Business Meeting Minutes, January 2020
16 Jan 2020 From the Seneschal Membership in Buckland Cross has dropped. Primary focus will be membership. Discussions included demos, venues, advertising, and budget. Bylaws need to be revised and finalized. A committee will be formed, bylaws rewritten and voted on for approval by the end of February. Gear is sorted and shelved, but not catalogued. Cooking items are still needed, as is a membership to Restaurant Depot. Al-HaflaCurrently there are six pre-regs. Recipes and menus are under consideration. The menu will be finalized by the end of Jan. Prizes are needed for the poetry and wiggle contests. The Barony needs to be more cognizant of budgeting, in all areas. Discussion included looking into other venues, and having set budgets for advertising, demos...
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Question for the MoAS Office: “There’s no one that does what I do. Why should I even bother?” Have you heard a friend say something like this? Maybe you’ve even said it yourself? “I don’t have fun with A&S activities because no one does what I do.” Guess what. I’ve said this myself, too. And it frustrated me a good deal. That feeling of being alone. That feeling of not having any help. After some time I learned to re-frame how I looked at it. That helped me a good deal to be less frustrated. That helped me to feel less different. That helped me feel more a part of the A&S community. How’d I re-frame my thinking? In many ways I think we’re all doing the same things. I think we are just going about it with different tools and materials and methods. What do...
Read MoreCrown A&S and Scholars Exhibition Reminders
This is a reminder that registration for both events are open. Please note, however, that the Crown A&S Registration ENDS February 2nd. This is to allow for enough time to find and work with the judges prior to the event. Crown’s A&S Champions (Feb 29th, Dragonship Haven) https://moas.eastkingdom.org/displays-competitions/crowns-as-champions-2020/ –Registration for Display Only is available, and there will be space for a Youth A&S Display Additionally, with Crown’s A&S Champions approaching, many people’s thoughts are turning to the idea of A&S competition. (pst. remember to register if you wish to enter!) As a result, I would like to share a blog post, written by THL Amalie von Hohensee, which talks about...
Read MoreArts and Sciences: Q&A “On the topic of dates”
The MOAS office would like to share a Q&A post regarding dates for A&S projects. Thank you for reading, and have a happy new year! Question for the MoAS Office: “I found a great example of a “thing” that I want to try to recreate, but it is dated to a bit after 1600. Can I still use this example as a source of inspiration in the context of A&S?” This is a good question, but one with more layers than artisans might, at first, realize. To start, please remember that it is no one’s job to police the art you make and the research that you do outside of A&S displays, competitions, and conversations around award recommendations, which usually have at least some rules or guidelines that ask artisans to focus on “SCA...
Read MoreAccessibility: A&S Competitions
The MoAS Office has taken steps over the past several years to try to make the Crown’s A&S Championship competition more accessible for a wider variety of entrants. I want to take a moment to talk about these efforts, some of which you might be familiar with, and some of which might be new to you. First: In the Crown’s Championship A&S rubric, grammar/spelling has been removed entirely from consideration when judges are scoring an entry. Note that the information an artisan presents must still be presented in a manner that is organized to make logical sense to the judge. However, we firmly believe that editing mistakes should not be counted against an entrant. In addition to moving the focus of judges to more significant content-based...
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