While it seems that the Chivalry Committee have a very clear idea of what constitutes or disqualifies an Order from respectability, this needs to be documented for the guidance of those who follow. These standards should also be published, so as to offer perspective on our list of recognitions.
'''Proposal #56: The Society should work toward the goal of maintaining and publishing the criteria by which the Society will judge Orders of Chivalry (and organizations of a chivalric nature) worthy of Society recognition or not.'''
'''Proposal #67: The Society should work toward the goal of having a fully comprehensive and public listing of Orders of Chivalry (and organizations of a chivalric nature) which the Society has judged worthy of recognition.'''
'''Proposal #78: The Society should work toward maintaining and keeping private a list of those Orders of Chivalry (and organizations of a chivalric nature) that we have found unworthy, along with the disqualifying conditions, so as to speed reconsideration should those change, and so staff can answer either "yes", "no", or "we haven't yet considered them" as appropriate.'''
==Recognition of Membership in Orders of Chivalry==