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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Shire of Loch Ruadh Populace Meeting 5-5-2004</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">**Seneschal:</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">EZ
Ups- Loch Ruadh lost the 2 EZ Ups at Guardian of the Tor.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Aingeal & Caerell bought 4 Quik
Shades on sale at $59.95 plus tax and offered 2 of them to Loch Ruadh at that
cost. These normally sell for $99 to $129, depending on where they are
purchased. The populace voted (one NO vote was recorded) to buy them from
Aingeal & Caerell. A check will be issued to them when the receipt is
presented to the Exchequer.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Shire Pavilion- We are in the process of “gathering”
information to purchase a new Shire pavilion. Things we are considering are
type, size, material, cost and manufacturer. Information was presented from
Panther and Tentsmiths. </FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Fian
Ruad – I have talked with both the Knight Marshal and the commander of Fian Ruad
about some changes. We agreed that the commander of the Fian Ruad “fighting
unit” will be chosen by those fighters committed to attending Gulf War XIV. Rolf
has agreed to stay on as the Commander until Lughnasad.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Gulf
War XIV – Remember you must be pre-registered by December 15<SUP>th</SUP>, 2004
to camp in Loch Ruadh lands.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Loch
Ruadh Directory – If you did not made corrections to the directory at populace
meeting, please email them to me ASAP to </FONT><A
href="mailto:seneschal@lochruadh.org"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">seneschal@lochruadh.org</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Our
change of status from Canton to Shire was read into the BOD minutes on April 24,
2004. And we are listed as a Shire in the May Black Star.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">**Lughnasad Autocrats: </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Reminded the populace of the foundations on which this
group was built:</FONT></P>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=1>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Remember this is a game!! Balance the fun of the game
with your mundane responsibilities.</FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Though the greater game is played as a Monarchy, the
group, (Dun) Loch Ruadh, will act as a democracy.</FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Full disclosure. The officers of the group will perform
their duties with the feelings and input from the majority of the populace.
</FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">PERSONAL conflicts will not be tolerated at any SCA
functions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Leave them at home or
stay home.</FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Integrity: Follow through with commitments and promises
you have made as an individual, your personal actions will reflect back to the
group. Individuals are NEVER to make a commitment for the group without the
knowledge, permission and support of the majority of the POPULACE.</FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Newcomers: As a group we are committed to encourage,
support, teach and foster newcomers. Give them the time, space and support to
find to find to find THEIR own niche within the Society and this
group.</FONT></LI></OL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Website is up at: </FONT><A
href="http://webpages.charter.net/lughnasad/"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">http://webpages.charter.net/lughnasad/</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Donations: Laird Sean has donated a "buttload" of
prizes!! 2 daggers, a gorgeous spear (that had my drooling all over it!!), bow,
fletching jig and other assorted items. He also donated a sword that the
officers claimed because they thought it would make a fine Sword of the SHIRE of
Loch Ruadh. Many thanks and a huge VIVAT to Laird Sean for his many
donations.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Contact information has been obtained for TRH for
Lughnasad.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Planning meetings are scheduled for May 12<SUP>th</SUP>
and June 30<SUP>th</SUP>. All equipment needed by coordinators is due at the
June 30<SUP>th</SUP> meeting. </FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Remember ALL expenses need to be approved by the
Autocrats!!</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The
ad is ready to go with the 2 page add in the July and the 1 page add appearing
in August issue of the Black Star.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">**Hospitaler:</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Introduced first time people to our populace
meeting…Gerard, Irina and Jim. 3 people new to us were at the last fighter
practice. Greg and his son Ryan watched and talked with the fighters and
Katherine joined in with the dance class that was being held.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">**Exchequer:</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Dana received a $300 cash donation by an anonymous
donor sending congratulations on attaining Shire status and requested that the
donation be considered towards the purchase of a pavilion.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Ansteorra Argent Anniversary Fireworks – The hat was
again passed and $46.55 was collected. That amount will be added to the $61
collected at April’s populace meeting. A check will be written for the total
amount and sent to the Fireworks Fund.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">No
expenses. $2763.85 Balance</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Pavilion Raffle: Katherine will be the coordinator for
this raffle. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">A
full size bed donated by Dragonhawk Creations will be raffled off at Lughnasad.
Tickets will be sold for $2. for 1 ticket or $5 for 3 tickets. They can be
purchased at local meetings, events and at Lughnasad. Information is also posted
on the Lughnasad website </FONT><A
href="http://webpages.charter.net/lughnasad/"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">http://webpages.charter.net/lughnasad/</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> highlight activities.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Gold
dag blanks will also be sold to benefit the purchase of a pavilion. The price
for these will be determined at the Officer’s Meeting on May 19<SUP>th</SUP>.
The dags can be embellished with your badge, device or other heraldic design and
will be used to decorate a pavilion.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">**Herald:</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Decision Meeting – 4 names submissions from Loch Ruadh
will be sent on to Laurel – John Greywolfe, Vivian McKinnon, Tegwared McAuley
and Magdalea Mac an Ghabhann.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Youth heralds needed for Lughnasad.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">**Librarian: </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">New
donation: “Medieval<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Prostitution”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I’m sorry I do
not recall the donor’s name.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">**Chronicler:</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">May
- June Scarlet Letters were handed out. If you did not get A Gulf War Issue
please contact the Chronicler.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Lughnasad…it will not rain, it will be 10 degrees cooler
than normal August temperatures with cloud cover.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">A
contest will be held for most submissions (Artwork, Poetry, Articles, Recipes,
Reviews, etc. *RUADH NOISES do not count*) to the Scarlet Letter starting with
the July – Aug. to run through the Jan. – Feb. issue.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">**Minister of Arts & Sciences:</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Scribes & Illuminators will be on May 10 at Fiona
& Alric’s</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Banner painting workshops will be on May 22 (Fiona &
Alric’s) and June 12 (at Aingeal & Caerell’s).</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Bardic will be on May 22 at Fiona &
Alric’s</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Garb
Workshop will be on June 12 at Aingeal & Caerell’s.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Paint for banners was discussed. </FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Girl
Scout Demo was discussed and a sign up sheet was passed around. If you are
interested in helping with this PLEASE, PLEASE contact Catrin!!</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Red
& Black fabric will be purchased between May 10 and 22 using coupons from
JoAnn’s fabric.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">How-to-Binders and Library available.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Lughnasad A& S Competition – time is getting short to
learn a new art!!</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">**Archery Marshal:</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Ordered 3 new 36’ archery butts, should arrive about May
17<SUP>th<o:p></o:p></SUP></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Practice scheduled for May 23 at the archery field at
12:30 PM</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Anyone interested in making arrows see the Archery
Marshal about ordering shafts.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">**Knight Marshal: </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Fighter practice at Z Boaz Park on May 23 and June 27 at
10:30 AM</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Joint fighter practice with Elfsea will be on June
6.<SUP> </SUP><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Check to see if
fighter practice will be at Veteran’s Park or the Highlands game demo (Thank
you, Caelin for bringing that point to our attention).</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">**Rapier Marshal:</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">There will be no Rapier practice in May. I will be
attending Guardian of the Gauntlet in Rosenfeld.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">2,
new to us, people interested in armoring up for rapier.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">**Other business:</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The
Birthday boys invited the populace of Loch Ruadh to their Celebration of Ages.
If you need information on this please contact their Autocrat: <A
href="mailto:steverourke@charter.net">steverourke@charter.net</A></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR>Dana...<BR>The SHIRE of LOCH RUADH REALLY
ROCKS!!!!</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>