Amtgard in San Luis Obispo:
The Barony of the Seven Sleeping Dragons
Welcome to the official site of the Barony of the Seven Sleeping Dragons, a boffer combat group based in San Luis Obispo, California. On this site you will find news about our group, notification of the time and place of our regular meetings and special events, links to helpful online resources, and sundry other bits of helpful information scattered across the web. Come in, enjoy, and join us on the field one day for a bit of fighting, or discussion of crafts of all sorts, from armoring to writing, from sewing to metalwork, and everything in between.
If you're new to Amtgard, check the 'about us' and 'getting started' sections. If you're new to boffer combat entirely, or want more information, feel free to contact us.
There will be an althing this upcoming weekend (Saturday, October 4th), during which two Westmarch issues will be discussed.
First,
Siar Geata's promotion to Barony will be discussed and voted on,
followed by a vote on whether to extend the reign of the Westmarch and
local monarchy by three (3) months to facilitate coronation being held
at Darkshore, as it once was.
Questions, comments, just about anything else can be addressed by email, on the Westmarch forums, or in person during the Althing itself.
The ballot can be viewed here.
Update: Siar Geata's barony promotion has gone through without a single naysayer in Westmarch, and the reign has been extended! Minutes will be posted eventually.
The time has come for audits once again, and this year it's online in public fashion. In addition to my own small introduction, our monarch, Baron MaA Deimos, has provided a cover letter for this audit package. As a Barony, albeit a fairly new one, we need to submit several different pieces of information. These items follow in the form of a bulleted list with details beneath.
- Copies of bank statements and financial records for the past six months
We begin with our General Ledger. We currently have $74.24 in cash and mixed coinage to our names, and more should arrive in the next month as more dues are paid.
At one point (6/28/08), there is a major error with the current value of the ledger. This was a rather odd day - our latest quest day, in fact - during which the intake of the cash box was not monitored, and it has become apparent that not everybody who ate food at the event paid. After our Regent had been reimbursed, the value could not be determined on site in a timely fashion.
The following text comes from Baron MaA Deimos to explain our current bank statement:
The bank statement provided with Seven Sleeping Dragons audit package is a printout of the bank statement provided by the Cal Poly Associated Students Inc. Seven Sleeping Dragons is also a Cal Poly San Luis Obispo university club, going by the name of The Amtgard Society of Poly (Cal Poly Group #73440), and as such, are provided a club bank account through the Cal Poly ASI. Funds in the account are accessed through written submission for reimbursement of funds through the ASI.
Item 5/8/08 was a deposit by the Cal Poly ASI. Cal Poly ASI provides $500 per fiscal year to any club who makes a request for the funds. This was the first year our group took advantage of this policy.
Item 6/30/08 was a reimbursement for funds used to procure materials for a garb making day, and for materials procured for use during our June quest.
Item 6/6/08 was a reimbursement for funds used to procure materials for a weapon making day, and for feast supplies for lunch provided by SSD at Darkshore.
Item 3/18/08 and 6/23/08 were in error. Funds were credited to our club account intended for a different club. We notified ASI of the error and they made the appropriate correction.
- Copies of sign in sheets for the past six months
Anybody wishing to download these sheets should be warned: They total more than 8 megabytes, and I have been unable to reduce the file size without reducing the quality to the point of being illegible. The sign-in sheets for 1-5-08 through 1-26-08 are online here. The sign-in sheets for 2-2-08 through 7-19-08 are available here. The sheet for 7-26-08 has the dubious distinction of having its own file, which resides here.
Monarch: Baron Man-at-Arms Deimos
Regent: Page Leah
Prime Minister: Griffin Köford
Champion: Man-at-Arms Ailliath
GMR: Lady Faye
- List of current dues-paid members
Dave I. (Deimos)
Griffin M. (Griffin)
Jeff M. (Amadeo)
Jessica F. (Leah)
Luke S. (Archtos)
Mary G. (Braith)
Megan F. (Faye)
Nate L. (Ysea)
Nate W.
Patrick S. (Ailliath)
Robert B. (Raab)
Skyler L.
Tina S.
Viet M. (Pai)
Zach H. (Krom)
Zane H. (Thorik)
- Results of most recent crown quals
The results from SSD's Crown Quals are as follows; shown with entrant's name, name of entry, and average score from judges:
Leah
Rose Cross-stitch: 4.0
Black Necklace, Bracelet, and Earrings: 4.2
A Fable: 3.83
Blue Tunic with Yellow Trim: 3.36
Deimos
Leather Satchel: 4.06
Black Tankard Strap: 3.33
The Serpent's Fang: 4.16
Black Flatblade Shortsword: 3.83
Griffin
Pair of Bracers: 3.8
Alliath
Green Cloak: 3.73
Red Belt: 3.9
Braith
Blue Short Sword: 3.16
Krom
Pair of Black Short Swords: 3.23
Black w/Red Applique (shield): 3.16
Black Polearm: 3.3
Thorik
Javalin: 3.13
Black Shield: 3.1
Polearm: 3.23
Seth
Daisy Dagger: 3.03
The
top scores were, Leah, with an average of 3.8475, followed ridiculously
closely by Deimos, with an average of 3.845. Third place was Krom, with
an average of 3.23.
- Results of most recent crown elections
In our last election, all candidates ran uncontested, as there as only a single no-confidence vote cast for our champion, Ailliath and or regent, Leah.
We're doing a quest day here in SSD!
Where: At Meadow park in San Luis Obispo (it's off of south street)
Why: Well, we sorta sat down and thought, you know what would be neat? It would be neat to have a quest. And invite all our friends. Yeah. Or something like that.
How: Um, with foam swords, maybe some armor, a bit of garb...you know, the usual.
I'll
fill in more details as I get them, such as the title of the quest and
such. Just wanted to let peoples know the date in advance.
--Regent Leah
As most of our long-term members (and many of our short-term members) will be aware, our old website, hosted by Cal Poly, is, and long has been, essentially useless. Finally, in an act of desperation, our long-running Prime Minister, Griffin, sat down and designed a site. Then, he designed it again, using Blosxom to fuel the news on the main page. While that was neat for a cheap-and-easy solution (Blosxom will probably see use elsewhere on the site - stay tuned), it wasn't nearly good enough. Instead, he (he being the person writing this entry in the third person, namely Griffin, also known as "me") decided to upgrade to Movable Type, to allow the rest of the monarchy to make news posts easily. So, here we are, on the third major revision of the website since April 1st, and, as a result, the third version of this news post. Enjoy!
There will be an Althing held this weekend to determine, among other things, whether we should be promoted to Barony. I know how I'm voting - hopefully we'll be upgraded on Monday!
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