Welcome to the Online Clann Tartan Newsletter for January 2015

Annual Meeting/Board Elections

Good friends,

Help The Secretary!

Our current newsletter editor is a temp, so our secretary is looking for someone to take over the task of updating the online edition of the newsletter. This requires some basic HTML editing and FTP skills. If you are interested in this job--or helping the secretary out in some other way--please contact her: basil80 at hotmail dot com And thank you!

Board Meeting: December 16, 2014

In attendance:
Board members present:President: Marty Byers, Treasurer: Bruce Yoder, Secretary: Betsy Bolton, Quartermaster: Mike McCarty, Company Rep: David Vavreck

I)  Minutes: The November minutes were not available to be approved. Agreed to review/approve through the email system.
 
II) Reports:
	a) Vice President: Absent.
	b) Treasurer: The financial statements were reviewed. There may be a bank change in our future, as the bank we currently work with is having a change in procedure that makes continuing business with them substantially more difficult.
	c) Secretary: Looking for a new newsletter producer and webmaster. The position needs to be filled more permanently. 
	d) Quartermaster: No report.  
	e) Camp Rep: No report. 
	f) Company Rep: No report.

III) Guild Reports:
	a) Music: Continues to meet once a month. 
	b) Dance: Working to meet twice a month, but this is determined by having enough people attending to make at least one full set of 4. 
	c) Fiber: No report.
	d) Sword: Looking for dates to meet.
	e) Historic Site: Nothing to report. 
 
IV) Events: 
a) First Footing: January 1. Drill at 12:30, progressive dinner to follow.
b) Big Island Trade Fair: February 14 & 15.
	c) Scottish Ramble: February 15.
d) Fargo-Moorehead: March 14. Tentative
e) Tartan Day: early April. Tentative
f) Siege of Woodville: May 29. Scheduled. 
g) Scottish Fair & Highland Games: July 18. Tentative.
h) Chippewa River Rendezvous: August 22 to 23. Tentative.
i) Big Island: Oct 1-4. Contracted
j) Mankato: Oct 7-10. Pending

V) Old Business:
	a) Award Sponsorship for Ramble discussed.
	b) February Members Meeting: Board elections will be held for Vice President, Secretary, Quartermaster, Company Rep. We will also want to discuss the 2015 show season, Budget and elections. To be held February 7, 2015, 11 am at the Yoders
	
VI) New Business:
	

Next Meeting: January 20, 2015 at 7 pm

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 at clanntartan dot org

GUILDS

Come out and learn the ways of Highland defense.

Join the Sword Guild and feel the raw power of the sword.

Sword drill will be held on the last Saturday of the month at 1 pm at 709 Minnehaha Ave E, St Paul MN 55106.

If you are interested, contact Marty Byers (Email marty dot byers at juno dot com).

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 1st Thursday of each month.

To contact the Yoders, call 612-825-4519 or email to Julieyoder at juno dot com.

To contact your Music Chair, call David at 612-353-1237 or email to baethan1630 at yahoo dot com

Thanks, and I look forward to making some noise with y'all!

David

We have a yahoo groups email list for the guild that we use for reminders about the meetings and topical discussions. If you want to be on the email list, request an invitation to join from Bruce at bruceyoder at juno dot com.

The Dance Guild gathers twice a month from 7PM-9PM to learn and practice historic Scottish country dances.

Dance will meet on the 2^nd and 4^th Tuesdays at Saint Christopher's Episcopal Church, 2300 N Hamline Ave. in Roseville.

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. You may have heard of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Think of this as St. Christopher's-in-the-Cloverleaf :-)>

Historic Site

Clann Tartan has our own historic site near Duluth MN. Dun Gowan is an ongoing project, which is the site of Gaffneyis Annual Tactical in June.

It is currently under quite a bit of snow but we endeavor to have regular work weekends throughout the summer months.

Contact David Vavreck at 612-353-1237 or baethan1630 at yahoo dot com for further information, or to volunteer to help.

Be sure to contact your staff if you plan on attending a show event. Try to give at least a ten day notice when possible. This allows proper planning for the feeding of our members, and in some cases is required by event organizers to allow entry as a participant.

In an absence of a full time HCF, David Vavreck has volunteered to take on the duty of collecting event RSVPs. Please send your RSVPs for events to David at baethan1630 at yahoo dot com.

Hello all,

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 means that the board and staff have approved the event and we are committed to providing manpower to making the event happen. When an event is assigned this status please let the HCF 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.

Finished- This means that the event has completed successfully.

If you have any questions about this, please feel free to contact staff regarding this matter

Thanks,
Your Staff

DATE	EVENT	STATUS
Jan 1, 2015	1st Footing	Finished
Feb 14-15, 2015	Big Island Trade Fair, Albert Lea, MN	Scheduled
Feb 15, 2015	A Scottish Ramble	Cancelled
March 14, 2015	Fargo Celtic Festival	Pending
April 5, 2015	MN Tartan Day	Tentative
May 29, 2015	Siege of Woodville	Scheduled
July 18, 2015	Minnesota Scottish Fair & Highland Games	Tentative
August 22-23, 2015	Chippewa River Rendezvous	Tentative
September 13, 2015	Bagpipes and Bonfires	Cancelled
October 1-4, 2015	Big Island Rendezvous	Scheduled
October 7-10, 2015	Mankato History Festival	Pending

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MAPS

	Bruce and Julie Yoder's Home Music Meetings February Members' Meeting 4736 12th Ave S, Minneapolis 55407

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GAS/MILEAGE REIMBURSMENT POLICY

The group has a policy for the reimbursement of fuel expenses for travel to shows and for payment for hauling the trailer to and from shows.

Personal reimbursement of fuel expenses: Members can request reimbursement for fuel for travel to and from shows. Everyone is eligible for this although the board requests that you only make the request if it is necessary. If everyone who attended a show also requested reimbursement, the total payout could exceed the stipend that the group received. The procedure is as follows: at the start of your journey, fill your tank and note the odometer reading on the receipt. Upon your return home after the event, fill your tank again and record your odometer reading again. This receipt along with any other fuel purchases made enroute represents the fuel used for the trip and the total is the amount to be reimbursed. Send the receipts along with your name and address to the Treasurer. Remember, please don't request reimbursement unless it is necessary, but it is better for you to attend and get reimbursed than for you to stay home because of financial considerations.

Payment policy for hauling the trailer: Because hauling the trailer or a substantial amount of gear can be hard on your vehicle and requires you to perform additional work for the company, we have a different payment policy for hauling. If you haul the trailer, the payment is $.48 per mile from the garage to the event and back to the garage. If you use your own vehicle to haul substantial company equipment from the garage to the event, the payment rate is $.24 per mile. Submit a request stating the number of miles you drove and send it to the group treasurer.

My address is usually in the map section of the newsletter, but for convenience, it is 4736 12th Ave S Minneapolis MN 55407
Bruce Yoder

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WANTED: SUBMISSIONS FOR THE NEWSLETTER

Items you can submit include research articles, character sketches, and other items pertaining to living history and Scottish Culture. Email your items in either plain text, or MS Word format to newsletter at clanntartan.org or snail mail to our postal address.

Items must be received by the 15th of each month to be considered for inclusion for the upcoming months issue. Mailed submissions will not be returned unless requested. All pertinent submissions will be considered as space permits. All research articles must reference at least three sources. Submissions may be broken in multiple parts.

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GARAGE

Our garage is located at 4352 Nicollet Ave S in Minneapolis. Access is in the alley on the west side of Nicollet. South bay of the double garage. Minor problems or issues should be reported to Bruce. In the event of an emergency, the landlord is Brad at 763-670-9200