ID July 2010 - Ice Dragon

From Baron Caleb Reynolds
As I posted in the last two month's Ice
Dragon, I wish to call for
bids for new Baronial cloaks. At the moment, there
is only one Baronial cloak; I was informed that the
second one was damaged beyond repair a reign or two
ago. I would like a new pair made and ready by
December of next year so that the new B&Bs will
have matching cloaks. The cloaks need to be winter
weight and have the Hael arms on the back. If you
are interested, please submit a bid to me with your
design for the cloaks and include an estimate as to
what it would cost to make. Bids were
Due by the July Barony Meeting (July 6th) but no
one has yet submitted anything.
I am also looking for suggestions for Baronial
Awards. It has been months since I have received
any. If you think a member of the Barony is deserving
on recognition, please send me an E-mail,
privately, with details. If you do not know if that
person has that particular award or not, send it anyways.
I can double check with our lists and the
Kingdom OOP. I can also recognize a person for
good work even if they have a particular Baronial
award. Our awards are:
The Haelstone: a token given out to recognize and
thank a person for service to the Barony
The VOID: for Extraordinary service to the
Barony
The NULL: for Extraordinary courtesy
The Golden Bee: for excellent A&S skills
The ODC: for martial skills.
(Barons Report Continued)
The Hael also has two orders that have only
been awarded a very few times:
The Portcullis: for a single act of service to
the Barony, above and beyond all expectations.
The BOCES: for engineering "skills" that
will be talked about for years. (even with therapy)
I would also like start a contest: A haiku contest.
A Pennsic haiku contest. Compose a haiku
about Pennsic and send it to me by Sep. 1st. I
will announce the winner at Summer's End.
The haiku can be solemn or humorus, but it
must be about Pennsic and it must follow the
traditional form of:
1st line: five (5) syllables
2nd line: seven (7) syllables
3rd line: five (5) syllables
There will be no fight practice the first three
weeks of August due to War: that is the 4th,
11th and 18th.
Finally, I want to announce that there will be
no August Barony meeting; instead we will use
the site for a pre-Pennsic sewing class. If you
are going to War this year and will be skipping
the first week, or even if you just need garb,
please come down to the Elk's club and bring
your fabric. If you have a sewing machine,
please bring it. If you can teach basic garb
making techniques, please attend and help those
who need garb. The meeting will be in the room
where the food was at the Heavy Champion
tourney. More information will be posted online
and announced at fight practice as we get closer
to the date.
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