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The Communications Department of The Augustan Society, Inc., includes all forms of communication, including publications, letters, email, web sites, and electronic fora. The policies established by this department apply to all others.

The chairman of the Communications Department is styled Editor-in-Chief, and this post falls to Consuls per their Contract, but permits the role to be delegated to a member.

Chairmen for each of the activities listed below are named by the Editor-in-Chief. Their titles may be Chairman, Editor, Webmaster, or something else specific and appropriate.

Primary activities of the Department are scheduled using the Communications Calendar. These may be subdivided into several categories:

Current Periodicals

• Augustæum, the Society's bi-monthly newsletter
• The Augustan Omnibus, the Society's semi-annual journal
• Rosarum, (formerly Noble Company of the Rose Newsletter of the Noble Company of the Rose)

Back Issue Sales

• Back Issue Sales, which includes scanning, digitizing, and reformatting. This project is assigned to the Communications Department under the Editor-in-Chief.

Reprints

Reprints are offered of collected articles on a single topic. In rare cases, a reprint will be made of one article if it is of particular value. Single-article reprints in the catalog will be discontinued as stock is sold out. As the underlying magazines are digitized, the reprints will also be digitized and printed on demand once physical stock is sold out.

Books

The Society has a program of book publication. A number of titles have been published, both in hardcover and softbound. This program should be under the direction of a Books Editor who is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the Editor-in-Chief. He may, in turn, appoint Editors for each book or series contemplated.

The contents of the books may be assigned to the Communications Department, to another Society Committee, or to an author (with a separate Editor), as may best suit each situation.

Book Standards

Printing standards:

• Size A — printed on 11×17" stock folded, trimmed as needed.
• Size A/2 — printed on 8½×11" stock folded, trimmed as needed.

Binding:

• Hardcover — goldenrod cloth ¾ binding, with black cloth spine and gold imprint. Note: This is the opposite of the rebinding standard.
• Softcover — Cover art may be at the discretion of the editor, but the spine shall be black with goldenrod text. The American standard will be used for vertical text orientation.
• Maximum page count per volume — not yet determined, but expected to be in the range 300pp for size A, 200pp for size A/2, 100pp for paperback.

Titles

The following titles are presently in work:

Rolls of Arms

This is a continuing series of publications. To date, three volumes of the Augustan Society Roll of Arms have been published in a black & white format (though Volume III did include some color plates). Future publications proposed, all in full color, are:

1. Rose Role of Arms, Editor is the Rose Herald under the Noble Company of the Rose
2. Augustan Society Roll of Arms Vol. IV, Rolls Editor under the Communications Department
3. Augustan Society Roll of Arms Vol. I, Editor-in-Chief under the Communications Department
4. Augustan Society Roll of Arms Vol. II, Editor-in-Chief under the Communications Department
5. Augustan Society Roll of Arms Vol. III, Editor-in-Chief under the Communications Department
6. Augustan Society Roll of Arms Vol. V, Rolls Editor under the Communications Department (pending sufficient registrations)

The Rose Roll is first as it will serve as a test bed. It will also be softcover, probably A/2, while the others will be hardcover.

Descents from Antiquity Resource Kit

Editor: Descents from Antiquity Coordinator. At present, slow progress is being made by the Editor-in-Chief in formatting the charts that form the bulk of this publication.

The format is expected to be a folder with the following contents:

1. Introduction to the Descents from Antiquity Resource Kit, softcover
2. An undetermined number of genealogical charts, loose cardstock sheets
3. Citations used in the Descents from Antiquity Resource Kit, softcover
4. Bibliography of the Descents from Antiquity Resource Kit, softcover

The Introduction is obvious and likely brief, the charts are similar to those used previously, the Citations booklet tells which sources apply to each individual, and the Bibliography gives the full details of each source.

Other Titles

• A Continuation of Paget's Ancestry of the Prince of Wales, by Arthuer Germond
• Vigil: A Knight's Training Program
• Revised Little Manual of Heraldry
• Revised Guide to Orders of Chivalry
• Chinese Imperial Genealogy by Joseph Uphoff
• A Select Genealogy of India's Royal Families by Joseph Uphoff

None has an Editor assigned at present.

Web Services

• Main Website, hosted by EasyNetSites

• Online Armorial and Ordinary
• Heraldry Index

• Online Store, hosted at RimuHosting
• Library Catalog, OPAC hosted at RimuHosting
• Staff Wiki, hosted at RimuHosting
• AugustanConvert YahooGroup, hosted at Yahoo.com

Email

This section covers the Society email system, the ENS Blast email system, email naming conventions, and email etiquette.

Social Media

At present, these are limited to a public Facebook page, a YahooGroup for the Board, and another for digitizing and photo identification.

Staff

• The Department is led by a chairman styled Editor-in-Chief.
• Editors are named for each title (periodical and book).
• A Production Editor is responsible for all print publications.
• All web services are led by the Webmaster, including websites and email.
• Each individual website has its own Assistant Webmaster.
• Email has a Postmaster.

The Editor-in-Chief serves in these lesser roles when such offices are vacant.

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