[EKStationers] Greetings

[Lyle H. Gray]

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, Raffaella wrote:

> Hello! It was great to meet everyone, I think this was the
> largest in-person gather the proto-guild has had :)
>
> I have offered to be the contact for the EKU class idea,
> since i've been asked to do a class on norse wire chains
> there anyway.  I'll let you know as soon as I hear something,
> and if anyone wants to teach, please let me know. I beleive
> it will be held Oct. 1 somewhere in north/central New Jersey.
>
> This is what I remember from the meeting:
>
> There was a proposal of 5 major groups covered by the
> guild:
> -Bookbinders
> -Limners (is this right?)

Limners and writers of text (what we usually call "Calligraphy
and Illumination").

> -Papermakers
> -Printers
> -Everyone else (I believe Lyle found a period guild that
> also had a catch-all section)

Elwynne and I both found it. ;-)

> Plenty of guilds have become active long before their charter
> was made, and changes to charters can be documented in period
> anyway ;)  So there is no reason not to start tackling
> projects.

Lyle

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