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These offices are created each year by an act of the Board; they are not required in the By-Laws. It has been tradition since 2007 that these two offices are held by the two [[Consuls]], but that is not a condition of their contract, and each must be nominated by their respective senior officer and stand for election by the Board each year. With the elimination of the office of Consul anticipated, there will be greater freedom to chose who might hold these offices. | These offices are created each year by an act of the Board; they are not required in the By-Laws. It has been tradition since 2007 that these two offices are held by the two [[Consuls]], but that is not a condition of their contract, and each must be nominated by their respective senior officer and stand for election by the Board each year. With the elimination of the office of Consul anticipated, there will be greater freedom to chose who might hold these offices. | ||
Revision as of 16:43, 30 July 2016
The elected officers of The Augustan Society, Inc., include both senior officers, who must be Directors, and junior officers who do not have such a restriction:
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Senior Corporate Officers
These offices are created by the By-Laws. The office of Chairman is optinal, and need not be filled. All are elected annually at the first Board meeting following the Annual Membership Meeting.
Junior Officers
These offices are created each year by an act of the Board; they are not required in the By-Laws. It has been tradition since 2007 that these two offices are held by the two Consuls, but that is not a condition of their contract, and each must be nominated by their respective senior officer and stand for election by the Board each year. With the elimination of the office of Consul anticipated, there will be greater freedom to chose who might hold these offices.
Other Elected Officers
The Magister Rosae is elected each year by the Noble Company of the Rose (and confirmed by the Board). Membership in good standing in both the Society and the Noble Company is required.
Executive Director
A proposal has been discussed to create the office of Executive Director. This officer would be elected by the Board and serve at their pleasure. It could be a paid position. When the office is filled, the Executive Director would have all powers of the Board except his own hiring, compensation, and amending the By-Laws.
There are two motivations for creating this office.
- This was the de facto structure of the Society under our Founder, and many feel that concentrating authority in a single individual is the best approach for an organization like ours.
- The Society has of late had trouble finding enough members to serve on the Board, and enough Directors to serve as Officers. Thus one proposal is to automatically create the office of Executive Director whenever the Board cannot muster enough members to obtain a quorum or enough volunteers to serve as the four primary Officers.
The primary drawback to this option is fairly obvious: the wrong person in office could lead to the failure of the Society. There is also the challenge of finding (and adequately compensating) a qualified individual.
It is not clear if this is a worthy experiment, and it has not yet been formally proposed to the Board or membership. It would require a vote of the Membership to adopt.
