Michael Woodford (aka Sir Woodford of Lorien, Founding Baron Tir Ysgithr), board member of SCA, author of "Trends of Change in the SCA"
http://www.midrealm.org/middlebridge/archives/1995/199510/0065.html
- Reports that 10 years prior to 1995, MW was unhappy with the 501(c)3 status of SCA.
http://m.atenveldt.org/MobileOP/memid/3542.aspx
- Coat of Arms and awards
http://heralds.westkingdom.org/Awards/AwardOfArms.htm
- Award of Arms: Woodford of Lorien Oct 10, AS V (1970) Henrik & Leanne (West)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atenarts/message/3553
- IRS auditor by trade
http://listserv.unl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0407&L=calontir&D=0&P=41712
- History of MW's disagreement
http://www.anecho.mb.ca/~bonehead/sca/chiv1.html
- Knighted by ?? in AS8 (1974?)
http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/1971/09/lar.html
- Changed coat of arms: or, a swepe sable; a chief vert.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/STORIES/Aten-hist-art.rtf
- Description of trebuchet
http://history.sca-caid.org/AnnoSocietatisV.html
- presented 2 foot model of trebuchet to King Henrik at Barony of the Angels Fall Tourney
http://www.atenveldt.org/Heraldry/OrderofPrecedence/memid/3542.aspx
http://www.atenveldt.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=OSha068oP9k%3D&tabid=98&mid=1400 Founding Baron of Tir Ysgithr http://www.btysca.org/, first Laurel for armor, first period pavilion, siege engine
http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/1983/12/83-12cl.html Removed from BoD of SCA October 13, 1983, "[...] Mike Woodford had been removed from the Board at a special election meeting held by conference call on October 13. The reasons appear to deal with excessive partiality and political involvement on Mike Woodford's part."
http://www.sca.org/BOD/minutes/1982/1982-11.pdf
- Supported tighter membership requirements:
- Appointed Board Ombudsmen for Kingdom of the West
http://www.sca.org/BOD/minutes/1982/1982-06-08.pdf Trends of Change in the SCA: This is a review of the SCA from a management position, written by M. Woodford. Tabled to 1 August, when a revised copy will be available.
http://history.westkingdom.org/HilaryColumns/Column35.htm
- First member of the SCA Board of directors outside California:
http://warwickshirecountyinc.org/
http://www.warwickshirecountyinc.org/docs/wwsboard20050618.pdf
http://www.warwickshirecountyinc.org/docs/wwsboard20050227.pdf
http://www.warwickshirecountyinc.org/docs/wwsboard20050319.pdf
http://www.warwickshirecountyinc.org/docs/wwsboard20050416.pdf
http://www.warwickshirecountyinc.org/docs/Warwick_PolicyMan_c_Letter.pdf
Warwickshire County, Inc. is a living history organization focused on Warwickshire, England (birthplace/home of Shakespeare) Org ran three Renaissance in the Pines renfaires. (2008 RitP was cancelled: http://www.flickr.com/groups/azrenaissance/discuss/72157604654362716/) On board of directors 2005. Founding President. (http://www.warwickshirecountyinc.org/docs/Web_Mainstream_Renaissance_Re-Creation.pdf)
http://warwickshirecountyinc.org/wwsevents.php Seems to have stopped in 2007.
Questionable: Michael Woodford. A Manual Of Falconry. London: Adam and Charles , black, 1960. (See p. 114)
Followups: Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. Meeting Minutes April 13, 1982 ... Jon Canfield, Clerk. Hilda Powers. Carol Bowman Porter. Dana Rolls ... Jon Canfield, Clerk of the Board. Corporate Secretary. Cliveden Chew Haas ... http://www.sca.org/BOD/minutes/1982/1982-04.pdf
Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. Meeting Minutes February 9, 1982 ... Jon Canfield, Clerk. Michael Woodford. The meeting was called to order at 8:15 P.M. at the house ... Corporate Secretary. Jon Canfield. Cliveden Chew Haas ... http://www.sca.org/BOD/minutes/1982/1982-02.pdf
Estrella War XXV, held Feb 2009 in Florence AZ http://www.estrellawar.org/PlacesToKnow/TheWatchPavilion/LostFoundEWXXV.aspx Spiral bound booklet – Title, “The Hard Edge of Medieval and Renaissance Living History” by Michael Woodford
http://www.atenveldt.org/Heraldry/OrderofPrecedence/memid/3542.aspx
http://castle.org/scribes/v02/v02.n916
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 16:44:01 -0500 (EST) From: john j cash <jcash@indiana.edu> Subject: Re: [scribes]: honor (was commissions)
DEar folks, Eke writes, "Basically, my conclusion was that the SCA is a society for fighters and their girl friends. Anything else you do is merely an accoutrement to glorify the reigning stickjock."
This is not the first time I've come across this conclusion -- Woodford of Lorien came to a similar one in his "Iron Dream of Camelot" (ca. 1985). And that estimation is not too far from reality. I'd prefer to think instead of a "Path of Power," which begins with the first fighter practice and ends with Duke-Sir-dom, and which somehow, somehow, anyone who approaches a sword can plug into but those who choose something else have no claim to. And it's bound up with Honor, earning it, doing it, receiving it. Makes a good thread on its own, I think -- write me if you do too. -- johannes v.n.
TODO
- Read http://www.warwickshirecountyinc.org/docs/Web_Mainstream_Renaissance_Re-Creation.pdf and www.warwickshirecountyinc.org/docs/Web_RenMartia_andRe_Creat.pdf to get a sense of his writing and thinking