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Board Policies

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1112: [[Directors Emeritus]] — Adopted "as published". (December 2011, item V.2)
1206A: [[Executive Committee ]] — All acts of the Executive Committee at their meeting of 23 June 2012 are repudiated. (1 July 2012, item VII)
1303C: [[Fellowship]] — The point value required for election to Fellowship is set at 1000 points. The multiplier between Fellowship ranks be set at 2. Both values (and the point values for each category) will be reviewed annually. Worthy candidates are to be presented for [[Board]] approval at each monthly meeting of the Board or [[Executive Committee]]. (March 2013, item XIV.A)
1304B: [[Fellowship]] — Members may be elected or promoted to the Fellowship rank deserved at any monthly Board meeting. (April 2013, item XII)
1306: [[Fellowship]] — Fellowship ''honoris causa'' shall be considered by the [[Board ]] whenever a non-Augustan has earned 2000 points. (June 2013, item XIII)
1111A: [[Fellowship]] Points — The point value for financial contributions, including donations-in-kind, shall be one point per dollar. (November 2011, item IX.A)
1404B: [[Fellowship]] Requirements — The number of points required for an award of Fellowship, Fifth Class, is increased to 1100 points; the points required for all other ranks being increased in proportion. (April 2014, item XV) ''Note: Each ranks point requirement is twice that of the next lower rank.''
1501: [[Fellowship]] — The former Policy that an exception be made to the point system on each occasion when a year has passed without a senior promotion (above FAS/1) to reward the member most deserving is repealed. (January 2015, item XXVI)
1301: Financial Reserves — That 75% of annual budgeted expenses be set as the target value of the General Fund’s liquid accounts, and the balance of annual expenses be held in accounts that could be liquidated within a week. The latter may be held within the Investment Fund. (January 2013, item XXIII)
1404C: Late Renewal Fee — The late fee for membership renewals received after the published deadline is abolished. (April 2014, item XVII)
1209E: [[Lineage Groups]] — The “Order of Descendants of Ireland” shall become the “Society “[[Society of Descendants of Ireland”Ireland]]”; and the “Order of Descendants of Scotland” shall become the “Society “[[Society of Descendants of Scotland”Scotland]]”. (September 2012, item XIX.A-B)
1209F: [[Lineage Groups]] — The “Order of the Conqueror” shall become the “Society of Descendants of the Conqueror”; and the “Order of the Conqueror’s Companions” shall become the “Society of Descendants of the Conqueror’s Companions”. The two are then merged into the "[[Society of Descendants of the Conquest]]" with two classes, Conqueror and Companion. (September 2012, item XIX.C-D)
1209G: [[Lineage Groups]] — Anyone who is a member of a lineage group in one class may add one or more classes at an entry fee 50% of what is required for initial membership. The [[Genealogist fees Fee]] will not reflect this discount. (September 2012, item XX)
1210B: Membership — New members of the Society may be inducted immediately upon petition and payment of fees. They no longer need to be elected by the [[Board|Board of Directors]]. Former members will continue to be subject to Board election. (October 2012, item XIV)
1209H: Postnominal use on the Website — The Society’s main web site will restrict the use of postnominals to only the most senior Society postnominal appropriate to each page. Non-members without a Society postnominal may use one recognized postnominal of their choice on request. (September 2012, item XXI)
1209B: Postnominal Use by Fellows — Society [[Fellowship|Fellows ]] are asked to use the postnominals FAS in all situations outside the Society where appropriate in preference to OAE, MR, LMR, MRE, OAA, KCR, DCR, ECR, MAS, or any combination thereof, so that the Society may present a more consistent appearance to the world. (September 2012, item XVI)
1209C: Postnominals of [[Lineage Groups ]] — The charters of the lineage groups — SDLKJ, ODI, ODS, OC, and OCC — are amended to delete the privilege of postnominals presently associated with membership. (September 2012, item XVII)
1210C: Postnominals of Membership — Effective 20 October 2012, the postnominals MAS will no longer be used by the Society, and will no longer be one of the benefits of membership. (October 2012 item XIV)
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