North Woods
A Barony of the Middle Kingdom
AKA The "Lost Barony"
motto: "Beware the Wolf"
Baronial Elections
Links to the Letters of Intent:
The following offices are up for election:
(* these are mandatory positions)
Seneschal*: duties include quarterly reports, running the baronial council meetings, following the duties set forth by the Corpora and Middle Kingdom Seneschal.
Candidates: Lady Morgaine NicFhrannsaidh (Incumbent), Warder Lucien Featherstone, Lady Alianor (Aliyah) Bat Asriel
Chronicler*: duties include quarterly reporting, publishing a newsletter each quarter that includes officer contact information, B&B contact info and if at a possible at least one educational article. The Chronicler also maintains all of the "permission to publish" forms. The publication of the newsletter is necessary to help us keep our non-profit educational 501 3-C status (Description given by our Regional chronicler- Jahanara amat al-Hafeeza al-Shayka)
Candidates: Lord Sugawara no Tokihiroi, Lady Rycheza Tkaczyc
Webminister: Responsible for maintaining and controls the content of a group's website. Also files quarterly reports to regional and kingdom.
Candidates: Lord Áindle ÓDiarmada (Incumbent), Master Rocco Barbarossa
A & S Minister: the North Woods MOAS collects the local canton reports and compiles a single report from them 4 times a year and attends the baronial council meetings, which are also 4 times a year. Most of my time as MOAS has been spent reminding people that local reports are due, following up on any missing reports, and a couple of hours putting together my own report. My report is submitted via email then to the regional MOAS, The Baronial Seneschal, and the Baron and Baronesses. I have been told that the most helpful/useful part of this report is nominating people to watch for awards—whether baronial or Kingdom. (Description given by current MOAS Fujinami no Kaede-hime)
Candidate: Lady Fujiname no Kaede (Incumbent)
Chatelaine: An officer in charge of greeting, welcoming and helping new members of the Society. This office reports twice a year.
Candidate: Lady Rycheza Tkaczyk
Youth Minister: The Officer in charge of youth activities for a group; NOT the local babysitter! From the Kingdom Youth Minister Website “Current Policy regarding youth activities and Background checked adults: Current Middle Kingdom Policy requires that an adult with a Society background check be within site and sound of all official site at events with children's activities. This includes youth pointe and youth combat. Other youth activities at events.”
Candidate: The Honorable Lady Sæhildr barngóðr
Election Rules from our Baronial charter:
Article 4.4: Neither the Baronial Seneschal nor said deputies may supervise a selection or recall for which they are involved.
Our current Seneschal plans to run for a second term, thus the Baronial Exchequer will be handling the selection process. Thus for this election where the charter says seneschal the term has been replaced with Exchequer. All nominees and those wishing to register to vote should send required information to Lady Brigida Aldesotti exchequer@SCANorthWoods.org by the deadline.
Based on our Charter, this is the timeline which the elections should take place:
Article 5 Officer Polling and Selection Processes
1. Fourteen (14) weeks before the completion of an officer's term of office (Our officers term of office ends on Jan. 31st so they can submit the last report of the preceding year.) The seneschal shall notify the populace of this fact and announce the beginning of the nomination and selection process. (Deadline: Sept. 21, 2014)
a. Nominees shall have their names forwarded to the BaronialSeneschal Exchequer. (Those wishing to run for an office need to submit their SCA name, Modern Name, Address, phone, email, SCA membership number w/expiration date and the office for which they are running to Lady Brigida Aldesotti (exchequer@SCANorthWoods.org)
by the deadline.
b. Candidates will have four (4) weeks to declare their candidacy and notify the Seneschal Exchequer that they will stand as a candidate.
Period opens: 9/21/14
Period closes: 10/18/14
2. Four (4) weeks after nominations are closed, the Seneschal Exchequer shall distribute ballots to the populace of the Barony.
Deadline: 11/16/14)
a. Electors must reside within the confines of the Barony, and
b. Be a member in good standing of the SCA Inc., and
c. Have registered with the Baronial Seneschal Exchequer four (4) weeks before the poll.
Information to register to vote is: SCA name, Modern Name, membership number and expiration date, email address or mailing address to send ballot.
When the nomination process closes, so does voter registration.
Nomination period opens: 9/21/14
Nomination period closes: 10/18/14
3. The voting period shall last two (2) weeks from the date the first ballot is distributed.
Voting period opens:11/16/14
Voting period closes: 11/30/14
4. On the same day the polls close, the Seneschal Exchequer shall publicly count the ballots and certify the returns.
5. The candidate who receives the most votes will be identified as the preferred candidate for the position.
a. The Baronial Seneschal Exchequer shall submit a written report of the polling returns to the Baron and Baroness and to the populace of the Barony.
b. The Seneschal Exchequer shall forward this result to the relevant Kingdom and Regional officers.
6. Neither the Crown or the Kingdom Officers shall be bound in any way by the results of this or any other Baronial selection or poll. It is offered for their convenience only.
a. Pending a warrant from the relevant Kingdom officer, the identified preferred candidate may assume the duties of said office unless the candidate is not acceptable to the Crown or Kingdom officer.