To date, a second ballot has not been required, and lessons learned when that first happens may well illuminate needed changes in this procedure.
==Induction to Membership==
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<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>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 (usually in the form of Headquarters Staff) 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]]|''Rosarum'' Editor]], [[Augustæum |''Augustæum'' Editor]], and the [[Assistant Webmaster for ENS]].</li>
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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. In the event of vacancy in the office of Rose Chancellor, a member of Headquarters Staff will co-sign.
The Rose Membership Card is created and signed by Headquarters Staff. The original card is sent with the Certificate of Membership. Thereafter, as each member pays his annual oblation, a new card is made and sent with the next available mailing. Renewal cards are not sent with a cover letter, as they serve primarily as a receipt. They will generally be distributed with a regular issue of ''[[Augustæum]]''.
The senior officers have few specified duties. One hopes that this omission will be remedied.
There is also a provision in the [[Rule of the Company]] for the ''Magister Rosae'' to rule without a Council when he cannot fine enough members to serve that a quorum may be had. This is untested, and may need modification once that experience is in hand.
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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]] and authorization from the [[Board]].