Barony-Marche of the Debatable Lands Business Meeting

Greetings Noble Populace,

Please find the Zoom Information for the Business Meeting below.

Thank you!

Topic: Barony-Marche of the Debatable Lands Business Meeting
Time: Oct 6, 2021 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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BMDL – Aethelmearc Policy Change Q&A

Greetings unto the Noble Populace of the Debatablelands,

I am holding an open Q&A session about todays policy changes.  Please bring your questions. If I can answer them I shall do so, if not I will take them to the tall hall meeting with the Kingdom Seneschal.

Topic: BMDL Q&A
Time: Oct 4, 2021 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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October 3 Heavy Fight Practice

Greetings,
Weather permitting, there will be heavy weapons practice, at the Washington Blvd site, starting at 2:00 PM on Sunday October 3. As of July 1, if you are fully vaccinated you are no longer required to wear a mask. Anyone who is not fully vaccinated, including children aged 2 to 11, still must wear masks.

There will be loaner armor.

Although the SCA complies with all applicable laws to try to ensure the health and safety of our event participants, we cannot eliminate the risk of exposure to infectious diseases during in-person events. By participating in the in-person events of the SCA, you acknowledge and accept the potential risks. You agree to take any additional steps to protect your own health and safety and those under your control as you believe to be necessary.

I hope to see you there.

Robert

Mellon Park Herb Garden

I recently received a flyer from the Point Breeze Organization about the Mellon Park Herb Garden:

The Elizabethan Herb Garden beds include culinary and medicinal herbs, a fragrance garden, a dye garden, a knot garden, a tea herb garden, a Shakespeare garden, and a rose garden. The Pittsburgh 250 Garden celebrates the 250th birthday of the city of Pittsburgh, and includes vegetables, fruits, and herbs that were grown at Fort Pitt (now Point State Park) at that time. This summer, a section with edible herbs and herbs native to Africa has been added.

Wikipedia lists the Mellon Park Shakespeare Garden/Elizabethan Herb Garden as one of only 34 such gardens in the world!

This garden is definitely worth a visit if you have the chance. Mellon Park is right along 5th Avenue, and quite near the practice site. On Sundays, you can park right on 5th Avenue!

Turlough’s Pouch Project

If you were able to attend the recent coronation event, or if you are an avid reader of Court Reports, you probably saw this item:

Her Majesty was very pleased by the Arts and Sciences display and wanted to recognize her choices for the day, Turlough Feolain and Douceline de la Hay, with rings from her hand.

Final Court of Maynard and Liadain Coronation, 25 September a.s. 56

Turlough is local to the Barony, but he and his spouse Finé (fee-nyuh) joined just before lockdown, so not everybody knows them well. Together they built the vardo camping trailer that you may have seen at the Barony meeting. So what was Turlough displaying at Coronation? I reached out to Turlough regarding this project and he sends:

This is a fancy kidney pouch with brass mounts and buckle. The body has “accordion” side panels that allow it to hold more than one would guess, a modern contrivance for cell phone accommodations. The fine black leather is layered with a second thicker leather for sturdiness. The pouch is decorated with red stitching and the closure strap has a simple tooling pattern for added visual interest.

AEthelmearc NEW POLICY FOR COVID – EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 4, 2021

Greetings unto the noble populace of the Debatablelands, Please heed the words of our Kingdom Seneschal.

Please send your questions to the Kingdom Seneschal and the Pandemic Advisor or to myself so that I may ask them at the town hall meeting with the Kingdom Seneschal.

Be advised that this policy goes into effect and full enforcement on -* Monday October 4th, 2021*-. ALL face to face gatherings are under this policy, practice, meeting, or event if it is officially an SCA happening and published in the proper channels, this will apply.

We will be having a business meeting Next Wednesday and I will address questions after the business meeting.

I will also hold a zoom meeting with the barony later this week to share what I learn in the Town Hall Meeting with our Kingdom Seneschal.

I remain yours in Service,
THL Muirgheal inghean Dubhghaill, Seneschal of the Barony-Marche of the Debatablelands.

seneschal@debatablelands.aethelmearc.org

Official announcement can be found here. https://drive.google.com/drive/u/5/folders/1hEGCojOZ4_zawYKdOqYymlYq1ne9IesP

Aethelmearc Seneschal – seneschal@aethelmearc.org
Pandemic Advisor – pandemic@aethelmearc.org

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Greetings from Illadore.

As you have likely seen, the SCA is allowing Kingdoms to adopt their new COVID Policy. In consultation with Their Majesties and Duke Christopher (our Deputy Kingdom Seneschal for Pandemics), Æthelmearc *will* be adopting that policy and it will go into effect next Monday, October 4th.

We want to give the Kingdom a week to come up with their questions and get prepared. The policy requires that everyone over the age of 11 (so 12 and up) to either show their proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test within the past 72 hours.

The Board of Directors has also clarified that by “events”, they are using the Corpora definition. This means any event, practice, gathering, meeting or anything else we do in physical spaces is covered by this policy. (Obviously, you do not have to show your vaccine card to attend a Zoom.)

We know this is going to be a burden for some and others will choose not to attend. I understand your feelings and I sincerely hoped we would not be in this position at this time. Unfortunately, the pandemic is continuing and we still have widespread community transmission in every county in Æthelmearc. It is our assessment this policy will make those attending AE events safer for more people. We feel this is the way towards getting back to a “more normal.”

This also means our first actual “event event” that will require the policy will be the Æthelmearc October 9th Crown Tourney. There will be no exceptions to the policy for that event. Everyone who attends who is 12 and up must be vaccinated or show proof of a negative test within 72 hours of the event.
This is going to require a change in how we do a few things – first and foremost, we will have to check-in first at an event. This will likely slow down trolling in, so you may have to add time into your plans.

We know you have many questions. I will be doing more updates in the near future (including a summary of all the policy rules for Æthelmearc) and His Grace Duke Christopher and I will be holding a Zoom town hall next Tuesday.

Stay safe my friends,

Monica Gaudio
Regional Vice President, SCA Æthelmearc
Illadore de Bedegrayne
Kingdom Seneschal
She/Her They/Them

Fencing Practice Sunday September 26 at 1PM

Greetings Debatable Lands,

This Sunday September 27 there will be practice at Washington Blvd starting at 1PM.

Limited loaner gear is available. If you need loaner gear contact me at fencingmarshal (AT) debatablelands (DOT) org.

There is no scheduled class this week, if there is a topic you would like to teach or learn about please reach out to the marshals.

Masks will not be required for fully vaccinated individuals (2 weeks after the final dose of the vaccine). Masks are still required for unvaccinated individuals.

Although the SCA complies with all applicable laws to try to ensure the health and safety of our event participants, we cannot eliminate the risk of exposure to infectious diseases during in-person events.By participating in the in-person events of the SCA, you acknowledge and accept the potential risks. You agree to take any additional steps to protect your own health and safety and those under your control as you believe to be necessary.

See you at practice, jorundr

Fight Practice September 26

Greetings, There will have fight practice, at the Washington Blvd site, starting at 2:00 PM on Sunday September 26. As of July 1, if you are fully vaccinated you are no longer required to wear a mask. Anyone who is not fully vaccinated, including children aged 2 to 11, still must wear masks.

There will be loaner armor.

Although the SCA complies with all applicable laws to try to ensure the health and safety of our event participants, we cannot eliminate the risk of exposure to infectious diseases during in-person events. By participating in the in-person events of the SCA, you acknowledge and accept the potential risks. You agree to take any additional steps to protect your own health and safety and those under your control as you believe to be necessary.

I hope to see you there.

Robert