'''The Noble Company of the Rose''', a dependency of The Augustan Society, Inc., exists to foster the true ideals of chivalry. Members fulfill their duties to their fellow men through an active practice of the Code of Chivalry and by individual and concerted charitable activities.
The web page for the Company is [http://augustansociety.org/cpage.php?pt=9 here], and the web page for the [[Rule of the Company]] is [http://augustansociety.org/cpage.php?pt=41 here].
That said, a Meeting in Chapter has not been held in several decades, and a call has been made to better define same, which may result in removing the election from this meeting.
When no Meeting in Chapter is called by 30 April of each year, or if it fails to muster a quorum, or if it fails to elect a ''Magister Rosae'' )(''MR''), then [[Headquarters Staff]] will conduct an election by mail.
Headquarters Staff will first send email to all members in Good Standing, asking if they are willing and able to serve as ''MR'', or unwilling or unable. They will then prepare a ballot containing the names of all members in Good Standing, with three sections: Those willing and able; those unresponsive; and those unwilling or unable. Within each section members are listed according to the Warrant of Precedence for the Noble Company.
The process of induction is rather more complex for this Sub-Group than for others:
# <ol type="I"><li>Any member of the Company, or [[Headquarters Staff]], may nominate someone to membership. This nomination should be addressed to the [[Rose Chancellor]] or such assistant as he may name.</li> # <li>Headquarters Staff will review the nominee to confirm that they meet all of the qualifications for membership, including being a member in [[Good Standing]] of The Augustan Society.</li># <li>Nominees who have not had their membership in an Order of Chivlary or other qualifying group recognized by the Society will be invited to petition for such recognition.</li># <li>Their qualification confirmed, Headquarters Staff will inform the [[Rose Chancellor]] or such assistant as he may name, who will place the nomination on the next available Agenda for the [[Rose Council]]. As such meetings are normally rare, he will also notify the ''[[Magister Rosae]]'' so that the latter could elect to move up the date of the next meeting.</li># <li>The Rose Council votes to extend an invitation to membership. Note that when the Rose Council fails to muster a quorum and the Directors present at the next regular [[Board]] meeting are seated as the Council, no votes to extend invitations will be taken, as the Board only deals with urgent matters.</li># <li>Upon the vote to invite, the office of the Rose Chancellor will extend an invitation, accompanied by a petition for membership. This is normally done by mail, though in some cases email may be appropriate. The Rose Chancellor may ask Headquarters Staff to send the petition, or he may ask them to send the letter as well.</li># <li>When the petition and payment of entry fees are received at Headquarters, Headquarters Staff will send a letter of welcome, a Certificate of Membership, a copy of the Rule of the Order, a membership card, and the appropriate insignia. They will also notify the ''Magister Rosae'', put a notice in the next Rose Council Agenda, and send notices for publication to the [[Rosarum Editor]], [[Augustæum Editor]], and the [[Assistant Editor for ENS]].</li></ol>
The Rose Membership Certificate is created by Headquarters Staff, then forwarded to first the Rose Chancellor, then the ''Magister Rosae'' for signatures, then back to Headquarters to receive the corporate seal and be mailed to the new member. Either signature may be applied electronically at the discretion of each officer.
These six senior officers sit as the [[Rose Council]]:
#''[[Magister Rosae]]''#[[Lieutenant ''Magister Rosae'']]#[[Rose Chancellor]]#[[Superintendent of the Chapel]]#[[Rose Herald]]#[[Rose Receiver General]]
These additional officers are presently off-Council positions:
#[[Rose Assistant Receiver General]], normally the [[Assistant Treasurer]]#[[Rose Training Officer]]
The various officers have few specified duties. The [[Sub-Group Governance Committee]] in consultation with representatives from both the [[Order of the Augustan Eagle]] and the Noble Company of the Rose is reviewing Council titles and duties, with the aim of aligning the officers of the two groups and defining the duties of each.
==Finance==
The monies held in trust for the Noble Company by the Society include several funds:
*[[Rose General Fund]] — All funds not otherwise obligated*[[Rose Insignia Fund]] — Funds held against future purchases of insignia*[[Rose Chapel Fund]] — Funds collected against the future cost of furnishing the [[Chapel of the Rose]], or when such exists, against the cost of future maintenance and improvements*[[Rose Training Fund]] — Funds designated for support of training programs, including expenses of the [[Vigil]] project
Normally, once monies are transferred from the Rose General Fund to one of the others, those monies are restricted to those purposes, and may not be recalled or reassigned. One can imagine situations where such might be appropriate, but one would expect such action to require a 2/3 vote of the [[Rose Council]].
==Programs==
*[[Chapel of the Rose]]*[[Rose Training Program]]