Welcome to the Online Clann Tartan Newsletter for January 2008

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 Board and Members Meeting, Nov. 3, 2007

Board Members Present: Mary McKinley, Bruce Yoder, Glenn McDavid, Marty Byers, 
Diana Steben, Cate Hesser, Sean McCanna

Staff Present: Mia McDavid, Julie Yoder, Laurie Ford, Betsy Bolton, Eric 
Ferguson

Other members Present: Michael McCarty, Laura Swenson, Hellen Ferguson, Sarah 
Shaftman, Lisa Gillstrom McCanna, Anthea Cross, John Debnam

The minutes of the October meeting were accepted as corrected.

REPORTS
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Vice-President: We had a good year.

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Treasurer: The year is looking better than expected. October was a good revenue 
month. In addition to Big Island and Mankato, we got paid for Winona 2006. There 
is also some Sutlery income. Right now revenue is about $750 ahead of expenses, 
but some of the latter have not yet been submitted. Also, $540 budgeted for 
company expenses has not yet been spent. Even so, we could be close to a break-
even year.

Food came in under budget.

Right now we have about $1300 in checking and $6000 in savings.

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Secretary: We renewed our contract with DotServant (our ISP) through Sept. 30, 
2008.

We are currently mailing about 20 hardcopy newsletters every month.

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Quartermaster: We did an equipment inventory for the October camp drill.  Some 
items went home with members for repairs--Sean needs a list.

There was some discussion of maintenance for the wooden tables and chairs.  Some 
of these need repairs, and all might need some kind of finish.  Various options 
were proposed.  We might do this in the Spring.  Staff will look into this for 
the April camp drill.

We also might want to put finish on the pike shafts.  Two of these have no 
heads.

Traces of rodents have been seen in the garage, but so far there has been no 
damage to our equipment.

The broken musket is now at John O'Duggan's for repairs.

We will trade our double bit axe for a splitting axe, which will be far more 
useful.

One bandolier needs a priming flask.

Some kind of Three-panel display would be very useful at events.

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Camp Rep:  No problems have been reported.

Company Rep:  No problems have been reported.

Music Guild:  Meeting 4th Mondays at Yoders.

Dance Guild:  Wednesday dance is moving back to Lake Hiawatha.  We have the room 
reserved through September 2008.  Our contact there is Ryan.

Fiber:  Mia has been doing a lot with dyes.  Laura Swenson's new arisaid will be 
waulked at Farmington.

Historic Site:  Some logs have been hewn.  It would be nice to get a large group 
up there for some work weekend.

Sword Guild:  Moving back to Corcoran.  Hopefully 2-3 times a month.  Members 
only, but we do have student memberships.

Garden Guild:  There is increased interest in this activity.  Some coordination 
with Staff about meal planning would be a natural development.

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Website update:  The cookbook has been converted to HTML, but it is Microsoft's 
version of the language.  John D. is trying to convert it to a more standard 
form.

The website conversion itself is very complicated, but he is making progress.  
The Secretary is well aware of the difficulty of this work, and appreciates the 
progress John has made.


UPCOMING EVENTS
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First footing:  Plans are underway.  New and old staff will work together on 
this.

Board Elections in February.  President, Treasurer, and Camp Rep are up for 
election.  Mary will not be running for another term as President.  Bruce will 
run for another term as Treasurer.

Pioneer Village in Wisconsin is interested in having us for a Scottish event.  
They have a camping area with showers.  We need to find a workable date, but we 
are going to pursue this.

The Baldwin (Wisconsin) School district wants us back, and they may be able to 
actually pay us something.  We will try for a Friday this time, and possibly a 
two day event going into Saturday.  Lisa Gillstrom McCanna will pursue this.

OLD BUSINESS
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We have reached a settlement with Don Chesney about the financial issues related 
to Clann's participation in the July Tactical.  We will pay $80 for 2007.  In 
future years we will pay $50 plus Don's membership fee.  

NEW BUSINESS
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We need a new Contracts negotiator since Maeve is going to graduate school.  
After some discussion Lisa Gillstrom McCanna agreed to accept this position.

We will hold a swap meet at the February General Meeting.  Laurie Ford will send 
out an announcement.


STAFF ELECTIONS
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Maeve Kane was reelected as Captain for a one-year term, since that is all she 
can serve.  Lisa Gillstrom McCanna was elected Head Camp Follower.  The other 
staff elected were Heidi Viar, Tony Rogers, Laura Swenson, Laurie Ford, Julie 
Yoder, Eric Ferguson, Betsy Bolton, and John Debnam.


AWARDS
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Herb Lindorff, by action of the Board, was made Corporal of the Camp.

The Chief of Staff gave the "The Ridgepole of the Camp" award to Ann Peters.

The Vice President's award for being generally helpful was given to Jerry 
Swenson.

The Head Campfollower gave the "Cast Iron Cookpot" award to Anthea Cross for 
2007.  It was awarded to Margaret Kirkpatrick last year.



Next Board Meeting:  December 18.

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 2008 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 the Contracts Administrator 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 whether 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,
Lisa Gillstrom McCanna

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

NOON–1:00 Airing of the Tartan and Drills
Augsburg Park 70th and Nicollet - Richfield, MN

From the North, take the Portland Ave exit south from Crosstown/ Hwy62 to 70th. Turn right and go to Nicollet Ave.

From the South, take the Nicollet Ave exit North from 494 about 1/2 mile to 70th St

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1:30 Appetizers at Cate Hesser's
(651)917-2327
1239 Charles Ave - Saint Paul, MN

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3:30 Soup at Maeve Kane's
1755 Portland Ave, St Paul, MN 55104


Take Hamline S to Portland, crossing University and 94
Hamline meets Portland, take a right at Portland
Take Portland West past Snelling to Wheeler St.
It's a downstairs portion of a duplex, and people have to go in the front door to get to Maeve's door

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Main course at 6:00 at the Yoders' house
4736 12th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN

Take Snelling Ave S to 46th St./Ford Pkwy. W on Ford Pkwy./46th St
Follow ALL the way to 28th Ave. Make Left on 28th Ave (S)
Turn right on Minnehaha Pkwy. Follow Minnehaha Pkway West, crossing Cedar Ave
and go to 12th St. Make Right (N) on 12th st
Go up hill past 2 intersections
House is on WEST/even side of 12th Ave between 48th and 47th st.
OR
Directions:
Take 35W to 46th Street.
Go EAST on 46th to 13th Avenue.
Turn Right(south) on 13th. Go one block.
Turn Right (East) on 47th. Go One Block.
Turn Left (south) on 12th. Go south to 4736 12th Ave S.

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Dessert at 8:00 at the McDavids
651-490-1842
340 Brooks Ave
Roseville, MN

Directions: Take Highway 36 to Dale St. in Roseville.
Go north on Dale to County Rd. B2.
Go east on B2 to Western.
Go north again on Western to Brooks, which is 2 blocks down. The street sign may be obscured by a tree branch, but have faith!
Turn right on Brooks. 340 is about one block in, on the right. There are large white numbers on the garage.