Joel Messerer

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Joel at Coronation, April AS LII
Information
Resides: Concordia of the Snows
Status: Active
Awards: Order of Precedence
Heraldry
Heraldry Needed

Award & Office Badges

Introduction

Joel is a resident of Vestfell Farmstead and husband of Aife ingen Chonchobair in Derthaige.

He originally started here largely to support his wife, of whom he is immensely proud. Formerly a protege to Mistress Lylie_of_Penhyll, clearly somewhere along the way this "Mundane-in-tow"(tm) failed a saving throw and was elevated to the Order of the Pelican.

When keeping out from under foot, he tends to be found in the kitchen. Beware of the sharp kitchen implements in his wake, they tend to be far sharper than you expect.

Persona

Joel isn't quite sure where or when he is from. Vague recollections of 12th Century western Germany (Worms) exist, but, alas, the amnesia has not yet abated.

Event Staff

Head Cook, Concordian Investiture and Bjorn's Ceilidh, 11/2024
Deputy Event Steward, Coronation of Tindal II and G. Emerson True, 04/2024
Head Cook, Bjorn's Ceilidh, 11/2023
Set Designer, High Nobility and Low Stakes, 03/2023
Deputy Event Steward, Veisla Schola, 09/2022
Site Liaison, The Wars of the Roses, 05/2022
Site Liaison, The Wars of the Roses, 05/2020
Site Liaison, The Wars of the Roses, 05/2019
Co-Kitchener, Bjorn's Ceilidh and Concordian Baronial Investiture, 10/2018
Site Liaison, The Wars of the Roses, 05/2018
Deputy Event Steward and Site Liaison, The Wars of the Roses, 05/2017
Kitchener, The Feast of St. Nicholas in Queen Elizabeth's Court, 12/2016
Co-Event Steward, The Wars of the Roses, 05/2016
Dayboard Deputy, Coronation of Brennan II and Caoilhfionn II, 10/2015
Class Coordinator, Victuality II: The Second Course, held at Hunter's Moon, 9/2015
MoL, King's and Queen's Bardic Championship, 1/2015
Co-Kitchener, Bjorn's Ceilidh and Concordian Baronial Investiture, 11/2014
Merchant Coordinator, The War of the Roses, 05/2014
Event Steward, East Kingdom Twelfth Night, 1/2014
Deputy Autocrat, Bjorn's Ceilidh, 11/2013
Tear-down coordinator, The Wars of the Roses, 05/2013
MoL, The Queen's Meadhall - King's and Queen's Bardic Champions, 02/2013
Co-Kitchener, Coronation of Edward II and Thyra, 10/2012
Kitchen Staff, Barony of Bergental 21st Birthday, 02/2012
Tear-down coordinator, The Wars of the Roses, 05/2011
Technical Director, Beowulf the Event, 03/2011
Kitchen Help (for a little while), Coronation, 09/2010
Kitchen Staff, Barony of Concordia of the Snows 30th Anniversary, 08/2010
Tear-down coordinator, The Wars of the Roses, 05/2010
Kitchen Staff, Coronation of Edward and Marguerite, 04/2010?
Kitchen Staff, Winter Nights, 10/2009
Kitchen Staff, Coronation of Konrad II and Brenwyn II, 10/2009
Tear-down coordinator, The Wars of the Roses, 05/2009
Head cook, Winter Nights, 10/2008

Classes

Any class I teach can definitely be reprised, feel free to ask. Since I tend toward the service side of things these tend to be service related and finding an appropriate venue for them can be difficult.

Portioning, Scaling, and Timing a Feast, Known World Cooks and Bards, 09/2024
Care and Feeding of Kitchen Knives, Known World Cooks and Bards, 09/2024
Portioning, Scaling, and Timing a Feast, online 01/2020. Video: https://youtu.be/2GrwKAGVNnU Handouts: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WLAYKTWtxJGv_I7QfOi7i5SHWfvv0y8D
Scaling, Scheduling, Portioning, and Budgeting Feast, Carolingian Service University, 02/2016
Care and Feeding of Kitchen Knives, Victuality II: The Second Course, 09/2015
Scaling, Scheduling, and Portioning Feast, Victuality II: The Second Course, 09/2015
Scaling, Scheduling, and Portioning Feast, The War of the Roses, 05/2014
Care and Feeding of Kitchen Knives, Victuality: The Event! , 08/2013

Offices

Acting Seneschal, Barony of Concordia of the Snows, 10/2022-09/2023
Central Region Representative, East Kingdom Council of the Exchequer, 11/2017-
East Kingdom Deputy Webminister for Services, 10/2017-
Project Manager, Google for Nonprofits email migration, 10/2017-3/2018
Deputy Society Webminister, 06/2016-04/2018
Emergency Deputy Seneschal, Barony of Concordia of the Snows, 10/2015-04/2017, 02/2019-
East Kingdom Calendar Deputy Webminister, 12/2014-
East Kingdom Deputy of Aether, Special Projects Division, 11/2014-10/2017
Head of the Baron's Privy Council under His Excellency Jean-Paul duCasse, 11/2014-10/2018

In Case of Court

If my presence is to be required in Court, please notify Aife ingen Chonchobair in Derthaige and please DO list me on any Court Summon issued. I'm not making it to many events these days and a summons will help ensure I'm there.

I am perfectly fine with the concept of receiving non-polled awards in an "Ethereal Court".

More Information

Joel (mka Joel) is mundanely an IT manager, and his non-SCA hobbies are tech at Science Fiction Conventions and theater sound design. He spent 8 years on the Board of Directors of the Theatre Association of New York State and is currently on the Board of Directors of Alpha Psi Omega, the National Theatre Honor Society. 4 years in a restaurant kitchen back in high school/early college have never really left his brain, and are the real source of his kitchen savvy and work ethic. He has a long-standing tendency toward being helpful, and a knack for delegation. He's finally finished his Master's Degree in Technology Management but is still digging out from under the backlog in his life created by two and a half years of neglecting everything else.