# The Petition and Payment are received at Headquarters.
# HQ staff [[Headquarters Staff]] confirm that the petition appears to include all relevant particulars, including sources for confirmation.# HQ staff Headquarters Staff confirm that the Order is on the [[List of Recognized Orders]] (of Chivalry and Organizations of a Chivalric Nature).# HQ staff Headquarters Staff forward the petition and related data to the [[Chivalry Committee Chairman]].# The Chivalry Committee Chairman distributes the material to all members of his Committee.
# Committee members who feel obliged to recuse themselves from the discussion may do so, but should announce such immediately.
# If recognition hinges on the royal or noble status of the individual, the Chivalry Committee Chairman or the Chivalry Committee may refer that question to the [[Royalty & Nobility Committee]] for a determination. The petitioner may be required to submit the associated fee. HQ staff Headquarters Staff will so annotate the original petition, and may create a Petition for Recognition of Nobility if needed. Discussion may be suspended pending a recommendation from the Royalty & Nobility Committee.# After what the Chivalry Committee Chairman feels is sufficient discussion, he puts the question to a vote.
# Should the majority of the Committee vote to recommend recognition, the Chivalry Chairman conveys such to the [[Board]] via the [[Assistant Secretary]]. He must also confirm the rank and postnominals appropriate.
# The [[Assistant Secretary]] will check the postnominals against the [[List of Postnominals]], and if new, so inform the [[Assistant Webmasterfor ENS]] that he may add them to the list.# The Assistant Secretary places the recommendation on the next available Board [[Agendae|Agenda]]. Normally, it is placed in the [[Consent Calendar]], but if either the Chivalry Committee Chairman or Assistant Secretary believe the matter will be subject to debate, it is placed under New Business instead. (It may also be pulled from the Consent Calendar by any [[Directors|Director]] present at the meeting.)
# If the proceedings include recognition of a title of nobility, the recommendation from the Royalty & Nobility Committee will also be placed on the Agenda. If the nobility recommendation is not placed in the Consent Calendar, neither shall the Order recommendation be. If recognition of a title of nobility is denied, recognition of membership will not be granted.
# The Assistant Secretary will send a certificate of recognition and a letter of notification to the petitioner, with a copy to the [[Augustæum Editor]].
# The Augustæum Editor will publish a notice of the recognition.
# HQ staff Headquarters Staff will amend the [[Roster]] to use such postnominals as may be appropriate.
Notes:
* Recommendations may be recalled by the Chivalry Committee Chairman (or [[Chivalry Committee Vice-Chairman]], if the Chairman is unavailable or unresponsive) if they are received by the Assistant Secretary before the start of the Board meeting. Such recalls should only be made when new information has been uncovered that might cause the recommendation to be reversed. They are not appropriate if a change in the vote results from changes in Committee membership.
* Recommendations from the Royalty & Nobility Committee may be recalled in the same way, and if received the Chivalric recognition recommendation will also be recalled.
* If the Board declines to recognize a required title of nobility, recognition of membership and rank will automatically be declined.