Hello, Northshield, I am pleased to announce Marian Elizabeth Wollenschläger has accepted the position of Eastern Regional Seneschal. Thank you, Marian, for your willingness to serve.
I currently taking applications for Stallari Secretary and Kingdom Chatelaine. Please contact the current officers if you have questions about the job duties. To apply, please send in your modern and SCA resume to me by December 1.
I still need for bids for 2017 Fall Coronation and Crown. If your group is planning on bidding, please let me know. If you have questions about the bid process and what is required to host a Kingdom event, I am happy to walk you through the process. Bids for Fall Coronation and Crown are due January 1, 2017.
For those of you in South Dakota groups, the Kingdom Exchequer and I had a meeting at Coronation to discuss changes in event policy concerning merchant and South Dakota sales tax. Hopefully those in attendance have shared information with their groups. Apollonia and I will posting written policy on the website for future reference. If you have questions, please contact me or Apollonia.
We have a couple of modifications to the policy about events on the kingdom calendar. Events may have ads in the Northwatch, if received by the Event Information Officer (calendar@northshield.org) by the 25th day of the month before publication deadline. (ie., September 25 for an October 1 deadline for the November issue). In addition, the following information MUST be received by the Event Information Officer before an event may be put on the kingdom calendar: full name of the event, date(s) of the event, name of host branch, name of the site, site street address, times the site opens/closes, fees (site/feast/merchant; in advance & on site), other fees (reasons/amount), checks payable to, reservations/deadlines, event steward/head cook contact info (including modern and SCA names, phone number and/or email), and accessibility.
Be kind, have fun and do your paperwork.
For Northshield,
Eilis