The Augustan Society, Inc., bills itself as an "association of scholars". The Society also emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to the field. Indeed, it is our ability to span conventional topics that is one of the Society's great strengths. As such, there are many activities which do not fall neatly into one of the topical Departments. For this reason, and because they don't need discipline-specific oversight, it is appropriate to create these projects as Study Groups under separate administration.
While the leader of each Study Group is presently appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the [[President]], it is proposed elsewhere that a [[Dean of Studies]] be appointed by the President to oversee and make appointments of Study Group leaders.
'''Proposal: The Society should organized interdisciplinary projects, and some discipline-specific projects, as [[Study Groups]] without attachment to a specific topical department, rather than as [[Committees]].'''
'''Proposal: The Society should name an Officer to have general supervision of [[Study Groups]].'''
The [[Vice-President]] should be considered for this position, as it will serve them as preparation for their succession to the presidency, but it may prove prudent to simply name a [[Dean of Studies]] that could be an off-Board position.
===[[Descents from Antiquity]]===
'''Proposal: The Society should more clearly specify and publish the purpose and scope of the [[Descents from Antiquity]] project.'''
'''Proposal: The Society should more clearly identify the individual lines that it the Descents from Antiquity project attempts to prove or disprove with the [[Descents from Antiquity]] project.'''
'''Proposal: The Society should produce reports on each of the lines studied by the [[Descents from Antiquity]] project on a regular basis until each is proven or disproven, with the final reports on each published in the [[Augustan Omnibus]].'''
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