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Present

The official Headquarters of The Augustan Society, Inc., is presently located in the home of the Consuls at 12716 Newfield Dr., Orlando FL 32837, United States. Activities at this location include office work, printing, binding, shipping, storage of office supplies, maintenance of equipment, and a small stock of magazines and insignia for sale. Unfortunately, the space available and zoning restrictions prevent any but the Consuls to work at this location.

The mailing address of the Society is PO Box 771267, Orlando FL 32877-1267, United States. This post office is located at 1701 W Wetherbee Rd, Orlando, FL 32837, United States. (Despite different zip codes, both are served from this office.)

The Society rents four storage units at ExtraSpace Storage, 13125 S John Young Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32837, United States. The entrance is actually on Substation Road. The units are:

• 947 — File Room, containing Society records, insignia, back issues, Order records, family history files, maps (including a large map cabinet), and equipment storage. This room is better lit, and contains a small desk.

• 961 — Library Storage Room, containing uncataloged books and magazines, empty box storage. Some files and artifacts may be located here; they are being relocated as they are discovered.

• 986 — Library Shelving Room, containing cataloged books and magazines on library shelving. Note that the aisles in this room are narrow (22" or 56cm), and the lighting is minimal, thus this is not a suitable place for study, though a table can be set up in the hallway adjacent.

• 1119 — Equipment Room, containing the former museum collection, furniture, steel storage cabinets, and some back issues and books. This room is filled to the door with no aisles, thus access to anything not by the door requires substantial effort. Due to the termination of the museum program, the contents of this room are being reviewed. Much is expected to be discarded or repurposed, at which point a move to a smaller room or rooms is contemplated. Many boxes stored here contain material more appropriate for the File Room or Library, and these are being relocated as they are discovered.

Keys to the above are held only by Consuls at this time. ExtraSpace Storage has been informed that Charles Drake is pemitted to access our units. It has been proposed that copies of the keys be made and held by the Legal Committee Chairman, but this has not yet been done. It might be more prudent to entrust the extra keys to a member who lives closer to the facility.

It has also been proposed that items of Society property located at the Consuls' home be clearly marked, and this has begun. The marking program will continue with equipment and furnishings held in storage as time and access permit.

Previous

Villa Augusti

Located in Daggett, California, a few miles east of Barstow, the Villa Augusti was a collection of buildings, formerly used as a home and chicken breeding station, and later as a drug manufacturing and sales location.

Boron

Oroville

Sartori Avenue, Torrance

Cravens Avenue, Torrance

San Pedro

Hermosa Beach

Faysmith Avenue, Torrance

Future Facilities

It is presently expected that the Society will work toward obtaining a rented facility to which the public might be invited. It is not presently expected that this will be completely sufficient to the needs, and that one or more storage units might continue to be required.

The following step would be to obtain a rented facility adequate to all our storage and use needs.

Ultimately, it is intended that the Society will again purchase a facility. It is unlikely that we will be able to obtain one that suits all of the expectations, but it may be possible over time to modify the facility or to replace it with a purpose-built structure. One would expect this last to be in the very distant future indeed, absent some truly amazing donations.

Minimum Requirements

• Work space for the Assistant Secretary/Production Editor, including room for a scanner and printer.
• Work space for the Assistant Treasurer/Cataloger, including space for books being processed.
• The first two would not have to be enclosed offices, but that would be a bonus.
• Work space for two volunteers, each with a computer terminal.
• A dedicated work area for printing, binding, and packaging, including storage space for supplies.
• Space to store back issues and reprints.
• Space for 26 4-drawer filing cabinets (some could probably be left in storage).
• Computer space for the firewall, servers, and battery backups (additional backup units in each work space).
• Space for four 6-foot storage cabinets.
• Room for a conference table to seat eight; this needed only occasionally, so space could be shared.

Enhanced Requirements

• Space for library stacks.
• Space for unprocessed library material.
• Space for map cabinet.
• Space for equipment storage (spare computers & printers).
• Space for a Rose Chapel (this could be used for the conference table).
• Space to store such museum items as may be retained.

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