# Unrelated groups
If the third items seems odd, it is because several organizations with related goals have been given to the Society, and others are widely associated with the Society due to having had common management during the time of our [[Founder]]. This page also mentions groups that have been renamed, merged, or abolished as a permanent record of former activities.
The senior sub-groups are distinguished by having a variety of requirements for entry, which in all cases now includes membership in the Society in [[Good Standing]], [[Arms Registration]] with the Society, an entry fee, insignia, and annual dues.
What they do not have in common are parallel job titles or any sort of job descriptions. This causes confusion about who should do what, and has permitted some to think their roles are purely ceremonial.
'''Proposal: The Society should oblige the [[Order of the Augustan Eagle]] and [[Noble Company of the Rose]] to align their offices and define job descriptions for them.'''
===[[Order of the Augustan Eagle]]===
This serves as the Society's court of honor, and is one of the highest honors granted. It is limited to 24 members, plus the [[President]] in his capacity as the [[Chief of the Order of the Augustan Eagle]]. It is governed by the [[Eagle Council]], to whom has been assigned the responsibility to set [[Member Benefits]], the [[Warrant of Precedence]], the [[Five-Year Plan]], and to have the right of first consideration of any amendments to the [[Mission Statement]] and [[Vision Statement]]. While it is called to meet not less than annually, the addition of the Five-Year Plan responsibility has caused some to advocate more frequent for quarterly meetings, perhaps . '''Proposal: The [[Eagle Council]] should be called to meet not less than quarterlyuntil the [[Five-Year Plan]] stabilizes.'''
In recent years, most participation by [[Eagle Council]] members has been via proxy, despite the meetings being held via teleconference, largely negating the value of their offices.
'''Proposal: The [[Order of the Augustan Eagle]] should repeal the provision of the [[Rule of the Order]] that permits proxies at meetings.'''
'''Proposal: The [[Eagle Council]] should be called to meet not less than quarterly until the [[Five-Year Plan]] stabilizes.'''
===[[Noble Company of the Rose]]===
Membership is in three non-exclusive classes:
# * Crusader Class — for those who are recognized members of an Order of Chivalry recognized as having fought in the Holy Lands during the Crusades (or legitimate descendant organizations);# * Outremer Class — for those who can prove descent from someone who lived or fought in the Holy Lands during the Crusades; and# * Pilgrim Class — for those who can document having made a pilgrimage to the Holy Lands.
===[[Society of Descendants of Ireland]]===
===[[Association of Knights Bachelor]]===
Membership was open to those who had been created Knights Bachelor of Yugoslavia. To our awareness, it still exists, but has been dormant since at least 2007.
===[[International Chivalric Institute]]===
This was organized by our [[Founder]] to encourage discussion of chivalric issues. It's primary manifestation was the monthly [[ICI Members' Newsletter]].
===[[Heraldry Society of the USA]]===
This was organized by our [[Founder]] for purposes not entirely clear. Two issues of a newsletter are held. It has been inactive for quite some time.
===[[Octavian Society]]===
This was organized by our [[Founder]] as an emergency backup for the Society, and was a sole proprietorship. This was in (over)reaction to a movement by some dissident members to take over the Society and take it in a direction our Founder felt unacceptable.
The sole activity of the Octavian Society was to publish the [[Journal of Ancient & Medieval Studies]] annually for a couple of decades.
===[[Royal Association of Knights Bachelor]]===
Unlike the [[Association of Knights Bachelor]] mentioned above, this group was under the royal patronage of King Peter II of Yugoslavia, and was organized as a chivalric community of Yugoslavian Knights Bachelor. It has ceased to exist, and it's suspected that such termination was the motivation for the creation of the AKB.
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