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Last year at this time, I wrote that The Augustan Society was fast approaching a series of crossroads when the [[Directors]] will be obliged to make important and fateful decisions. We have nearly arrived at one such, with the date being the end of either this year or next. At that time, your [[Consuls]] will step down from that role, and advise that it be discontinued.(Note: This happened on 31 December 2017.)
We do intend to keep all our other elected and appointed offices and to continue as the Society’s landlord until it finally moves out, but it is time for our service as the moral compass and nagging conscience of the Society to come to an end (as best I can stifle myself).
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<li>The Board could start doing jobs II and III — membership recruitment and fundraising — either directly or by naming active and effective chairmen and committees.</li>
<li>The Board could hire someone to do jobs II and III, which will require the Board to find the funds to pay that someone — perhaps out of their own pockets — as we likely aren’t large enough that anyone would take on these tasks on spec.</li>
<li>The Board could reduce expenses by giving away our collections and other physical assets to another worthy non-profit organization, with the resultant loss of purpose and capacity.</li>
<li>The Board could sell off the collections and other assets as necessary to fund continued operation of the rest, which will likely prove but a short-term remedy.</li>
<li>The Board could deliberately disband the Society.</li>
<li>The Board could, through inaction, allow the Society to dissolve.</li>
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