be held until 10/2017- $2,837.52

Chatelaine: - Position to be filled soon If you have any gently used feast gear or garb that you are willing to part with, please

give to Lady Arnora on any Tuesday night gathering.

Communications: Please let Lady Arnora know if there are any discrepancies on the website or if you have

any articles you would like published in the QD. I am looking to include a historical section,

if you have any stories or pictures, please let me know.

Letters of intent posted in QD and Website

Knights Marshal: No injuries to report. Waivers are being signed, as needed, at Tuesday night practice.

Herald: Absent but populace submissions have been passing!

MOAS: Absent but classes have been held and attended well

Quartermaster: Yule stuff returned

Quid Novi 9 January 2017

MOL: absent

Chancellor of Youth: LOTS of great happenings at Yule!. Please contact me for information

at YouthChancellor AT caermear.atlantia.sca.org. I hope to start having youth activities at

practice soon.

Group reports

Yarnvid:

Still meeting on Thursday nights unless otherwise announced. We have had several new

folk show up recently. Lord Brian to be release home 12/15.

Events:

Yule - if we wish to use a site other than Battery Park in 2017, a new site should be

booked within 1Q 2017.

Old Business:

Must have bid for next Joust soon.

New Business:

Pennsic is coming!

Project ideas for Baronial Encampment

Banners

New sheet walls

Bacon Wars

March 17th in Tir y Don

Caritas

Cot set up 1/21 @ 9am

Dinner on 1/24

Looking for cooks for sides

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BARONIAL BUSINESS MEETING NOTES—December 14,2016

Quid Novi 10 January 2017

New Business cont’d:

Baronage Meeting at Unevent

There is no kingdom policy for straw pollings in case there are greater than 4

couples running for Baronage.

It was suggested that we get a new procedure nailed down for future pollings

2017 To Do - Review Financial Policy, create “By Laws” to include all “non-

financial” items from policy.

Old Business

POLLING– Membership information must be up to date if you wish to receive a Polling

Letter from Kingdom.

FALL CROWN– Mistress Melisent to put in bid

NEXT BUSINESS MEETING 1/11/2017 - SEE YOU THERE!!

Meeting end 8:21 pm

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BARONIAL BUSINESS MEETING NOTES—December 14,2016

Quid Novi 11 January 2017

From the Kingdom Chatelaine

Good evening!

During our Chatelain meeting at Unevent, the suggestion was made to consider adding newcomer specific information to our online event announcements. Since our local Seneschals work closely with Event Stewards, we wanted to ask for your assistance in implementing this idea. While completely optional, the event information might include details on the follow­ing:

Is Gold Key available and who should they contact to arrange it?

Will there be a Populace Tent or Group table available?

Is the event indoors or out? (Very important to new members who may not have warm garb yet)

Is there going to be a Newcomer Tour or other Newcomer friendly activity? Will a chair be needed or will they need feast gear for lunch?

Please speak with your local group Chatelains about any specific newcomer ac­tivities they may have planned for your upcoming events, or have them contact me if additional Chatelains are needed. Thanks so much for your consideration of this idea, and your support for the Atlantian Chatelain program! ~Molly

Mary Isabel of Heatherstone, OL

Chatelain, Kingdom of Atlantia

chatelain@atlantia,sca.org

Quid Novi 12 January 2017

Regnum

Baronage Baron Wolfgang Moennich von Luppin Baroness Iseulte of the Red Cliffs Moe & Kitty Moyer baron AT caermear.atlantia.sca.org baroness AT caermear.atlantia.sca.org

Seneschal Hjörr Guðmundson Seth Somervill cmsenescal AT gmail.com

Exchequer Drynnith Jenny Luznicky exchequer AT caermear.atlantia.sca.org Quartermaster Melisent la Ruse Kim Moore Quartermaster AT caemear.atlantia.sca.org

Chatelaine Chatelaine AT caermear.atlantia.sca.org Herald Éoin Mac Eadbháird Steven Schell Herald AT caermear.atlantia.sca.org

Communications Officer Webminister & Chronicler Arnóra in Rauda Beth deTreville lady.arnora.in.rauda AT gmail.com

Minister of Arts & Science Ziyad al'-Atar MoAS AT caermear.atlantia.sca.org

Knight Marshal Patrick of Kells

Minister of the List Yenyega Velasconi de Santurce Vivian Morgan MOL AT caermear.atlantia.sca.org Chancellor of Youth Ginevra Fiammetta di Silvestri Emily Montaperto YouthChancellor AT caermear.atlantia.sca.org Archery Marshal Vytautas Vilkas Arius V. Kaufmann ArcheryMarshal AT caermear.atlantia.sca.org

Seneschal Mestre Tomas de Montroig Tom McDonald (804) 523-0184 twilite_zen AT Hotmail.com

Exchequer Lady Anna of Calais Brenda Pomfrey

Minister of Arts & Science Kateryne Ferneley Megan Shogren brockenspectre AT yahoo.com

Knight Marshal Lady Osa Samantha Baxter sammy390 AT aol.com

College of Yarnvid

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Scheduled Meetings

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Barony of Caer Mear

Business Meetings Monthly; 2nd Wednesday at 7:00pm

Fighter Practice / A&S Gathers Weekly; every Tuesday at 7:00pm

Both are held at Battery Park Christian Church, 4201 Brook Road, Richmond VA Archery Practice Every Sunday, weather permitting,from 2 to 4pm at Rockwood Park in Chesterfield. The park is beautiful and the archery range is in the shade of the trees.

College of Yarnvid

Business Meetings Held as needed.

Arts & Science Gathers Weekly; every Thursday at 7:30pm Both are held at Epiphany Church 11000 Smoketree Drive, Richmond VA