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The Chivalry Committee is composed of the ==[[Chivalry Chairman]], the chairmen Recognized Orders of any committees assigned to the Chivalry Department, such additional members as the Chairman sees fit, and the [[President]] and [[Consuls]] as ex officio members.==

The Chairman is named by Upon petition and payment of established fees, the President [[Chivalry Committee]] will consider recognition of Orders (and serves at his pleasureorganizations of a chivalric nature). The members are named by the Chairman, Delistings (and serve at his pleasureoccasionally listings) are done ''motu proprio''.

All activities of While it seems that the Chivalry Department fall under the control Committee has a very clear idea of what qualifies or disqualifies an Order from respectability, this Chivalry Committee unless needs to be documented for the [[Board]] or Chairman has created another Committee and charged them with responsibilityguidance of those who follow. These standards should also be published, so as to offer perspective on our list of recognitions.

==Recognition of '''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.'''

Presently, '''Proposal: The Society should document the appropriate process (in this Wiki) for reviewing Orders of Chivalry Committee will consider recognition of Orders (and organizations of a chivalric nature) only when presented with as a petition and payment. Delistings (and occasionally listings) are done motu propiciobyproduct of such reviews to serve as a model for future reviews.'''

While it seems that the Chivalry Committee has '''Proposal: The Society should maintain and publish a very clear idea comprehensive and public list of what constitutes or disqualifies an Order from respectability, this needs to be documented for the guidance [[Recognized Orders of those who follow. These standards should also be published, so as to offer perspective on our list Chivalry]] (and organizations of a chivalric nature) which the Society has judged worthy of recognitionsrecognition.'''

'''Proposal: The Society should maintain and publish the criteria by which the Society will judge keep private a list of those Orders of Chivalry (and organizations of a chivalric nature) worthy of Society recognition or notthat we have examined and found unworthy, along with the disqualifying conditions, so as to speed reconsideration should those change, and so staff can answer questions about them appropriately.'''

'''Proposal: The Society should maintain and publish Note that the appropriate staff response to a comprehensive query about an Order that has been reviewed and public listing of Orders of Chivalry (and organizations of a chivalric nature) which found unworthy is, "We are studying this organization to determine if we should recognize it." This may get old when the Society has judged worthy of recognitionsame answer is offered years later, but this provides the needed data without ever saying a bad word about such Orders. In this way one hopes not to poison ground where one may wish someday to tread, nor to invite litigation.'''

==[[Recognition of Membership & Rank in Orders of Chivalry]]==

PresentlyUpon petition and payment of established fees, the [[Chivalry Committee ]] will consider recognition of rank and membership and rank in recognized Orders only when presented with a petition and paymentof 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).

While it seems that the Chivalry Committee have has a very clear idea of what constitutes adequate evidence of membership and rank, this needs to be documented for the guidance of those who follow. It is recognized that Orders vary from very public notice to secretive about their memberships, so it won't cannot be a "one size fits all" approach.

'''Proposal: The Society should maintain and publish the standards by which they judge membership and rank in recognized [[Recognized Orders of Chivalry ]] (and organizations of a chivalric nature) worthy of recognition or not.''' '''Proposal: The Society should document the appropriate process (in this Wiki) for reviewing membership and rank in [[Recognized Orders of Chivalry]] (and organizations of a chivalric nature) as a byproduct of such reviews to serve as a model for future reviews.'''

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

'''Proposal: The Society should 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: The Society should maintain and publish a list of those postnominals [[Postnominals]] used in Society publications, recognized by the Society at 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.