Tuesday, June 23, 2015

From The Pen Of Your New Seneschal

Greetings to the Barony and all of Her Friends. I am Dame Morwenna Trevethan and, as of July 1, I have the privilege and honor to begin serving as Nottinghill Coill's latest Baronial Seneschal.  My thanks go first to Their Excellencies, Takeda and Ariel, for allowing me to take on this office.  Next, thanks to Lord Olaf who quietly and competently has overseen the administration of the barony for the past several years.
One thing I would like to bring about is more interaction among the cantons and their officers.  We are fortunate to have five thriving cantons which do a good job of promoting and running themselves.  I will do whatever I can to ensure that this continues and even improves.  However, we also have a challenge, and that challenge is distance.  Nottinghill Coill is one of the largest baronies in the kingdom, in terms of area.  That fact alone makes it difficult (but not impossible) to hold inter-canton gatherings.  We also have a challenge of navigation:  a lack of highways that easily connect our cantons. If you live in Cyddlan Downs it's not hard to get to any of the other cantons.  But trying to get to Brockore Abbey from St. Georges, for instance . . . it's a very long trek.  I can't change these two facts, but I'm willing to consider all sorts of ideas to foster more group contact, especially (but not exclusively) among the officers of the Barony and the cantons.
If ever you have a comment, suggestion, gripe or grievance, please call me or send me an email. The only issue that I can't help resolve is the one I don't know about. I look forward to meeting many of you at Nottinghill Coill's Collegium, Southern War Practice, or War of the Wings. Until then I remain

Yours in Service to the continued good Health of The Dream,
Dame Morwenna Trevethan

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