The Communications Department of The Augustan Society, Inc., is charged with the production of print publications, online publications, reprints, back issues, websites, social media, and email services.
==Periodicals==
===''[[Augustæum]]''===
'''Proposal: The Society should work toward publishing the members newsletter [[Augustæum]] on a monthly schedule, presuming sufficient funding and material enough for four pages are available.'''
'''Proposal: The Society should conduct a survey to test the level of interest in publishing the members newsletter [[Augustæum]] electronically, and a decision made about the value of devoting the time needed to reformat as HTML (versus publishing as a PDF file).'''
Consuls [[Headquarters Staff]] have been authorized by a previous administration to conduct such an email survey. They are presently looking to combine this with a [[Member Interest Survey]] under the auspices of the [[Dean of Studies]].
===''The [[Augustan Omnibus]]''===
'''Proposal: The Society should continue to publish reduce the publishing frequency of ''The [[Augustan Omnibus]]'' at not less than to annual; targeting 36 pages/issueminimum, until such time as the Society's finances and to increase the frequency to as often as quarterly as rate of submissions and staff may are able to supportan increased frequency of the same minimum size.'''
To aid in fundraising, advertising is accepted. Historically, these have primarily been support ads from members, but there is also a history of commercial advertising of relevant products and services.To date, this has largely been a reactive program, with only occasional calls for ads, resulting in a fill rate insufficient to the need for filler copy. '''Proposal: The Society should establish an [[Advertising Manager]] under the auspices of the [[Finance Committee]] or [[Treasurer]] with a charge to ensure that sufficient ad copy is available for the layout needs of ''The [[Augustan Omnibus]]'', and that done, to maximize income.''' ===''[[Rosarum]]''=== '''Proposal: The Society should continue to publish ''[[Rosarum]]'', the newsletter of the [[Noble Company of the Rose]], at such frequency and size as that group is able to support with copy and funding.'''
'''Proposal: The Society should create the office of [[Advertising Manager]] under the [[Fundraising Committee]] to promote and process both support ads and commercial advertising, the latter perhaps including fly sheets.'''
==Books==
===''The [[Augustan Society Roll of Arms]]''===
The Society's program of [[Arms Registrationof Arms]] is of limited value if those registrations are not made public in some way. The [[Online Armorial]] is one tool for this, but it is not the only one. It is also suitable to use published rolls as a general fundraiser, as has been done in the past.
'''Proposal: The Society should publish additional volumes of the [[Augustan Society Roll of Arms]] as registrations permit.'''
===''A Continuation of Paget's ''Ancestry of the Prince of Wales===
This monumental effort has been published in 24 parts in various publications of both the Augustan Society and the [[Octavian Society]]. The author has stated that the next installment will be his last. It will take a substantial effort to scan, OCR, reformat and publish, and publish. The result may run to perhaps 800 pages (more if the author continues and require multiple volumes. '''Proposal: The Society should work to submit material)publish Germond's ''A Continuation of Paget's "Ancestry of the Prince of Wales"''.
===''Vigil: A Knight's Training Program''===
This would be based on the Van Dusen program of the previous century, after a substantial edit. It would be best if the [[Rose Training Officer]] were on the editorial group, or better, headed it.
===''Descents from Antiquity Resource Kit'Proposal: The Society should work to publish ''Vigil: A Knight's Training Program'', and if possible, to do so in support of the [[Knights Training Program]] of the [[Noble Company of the Rose]].'''===
The original set of charts is now obsolete===''Augustan Lineages''=== This would be a series, all potential lines having been disproven. A new set each volume containing a number of charts descents from some worthy (and accompanying sourcesor perhaps the [[Society of Descendants of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem|Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem]]) will . These would be prepared once additional potential lines are identifieda combination of lineages published and those submitted to qualify for various [[Sub-Groups]]. '''Proposal: The Society should work to publish a series of volumes of collected lineages from those submitted or previously published.'''
===''Guide to Orders of Chivalry''===
'''Proposal: The Society should publish the ''Guide to Orders of Chivalry'' and see that it is updated as necessary.'''
===''Royalty of China'' by Joseph Uphoff===
Under deveolpment.
===''Royalty of India'' by Joseph Uphoff===
Under development.
===''The Little Manual of Heraldry''===
This work is poorly organized, eccentric in coverage, and printed in black & white. It deserves a thorough revision and color artwork. The existence of a large backlog of the third edition should not discourage this effort.===''The [[Augustan Society Roll of Arms]]''===
A new version, once the structure has been determined, could be printed in ''The Society's program of [[Arms RegistrationAugustan Omnibus]] is of limited value if those registrations are not made public '' in some way. The [[Online Armorial]] chapters as each is one tool for this, but it is not the only one. It is also suitable to use published rolls as a general fundraiser, as has been done in the pastcompleted.
'''Proposal: The Society should work to publish additional volumes a new edition of the [[Augustan Society Roll ''The Little Manual of Arms]] as registrations permitHeraldry'' that is better organized, more comprehensive, and in color throughout.'''
'''Proposal: The Society should reprint the first three volumes of the [[Augustan Society Roll of Arms]] in color.'''
'''Proposal: The Society should publish special rolls for [[Sub-Groups]] of the Society, such as the [[Noble Company of the Rose]], as those Sub-Groups request.'''
==Sales==
'''Proposal: The Society should convert all former publications to electronic form; first as PDF files, then as text files with improved illustrations where possible.'''
The PDF files will permit us to reprint both the whole magazines, and individual articles on demand. This will eliminate the need to keep a backlock of stock.
Converting these to text files will permit us to bring them up to modern standards, enhance the photographs and illustrations, and make large-print editions available. This will also be a requirement if we are to develop full-text searching in support of researchers.
'''Proposal: The Society should create independent issues of back issues published as part of the ''Augustan Society Ominbus'' so that they may be sold separately.'''
'''Proposal: The Society should continue to offer [[Reprints]], creating and expanding reprints on a topical basis. Single-article reprints should be phased out as stock is exhausted.'''
It may prove prudent to develop a system whereby individual articles may be ordered, but this may take substantial work to develop and deploy.
'''Proposal: The Society should obtain an email server that is tailored to the unique needs of the Society. This may be a commercial product, or a custom application running on a Society server.'''
The email server should support the current email addressing scheme, perform spam filtering, avoid looking like (or being) a source of spam, and encourage the creation of groups (such as Directors or members of various Study Groups).
If possible, it should also permit Headquarters to receive most mail in a common inbox accessible by all HQ staff who could either deal with each, or transfer it to another staffer more suited to respond. It must also allow for the storage of emails sent and received in a structured manner so that any staff member could research conversation threads without regard to who participated in them.
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