ALABAMA RENAISSANCE FAIRE         

Minutes of Meeting, 1-20-05

 

Those present:  Theresa Kanka, Susan Key, Donna Miles, A. J. Mashburn, Ralph Bowersox, Lee Freeman, William Freeman, Billy Warren, Chris Pelton, Her Highness Queen Salana Letsinger, Brittany Letsinger, Perri Scott-Hawthorne, Darlene Freemon, Carol Burhans, Martin Dean, Sue Bevis, Steven McCrary, John Iaria, Ann Iaria, Rick McAdams, Maria Morgan

 

  1. Billy Warren welcomed everyone to the first meeting of the year to start the planning for the 2005 Feast and Faire.

     
  2. Speaking in behalf of the Roundtable, Billy Warren expressed sincere sympathy to Rick McAdams in the recent passing of Rick’s mother, Amelia Shefty.  The Roundtable will place the book, Italy: The Food and the Lifestyle, in the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library in her memory.

     
  3. Lee Freeman reported that he will soon be corresponding by e-mail with Jim Matterer regarding the menu for the 2005 Feast.

     
  4. Billy Warren reported that a book on Heraldry has been placed in the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library in memory of Mr. Larry Joe Young, the late father of Her Highness Queen Salana Letsinger.

     
  5. Billy Warren circulated the Master List of Roundtable members and asked everyone to make updates on their U.S. mail address, telephone number and e-mail address.  Updates following today’s meeting will go directly to the computer and e-mailed to all members.

     
  6. Darlene Freemon reported that the Royal Archivists, Laura Braddick and Na’Koal Springer, are busy updating our scrapbooks with publicity materials from the 2004 Feast and Faire.  They are recruiting an 11th grader to work with them so the process can continue after this school year.

     
  7. Brittany Letsinger won a DVD of “King Arthur” in a drawing for a door prize.  This was a fun addition to the meeting!

     
  8. Billy Warren distributed copies of the 10-27-04 evaluation session done by the Roundtable for the 2004 Feast and Faire.  These items resulted from the group’s review of those minutes:
    1. Lee Freeman agreed to chair a committee to get a printed program for the Feast completed by September 1.  These people agreed to serve on the committee:

                                                               i.      Martin Dean

                                                             ii.      Her Highness Queen Salana

                                                            iii.      William Freeman

                                                           iv.      Maria Morgan

    1. Billy Warren will contact the head of Panhellinics at UNA to ask if members of Fraternities and Sororities will act as servers at this year’s Feast.
    2. Her Highness Queen Salana will offer to help Don Green with the painting of the canvases for the portable walls at the Feast.
    3. Martin Dean suggested that a local troupe similar to the one from Tennessee be formed, with open auditions in the community since it would require more people than the Roundtable could provide.  The fee that we pay the Tennessee group could go to the local troupe instead.  Billy Warren will add that suggestion to the agenda of the upcoming meeting of the Board of Directors.

       
  1. William Freeman reported that he is already communicating via e-mail with potential entertainers for our 2005 Faire.

     
  2. Billy Warren welcomed Maria Morgan back to the Roundtable.