Commons, Blacksmithing, Brunch, and A&S – Oh my!

The next BrokenBridge commons will be on Sunday, February 26th combined with a potluck brunch, blacksmithing class, and A&S day.

10:30am Doors open
11:30am BrokenBridge Commons
12pm-4pm Outside: Blacksmithing workshop. Inside: Potluck brunch, general A&S, and warmth.

You must RSVP for the Blacksmithing class to arnorakd [at] gmail [dot] com as capacity is severely limited. Include your SCA and mundane names. Priority will be given to BrokenBridge residents and those regularly active in the SCA. You will be expected to bring your own workgloves (thick canvas is good, thick leather is better). This will be held outside in a forge in a garage so dress in layers. Keep in mind that it can start out cold but the forge can get warm since you are playing with fire.
If this goes well, we will plan another Blacksmithing class for later in the year.

Arnora is hosting in Ditmas Park. The address is 273 Argyle Road, 1st floor in Brooklyn. Call 917-297-2356 if you get lost. Take the Q train to Cortelyou road, walk three blocks left, and take a right on Argyle road. Apartment 1. There is a cat and small dog in residence.

Minutes from Jan 13th Commons

Minutes2017-01-13 – pdf

Commons Minutes

 

  1. Officer Reports
    1. Seneschal Report – Valhalla went well even if it was very snowy. Valhalla lost less money than we thought.  The Cedar the barefoot bard was amazing, and we would like to invite Cedar back to more BrokenBridge events.  We had 49 people at the event.  We are working to open our BB bank account
    2. Going around the room for the other Officers –
      1. Web – Nothing to report
      2. Knight marshall – Nothing to report
      3. Herald – Was sick for Valhalla and thanks Ervald for taking over for him.
  2. Recently Past Events
    1. Deck the Halls of Valhalla – $845 Dollars in total income, $65 to SCA inc for Non-Member surcharge, Expenses totalled $890.89, Event lost $110.  We had 10 new people.  This is the first event BrokenBridge has had that did not make a profit but we expected that going in.  
  3. Upcoming Events
    1. BaconBridge 2 – The aim for the event is to have it in mid-June 2017. An Autocrat needed to found. We are working on a site – Friends Field hopefully.
  4. Old Business
    1. Combining Commons with A&S
      1. February 24: Blacksmithing – The 24th was moved to Sunday the 26th to have this meeting. The 24th was placed incorrectly.
      2. March 31: Maybe what to do with sea stars. This meeting will moved to April 2. This will be pewter casting.  We will make sea stars that we will donate to the Vicregents.
  5. New Business
    1. Bank account – We are starting our own bank account.
    2. Viking Day: May 20th, The Deputy Seneschal will reach out.
  6. Upcoming Commons (dates and locations)
    1. February 24: Brandr
    2. was March 31: Arnora — Now in April 2: Brandr
    3. April    : see above
  7. Discussions not mentioned above
  8. End of Meeting – Meeting ended at 8:35pm by Arnora and seconded by Valgard.

 

 

Commons meeting and Scribal night – Friday the 13th, 2017

 

We are having a commons meeting, followed by a Friday the 13th-themed scribal/calligraphy night this Friday, January 13th, 2017 starting at 8pm in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn.  Doors open at 7pm.

Devra is graciously hosting at  627 East 8th st. Brooklyn, NY 11218 just off of 18th ave.  Bottom bell, ground floor.  She will be making campfire stew and rice and possibly brownies, but all are invited to bring beverages.  Take the B or Q train to Newkirk Plaza, or the B8 or B68 buses.

If you want to attend the commons portion (business meeting) of the evening, arrive by 8pm.  If you want to avoid the commons portion, aim for about 8:30pm.

Commons Agenda

  1. Officer Reports
    1. Seneschal Report
    2. Going around the room for the other Officers
  2. Recently Past Events
    1. Deck the Halls of Valhalla
  3. Upcoming Events
    1. BaconBridge 2
  4. Old Business
    1. Combining Commons with A&S
      1. February 24: Blacksmithing
      2. March 31:
  5. New Business
    1. Bank account
  6. Upcoming Commons (dates and locations)
    1. February 24: Brandr
    2. March 31: Arnora
    3. April    :
  7. Discussions not mentioned above
  8. End of Meeting

Agenda2017-01-13

 

Minutes and highlights from the Dec 2nd Brokenbridge commons

Highlights:

  • Deck the Halls of Valhalla is January 7th. Classes, food, mead, vikinging.
  • Friday, January 13th is Calligraphy and Scribal night at Devra’s
  • Sunday, February 26th is a Blacksmithing workshop plus potluck brunch at Brandr’s. You MUST rsvp to arnorakd if you want to blacksmith.
  • We need a new autocrat for BaconBridge 2
  • We are looking for a volunteer to create a newsletter

The full minutes are attached as a pdf document.

Minutes2016-12-02.pdf

Agenda for Dec 2nd commons, knitting class

Attached is the agenda for the BrokenBridge commons meeting on Friday, Dec 2nd starting at 8pm followed by "Learn to Knit a Rectangle" class at 8:30pm.

Feel free to bring your own A&S projects to work on as well. Arnora is hosting in Ditmas Park. The address is 273 Argyle Road, 1st floor in Brooklyn. Call 917-297-2356 if you get lost.

Take the Q train to Cortelyou road, walk three blocks left, and take a right on Argyle road.
Apartment 1.
There is a cat and small dog in residence.
Meeting scheduled to start at 8pm. Feel free to arrive anytime after 7pm.

Agenda2016-12-02.pdf

Minutes from the Oct 28th commons

Highlights from the last commons:

A&S events upcoming!!!! Winter is for fiber arts.
-Anneke is planning a full-day naalbinding class so that students will have the time to create something. Look out for time and location announcements soon.
-The next BrokenBridge Commons on Dec 2nd, will be combined with a “Learn to Knit a Rectangle.”

Other hightlights
-Ragnarr wants to start keeping a written record of the history of BrokenBridge. Please contact him if you know things.
-All officers were running uncontested and elected unanimously.
-All proposed policy letter changes were approved unanimously. A copy of the new revised policy letters are attached as well as available on the BrokenBridge.Eastkingdom.org under the Forms and Documents page.

BrokenbridgePolicyLetters-2016.pdf

2016-10-28Minutes.pdf

List of Officers running for election at October 28 commons

Below is the list of people running for offices which will be voted on at the October 28th Commons:

Seneschal – Brandr Aronsson
Chatelaine – Johanne aff Visby
Exchequer – Lillie Red Towers
Minister of Arts and Sciences – Herr Steinmetzmeister Alaric Jager con Bremen
Knight Marshal – Jarl Valgard Stonecleaver
Herald – Ragnarr Bliskegg
Webminister – Arnora Ketilsdottir

Agenda for Oct 28 Commons

Attached is the agenda for the upcoming October 28 Brokenbridge Commons. We will be voting on all officer positions, as well as voting on proposed policy letter changes.

Arnora is hosting in Ditmas Park. The address is 273 Argyle Road, 1st floor in Brooklyn. Call 917-297-2356 if you get lost. Take the Q train to Cortelyou road, walk three blocks left, and take a right on Argyle road. Apartment 1. There is a cat and small dog in residence. Meeting scheduled to start at 8pm. Feel free to arrive anytime after 7pm.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_lVwhcKhtnaM1JhVEp4Vlk0N3M/view?usp=drivesdk

 

9/23 Commons minutes and highlights

Attached is a pdf of the full commons minutes from 9/23. Below are some highlights:

  • We are actively seeking a chronicler for a monthly BrokenBridge e-newsletter. Anyone interested should email seneschal
  • On Sunday, Oct 30th, we will be having a A&S potluck brunch in Park Slope, Brooklyn featuring a BLACKSMITHING class. For more details, see the event calendar at Brokenbridge.eastkingdom.org
  • We will be voting on proposed policy letter changes at the Oct 28th commons
  • We will be voting on ALL BrokenBridge officer positions at the Oct 28th commons.
  • We have a new financial policy which can be found on the BrokenBridge.eastkingdom.org website under “Documents”

REVISED MINUTES: minutes92316-1