[SCA-BMDL] Baronial Elections

[Clemente de Warrewyk]

Greetings from Clemente and Helewys,

We were fortunate enough to find this great Barony in 2005.  While some 
may see us as still fairly new to the Barony, we are by no means new to 
Life, and have demonstrated our competence, responsibility, 
organizational skills, and enthusiasm in any number of ways.  Almost 
right from the start we've been involved with the Barony in some 
capacity.  Helewys serves as the Barony's Recording Secretary and 
Chatelaine.  Clemente has been involved in a number of capacities, from 
last year's emergency-last-minute-stand-in as the BMDL Pennsic Camp's 
land agent, to this year's official land agent, to Webminister.  Both of 
us have been involved in many different activities, and tend to find 
ourselves pitching in at many local events.  Many of you have no doubt 
seen Helewys demonstrating her multitasking abilities by knitting while 
simultaneously participating in any number of other activities like 
retaining for Baroness Tatyana, singing in the Debatable Choir, or going 
to dance practice.  Clemente might be most recognizable as Pantalone 
from I Genesii, but has also dabbled in the scribal arts, pewter 
casting, autocratting, and dance.  We both are interested in archery and 
look forward to participating in that as the weather improves.

We intend to represent all gentles in the local populace and encourage 
participation in every aspect of the Barony.  By way of doing this, we 
plan to stop in on all of the regular meetings and practices on a 
rotating basis.  We would also like to foster a greater sense of 
community within the Barony.  While each of the many individual guilds 
and activities are strong and active in their own right, we've noticed 
that there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of cross-participation.  We'd 
like to use the positions of Baron and Baroness to build bridges between 
the Barony's various groups and in doing so, build a greater sense of 
community and belonging in the Barony as a whole.  And while we feel a 
strong sense of duty to represent the Barony well to the Kingdom and 
Society at large, we also feel compelled to try to foster an environment 
locally where everyone, and most especially newcomers, feels welcome to 
participate.

In service,
Clemente and Helewys