October 18, 2003

Here in-lies the Althing minutes of October 18th, 2003...

Item #1) A protest lodged by Sir Brandobis, via Sir Amren, stating that the populace was not duly notified as to the change in time of this Althing.  This was refuted by Dame Fionna and Syr Sanchez, as Dame Fionna had been duly notifying everyone she could since 3 weeks ago.  Then, it was mentioned that New Hampshire State Incorporation Laws required a simply majority (51%) of voting members to be present in order for a working (voting) meeting to take place.  As this quoram was not met at the scheduled time of 11:00 AM, the Althing was set aside until 1:09 PM when such a quoram was met.

Item #2) It was brought forth by Dame Katala that the Great Eastern Bid system is faulty and that something should be done to fix this problem for future years.  Dame Katala suggested that Goldenvale and all of her sub-group's names be placed in a hat and that a single name be chosen from the hat.  The group chosen would be given the opportunity to run Great Eastern for that year, or decline the opportunity.  If they opted to run Great Eastern, the populace of that group would choose people within their group to run Great Eastern and see the process through to the end.  As an alternate option, Sir Amren suggested that perhaps we should, instead of picking from a hat, move through Goldenvale and her groups in order of size/age.  (Meaning oldest Duchy to newest Duchy, oldest Barony to newest Barony, oldest Shire to newest Shire...)

a) Vote as to whether or not the Great Eastern Bid system is faulty:
Yea - 6, Nay - 0, Abstain - 4

b) Those in favor of choosing a sub-group from a hat - 0
    Those in favor of choosing a sub-group by size/age - 6
    Abstain - 5

c) Squire Wolfen and Dame Fionna will compile a list of Goldenvale's sub-groups by size/age.

Item #3) Squire Goliath welcomed everyone to bring written, well thought out proposals of how to define "Shot in Motion" for the Kingdom of Goldenvale.  Meaning, what angle/plane need to be broken in order for a shot to be considered "in motion."  The topic will be fully discussed next month.

This item did not require a vote.

Item #4) Dame Fionna requested that the incorrect notation of the required War Events for Crown Candidates be changed to accurately reflect the Althing Notes of February 22, 2003.

This item did not require a vote.

Item #5) The Weapons Covers issue... returns...  Winter is coming and Squire Wolfen, Champion of Goldenvale would like to make weapon covers mandatory (with the exception of formed weapons) for the winter.

Yea- 2, Nay - 4, Abstain - 5

Item #6) Sir Brandobis suggested that we strike the active vs. inactive status of members from the Corpora entirely.

Yea - 4, Nay - 3, Abstain - 2

a) It was suggested that in order to be able to vote in an election, that a dues-paid member should not miss more than 12 weeks in the 6 month period previous to the election.

Yea - 4, Nay - 4, Abstain - 2 (King Syr Sanchez broke the tie created, in favor of "yea".)

Item #7) Sir Brandobis then suggested that the Goldenvale Corpora be dissolved entirely and that Goldenvale utilize the Burning Lands Corpora.

Yea - 3, Nay - 5, Abstain - 2

Thanks all for those that showed to the Althing, a special thanks to those that showed on time.