The Chivalry Department of The Augustan Society, Inc., would engage in the following activities:
==Chivalry Committee==
Presently, the Chivalry Committee will consider recognition of Orders (and organizations of a chivalric nature) only when presented with a petition and payment. Delistings (and occasionally listings) are done motu proprio.
While it seems that the Chivalry Committee has a very clear idea of what constitutes qualifies 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: The Society should maintain and publish the criteria by which the Society will judge Orders of Chivalry (and organizations of a chivalric nature) worthy of Society recognition.'''
'''Proposal: The Society should maintain and publish a comprehensive and public [[List of Recognized Orders]] (of Chivalry and organizations of a chivalric nature) which the Society has judged worthy of recognition.'''
'''Proposal: The Society should maintain and keep private a list of those Orders of Chivalry (and organizations of a chivalric nature) that we have examined and 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 questions about them" as appropriateappropriately.'''
==Recognition of Membership in Orders of Chivalry==