AGM meeting minutes 2024

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Thanks to Jed Cawthorn for these notes.

Video Recording can be found here - Part 1

Part 2

Manuscript review: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b55006072j/f9.item.zoom

Review of 2023

  • Nightly Vigil - 

  • Spring Deed

  • Deed of Alms - combined with Red Knight due to weather 

  • Blanket Coat Project - 21 coats, 18 pairs of mittens - $1000 approx raised


Greece - Giannis - Platea 2024 - Last weekend of July - a week in the battlefield ending 27th July. 4th big event, 50 people. Reenactment not a thing in Greece, hence the north americans helping the Greeks to plan and execute on the event. 


Italy - Alessio - Did a Knighting ceremony in Verona, a lower key event, but a more ancient church. Tournament of the White Swan at the end of April - new style 90 seconds with Spear and 90 seconds with Sword. Next event in 2 years?


March - 60 v 60 battle reenactment. 



Group structure and rules:

  • Financials - good fund raising, 

    • $1300 vigil

    • $2000 Deed of Alms

    • $1000 in the company account

    • Some of the money went directly to some Afgan refugees stuck in a camp in Pakistan

  • House keeping - Ontario Not-for-profit rules - Officers need to be reelected every 4 years - officers re-elected in the meeting and Chris Kerr added to the board.


  • Annual dues - $25 - last year bundled with Red Knight, but this year will be separate.


  • Email list - to be kept short but to include to members of each major geographic sub-group to ensure dates and other info go out. 


  • Infrastructure Project - To build some infrastructure at Scott’s Farm near Peterborough:

    • Looking at using an old pasture field for a permanent site - it has springs / running water - Scott will put in a trail / road 

    • Put in a “bath house” with showers / toilets

    • Bunk houses!

    • Fund raising

    • More events per year, faster ROI and quicker to get done.


2024 Program


  • Vigil - Lent is early this year, so its Thursday 28th March overnight 


  • Amici Armis event - Phillipe Charlebois provided info on the Sherbrooke HEMA workshop event - 41 people registered, 14 instructors.


  • Spring Deed May 24 to 26th - as per other years, archery focused due to the venue, not super structured, 


  • Deed of Alms 30th June - Bickford Park (?), Toronto - where Ito and co do their sparing sundays,


  • Green Knight - Fri, Aug 23, 202412:30 PM  Mon, Aug 26, 20241:30 PM - 4 day weekend

New event. None-combat oriented, no armoured fighting and no harness. On Christian’s land in the Adirondacks. Will be a little LARP-ish, people will be put into teams, hoping for 30 people or more. Will have orienteering, tracking and archery, fire starting class. Mini-treck. 


  • Trek 7th to 15th Sept - Christian provides details of this years plan for trek north of Algonquin (Tomogamee?) - 7th to 11th is the “easy part” 


  • Deed of the Red Knight - Thu, Oct 17, 20242:00 PM  Mon, Oct 21, 20241:00 PM

Longer Thursday to Monday - actually programming on the Sunday. Also if you want to arrive early or stay late, just inform Scott!

  • Fund raising ? Its about the same time as Craig starts for Blanket Coasts, so tie the two things together. 


Questions:

  • Chris and Sean to be archery officers - to improve safety and get more activities

  • Scott - making armour again - working on 8 Churburg 13 style harness! 

  • Becca - making pottery - Facebook Messenger for comms