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BMDL Twelfth Night site is plowed and salted. The roads are plowed but please drive safe. Hope to see you soon in

Hello,
There will be fight practice on January 14, from 2 til 6, at the Chinese Church.  Loaner armor will be available.
Robert

The Paladin’s Pantry program is a drive that collects excess food, drink, blankets, and camping supplies at SCA events, and conveys them to local food banks to benefit those in need. We put the “large” is “largesse”!

Hey, Debatable Lands! Just a quick reminder that Twelfthnight is TOMORROW and a food and supplies drive is being held. All items are being donated to the Pittsburgh Food Bank.

We are collecting:
Food Items
Clean used blankets, gloves, mittens, and/or coats
Feminine Hygiene Products

The Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank lists these as their most needed items:

• Cereal (Low in sugar, high in fiber)
• Tuna or Salmon (Packed in water)
• Canned fruit (Packed in 100% juice or water)
• Canned beans (Black, garbanzo, etc.)
• Peanut Butter
• Hand soap and other toiletries
• Toilet/facial tissue
• Laundry detergent
• Diapers (Infant and adult)
• Canned vegetables (No or low sodium)

There will be a table at BMDL Twelfthnight for your donations, just look for the Paladin’s Pantry signage. If you need additional information, please contact Lady Alethea Cowle at lake.strobel(at)gmail(dot)com.

Thank you so much, and I hope to see you at Twelfthnight!

~Alethea

2018_12thNight Schedule

The Paladin’s Pantry program is a drive that collects excess food, drink, blankets, and camping supplies at SCA events, and conveys them to local food banks to benefit those in need. We put the “large” is “largesse”!

Hey, Debatable Lands! Just a quick reminder that Twelfthnight is in 7 days and a food and supplies drive is being held. All items are being donated to the Pittsburgh Food Bank.

The time of giving is still here!

We are collecting:
Food Items
Clean used blankets, gloves, mittens, and/or coats
Feminine Hygiene Products

The Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank lists these as their most needed items:

• Cereal (Low in sugar, high in fiber)
• Tuna or Salmon (Packed in water)
• Canned fruit (Packed in 100% juice or water)
• Canned beans (Black, garbanzo, etc.)
• Peanut Butter
• Hand soap and other toiletries
• Toilet/facial tissue
• Laundry detergent
• Diapers (Infant and adult)
• Canned vegetables (No or low sodium)

There will be a table at BMDL Twelfthnight for your donations, just look for the Paladin’s Pantry signage. If you need additional information, please contact Lady Alethea Cowle at lake.strobel(at)gmail(dot)com.

Thank you so much, and I hope to see you at Twelfthnight!

~Alethea

Hello,
I hope you all had a pleasant holiday season.
Fight practice will resume on it’s normal schedule on January 7 from 2 PM to 6 PM. Practice will be at the Chinese Church. Loaner armor will be available.
Robert

Good evening Barony!

Recently I asked the officers of the BMDL to tell me what they do to tell the populace what the offices are and their responsibility I plan on posting this as a weekly series here as well as having it published in the Althing, to start off let’s meet the Webminister!

Office: Webminister

What does the Webminister do? The Webminister maintains the content and oversees the administration of the Barony’s web presence, located at http://www.debatablelands.org/ (and also available at the easier to remember http://www.bmdl.org/). This includes both the static content of the Barony’s web site, as well as Stórfréttir, the Barony’s online blog. The Webminister also works with the Social Media Deputy to ensure that Stórfréttir information is properly disseminated to all the Barony’s various social media outlets.

What information does the website have? In addition to welcoming those who are learning about the SCA for the first time, the website has sections detailing the history of the Barony, upcoming events that the Barony is hosting, our regular activities such as guild meetings and martial activities, online resources such as a list of email lists relevant to Baronial activities, as well as contact information for all the officers, guildmasters and martial generals for the Barony.

What’s on the Blog? Stórfréttir, the Baronial blog, is the primary source of information for Barony-wide announcements, as well as various tidbits of information that the Barony might find useful or interesting. To get to Stórfréttir, go to https://debatablelands.aethelmearc.org/blog/, or go to the Barony’s website and click “Stórfréttir” on the menu.

What do I do if there’s something I want to have on the website? Send email to webminister@debatablelands.aethelmearc.org and we can start a conversation about getting your information out to the public. After all, we’re here to serve you!

In Honor and Service,
亀島
Kameshima Zentarō Umakai
土地の議論のウェブサイト管理者
Webminister, Barony-Marche of the Debatable Lands

Webminister’s Note: The following post is from Lady Rivka, Head Retainer for Their Excellencies.

From THL Bugga Bilibit, our current Baronial A&S Champion —

At our BMDL Twelfthnight celebration, we will be holding a competition for a new A&S Champion. There is no theme as such, just bring your best beautiful thing!

Her Ladyship can be contacted via facebook or email (kathrynsings(at)mac(dot)com).

The Seneschal’s Spotlight is a monthly feature that highlights an aspect of the Barony and/or its people.

It’s New Years Eve and traditionally, a time for reflecting on the year that has just ended.

The Barony-Marche of the Debatable Lands is an amazing group filled with talented, passionate, fun, interesting, and smart people. Each one of you makes up this Barony that I love so much and without your presence and participation nothing that we do would be very interesting or much fun. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been playing with us for a month or for 50 years, your contributions are appreciated and wanted. Thank you to everyone for making 2017 awesome.

For all of us, let’s make 2018 a year where we pick up a new skill or become better at a recently learned skill. I’ve seen quite a few more seasoned members of our Barony pick up fiber arts, illumination, and making new clothing for themselves to suit their persona better. Us old dogs can indeed learn some new tricks. If you’re a relatively recent participant and you’ve been considering attending a Fiber Arts Guild meeting or an A&S Meeting, make that plan. Set your goals reasonably and don’t worry about where someone who has been doing something for 20+ years is in that art, they started somewhere and, if my own attempt at Medieval Spanish Clothing this year are any indication, beginner work looks pretty much like everyone else’s beginner work.

If your thing is Service, consider volunteering to do a thing you’ve not done before or not done in a while. If you usually Autocrat, volunteer to help with setup/cleanup. If you are usually Head Cook, volunteer to Autocrat. If you aren’t sure about what you’d really like to do, there is no harm in asking an Autocrat what things they need help with with their event. There’s even an upcoming event specifically geared towards getting new people involved — Tavern in the Park — THL Elß is autocratting and if you want to help with that, contact her at ansminister(at)debatablelands(dot)com.

This last year was an amazing year for Our Glorious Barony, I know that 2018 will be even better.

Aude aliquid dignum,

Odriana, Seneschal