=Honorarium=
The honorarium was set at $1 each 2 for 2007, doubling each year thereafter. In practice it has been increasing in a 1-2-5 sequence, thus the ninth year of the contract will be $500 1000 each rather than $256512. This has been done with the knowledge and agreement of the Board. Consuls stand ready to revert to multiples of two if the Board wishes.
The logic for the exponential honorarium is that at the time the first contract was signed, $2 was a significant fraction of Society reserves. The predictible increases were intended to give the Society both the incentive and the time needed to obtain a headquarters Headquarters outside the Consuls' home; not to impoverish or take over the Society (though should this continue, that would be the effect). Consuls will negotiate lower increases if the Board demonstrates concrete progress toward the goal of an independent Headquarters facility.
=Duties=
That said, it is desirable that most of the duties of the Administrators above will be transferred to the Councils or Deans. It would also be deisrable to name others to the roles of Library and Museum Director, but these will likely have to wait for a [[Headquarters]] to be obtained and for local volunteers to become known.
It has also become customary for one of the Consuls to deliver a "[[State of the Society]]" address at the [[Annual Membership Meeting]]. Often the Board will direct that copies be distributed to either the Board or the Membership.
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