<div dir="ltr"><h1 class="gmail-xzsf02u gmail-xngnso2 gmail-x1fcty0u gmail-xod5an3" style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:1.5rem;font-weight:normal;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:15px">Below is a formatted version of the announcement you will be seeing forwarded from our Storfrettir Blog. It contains important deadlines regarding the upcoming Baronial election. </span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:15px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:15px">Hello Debatable Lands! Salve Accolens!</span><br></div></h1><div class="gmail-x1e56ztr" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic"><span style="font-family:inherit">This message contains important deadline information for Baronial election nominations and requesting ballots if you would not automatically receive one.</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"> PLEASE READ CAREFULLY.</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-x1e56ztr" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">The </span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-family:inherit">nomination meeting for the upcoming Baronial election is coming up this Sunday, November 13th</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">, at the </span></span><span class="gmail-x1fey0fg" style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">November Harvest Revel Social</span></span></span><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"> (which features lots of other fun as well! Welcome all!).</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-x1e56ztr" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">You many nominate individuals or couples (others or yourselves) either at the nomination meeting </span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-family:inherit">on Sunday, November 13th in North Park</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"> at the Rose Barn (see link above for details) by voice or written note,</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-family:inherit"> or you may nominate candidates in writing BEFORE the nomination meeting by emailing Baron Brandubh</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"> at <a href="mailto:baron@debatablelands.org">baron@debatablelands.org</a>. The Baron will acknowledge all emails with a reply. If you didn’t get a reply, he didn’t get your email.</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-x1e56ztr" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-style:italic"><span style="font-family:inherit">Nominations will not be accepted after the nomination meeting closes</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"> (it will close before the end of the Revel, exact time TBA). Please take a moment to read and understand more details, found here: </span></span><span class="gmail-x1fey0fg" style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><a href="http://debatablelands.org/blog/?p=5918">http://debatablelands.org/blog/?p=5918</a></span></span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-x1e56ztr" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-family:inherit">Nominated candidates then have one month to decide whether to accept or decline the nomination</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"> – no need to decide that day. Individuals may appear in more than one nomination but may only accept one – that is, no individual may occur on the ballot more than once. </span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-family:inherit">Nominations must be accepted in writing by</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"> </span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-family:inherit">Dec 13th, 2022</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">.</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-x1e56ztr" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Ballots are sent by postal mail. Once the ballot is set, mailing addresses will be requested from the Corporate office. Eligible voters are those that are on the SCA Inc’s membership list (that is, have a current membership the SCA), are 17 years old or older as of the ballot tally, and who reside in the Debatable Lands’ Zip Codes.</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-x1e56ztr" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-family:inherit">IF YOU WANT A BALLOT FOR THE BARONIAL ELECTION, PLEASE CHECK THAT YOUR MEMBERSHIP IS OR</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"> </span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-family:inherit">WILL BE CURRENT AS OF DEC 1st, AND THAT YOU RESIDE IN DEBATABLE LANDS’ ZIP CODES</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">. See link in this post for a list of zip codes: </span></span><span class="gmail-x1fey0fg" style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><a href="http://debatablelands.org/blog/?p=5918">http://debatablelands.org/blog/?p=5918</a></span></span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-x1e56ztr" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-family:inherit">IMPORTANT!! </span></span><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">If you would not receive a ballot under these conditions, and you have exceptional circumstances, there is a provision in our policies for requesting a ballot. However,</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-family:inherit"> the deadline for such a request is the date of the nominating meeting, or November 13th, 2022</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">. It must be received in writing by the Chair of the Selection Committee by that date. Again, </span></span><span class="gmail-x1fey0fg" style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">see our policies</span></span></span><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">.</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-x1e56ztr" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">You may not request a ballot after the date of the nominating meeting (if you wouldn’t have otherwise received one). You will not receive a ballot if your membership is not current as of Dec 1st, 2022. PLEASE CHECK THAT YOUR ADDRESS THAT’S ON FILE WITH THE CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP OFFICE IS CORRECT.</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-x1e56ztr" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Baron Brandubh and Baroness Hilda are serving jointly as the Chair of the Selection Committee. </span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-family:inherit">Contacting the Chair in writing consists of emailing <a href="mailto:baron@debatablelands.org">baron@debatablelands.org</a></span></span><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">. You will receive a reply acknowledging your email. If you don’t receive a reply, please contact us via a different method to discuss.</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-x1e56ztr" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">It’s an exciting time for our Barony! See you Sunday!</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-x1e56ztr" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">In Levitate et Caritate, and Cheers,
Baron Brandubh & Baroness Hilda</span></span></div></div></div>