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Board Policies

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1312A: [[Awards]] — The Balling Award will be granted to one individual each year for having made the greatest contribution to the Society in the previous year. Should this award be granted to an individual six times, the last will be the Metzler award, and they will thereafter be ineligible for either. (December 1312, item XII)
 
1209A: [[Conventions]] — Society conventions shall be held annually. (September 2012, item X)
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)
1304A: [[Insignia]] — Protocol for wearing Society insignia adopted. (April 2013, item V)
 
1209D: [[Insignia]] of [[Lineage Groups]] — The lineage groups — SDLKJ, ODI, ODS, OC, and OCC — are no longer accorded breast badges, and mention of them is removed from their charters. Stock on hand may be issued only to eligible Augustan members in good standing. (September 2012, item XVIII)
1404D: [[Investment Fund]] Withdrawals — Consuls are authorized to withdraw up to $500 per month from the Investment Fund to ensure the fluidity of the [[General Fund]]. (April 2014, item XVIII)
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 of Descendants of Ireland”; and the “Order of Descendants of Scotland” shall become the “Society of Descendants of 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. Genealogist fees 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)
 
1209B: Postnominal Use by Fellows — Society 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)
 
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)
 
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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