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Salve Accolens Debatable Lands!

We have great news, the deadline for Nominees to respond as to whether they would accept and run for the Baronetcy of the Debatable Lands has passed. We are pleased to announce that all 18 sets of nominees have responded and three couples have accepted the nominations to campaign for the Office of the Baronage of the Debatable Lands. Those that have accepted the call are:

Sir Maghnus an Chnoic na n’Iora and Brehyres Gwendolyn the Graceful

THLady Violeta de Valencia and THLady Aurelia Argentia Prima

Lord Skjoldr Bjorn and Lady Arthes MacLeod

We applaud these gentles, and look forward to working with all of them over the next couple months as the elections progress. Vivant to all of them!

The Selection Committee needs some time to finalize the design of the ballots and other administrative matters. Ballots will be mailed approximately early January, and we will continue to communicate with you on that. Please make sure your mailing address on file with Corporate is correct and membership is up to date.

The ballot counting meeting has been set for Sunday, March 5th at our March Barony Social Meeting at the Rose Barn in North Park. Details to follow at a later time.

Cheers,

Brandubh et Hilderun

In Levitate et Caritate

Greetings Noble Populace,

Please find the Zoom information for the Business Meeting this evening.

In Service,
Muirgheal

Topic: Debatable Lands Business Meeting
Time: Dec 7, 2022 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Hello Debatable Lands! Salve Accolens!

In just under two weeks, we will be traveling to the Barony of Rhydderech Hael (Buffalo, NY), to witness the Investiture of their New Baron and Baroness. It’s traditional in our Kingdom for other Baronies to gift the new Coronet with Largesse they can use during their tenure, as an act of camaraderie.

Why largesse? All landed folks (Kingdom Royals and landed Baronage) and lots of other people use gifts to individuals to show appreciation, welcome, and to set an example of our strong values of generosity and hospitality. Many (most?) of you have received tokens or gifts from our hands, or the King and Queen, or even members of the populace. Doesn’t it feel great to be appreciated?

If you can donate any largesse to add to the gift basket for the Hael, please contact the Baron and/or Baroness, either by email, phone, or social media (see below) before Dec 17th. The colors of the Barony of the Rhydderech Hael are green and gold, with black accents, and their mascot is a golden dragon (as in Ice Dragon… eh? eh?).

We will be similarly traveling to the Barony of Delftwood in February for the Investiture of *their* new Baronage. Their colors are blue and white/silver, and their totem is a windmill.

Thank you so much for whatever you might be able to provide!

In Levitate et Caritate, and Cheers,
Baron Brandubh and Baroness Hilda

baron@debatablelands.org
Phone numbers in the Dark Pages
Baroness Hilda is on Facebook and Discord

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Not sure what sorts of things are good for largesse? Take a look at this great list, complied by Lady Tierrany:

A (totally not complete) idea list of possible largesse items:

Items made with fragrances must be bagged and labeled. No food items, please!

Paper goods: Handmade paper. Parchment and pergamenata sheets, Thank you/appreciation cards (illuminated or blank), Mini notebooks, Bookmarks, Card-weaving cards, How-to crafting books for period items

Metal, wire-weaving, and woodworking: Raw materials and things to work them (wire, metal ingots, stones, tools, etc.), Beads, Tokens, Coins, Bracelets, Rings, Pendants, Brooches (big or small, penannular, turtle, etc.), Pins – decorative or purposeful (a bit of cork placed on sharp ends), Veil pins (a bit of cork placed on sharp ends), Buttons (metal or wood), Mug jewelry (IDs), Weaving shuttles, naalbinding needles

Sewing/fiber arts: Yarn of all types and appropriate colors, Trim for mugs (IDs), Mug covers, napkins, Fibers and fabrics, Wool needle books, Pouches & small bags, Kumihimo disks, Naalbinding needles, Fan cases, Ribbon bookmarks, Cloth buttons, Pin cushions, Archery tassles for cleaning arrows, Mini sewing kits for adults (emergency needle/thread/pins, or a kit to make a special item such as a veil), Sewing kits for children (such as embroidery hoop with yarn/needle/cloth with pattern to make a cup cover), Dolls or stuffed animals (for children), Period gaming sets (for children)

Fighting/fencing/archery: Duct tape, Leather washers/grommets, Chicago screws, Leather strapping, Bees wax, Fletch tape, Fletching, Hot melt glue, Arrow tips, Nocks, Shafts. Ready-to-go arrows, Bracers, Quivers

Misc skills: Candles, Handmade beads (clay, glass, wood, etc.), Clay tokens, Wooden toys, games (for children), Wooden award medallions, Painted wooden boxes.

Feast kit items – mugs, plates, silverware, napkins

Practice for Heavy, Fencing and Thrown Weapons will be moving indoors to our winter site, Ace Axe Throwing, starting this Sunday, December 4th. Hours for practice will be 11am to 3pm. Until we have an approved safety plan in place, masks will be required per the current kingdom covid policy.

This year the site is booked the third Sunday of every month for another organization. We will not have access for those days.

Additionally, since Christmas falls on a Sunday we will not be holding practice on the 25th.

Directions for the site linked here:

Ace Axe Throwing
(412) 368-8579
https://maps.app.goo.gl/eyzfJFHku8kF2NKf7

Greetings from the Head Tollner for Debatable Lands 12th Night!

We have reached our pre-registration number of 150 but fear not! Please continue to use the signup form to be added to our wait list and to let us know if you change your mind about attending.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScrohwjL41VhIi5IX2TN_suDnNXNDyWHNLeqVxLYWTyG3Ddmw/viewform

We’ll communicate with those on the wait list if any slots free up before the event.

In Service,

Baron Alaric
Head Tollner
Debatable Lands 12th Night

Greetings from Baron Alaric, the Debatable Lands 12th Night Head Tollner!

We are excited to hold this event and are looking forward to seeing you there! As part of the risk mitigation for Covid, the event attendance is limited to 150 people, including both attendees and event staff. Our event steward, Lady Forveleth, has provided a link for to pre-register for the event:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScrohwjL41VhIi5IX2TN_suDnNXNDyWHNLeqVxLYWTyG3Ddmw/viewform

While not strictly required, we highly recommend that anyone who is attending the event sign up so we can have an accurate count available the day of the event. Once the count of 150 attendees is reached, we will have to turn away anyone who is not pre-registered for the event. We really don’t want to do that.

Event pre-registration will be open until one of the following occurs:

1. We reach 150 pre-registered attendees.
2. 8pm on January 13th, 2023.

If you have pre-registered but decide not to attend, please let us know before 8pm on January 13th so we can make your spot available for others to attend. This decision can be communicated via the pre-registration form by selecting “No”.

We will endeavor to communicate as best we can when the attendance limit is reached in order to prevent a trip to the event that may result in you being turned away at the door.
 
Troll will be open until 3pm to please plan to arrive before that time. There will be no admittance to the event after that time, unless special arrangements are made in advance (contact the Head Toller at alaric@pobox.com).

Also please remember to check in at Troll when you arrive. This is a free event but we still need to see proof of SCA membership or collect your name and signature on a waiver.

Safe travels everyone.

In Service,

Baron Alaric

There will be no practice this week due to weather.

Next week we move indoors.

jorundr

Due to forecast of rain all day, practice is canceled tomorrow 11/27.