=='''[[Administration Vision|Administration]]'''==
<li>The Society should consider linking the number of [[Directors]] to the size of the membership, with the number of Directors set to the odd number approximately equal to one tenth the number of regular and life members as of 1 January, with a minimum of five and a maximum of fifteen.</li>
<li>The Society should consider how important it is that each department be represented on the [[Board]] by a dedicated [[Directors|Director]], and if this is felt important, then steps should be taken to ensure that this is the case, possibly by amending the [[By-Laws]] to provide that a Director shall head each Department.</li>
<li>The Society should pursue conversion of the administration from the present "shared power" arrangement to having either a strong [[Board]] overseeing a largely clerical staff, or having a strong [[Executive Director ]] and a token Board.</li>
=='''[[Staff Vision|Staff]]'''==
<li>The Society should document all of the tasks and procedures employed to the degree that a reasonably competent person might be able to follow such procedures to good effect, notwithstanding that some tasks may require specialized knowledge or skills.</li>
<li>The Society should transfer all responsibilities presently performed at [[Headquarters]] that do not benefit from being done there to other off-site volunteers.</li>
=='''[[Facilities Vision|Facilities]]'''==
<li>The Society should maintain and publish the standards by which to judge if a claimed title of nobility is worthy of Society recognition, including such titles as may attach thereunto.</li>
<li>The Society should maintain and publish a list of those individuals whose titles of nobility have been recognized by the Society.</li>
<li>The Society should maintain and keep private a list of those individuals whose claim to titles of nobility have been examined and found unworthy of recognition by the Society, along with the reasons for the decision.</li>
<li>The Society should maintain and publish the standards by which to judge if a claim to untitled (or personal) nobility is worthy of Society recognition, including such honorifics as may attach thereunto.</li>
<li>The Society should maintain and publish a list of those individuals whose untitled (personal) nobility have been recognized by the Society.</li>
<li>The Society should conduct a survey to test the level of interest in publishing the members newsletter electronically, and a decision made about the value of devoting the time needed to reformat as HTML (versus publishing as a PDF file).</li>
<li>The Society should reduce the publishing frequency of ''The [[Augustan Omnibus]]'' to annual; targeting 36 pages/issue minimum, until such time as the Society's finances and the rate of submissions are able to support an increased frequencyof the same minimum size.</li> <li>The Society should establish an [[Advertising Manager]] under the auspices of the [[Finance Committee]] or [[Treasurer]] with a charge to ensure that sufficient ad copy is available for the layout needs of ''The [[Augustan Omnibus]]'', and that done, to maximize income.</li>
<li>The Society should continue to publish ''[[Rosarum]]'', the newsletter of the [[Noble Company of the Rose]], at such frequency and size as that group is able to support with copy and funding.</li>
=='''[[Library Vision|Library]]'''==
<li>The Society should obtain sufficient Library space to house the entire collection accessibly, with sufficient study and work space adjacent.</li>
<li>The Society should obtain sufficient Library furnishings to house the collection accessibly, with due regard to long-term preservation.</li>
<li>The Society should obtain sufficient Library space to house the entire collection accessibly, with sufficient study and work space adjacent.</li><li>The Society should make the Library collection publicly accessible, preferably through a library facility open to the public on a regular schedule.</li>
<li>The Society should oblige each topical Department ([[Chivalry]], [[Genealogy]], [[Heraldry]], [[History]], and [[Royalty & Nobility]]) and each [[Study Groups|Study Group]] to support the [[Library]] by providing advice and recommendations about materials to be added to (or removed from) the collection in their field of study.</li>
=='''[[Sub-Groups Vision|Sub-Groups]]'''==
<li>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 themtheir officers.</li>
<li>The [[Order of the Augustan Eagle]] should repeal the provision of the [[Rule of the Order]] that permits proxies at meetings.</li>
<li>The [[Order of the Augustan Eagle]] should maintain its standards for membership, even if that might mean periods of dormancy result.</li>
<li>The Society should name [[Committee Chairmen|Deans]] for each of the [[Lineage Groups]], and to encourage them to organize sufficiently that they may contribute to Society programs with more than their entry fees.</li>
<li>The Society should consider the creation of additional [[Lineage Groups]] in areas not presently served by another organization, and where there is sufficient member interest to suggest that the new group would be a productive part of the Society's programs.</li>
<li>If enough records are available, organize a "final report" of the [[International Chivalric Institute]] and formally merge it into the Society.</li>
<li>If enough records are available, organize a "final report" of the [[Heraldry Society of the USA]] and formally merge it into the Society.</li>
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