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===1. The High Witan===
i. The High Witan shall have one scheduled meeting in a year, at the
end of the display season. This shall be arranged by the General
decided by the Eolder and Lawspeaker, in consultation with the Chair
of the HW.
===1A. Emergency High Witans===
i. An Emergency High Witan may be requested by any member of the
HW. Requests, containing the grounds for summoning such a
order of business, ratifying or rescinding the earlier decision for the
minutes of that meeting.
===2. The Society Officers===
i. The Officers of the Society shall have the executive power of decision
within their several areas of responsibility as laid down below.
xiv. Society Officers must be elected at a meeting of the HW, under the
procedure laid down in R2A below.
===2A. Society Officership Elections===
i. Society Officers are elected by the HW for a term of three years, with
the exception of the Treasurer, the Eolder and the Business Manager
xiii. Where the HW is not in session, the Eolder in full consultation with the
Society Officers, may appoint an officer pro tempore.
===2B. The Officers and their Areas ofResponsibility===Responsibilityiii===i. The HW shall elect a Business Manager (BM).===
a) The BM must attend at least half of the Society’s Major Events
in any one year. He shall not also hold the position of Treasurer
business context, unless acting with the direct consultation and upon
the instruction of the BM
===ii. The High Witan shall elect an Eolder===
a. The Eolder shall act as Society Organiser, having a general
overview of the Society’s organisation and structure. In this regard,
greater good of the Society and its members, he shall have no
responsibility for its interpretation.
===iii. The High Witan shall elect a General Secretary (GS)===
a. He shall be responsible for the publication of a Society Newsletter.
This is intended to be published four times a year, on or around the
d. The financial responsibility for production, distribution, stationery
and postage shall be that of the Society
===iv. The HW shall elect a Lawspeaker.===
a) The Lawspeaker shall maintain and uphold the CoL. He shall
ensure that if the CoL is capable of two or more interpretations, that
above. The day-to-day operation of this system may be shared with
another Officer if the Lawspeaker sees fit.
===v. The HW shall elect a Treasurer.===
a) The Treasurer shall attend at least half of the Society’s Major
Events in any one year. He shall not also hold the position of
Treasurer shall be held personally responsible and shall be
required to reimburse the Society in full for such expenditure.
===vi. The HW shall elect an Authenticity Officer (AO)===
a) He shall attend at least half of the Society’s major events in any
one year.
unless agreed otherwise by the HW. He shall co-ordinate their
activities, and report back to the HW upon them from time to time.
===vii. The HW shall elect a Living History Co-ordinator (LHC)===
a) He shall attend at least half of the Society’s major events in any
one year
unless agreed otherwise by the HW. He shall co-ordinate their
activities, and report back to the HW upon them from time to time.
===viii. The HW shall elect a Military Training Officer (MTO).===
a) He shall attend at least half of the Society’s major events in any
one year.
shall co-ordinate their activities, and report back to the HW upon
them from time to time.
===ix. The HW shall elect a Master at Arms (MAA)===
a) He shall attend at least half of the Society’s major events in any
one year.
unless agreed otherwise by the HW. He shall co-ordinate their
activities, and report back to the HW upon them from time to time.
===x. The HW shall elect a Membership Officer (MO)===
a) He shall instigate and maintain a record of all the Society’s
members. He shall have sole responsibility for governing access to
Lawspeaker, any membership application that he has reason to
believe may be inappropriate or in breach of the CoL.
===xi. The HW shall elect a Chair (CHW)===
a) He shall attend at least 50% of the meetings of the HW in any one
year.
voting members of the HW that he has (or may be construed as
having) a vested interest in the matter under discussion.
===xii. The HW shall elect a Health and Safety Coordinator (HSC)===
a. He should attend at least half of the Society’s Major events in any
one year
H&S policies to be breached, or where he considers the risks to any
person to be unacceptable.
===xiii. The HW shall elect an Equestrian Co-ordinator (EC)===
a. He shall represent both the interests of the Society on an
Equestrian Committee and conversely the interests of Regia riders
g. The Council shall issue policies and regulations for the use of
horses within Regia Anglorum
===xiv. The HW may elect a Communications Officer (CO)===
a) He shall have a general oversight of the Society’s communications,
including brand house-style and general appropriateness of visual
technical matters that fall within his jurisdiction or professional
experience.
===xv. The HW may elect a Publicity Officer (PO)===
a. He shall have a broad responsibility for publicity both between the
Society and its clients and internally in order to both raise public
otherwise by the HW. He shall co-ordinate their activities, and report back to
the HW upon them from time to time.
===xvii. The HW may elect an Ecclesiastical Officer. (EcclO).===
a) He shall attend at least half of the Society’s major events in any
one year.
unless agreed otherwise by the HW. He shall co-ordinate their
activities, and report back to the HW upon them from time to time.
===xviii. The HW may elect a Missiles Officer (MiO)===
a) He shall attend at least half of the Society’s major events in any
one year.
unless agreed otherwise by the HW. He shall co-ordinate their
activities, and report back to the HW upon them from time to time.
===xix. The HW may elect a First Aid Coordinator (FAC)===
a) He shall maintain a list of all members of the Society who are
qualified and willing to serve as First Aiders at the Society’s events.
e) He shall generate specific policies regarding the provision and
practice of First Aid within the Society.
===xx. The HW may elect a Merchandising Officer (MeO)===
a. He shall manage the Society’s Merchandising Unit, and shall
ensure that goods are available for purchase by the membership as
f. He shall give his active consent before any goods destined for the
Merchandising Unit are purchased by the Society
===xxi. The HW may elect a Wychurst Project Coordinator (WPC)===
a. He will be a proven member of the society with experience in
managing Regia members at events, training weekends or in other
funding for the society, where this involves the project, and will assist
in organising events and filming on the site where appropriate.
===Xxii The High Witan may elect an Overseas Liaison Officer (OLO)===
a. He shall foster and encourage communication between members and groups
overseas and the Society in general.
f. He shall advise and/or consult with the High Witan in respect of any matter
that he considers should be brought to their attention
===xxiii. The HW may elect a Research Coordinator (RC)===
a. He will have a general overview of the academic aspects of the Society’s activities
b. He will co-ordinate the organisation of conferences ensuring a range of speakers
e. He will ensure that all findings from the above activities are published to the society
and if appropriate to a wider audience.
===xxiv. The HW may elect a Web/Internet Officer (WIO)===
a. He shall develop and maintain the Society website.
b. He shall liaise with the CO to ensure the website is in keeping with the
g. He shall advise and assist the Society and its Officers on technical
matters that fall within his jurisdiction and professional expertise.
===2C. Advisory Councils===
i. Society Officers may, at their discretion, gather around them a number
of advisors.
promoting policies and rulings, their decisions are purely advisory, and
are not binding on either the Officer or the HW.
===2D. Co-opted Officers===
i. The HW may co-opt any Full Member of the Society to fulfil a specific
role.
Office. In this case R2A shall immediately apply, and an open election
held.
===3. Displays===
i. A Society Major Event is one deemed to be so by the Eolder. In general
terms the parameters are as follows:
ix. Further regulations for Events may be produced by the Eolder, in
consultation with the LHC, MAA, MTO and Treasurer, where relevant.
===3A. Booking Major Events===
i. No Society Event of any kind shall be discussed, booked or any kind of
agreement (written or verbal) entered into or considered, nor any fee
intention is that all can be seen to be ‘above board’ and that the local group
can gain first hand knowledge of the kind of agreement entered into.
===3B. Event Infrastructure===
i. The BM shall make it his business to ascertain the locations of:
a. The nearest doctor’s surgery its telephone number and the number of
iv. A record of those members of the Society attending any Society Event
shall be kept at that event and retained by the MO.
===3C. The Responsibilities of the Membership===
i. It is the duty of the individual member, guided primarily by the leadership of
his local group, and then by the relevant Society Officers (and their
as a subsequent HW shall determine. Such a HW may be immediately
convened.
===4. Financial Procedures===
i. The Society Treasurer shall issue detailed regulations, pro-formis etc.
regarding financial matters from time to time.
members, and payments shall be made by cheque to the local group,
except in exceptional circumstances
===4A. Group Projects===
i. Any Local Group of the Society has the right to make a request to the HW
(through the Treasurer) for grants in cash or kind to forward group projects.
monies and materials shall come under the management of the Society
with immediate effect.
===5: Safety===
i. The Society's policy is to provide and maintain safe and healthy working
conditions, equipment and systems of work for all our members and to
be secured from public access by means of such rope barriers as shall
be appropriate to the display.
===5A. Health Considerations===
i. The Society respectfully submits that those suffering from HIV or other
blood-borne infections consider their involvement with an activity where
which could cause drowsiness shall not engage in a military display, nor
use edged tools on the LHE.
===5B. Safety of Equipment===
i. It is the personal duty of every member of the Society to ensure that any
item of equipment which they own or use is safe in its construction and
Where a weapon is accidentally put into the ground, it shall be immediately
removed and cleaned before further use.
===6: Justice and Discipline===
i. All procedures involving matters under this section shall conform to the
principles of C4A above.
ix. The Lawspeaker may issue further regulations on this matter from time
to time.
===6A: Appeals===
i. Decisions of local groups under C4A may not be appealed. The
Lawspeaker shall refer the matter to the HW for re-examination if, in his
next quorate assembly of the HW, where the matter shall be re-examined.
No further appeal shall take place.
===6B: Available Penalties===
i. Expulsion from the Society. The MO shall be informed by the
Lawspeaker of the names of expelled individuals after any appeal under
ix. Disbarment . A member may be disbarred from attending public
events or group meetings for a period of time.
===7: The Local Group===
i. No regulation made by the Society regarding its relationship with local
groups, or regarding the relationship of local groups with each other shall
ix. The Lawspeaker and Eolder shall issue detailed guidance on the
practice of these Regulations where necessary.
===7A: Transference of Membership===
i. Whilst any paid-up adult member of the Society may transfer his
membership to any other local group, the Society does not encourage this
made
c) He has sent both GLs and the MO copies of these documents.
===7B: Group Management===
i. Local groups shall be run by the local group leader (GL), and a council of
the group’s officers (particularly those required under C5) and such other
may not speak at meetings unless called upon, and shall be made aware
of this before the start of the meeting.
===7C Local Events.===
i. A local group may organise events only within its own Land Grant or in land
held by the Society as a whole. They shall be of a nature to fall outside any
ensure that local events do not clash with events organised by the Society
as a whole as far as is practical.
===8: Rank===
i. No member of the Society shall expect undue deference or precedence
over another because of any rank or title he may have been awarded at
v. Awards of ranks may be revoked by the awarding body under the
processes of R6 above.
===8A: Earned Rank===
i. Probationary Members hold the lowest rank in the Society, and shall fulfil
functions appropriate to unfree peasants in the society’s Period on the
experience shall determine the speed of progression within such
structures.
===8B: Group Honorary Rank===
i. The leader of a local group shall be accorded the rank of a Senior Member
as of right. However, where he has not passed the examination set down in
position in a public ceremony, at which the Eolder, Lawspeaker or CHW
may preside.
===8C: Society Honorary Rank===
i. The HW may choose to honour members of the Society for service over
time to the Society, or for specific acts of valour or outstanding
ix. Society Honorary Rank confers no benefit regarding a vote or right of
audience at the HW.
<br>''Here end the Regulations of Regia Anglorum, the second volume of Version 7of the Code of Law, passed by vote of the High Witan November 2012, andas variously amended by the High Witan.''<br>''Martin Williams, Lawspeaker''<br>''ppOswiu Eadulfing iurisdictor''
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