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Vision Proposals

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=='''[[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]]'''==
=='''[[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>
<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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