Communications Vision
The Communications Department of The Augustan Society, Inc., is charged with the production of print publications, online publications, reprints, back issues, websites, social media, and email services.
Contents
- 1 Periodicals
- 2 Books
- 2.1 The Augustan Society Roll of Arms
- 2.2 A Continuation of Paget's Ancestry of the Prince of Wales
- 2.3 Vigil: A Knight's Training Program
- 2.4 Descents from Antiquity Resource Kit
- 2.5 Guide to Orders of Chivalry
- 2.6 Royalty of China by Joseph Uphoff
- 2.7 Royalty of India by Joseph Uphoff
- 2.8 The Little Manual of Heraldry
- 3 Sales
- 4 Internet
- 5 Email Systems
Periodicals
Augustæum
Proposal: The Society should work toward publishing the members newsletter on a monthly schedule, presuming sufficient funding and material enough for four pages are available.
Proposal: 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 (versus publishing as a PDF file).
Consuls have been authorized by a previous administration to conduct such an email survey. They are presently looking to combine this with a Member Interest Survey under the auspices of the Dean of Studies.
The Augustan Omnibus
Proposal: The Society should continue to publish The Augustan Omnibus at not less than 36 pages/issue, and to increase the frequency to as often as quarterly as submissions and staff may support.
To aid in fundraising, advertising is accepted. Historically, these have primarily been support ads from members, but there is also a history of commercial advertising of relevant products and services.
Proposal: The Society should create the office of Advertising Manager under the Fundraising Committee to promote and process both support ads and commercial advertising, the latter perhaps including fly sheets.
Rosarum
Proposal: 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.
Books
The Society has the capacity to become a publisher of scholarly items, and doing so cannot help but enhance our reputation in our fields. Print-on-demand technology (assuming a reliable small-batch binder can be identified) and pre-publication sales will limit the investment required to that needed for promotion and advertising.
Proposal: The Society should institute a program of book publishing, both leveraging the material already on hand and inviting original work.
The Augustan Society Roll of Arms
The Society's program of Arms Registration is of limited value if those registrations are not made public in some way. The Online Armorial is one tool for this, but it is not the only one. It is also suitable to use published rolls as a general fundraiser, as has been done in the past.
Proposal: The Society should publish additional volumes of the Augustan Society Roll of Arms as registrations permit.
Proposal: The Society should reprint the first three volumes of the Augustan Society Roll of Arms in color.
Proposal: The Society should publish special rolls for Sub-Groups of the Society, such as the Noble Company of the Rose, as those Sub-Groups request.
A Continuation of Paget's Ancestry of the Prince of Wales
This monumental effort has been published in 24 parts in various publications of both the Augustan Society and the Octavian Society. It will take a substantial effort to scan, OCR, reformat and publish, and may run to perhaps 800 pages (more if the author continues to submit material).
Vigil: A Knight's Training Program
This would be based on the Van Dusen program of the previous century, after a substantial edit. It would be best if the Rose Training Officer were on the editorial group, or better, headed it.
Descents from Antiquity Resource Kit
The original set of charts is now obsolete, all potential lines having been disproven. A new set of charts (and accompanying sources) will be prepared once additional potential lines are identified.
Guide to Orders of Chivalry
This valuable guide has been withdrawn due to the data within having become obsolete over time. It should be a straightforward matter to edit, and if each Order were to get a separate page or pages, keeping it up to date in future should be easy.
Proposal: The Society should publish the Guide to Orders of Chivalry and see that it is updated as necessary.
Royalty of China by Joseph Uphoff
Under deveolpment.
Royalty of India by Joseph Uphoff
Under development.
The Little Manual of Heraldry
This work is poorly organized, eccentric in coverage, and printed in black & white. It deserves a thorough revision and color artwork. The existence of a large backlog of the third edition should not discourage this effort.===The Augustan Society Roll of Arms===
The Society's program of Arms Registration is of limited value if those registrations are not made public in some way. The Online Armorial is one tool for this, but it is not the only one. It is also suitable to use published rolls as a general fundraiser, as has been done in the past.
Proposal: The Society should publish additional volumes of the Augustan Society Roll of Arms as registrations permit.
Proposal: The Society should reprint the first three volumes of the Augustan Society Roll of Arms in color.
Proposal: The Society should publish special rolls for Sub-Groups of the Society, such as the Noble Company of the Rose, as those Sub-Groups request.
Sales
Back Issue Sales
Proposal: The Society should convert all former publications to electronic form; first as PDF files, then as text files with improved illustrations where possible.
Proposal: The Society should create independent issues of back issues published as part of the Augustan Society Ominbus so that they may be sold separately.
Reprint Sales
Proposal: The Society should continue to offer Reprints, creating and expanding reprints on a topical basis. Single-article reprints should be phased out as stock is exhausted.
Internet
The Augustan Society Website
Proposal: The Society should monitor and update the Main Website on an ongoing basis to ensure that it remains complete and correct.
The Augustan Store Website
Proposal: The Society should monitor and update the Online Store website on an ongoing basis to ensure that the offerings are complete and correct; that they have full contents data; that the genealogical titles have surname lists; and that pricing reflects current costs.
The Forum; an Online Forum
Proposal: The Society should establish an online forum in some suitable venue, possibly the Main Website, wherein public conversations about the Society and Augustan topics are encouraged, as soon as a moderator and suitable rules may be established.
Email Systems
Proposal: The Society should obtain an email server that is tailored to the unique needs of the Society. This may be a commercial product, or a custom application running on a Society server.
The email server should support the current email addressing scheme, perform spam filtering, and encourage the creation of groups (such as Directors or members of various Study Groups).
If possible, it should also permit Headquarters to receive most mail in a common inbox accessible by all HQ staff who could either deal with each, or transfer it to another staffer more suited to respond. It must also allow for the storage of emails sent and received in a structured manner so that any staff member could research conversation threads without regard to who participated in them.
