Welcome to the Online Clann Tartan Newsletter for December 2007

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mia McDavid awarded the Chief of Staff's Ridgepole of the Camp award for hard work and unfailing consideration for others (with a spiffy hand-spun, hand-plaited ribbon), to Annie Peters. CONGRATULATIONS ANNIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The President on behalf of the Board and Staff has given Herb Lindorff the title of Corporal of the Camp with all the privileges pertaining thereto. YIPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Betsy Bolton awarded the Head Campfollower's award for Cast-Iron Kitchen Courage to Margaret Kirkpatrick!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOORAY FOR MARGARET!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have houses for First Footing!

Again this year we are asking that persons bring an index card listing ingredients for the dishes they bring. Some people have food allergies or sensitivities or for other reasons have to be careful what they eat; providing such a card can prevent any amount of asking "Who made this? What's in it? I hate to bother you but I can't eat . . ." For some of us this is life and death, so please help out here.

Maps to the locations WILL be in the next newsletter. Please RSVP (That means "say if you are coming and for which courses") and indicate what are you bringing; Please RSVP to Lisa Gillstrom, 612-986-8511 anstice_demalkuth@yahoo.com

Swap Meet!

Board Elections

....But it still needs people to server on it. The Board elections are coming up on Saturday, February 2, 2008, so it's time now to start thinking about running if you're interested, and voting regardless. Some quick answers to questions you may have:

Who is eligible to vote? Just like the Staff elections--Anyone who is a paid member and is recognized by at least one member of the Staff and one member of the Board can vote. There will be absentee ballots, but they won't be anonymous – we need to verify you are a current member, so your name will have to be on it. Better still, attend the Quarterly members meeting and vote in person!

What am I voting for?The Board positions are for two years, and are staggered. In February 2008, we will vote for President, Treasurer, and Camp Representative. In February 2009, we will vote for a new Vice President, Secretary, Quartermaster, and Company Representative. Again, if you're interested, attend the Board meetings, talk to those currently in the positions, and review your manual. Just for the record, Mary will not be running for President in 2008 - She believes it is time for New Blood.

How do I find out more information? There are a few ways – the manual is one of them, the best way is to talk to a current or former Board person and find out what is involved. All your Board members are listed in the newsletter.

How do I get nominated? There are a few ways – have a friend of yours nominate you by sending information to Glenn McDavid, the Secretary, nominate yourself the same way, show up at the meeting and toss your ring into the hat, or don't show up have your friends nominate you… Just kidding – you have to agree to run to be voted in.

How much time is involved? There are monthly Board meetings of 1-2 hours duration, plus additional time for the specific responsibilities of each position!

What if I have a question you didn't answer? Call, email or write, or show up at the meeting and ask - that's the best way!

Glenn McDavid, Secretary

GAFFNEY'S SUTLER SEEKS WARES

You can either bring your goods to Heidi at events, or entrust them to her beforehand. We ask that items be small and not terribly fragile if Heidi is to transport them.

Thank you for your support of Clann Tartan.

Board Minutes

Clann Tartan Board Meeting.  October 16, 2007

Board Members Present:  Mary McKinley, Glenn McDavid, Bruce Yoder, Diana Steben, 
Sean McCanna

Board Members Absent:  Cate Hesser(excused), Marty Byers

Staff Members Present:  Mia McDavid, Maeve Kane

The minutes of the September meeting were accepted as corrected.

REPORTS

Vice President:  No Report

Treasurer:  No September expenses, but the Winona income from 2006 came in.  
Most of the Big Island Food Expenses have been paid.  October revenues are 
expected to exceed expenses.  Staff is not anticipating any large expenses for 
repairs, although one musket is at John O'Duggan's for repairs.  We currently 
have about $6000 in savings and about $1300 in checking.

The Treasurer also requested that he be given detailed attendance information 
about events so he can more accurately analyze our food costs.

Secretary:  We renewed our internet contract at Dotservant.com for another year.

Quartermaster:  Will inventory our equipment at the October camp drill.

Camp Rep:  The Board has received an e-mail expressing some concerns about how 
some Clann activities are currently conducted.  Bruce has replied with an 
explanation of these issues, and the Board is satisfied with his response.

Company Rep:  Absent, but reported that she has received no reports of problems 
beyond that discussed immediately above.

Music Guild:  Meeting 4th Mondays.  Kate Roberts has attended.  She and her
daughter recently joined Clann.

Dance Guild:  Julie will try to sign us up for Wednesdays at the Hiawatha Rec 
Center as soon as they are taking applications.

Fiber Guild:  Mia is working on a large project for Laura S.  There was no 
waulking at Big Island or Mankato--our chantrix was sick.

Historic Site:  Work continues there.  The financial issues coming out of 
Tactical have been resolved by agreeing on a flat fee for Clann's participation.  
In the course of that discussion the Board agreed that the six person minimum 
attendance for an event to count as official does not applied to unpaid events 
such as Tactical.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Staff Elections:  No candidates for HCF have been put forward.  We also need a 
new Contract's Rep. and the Captain (if reelected--she is currently running 
unopposed) would like to have a Lieutenant to take over next fall.

Fargo:  The event is on, details are being negotiated.

First Footing:  Planning has begun.

Board Elections:  Saturday, February 2, 2008.

Woodville (WI) School wants us to come back next spring.  We will try to 
schedule it for Friday to make it easier for members to attend.  There is the 
possibility of some payment this time.

NEW BUSINESS

Bruce proposed an amendment to our contract with Maeve about the paper dolls to 
settle our claims and obligations.  This is agreeable to Maeve and we will go 
ahead with it.

A former member rejoined at Big Island.  After some discussion the Board decided 
his membership was not in Clann's best interests and decided to refund his 
payment.

Meeting adjourned at 8:30 PM.  Next meeting will be with the membership, 
Saturday, Nov. 3, 10 AM at Corcoran.

Board & Staff

If you need to contact someone associated with Clann Tartan, here is where you find out how. If you are unsure who to contact, you can always email us at: info@clanntartan.org

Guilds

Contact:
Marty L. Byers
orthodoxdruid@gmail.com
651-483-1173

MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!

We will sing and play music of many styles and places from our period. Bring your voice and/or your instrument(s). Neither need be period correct.

The Yoders have graciously offered to host music once a month. We will meet at their house at 4736 12th Ave S, Minneapolis, from 7 - 9pm the 4th Monday of each month.

To contact the Yoders, call 612-825-4519 or email to Julieyoder@juno.com.

To contact your Music Chair, call David at 612-378-1973 or email to baethan1630@yahoo.com

Thanks, and I look forward to making some noise with y'all!

David

Dance

It is at the corner of 27th Av S and E 44th Street. Both streets are one way. That block of 44th between 28th and 27th Avenues is one way westbound and that block of 27th Av between 44th and 43rd Streets is one way northbound. You must enter turning west onto 44th St from 28th Av and exit from 27th Av onto 43rd St.

Questions? call Mary at 651-699-6853 or Julie at 612-825-4519

2nd & 4th Tuesdays
Saint Christopher's Episcopal Church, 2300 N Hamline Ave. in St. Paul.

It is at the northeast corner of Highway 36 and Hamline Avenue (Hamline is between Snelling and Lexington). The church is actually encircled by the highway entrance ramp.
The Dance Guild gathers weekly from 7PM-9PM to learn and practice historic Scottish country dances.
For more information call:

Mary at 651-699-6853 or Julie at 612-825-4519

It's a great place to meet people!

Garden Guild

Other Guilds

DUN GOWAN WORK WEEKENDS

We have work weekends where we will continue working on the first house in the village, which we started last year.

No construction experience is neccessary. Just bring your enthusiasm.

Contact Don Chesney (218-721-4501 or DLChsny@aol.com) or David Vavreck (612-378-1973 or baethan1630@yahoo.com) for further details.

Drill

Calendar of Events

Event Schedule for the 2007 Season:

The following is a list of the dates of the events that are currently on the schedule for this year. The staff has met and decided to keep this running list of events in the newsletter to give you a chance to get an idea of what is going on this season as well as keep you updated to changes in the schedule.

The column titled status will include the following information.

Tentative- this means that an event organizer or Clann has expressed a strong enough interest in doing this event that it warrants reserving space on the calendar for the event.

Pending- this is the next stage of an event. This means that Maeve has entered serious discussion about Clann doing an event but we are still not committed to the event. You should however if possible think about wether or not you may be able to attend this event.

Scheduled- this level means that the board and staff have approve the event and we are committed to providing manpower to making the event happen. When an event is assigned this level please let Julie know as soon as possible if you can or can not attend this event.

Canceled- This means that for various reasons an scheduled event has been removed from the current season. We will try and give as much notice as we can prior to canceling an event.

If you have any questions about this, please feel free to contact me regarding this matter

Thanks,
Maeve Kane.

EVENT SCHEDULE FOR 2008

Maps

Map to 1st and 3rd Wednesday Dance Lake Hiawatha Neighborhood Center 2701 E 44th St., Minneapolis	Map to St. Paul location St. Christopher's- Dance
Map to /Quarterly/Annual Meetings Corcoran Neighborhood Center, 3334 20th Av South, Minneapolis, MN	Map to Marty & Judy Byers home 2821 Churchill, Roseville MN
Map to Bruce and Julie Yoder's Home Music and Board & Staff Meetings 4736 12th Ave S, Minneapolis