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=The Chivalry=Department of The Augustan Society, Inc., would engage in the following activities:

==[[Recognized Orders of Chivalry Committee]]==

The Chivalry Committee is composed Upon petition and payment of the Chivalry Chairmanestablished fees, the chairmen of any sub-committees assigned to the Chivalry Department, such additoinal members as the Chairman sees fit, and the [[PresidentChivalry Committee]] will consider recognition of Orders (and [[Consuls]] as ex officio membersorganizations of a chivalric nature). Delistings (and occasionally listings) are done ''motu proprio''.

The Chairman is named by While it seems that the President and serves at his pleasure. The members are named by Chivalry Committee has a very clear idea of what qualifies or disqualifies an Order from respectability, this needs to be documented for the Chairmanguidance of those who follow. These standards should also be published, and serve at his pleasureso as to offer perspective on our list of recognitions.

All activities of '''Proposal: The Society should maintain and publish the Chivalry Department fall under criteria by which the control Society will judge Orders of this Chivalry Committee unless the [[Board]] or Chairman has created another Committee (and charged them with responsibilityorganizations of a chivalric nature) worthy of Society recognition.'''

==Recognition of '''Proposal: The Society should document the appropriate process (in this Wiki) for reviewing Orders of Chivalry==(and organizations of a chivalric nature) as a byproduct of such reviews to serve as a model for future reviews.'''

Presently, the Chivalry Committee will consider recognition '''Proposal: The Society should maintain and publish a comprehensive and public list of [[Recognized Orders of Chivalry]] (and organizations of a chivalric nature) only when presented with a petition and payment. Delistings are done motu propiciowhich the Society has judged worthy of recognition.'''

While it seems that the Chivalry Committee have '''Proposal: The Society should maintain and keep private a very clear idea list of what constitutes or disqualifies an Order from respectabilitythose Orders of Chivalry (and organizations of a chivalric nature) that we have examined and found unworthy, this needs to be documented for along with the guidance of those who follow. These standards should also be publisheddisqualifying conditions, so as to offer perspective on our list of recognitionsspeed reconsideration should those change, and so staff can answer questions about them appropriately.'''

'''Proposal #5: The Society should work toward Note that the goal of maintaining appropriate staff response to a query about an Order that has been reviewed and publishing found unworthy is, "We are studying this organization to determine if we should recognize it." This may get old when the criteria by which same answer is offered years later, but this provides the Society will judge Orders of Chivalry (and organizations of needed data without ever saying a chivalric nature) worthy of Society recognition or bad word about such Orders. In this way one hopes notto poison ground where one may wish someday to tread, nor to invite litigation.'''

'''Proposal #7: The Society should work toward maintaining and keeping private a list ==[[Recognition of those Membership & Rank in 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 Upon petition and payment of Membership established fees, the [[Chivalry Committee]] will consider recognition of membership and rank in recognized Orders of Chivalry==. Delistings are done only under exceptional circumstances, usually involving deliberate fraud by the individual. Such recognitions are not withdrawn by a subsequent disqualification of the Order (again save in exceptionally fraudulent circumstances).

Presently, While it seems that the Chivalry Committee will consider recognition has a very clear idea of what constitutes adequate evidence of rank and membership in recognized Orders only when presented with a petition and payment. Delistings are done only under exceptional circumstancesrank, usually involving deliberate fraud by this needs to be documented for the individualguidance of those who follow. It is recognized that Orders vary from very public notice to secretive about their memberships, so it cannot be a "one size fits all" approach.

While it seems that '''Proposal: The Society should maintain and publish the Chivalry Committee have a very clear idea of what constitutes adequate evidence of standards by which they judge membership and rank, this needs to be documented for the guidance of those who follow. It is recognized that in [[Recognized Orders vary from very public notice to secretive about their memberships, so it won't be of Chivalry]] (and organizations of a "one size fits all" approachchivalric nature) worthy of recognition.'''

'''Proposal #8: The Society should work to maintain and publish document the standards by which they judge appropriate process (in this Wiki) for reviewing membership and rank in recognized [[Recognized Orders of Chivalry ]] (and organizations of a chivalric nature) worthy as a byproduct of recognition or notsuch reviews to serve as a model for future reviews.'''

'''Proposal #9: The Society should work to maintain and publish a listing of those chivalric memberships recognized, both for present Augustans and for others.'''

 ==Maintenance of a List of Orders [[Qualifying Orders for Crusader Membership in the SDKLJSDLKJ]]==

'''Proposal #10: The Society should work to maintain and publish a list of those [[Recognized Orders of Chivalry which the Society recognizes, and ]] which the Society accepts as having fought in the Holy Lands during the Crusades, or which is a legitimate descendant of such an Order, for the purposes of qualifying Crusader Class petitioners to the [[Society of Descendants of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem]].'''

This There is presently a list needs to be expanded to include all of postnominals(and their definitions) on the main website at <[https://augustansociety.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=1490&nodeID=1 augustansociety.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=1490&nodeID=1]>. It is inadequate in scope, undocumented in source, and comes without the full support of the Chivalry Department (it being a [[Webmaster]] project).

* Recognized by the Society, now or in the past;* Used in Society publications past and present;* Used by [[Recognized Orders of Chivalry]], etc.; and* Such others as are likely to be encountered in the course of Society business. The list should indicate which are currently valid and which are currently recognized by the Society. Obsolete and currently unrecognized postnominals need to be included for this list to have optimal utility.

'''Proposal #5-7: The Society should work to maintain and publish a list of those postnominals [[Postnominals]] used in Society publications, recognized by the Societyat any time, granted by the Society, or likely to be of value to members. This list should include postnominals Postnominals not currently recognized by the Society for historical purposes, and these should be so flagged.'''

==Library Support''Guide to Orders of Chivalry''==

The Department, either through present ''Guide to Orders of Chivalry'' has been withdrawn from sale to to it's having been rendered remarkably obsolete by the main passing of time. A new edition would require substantial work by the [[Chivalry Committee]], a sub-committee, or a designated officer, will advise but the Library Department in matters of accession, classification, result could benefit both our treasury and deaccession of materials on this subjectour reputation.