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− | ==The Constitution of Regia Anglorum==
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− | i. This Constitution shall set down the rights of each of the members of
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− | Regia Anglorum
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− | ii. All members of Regia Anglorum are equally bound to comply with it,
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− | and with the other Regulations of Regia Anglorum. The Constitution
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− | and Regulations shall together be referred to as the ‘Code of Law’
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− | (CoL)
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− | iii. Within the CoL the use of pronouns of the third person shall be
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− | deemed to be generic of both number and gender.
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− | iv. Notes within the CoL are part of and have the authority of the CoL.
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− | v. The CoL shall be subject to review and reform by the High Witan of
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− | Regia Anglorum.
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− | ===1. The Title===
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− | i. The Society, an Unincorporated Association, shall be called ‘Regia
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− | Anglorum’, and is hereafter referred to as ‘Regia’ or ‘the Society’ in this
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− | document
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− | ii. The Title of the Society shall not indicate a geographical area
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− | ===2. Aims and Objectives===
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− | i. Regia shall be a non-religious, non-political and non-profit-making
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− | organisation
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− | ii. It shall recreate the society of the British Isles and their near neighbours in
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− | the period c. 950-1066 AD as authentically as practicable
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− | iii. It shall enable these recreations to inform, educate and entertain the
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− | general public.
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− | ===3. The Government of the Society===
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− | i. Regia shall be governed by a committee (hereafter referred to as the
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− | ‘High Witan’), made up of a delegate from each recognised local group
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− | within the Society, and the Society Officers elected by the High Witan
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− | (See R2 below).
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− | ii. Each local group within Regia shall be governed by a committee, made
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− | up of the chosen leader of that group, and such officers appointed by
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− | the group (see C5B below).
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− | iii. In the event of the winding up of the Society, the Society may sell or
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− | dispose of the whole or any part of the Society’s assets for such
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− | consideration as the Society may think fit.
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− | iv. In the event of the winding up of the Society, any assets remaining
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− | after the settlement of all debts of the Society will be deemed the
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− | common property of all members of the Society.
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− | ===4. Membership of the Society===
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− | ii. Persons can only apply to join Regia through a local group, and are
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− | initially affiliated to the group through which they applied to join Regia
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− | (see R7iv below). Members can transfer their affiliation to another
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− | group.
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− | iii. Applications for membership may be made by any eligible person
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− | iv. Registered drug addicts are not eligible for membership of the Society.
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− | v. A member of the Society who is convicted of a criminal offence that is
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− | triable only by indictment or an either way offence, which is triable by
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− | either indictment or summarily, shall have their suitability for
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− | membership reviewed. Members who are in any doubt should consult
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− | their Group Leader or the Lawspeaker for advice. A member who is
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− | found to have concealed such information may have their membership
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− | revoked.
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− | a). Any review carried out under the above shall take place within 60
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− | days of the conviction or of the time when the conviction came to the
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− | attention of the Society
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− | b) Any such review shall be conducted according to the principles of
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− | Natural Justice and will be governed by sections 4A of the Constitution
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− | and 6 of the Regulations of the Society
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− | v. An applicant for membership of the Society who has been convicted of
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− | an offence as detailed in C4iv above shall only be admitted to
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− | membership at the discretion of his local Group Leader, who shall take
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− | the advice of the Society in each individual case. Any applicant who is
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− | found to have knowingly concealed such information at the time of
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− | application shall have their membership immediately revoked
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− | vi. Persons expelled from Regia Anglorum are not eligible to rejoin
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− | vii. Persons whose membership of the Society has lapsed (see C4Cii
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− | below) can only rejoin Regia by application to the group from which
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− | they lapsed. The Society reserves the right, expressed through the
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− | relevant local group, to refuse such application without explanation. If
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− | their membership has lapsed for more than 12 months then they must
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− | make a fresh application to join Regia through the group that operates
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− | in their area
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− | viii. All applications for membership must be sponsored by a Full Member
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− | of the local group to which the applicant will be affiliated. The
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− | sponsoring member is responsible for the conduct of the applicant at
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− | public events during his probationary period. This period comes to an
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− | end at the next public event attended by the new member after the
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− | committee of the group decides to confirm the membership of the new
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− | member (see C4Aii below) and shall be publicly marked.
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− | ix. Regia reserves the right to refuse membership to any applicant.
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− | x. Regia reserves the right to immediately expel from a public event any
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− | member who, whether by action or inaction, brings the Society into
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− | disrepute. Further punitive action may be taken by the member’s group
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− | or by the High Witan (see C4A and R6 below)
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− | xi. Regia reserves the right, expressed through the High Witan, to
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− | examine any behaviour, action or inaction occurring within the Society.
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− | xii. All Regia members, of whatever type, are bound by the Code of Law
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− | ===4A. Probationary Membership===
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− | i. All applications for membership must be made on the Society’s current
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− | membership form. This must be completed according to the
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− | requirements of the Membership Officer and forwarded to him on
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− | completion with the capitation fee within 14 days. In addition to this, the
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− | local group shall inform the Society Membership Officer of the identity
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− | of any new member upon their recruitment.
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− | ii. Every new member of Regia joins for a probationary period. This shall
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− | last for a minimum of three and a maximum of twelve months, but within
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− | these limits shall be completed at the end of the sixth full day of
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− | costumed attendance at a Society event.
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− | iii. During this period, the Group (or the Society, through the High Witan)
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− | has the power to dismiss that person. In such cases, the membership fee
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− | shall be returned, kit and equipment issued, lent or purchased at cost from
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− | group stores must be handed back and a refund given by the group for the
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− | amount spent on such equipment according to condition. The decision of
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− | the Group (or the High Witan) allows of no appeal.
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− | iv. The Lawspeaker and MO shall be informed of the names of persons
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− | expelled by local groups under the above rule.
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− | v. Probationary periods may be extended by agreement of the local group
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− | and the member concerned
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− | vi. Once a member has been formally accepted, he can only be
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− | dismissed through a disciplinary hearing. Such hearings may only be held
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− | before:
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− | a) The Officers of the local group. In this case the member has the right
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− | to have the matter heard before an assembly of at least 67% of the
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− | local group.
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− | b) The HW, whether at its Business Meetings or at a meeting specially
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− | convened for the purpose.
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− | vii. Such disciplinary hearings must be held under R6 below
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− | ===4B. Types of Membership===
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− | i. Full Membership. Any eligible person of the age of eighteen years or
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− | above may apply for Full Membership of Regia through the local group
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− | that operates in his area. A successful applicant may then fully
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− | participate in the activities and government of the Society and the local
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− | group of which he is a member. All Full members are eligible for
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− | consideration for Society or group office.
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− | ii. Associate Membership. Any eligible person of the age of eighteen
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− | years or above may apply for Associate Membership of Regia through the
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− | local group that operates in his area. Associate Membership is intended for
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− | those who wish to pursue academic or personal research. Associate
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− | Members may not participate in public events, nor in the government of the
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− | Society. Associate Members are ineligible for Society or group office.
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− | Associate members may become Full Members at any time, on payment of
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− | the difference in fees.
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− | iii. Junior Membership. . Any eligible person of the age of sixteen to
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− | eighteen years may apply for Junior Membership of Regia through the local
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− | group that operates in his area. A successful applicant may participate in any
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− | activity deemed suitable by his group leader. Junior members will be in the
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− | legal care and protection of their group leader at Regia events, unless
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− | one or more of their parents or legal guardians are present
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− | iv. Combatant Junior Membership A Junior member may apply to
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− | engage in combat after his sixteenth birthday with the permission of his group
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− | leader and his legal guardian(s). Such permission must be given in writing
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− | after the legal guardian(s) have attended at least one Society or local group
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− | training session. A combatant Junior Member at a Regia event must have
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− | satisfied the Society Training Officer that he is capable of and competent in
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− | combat. He must carry a black shield to indicate his status
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− | v. No Junior Member shall participate in the government of the Society.
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− | Junior Members are ineligible for Society or group office.
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− | vi. Family Membership. Children below the age of sixteen years of full
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− | adult members of the Society are eligible for Family Membership of Regia
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− | through the local group that operates in their area. A membership form must
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− | be completed by or for them and lodged with the Society Membership Officer.
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− | Parents, legal guardians or persons acting in loco parentis are entirely
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− | responsible for the safety and good conduct of the child, and that the child is
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− | dressed and equipped in the authentic costume of Regia’s period.
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− | vii. Temporary Membership. Any eligible person may apply for
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− | Temporary Membership of Regia through the local group that operates in his
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− | area. Temporary Membership of the Society is available to those who are not
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− | certain that they wish to become a Member of the Society, but wish to
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− | experience Regia’s activities. The regulations covering the relevant type of
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− | membership shall apply in each case.
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− | a. Temporary Membership is only available for two Society events and any
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− | local training event within a two month period by filling in the
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− | appropriate form and paying the relevant fee. The form and fee shall be
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− | sent to the MO by the local GL seven days in advance of the first event
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− | the Temporary Member is to participate in
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− | b. All Temporary Members must comply with the Code of Law and be
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− | mentored by the group they have joined.
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− | c. Each Temporary Member can only attend further events in that
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− | membership year by becoming a Full Member
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− | d. The GL must inform the MO, and all relevant Society Officers about the
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− | Temporary Member before that member’s participation in an event.
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− | e. Temporary Members who successfully apply for Full Membership within
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− | fourteen days of the expiration of the two month period shall only pay
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− | the outstanding balance due.
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− | f. Lapsed Members of Regia are not automatically eligible for Temporary
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− | Membership and may attend a Regia event only with the permission of
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− | the leader of their former local group, who is solely responsible for their
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− | conduct throughout the event.
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− | g. A Temporary Full Member’s children may accompany the Temporary
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− | Member at an event with the GL’s consent. The provisions above shall
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− | apply (particularly d and e)
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− | .
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− | ===4C. Membership Fees===
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− | i. Membership Fees fall due annually on the 1st of October. Fees must
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− | be paid to the local group by the 31st October; and to the Society’s
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− | Membership Officer by 15th November.
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− | ii. If a Member’s fees have not been paid by the 31st October, then that
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− | membership shall be deemed to have lapsed. Lapsed Members lose
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− | all rights, ranks, and officerships (both at group and Society level). A
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− | local group may not use the votes of Lapsed Members at the High
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− | Witan.
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− | iii. Lapsed Members may only rejoin the Society through application to the
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− | local group from which they lapsed. The Society reserves the right,
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− | expressed through the relevant local group, to refuse such application
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− | without explanation. The local group shall inform the Society
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− | Membership Officer of the identity of any renewing lapsed member
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− | upon their approval, and send their Capitation Fee within 14 days.
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− | iv. Lapsed Members who have rejoined the Society may have their group
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− | ranks, privileges and officerships reinstated at the discretion of the
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− | relevant group.
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− | v. After a period of 12 months a lapsed member must make a fresh
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− | application to join the society through his local group.
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− | ===4D. Capitation Fees===
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− | i. A proportion of the Membership Fee (the Capitation Fee) is sent,
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− | through the Group Treasurer, directly to the Society Membership
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− | Officer.
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− | ii. The Capitation Fee for each type of Membership is decided by the
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− | High Witan, and shall be subject to review and change by the High
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− | Witan or those persons appointed by the High Witan to undertake such
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− | a review.
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− | iii. Changes to Capitation Fees shall be notified to the Society’s members
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− | by direct mailing, in such a form as may be thought suitable by the
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− | High Witan.
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− | iv. Persons applying to join the Society after 1st August will pay the whole
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− | annual fee, but this shall be deemed to cover their Membership Fee for
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− | the following year.
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− | v. Each local group within Regia shall pay the Capitation Fee for a new
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− | member to the Society Membership Officer within fourteen days of
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− | receipt of that member’s Membership Fee and Membership Form.
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− | vi. Membership of the Society shall commence from the date of
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− | completion of the Membership Form, and of payment of the
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− | Membership Fee. A local group may only utilise the vote of a member
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− | in the government of the Society after the Capitation Fee has been
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− | received by the Society Membership Officer.
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− | vii. Membership may be terminated by written resignation addressed to the
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− | local group leader. A copy must be sent to the Society Membership
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− | Officer.
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− | viii. Membership may be terminated as the result of disciplinary action.
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− | ix. A local group shall immediately cease to exist if it has not paid any Full
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− | Capitation Fees to the Society Membership Officer by 15th November
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− | unless the High Witan grants an extension.
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− | ===5. National Structure===
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− | i. Any reference to land is an administrative format within the Society and
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− | has no actual or legal bearing on ‘real property’
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− | ii. Land not within the management of a local group is deemed to be at
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− | the disposal of the Society.
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− | iii. Local groups shall hold sole rights of recruitment in the areas granted
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− | to them under the Code of Law. These areas shall be primarily based
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− | on the shire boundaries indicated in the Domesday Survey of 1086,
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− | which Survey shall take precedence over later documents.
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− | iv. Other documents from the period may be researched where the
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− | Domesday Survey does not cover the area in question.
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− | v. Disputes over land shall be settled by the Lawspeaker, but parties to a
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− | dispute will have access to the High Witan.
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− | vi. More than one local group may exist within a shire.
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− | 5A. Land Grants and Formation of Groups
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− | i. Any Full Member of Regia, or person seeking Full Membership, who
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− | lives in an area not already granted to a local group may apply to the
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− | Society , through the Eolder and the Lawspeaker, to set up a new
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− | group in that area.
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− | ii. If accepted, a Grant of Land from the Society to the new group shall be
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− | drawn up by the Lawspeaker. No group may be set up without a Grant
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− | of Land.
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− | iii. All new groups will be attached for purposes of mentorship to the
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− | nearest Established Group (the Mentor Group)
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− | iv. At the request of either party, mentorship may be taken up by another
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− | Established Group, who may be geographically more remote, but
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− | closer in background and interest to the new group.
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− | v. The Mentor Group will be responsible for the new group’s standards of
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− | authenticity and for generally assisting them in all aspects of the life of
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− | the Society.
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− | vi. The new group leader shall attend High Witans as of right, but must
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− | take the advice of his Mentor Group leader into account when voting.
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− | At no time may a Mentor Group use or include votes from groups
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− | under its mentorship at the High Witan.
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− | vii. A period of mentorship is ended by vote of the High Witan on
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− | application from the new group. A period of six months is envisaged as
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− | a guideline, which may be extended at the discretion of the High Witan.
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− | viii. Any Full Member of the Society, resident in land already granted to a
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− | local group, may, with the consent of the existing Group Leader, apply
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− | to set up a new group. Application for a Grant of Land shall be made to
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− | the Eolder and the Lawspeaker.
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− | ix. In all normal circumstances, the boundaries of a Grant of Land applied
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− | for under 5Aviii above shall be drawn up by the group leader who
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− | already administers the land.
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− | x. Proposed Grants of Land shall in all circumstances be drawn up in
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− | formal terms, giving exact geographical boundaries.
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− | xi. Proposed Grants of Land shall be dated, and submitted to the
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− | Lawspeaker in triplicate for ratification. Copies of the proposed Grant
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− | of Land shall be sent by the Lawspeaker to the Eolder, the Society
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− | Membership Officer and anyone else who may be reasonably held to
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− | have an interest within seven days of receipt of the proposal.
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− | xii. If no objection is lodged within thirty days of the Lawspeaker’s receipt
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− | of the proposal, the Lawspeaker shall proclaim the ratification of the
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− | Land Grant. He shall inform the Publications Officer and all those
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− | whom he has previously informed of the proposal.
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− | xiii. An area for recruiting and administration shall be formed by the Grant
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− | of Land, All Grants of Land are of equal status and will survive the
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− | administrators responsible for their inception.
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− | xiv. Grants of Land shall revert to the grantor, whether the Society (under
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− | 5Aii) or the former local group (under 5Aviii) if they fall vacant.
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− | xv. An area shall fall vacant, and the local group cease to exist, if there are
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− | fewer than three paid-up Full Members of the group resident within it
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− | both on 31st October and on the 1st May immediately following.
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− | xvi. The HW may move to decide that a local group shall cease to exist,
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− | and its grant of land fall vacant, if, in the space of a calendar year, it
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− | has failed to be represented in sufficient numbers at a sufficient
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− | number of Major Events without good cause. The HW shall take
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− | account of attendance at local or area events, and at Training
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− | Weekends and other activities not open to the public, in determining
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− | whether a group is inactive or not. This regulation shall not apply to
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− | overseas-based groups.
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− | xvii. All other alterations to group boundaries must be notified to the High
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− | Witan, through the Lawspeaker. They shall be ratified using the
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− | procedures above.
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− | xviii. A group is recognised on the payment of its third Full Capitation Fee to
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− | Regia. No new group may receive a Grant of Land if it has fewer than
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− | three members at the time.
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− | xix. A group is deemed Established when it has ten paid-up adult
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− | Members. Such Groups may act as Mentor Groups (provided they are
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− | themselves out of mentorship) and may create their own regulations for
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− | their own activities and affairs. Such regulations must not contravene
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− | the Code of Law, nor lower the standards of the Society as laid down
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− | by the High Witan and the Society Officers.
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− | xx. A group with thirty-six adult Members may apply to the High Witan to
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− | be accorded the status of an Eorldom, and its leader to be accorded
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− | the status of an Eorl at a public ceremony if it be his wish.
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− | xxi. An Eorldom’s status shall revert to that of an Established Group if its
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− | strength falls below thirty-six adult members at any time outside the
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− | renewals period and it still does not have thirty-six adult members at
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− | any time before 15th November in the following year.
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− | xxii. A local group shall accurately reflect the peoples found in the group’s
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− | area within Regia’s period.
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− | 5B. Management of Groups
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− | i. All local groups are branches of the Society, and are bound by the Code of
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− | Law. All members of local groups are members of the Society, and are
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− | bound by the Code of Law.
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− | ii. The local group shall administer and enforce the Code of Law within its
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− | area. Whilst the method by which this is carried out is to be decided by the
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− | local group, the following points must be adhered to
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− | iii. Each local group must have a group leader and a treasurer, these two
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− | posts must not be held by the same individual.
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− | iv. Each local group must have a bank or building society account, in the
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− | name of the group.
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− | v. Each group must have an Authenticity Officer, and a Training Officer if the
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− | group has any combatant members. These posts may be held by any
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− | member of the group.
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− | vi. The group leader is responsible for the administration and enforcement of
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− | the Code of Law in the group and the area of the group’s Grant of Land.
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− | The Society, through the Membership Officer, shall be informed of the
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− | identity and contact details of the group leader.
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− | vii.The treasurer is primarily and solely responsible for the administration of
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− | the group’s accounts. The Society Treasurer must be informed of the
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− | identity of the group treasurer.
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− | viii.The group leader and treasurer shall be jointly responsible for the
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− | administration of the group’s bank or building society account.
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− | ix. The Training Officer is responsible for military training within the group. The
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− | Society Training Officer shall be informed of the identity of the group
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− | Training Officer.
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− | x. The Authenticity Officer is responsible for all aspects of authenticity in the
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− | group. The Society Authenticity Officer shall be informed of the identity of
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− | the group authenticity officer.
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− | xi. The sphere of authority of the above posts in the group shall mirror the
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− | authority of the relevant Society Officer in the Society, as set down in the
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− | Code of Law.
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− | xii.The local group and relevant Society Officer shall share responsibility for
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− | the development of local group officers, and shall jointly ensure that such
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− | individuals are aware of current Society policies and best practice within
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− | each officer’s area of responsibility
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− | ===6: Safety and Liability===
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− | i. Without infringing upon the legal rights of the individual, every member shall
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− | at all times ensure that they hold themselves safe and without harm in any
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− | situation whilst about the occasions of Regia Anglorum. In so doing they shall
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− | at all times ensure that the safety of the general public is held paramount and
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− | each member shall act with sober and considered care.
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− | ii. In respect of members’ liability, the Society, its officers and/or members
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− | cannot be held responsible for any injury, loss or damage occurring to any
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− | member or their property. In particular, it is the business of each and every
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− | member to investigate, research and understand the specific risks that they
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− | may encounter in re-enactment and to decide in cold and sober judgement
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− | whether or not they wish to involve themselves in the taking of such risks.
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− | Anyone taking part in any of the activities arranged by the Society will be
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− | deemed as having taken such a decision by their attendance and
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− | participation.
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− | iii. All members are required to avail themselves of training sessions held by
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− | the Society or its local groups. Persons failing to do so will take upon
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− | themselves a greater responsibility for the care of themselves and others.
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− | iv. Whilst the duly appointed officers of Regia Anglorum will at all times
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− | behave in a manner appropriate to their position, no particular liability shall
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− | attach to such officers. Even though they may act in the manner of
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− | "professionals", they are amateur volunteers and are specifically excluded
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− | from any greater liability than may exist in civil law and apply to every
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− | "ordinary" member of the Society.
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− | v. No financial responsibility for any action or inaction of the Society or its
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− | members, servants or agents shall attach itself to any office within the Society
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− | or any incumbent of such an office, PROVIDED THAT the officer has acted in
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− | a prudent and proper fashion within the confines of the civil law and the
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− | Constitution and Regulations of the Society.
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− | vi. In respect of Product Liability, any event, show, performance, private
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− | function or training session shall be deemed to be the work of amateur
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− | volunteers who will do their best to arrange the business of the day, operating
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− | within the Constitution and Regulations of the Society. Whilst acting in such a
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− | manner as may be found safe and appropriate to the event, show,
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− | performance, private function or training session, no particular liability shall
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− | attach to the officers of the Society other than may exist in Law and apply to
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− | every "ordinary" member of Regia Anglorum.
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− | vii. Each member is expected to make their own arrangements to insure
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− | themselves against any injury, loss or damage howsoever caused.
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− | ===7. Limited Companies===
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− | i. Where the Society comes into possession of land, then that
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− | ownership shall be controlled by the creation of a non-trading
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− | Company Limited by Guarantee to hold the title to the land on
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− | behalf of Regia Anglorum
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− | ii. The HW shall appoint a Director and a Company Secretary to form
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− | the Board of such a company. They shall hold in joint name the
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− | single share in the Company.
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− | iii. Their authority to dispose of the share or title shall be limited to the
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− | specific written authority emanating from a resolution of an
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− | assembled HW.
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− | iv. Such a resolution may only be passed by an assembled HW if it is
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− | supported by the votes of three quarters of the local groups of
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− | Regia Anglorum, representing at least three quarters of the total
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− | number of Full Members of the Society.
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− | v. The Director and Company Secretary shall not have the power to
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− | amend the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Limited
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− | Company. These shall be defined initially by an assembled HW,
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− | and then only amended by a resolution passed under iv. above.
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− | <br>
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− | Here ends the Constitution of Regia Anglorum. It forms the first volume of Version 6 of the Code of Law, issued by the High Witan at Birmingham on 30/01/1999, and variously amended by the High Witan Martin Williams, Lawspeaker<br>
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− | pp Oswiu Eadulfing, iurisdictor <br.
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− | | |
− | ==THE REGULATIONS of REGIA ANGLORUM==
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− | Any reference to Weapons, Wargear, Arms or Armour shall specifically refer
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− | to the theatrical props that the members of the society may use in the course
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− | of the historical re-creations that they undertake whilst about the business of
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− | the society.
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− | 1. The High Witan
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− | i. The governing body of Regia Anglorum shall be a committee (the High
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− | Witan or HW), comprised of a delegate (normally the group leader)
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− | from each recognised local group and the Society Officers elected by
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− | the High Witan (see 2 below).
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− | ii. The High Witan shall have one scheduled meeting in a year, at the end
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− | of the display season. This shall be arranged by the Eolder and held
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− | before December 1st. It shall be termed the High Witan Business
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− | Meeting (HWBM) and shall be of extended format. The costs of hiring
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− | a meeting place and a proportion of the transport costs incurred in
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− | attending by the members of the HW shall be met by the Society.
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− | Food and accommodation costs shall be met by the Society only for
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− | the members of the HW. Attendance at the HWBM is a mandatory
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− | duty for all Society Officers and local groups. Costs incurred at other
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− | meetings of the HW may be met by the Society, at the discretion of
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− | the Society Treasurer. Other meetings may be called by the Eolder
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− | from time to time. The Eolder shall call for agenda items, ensuring
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− | that the completed agenda shall be sent to the members of the HW
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− | not less than ten days before the meeting date.
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− | iii. Whilst items for the agenda may be transmitted to the Eolder in any
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− | written medium, a final version must be sent by post to arrive by the
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− | due date. Manifestos for elections shall not run to more than 2 sides
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− | of A4 at 10 point Times New Roman
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− | iv. The High Witan shall have a quorum when 51% of the membership is
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− | represented by local group delegates. Once a quorum is established,
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− | it remains until the meeting is concluded.
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− | v. The High Witan shall have the power to appoint and dismiss the
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− | Society Officers, according to the processes laid down in the Code of
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− | Law.
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− | vi. Each local group delegate shall hold a vote, equal in value to the
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− | number of paid-up, Full members of the group. This vote may be
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− | divided by the delegate. All votes shall be taken using this
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− | proportional method except on decisions concerning a Point of Order,
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− | where each group delegate shall hold one vote, and a show of hands
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− | shall decide the issue. Points of Order must be in the form of a
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− | question to the Chair, asking for clarification on a point relevant to the
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− | current discussion, and relating to the CoL or Custom and Practice of
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− | the Society.
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− | vii. Society Officers hold no vote of themselves, but only as members of
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− | their local group.
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− | viii. A group must be represented by one of its members for its vote to be
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− | counted. However, the Society recognises that on rare occasions no
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− | delegate may be found, and so for one assembled HW in any
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− | calendar year a local group may notify the HW of its vote by post,
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− | under the following rules.
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− | 1. The Notification shall be physically in the hands of the Chair of the
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− | HW before the commencement of the meeting. It is the duty of the
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− | local group to ensure this.
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− | 2. The notification shall contain only the vote of the group's membership
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− | (whether for, against, or abstain) on each item of the Agenda, and no
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− | other comment or correspondence. The group may split its vote as if it
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− | were represented by a delegate.
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− | 3. The Notification shall be held by the Chair of the HW and the relevant
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− | part revealed to the meeting as each vote takes place.
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− | 4. The Chair of the HW shall have the power to declare any or all parts
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− | of the Notification to be null and void if the proposal voted on by the
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− | HW differs materially from that on the Agenda. In this instance an
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− | abstention shall be counted.
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− | ix. The Society Membership Officer shall notify the HW of the voting
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− | strength of the groups present at the start of the meeting. The
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− | membership figures for each group shall be taken at a date seven
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− | days before the date of the HW.
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− | x. Decisions of the HW have the force of the Code of Law. Changes to
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− | the Code of Law necessitated by a motion at a HW shall be
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− | presented to the HW at the meeting next after the motion.
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− | xi. Amendments to the Code of Law shall be made only by a HW. They
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− | must be moved in formal and exact terms. Amendments to the Code
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− | of Law must be notified to the members of the Society within fourteen
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− | days of passage by the HW.
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− | xii. Amendments to the Code of Law shall take effect on the forty-second
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− | day after passage by the HW.
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− | xiii. A member of the HW may object to a change in the Code of Law.
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− | Objection shall be notified in writing to the Eolder, Lawspeaker and
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− | Publications Officer within twenty-eight days of passage by the HW
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− | xiv. The next HW after the objection is received shall discuss the objection
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− | and the change to the Code of Law as its first item of business. The
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− | final form of the amendment shall be immediately binding on passage
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− | by the HW. Any further objection must be raised as a fresh proposal
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− | at a future HW.
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− | xv. A HW shall not be scheduled within thirteen days of the previous HW,
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− | although meetings may at need be adjourned to the following day.
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− | xvi. All motions placed before a HW must be proposed by a member of the
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− | HW, and seconded by a local group leader. Where two thirds of a
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− | local group’s members wish to raise an issue before the HW and their
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− | group leader will not, they may do so provided such a motion is
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− | sponsored by a Society Officer. On that matter alone, the members
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− | concerned shall send a separate delegate to the HW. Items for
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− | general discussion (which may not reach a specific conclusion) may
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− | be proposed by any member of the HW.
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− | xvii. All motions to do with the responsibilities or competence of a Society
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− | Officer must be discussed by the Proposer and the Officer concerned
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− | before the agenda is published. Any agenda item which has not been
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− | so discussed will be struck out of the agenda. Any motion which
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− | would involve the HW in a personal dispute will not be included on the
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− | agenda.
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− | xviii. Other regulations for the conduct of meetings of the HW shall be
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− | decided by the Eolder, in consultation with the Chair of the HW.
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− | 1A. Emergency High Witans
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− | i. An Emergency High Witan may be requested by any member of the
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− | HW. Requests, containing the grounds for summoning such a
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− | meeting, must be submitted to the Eolder and the Chair of the HW in
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− | writing, unless exceptional circumstances pertain. Within seven days
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− | of receipt, the Eolder must circulate written notification of the request
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− | to the members of the HW by post to their last known address.
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− | Requestors of Emergency HWs must follow the regulations in 1
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− | above regarding proposals to the HW (particularly R1xvii)
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− | ii. On receipt of the notification, the members of the HW shall
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− | immediately notify the Eolder as to whether the circumstances of the
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− | situation are, in their opinion, sufficiently exceptional so as to require
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− | an immediate meeting of the HW.
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− | iii. Unless two thirds of the Society Officers or a body of group leaders
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− | representing two thirds of the Society’s membership are of the opinion
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− | that the circumstances are exceptional, the Emergency HW will be
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− | held at the next Regia Major Event. Otherwise, the Eolder shall
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− | organise a meeting of the HW at a suitably central location (or at the
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− | location of a Society Training Weekend or Area Event) at the earliest
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− | practicable date.
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− | iv. Decisions of an Emergency HW have equal status with those of a
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− | scheduled HW as detailed in 1 above.
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− | 1B. Postal and Telephonic Votes.
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− | i. On the rare occasions where it becomes necessary to consult the HW
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− | on a more immediate basis than achievable by 1A above, an opinion
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− | may be obtained by circulating a written document to or, if necessary,
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− | by telephonic communication with the group leaders of at least two
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− | thirds of the society’s membership.
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− | ii. Whilst such an opinion shall be immediately binding on the Society, the
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− | next meeting of the HW shall discuss the matter, formally ratifying or
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− | rescinding the decision of the postal or telephonic vote.
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− | iii. Any member of the HW may instigate and conduct a postal or
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− | telephonic vote, provided that he has the support of enough voting
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− | members of the HW to represent 20% of the Society, and has informed
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− | the Eolder, the Treasurer, the Lawspeaker and the Chair of the HW of
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− | the instigation of the process and of the Question to be put to the HW.
| |
− | The regulations for proposals to HWs (particularly R1xvii) must be
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− | adhered to.
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− | iv. The Eolder, the Treasurer and the Lawspeaker may instigate and
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− | conduct a postal or telephonic vote at their discretion, provided that
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− | they all agree upon such a course.
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− | v. The document bearing the Question shall be printed or typed. It shall
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− | set out the facts of the case so far as is known. It must be numbered in
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− | a recognisable sequence and bear its posting date upon it. It must not
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− | bear any other correspondence or information. Special care must be
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− | taken to present facts in as clear and neutral way as possible. Whilst it
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− | may not be possible for the instigator of the Vote to call upon the
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− | assistance of others in the preparation of the document, nevertheless a
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− | high standard of care and presentation is expected. The Question shall
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− | not be put in terms of a proposal as this could be construed as leading
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− | opinion. Neither shall it contain the names of sympathetic or
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− | antipathetic persons, as this too could be considered as persuasive.
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− | vi. Before instigating the process of the Vote, the instigator shall make
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− | every attempt to contact the Society Membership Officer, who will let
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− | him know the voting strengths of each group in the Society.
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− | vii. For a Postal Vote, a numbered (see iv above) photocopy of the
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− | document plus an envelope bearing the identical number as the
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− | document and a first class letter post stamp and the name and address
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− | of the instigator shall be sent to the last known postal address of every
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− | voting member of the HW by first class post. All documents must be
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− | posted at the same time. Proof of posting should be obtained where
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− | possible. Society Officers (where not themselves voting members of
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− | the HW) should be sent unnumbered copies of the document for their
| |
− | information.
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− | viii. It is the duty of all voting members of the HW to respond by return of
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− | post if possible and certainly within four days of receipt. Response
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− | shall be made only in the numbered envelope provided. There must be
| |
− | no other inclusion. Groups which fail to respond shall have their votes
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− | recorded as uncast
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− | ix. The instigator of the Vote shall tally the votes of the members of the
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− | HW immediately upon receipt and shall inform the Eolder, the
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− | Treasurer, the Lawspeaker, the Chair of the HW and the Publications
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− | Officer of the result of the vote within ten days of the despatch of the
| |
− | voting papers. He shall retain the numbered envelopes and their
| |
− | contents for production at the next meeting of the HW. The result shall
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− | be circulated to all members of the HW via the Officers mentioned
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− | above.
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− | x. In the case of a telephone vote, a document bearing the Question (and
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− | fulfilling the relevant requirements of R1Biv above) shall be sent by the
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− | instigator to the Eolder, the Treasurer, the Lawspeaker and the Chair
| |
− | of the HW in sealed envelopes, countersigned by the instigator across
| |
− | the flap. The envelope must not bear any other correspondence or
| |
− | information. The Officers above shall safely hold the envelopes
| |
− | unopened against a possible later dispute regarding the wording of the
| |
− | document.
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− | xi. The instigator shall telephone every group leader in turn. He shall
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− | make every effort to contact all of the group leaders during the time
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− | available to him, which shall include the hours from 1130 to 2330 on
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− | one weekday (Mon.-Fri.). If the emergency has taken place at a
| |
− | weekend, then a telephone vote may only take place if the Society has
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− | no Major Event that weekend. The group leaders of at least 67% of the
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− | membership must be contacted, else the vote will be declared null and
| |
− | void.
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− | xii. When the instigator makes contact with a group leader, it is his duty to
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− | behave with complete propriety.
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− | a) He shall not discuss any other matter but the one in hand.
| |
− | b) He shall not lead opinion or attempt to persuade.
| |
− | c) He shall not reveal his own or the stated opinion of any other
| |
− | member of the Society.
| |
− | d) He shall read back verbatim the stated opinion given to him by that
| |
− | group leader.
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− | e) He shall ask formally if there is anything that the group leader
| |
− | wishes to add, change or take away.
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− | xiii. When the instigator is in possession of the votes of the Society’s
| |
− | membership, he shall immediately inform the Eolder, the Treasurer,
| |
− | the Lawspeaker and the Chair of the HW of the result by telephone in
| |
− | the first instance and confirm immediately in writing thereafter (by
| |
− | post). If a further decision is required at that stage as to what action
| |
− | shall actually take place, the instigator shall seek the advice of the
| |
− | Officers above.
| |
− | xiv. No proxy voting is allowed in either postal or telephonic votes.
| |
− | xv. Whilst the result of postal or telephone votes shall be immediately
| |
− | binding, the next meeting of the HW shall formally discuss the matter
| |
− | as the first order of business, ratifying or rescinding the earlier decision
| |
− | for the minutes of that meeting.
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− | 2. The Society Officers
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− | i. The Society Officers of the Society shall have the executive power of
| |
− | decision within their several areas of responsibility as laid down below.
| |
− | ii. The Society Officers shall receive no financial reward or other
| |
− | pecuniary advantage for their services and their appointment is
| |
− | therefore honorary. Officers may claim from the Society such properly
| |
− | incurred expenses as the Society Treasurer and the HW shall deem
| |
− | appropriate.
| |
− | iii. No person acting in the capacity of an officer of the society shall be
| |
− | required or expected to place themselves at legal or financial risk as a
| |
− | result of their proper activities on behalf of the society.
| |
− | iv. The society will indemnify its officers and members against any and all
| |
− | legal and financial risks in respect of their honorary positions within the
| |
− | society so long as those risks were properly incurred within their brief
| |
− | as published in the current code of law or as amended by any
| |
− | assembled High Witan.
| |
− | v. Such indemnity shall be covered by the means of an insurance policy
| |
− | that will be undertaken and annually maintained by the society.
| |
− | vi. No officer or member of the society shall be indemnified either by the
| |
− | society or any indemnity insurance policy that the society has
| |
− | undertaken in respect of legal and financial indemnity if they are
| |
− | proven to have acted illegally, recklessly, in breach of the rules of the
| |
− | society or in ultra vires.
| |
− | vii. The Society Officers shall make every effort to avoid alienating any
| |
− | member of the Society by hasty or ill-considered statements or actions.
| |
− | It is the duty of a Society Officer to behave in a rational and ethical way
| |
− | at all times.
| |
− | viii. A decision of a Society Officer on a matter within his area of
| |
− | responsibility may only be overturned by the vote of a quorate HW.
| |
− | Decisions of a HW relating to the area of responsibility of a Society
| |
− | Officer shall be followed by that officer with speed and goodwill.
| |
− | ix. It is equally the duty of the members of the Society to follow the
| |
− | policies, rulings and instructions of the Society Officers with speed and
| |
− | goodwill. Disputes shall be dealt with privately and after the event in
| |
− | the first instance.
| |
− | x. All Society Officers, in addition to any other duty laid upon them by this
| |
− | Code of Law, shall attend at least half of the meetings of the HW held
| |
− | in any one calendar year. The HW has the right to open nominations
| |
− | for any Society Office where the Officer has failed to so attend.
| |
− | xi. At the end of December of any year, all Society Officers shall submit
| |
− | an official report of their actions and results, and forecast their
| |
− | progress for the coming year. The Report must be solely relevant to
| |
− | the area of responsibility of the Officer as laid down in this CoL.
| |
− | Reports shall be typed or printed on not more than two sides of A4,
| |
− | single spaced and displayed in not less than 10-point Times New
| |
− | Roman. Reports must be submitted for publication and circulation as
| |
− | an official document to the Society, by whatever procedure be in force
| |
− | at the time. The Reports shall be collated under the order of the list of
| |
− | Society Officers in R2B below, and circulated to every member of the
| |
− | Society by direct mail to his last known postal address, in advance of
| |
− | the HWBM.
| |
− | xii. Every Society Officer shall keep an up to date record of his activities
| |
− | within his area of responsibility. Where possible these should be
| |
− | prepared using an IBM PC-compatible computer, so that the exchange
| |
− | of information may be facilitated. During the use of computer-based
| |
− | information systems, the user shall be conscious of the provisions of
| |
− | the Data Protection Act. Electronic files should be able to be circulated
| |
− | in ASCII format, and Hard Copies be made available to the HW as a
| |
− | matter of course.
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− | xiii. 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 and the Eolder, who are elected for a
| |
− | term of five years. Appointments will commence upon the date of the
| |
− | HW that makes the appointment, and conclude at the assembled HW
| |
− | at the expiry of the term of office.
| |
− | ii. The HW alone has the authority to appoint and dismiss officers of the
| |
− | Society.
| |
− | iii. The appointment of Society Officers shall take place at a scheduled
| |
− | meeting of the HW, or at one specifically called for the purpose.
| |
− | Elections shall appear on the agenda for the meeting. Elections shall
| |
− | not be held by means of a postal or telephonic vote.
| |
− | iv. An Officership may fall vacant by means of the resignation of the
| |
− | Officer from his post or from the Society, the lapsing of the Officers
| |
− | Membership (under C4Cii), by the dismissal of an Officer by the HW,
| |
− | or by the expiry of an Officer’s term of office. The HW may also call
| |
− | upon the membership to submit applications for a post whilst an
| |
− | incumbent Officer still holds that position. In such a case, the
| |
− | incumbent shall have the right to re-apply. The HW shall not accept or
| |
− | consider applications at any other time.
| |
− | v. Upon any of the conditions of iv above being fulfilled, the HW shall
| |
− | issue a Notice of Invitation to the Society in order that applications may
| |
− | appear in the Agenda of the next scheduled HW.
| |
− | vi. The Notice shall be sent by the Eolder unless the HW directs
| |
− | otherwise. At need (particularly if the Eoldership be vacant) the
| |
− | Lawspeaker or the Chair of the HW shall send the Notice.
| |
− | vii. The Notice shall invite Full, Adult paid-up members of the Society to
| |
− | apply for the post(s) indicated in the Notice. The HW may decide to
| |
− | specify further required qualifications for any specific Officership.
| |
− | viii. Those members who wish their candidacy to be considered must
| |
− | respond to the Notice by the date laid down in the Notice by means of
| |
− | submitting a Manifesto in accordance with R1iii above
| |
− | ix. A candidacy must be sponsored by the candidate’s Group Leader, or
| |
− | by 67% of the members of his local group, and by another voting
| |
− | member of the HW. A candidacy may not be sponsored, however, by a
| |
− | group bound by active ties of Mentorship to the candidate’s group.
| |
− | x. Manifestos shall be distributed to the members of the HW with the
| |
− | agenda of the HW which elects the Officer
| |
− | xi. Candidates must attend the HW that hears their application and be
| |
− | prepared to answer such questions as the meeting may put to them.
| |
− | xii. Where a HW is not scheduled to occur within 60 days of the post
| |
− | falling vacant, or if the agenda for a scheduled HW is already in
| |
− | preparation when a post falls vacant, the HW may appoint an officer
| |
− | pro tempore. An officer pro tempore shall be appointed where the HW
| |
− | is obliged to appoint an Officer under the relevant section of R2B.
| |
− | 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 of
| |
− | Responsibility
| |
− | i. The HW shall elect an Eolder.
| |
− | a) The Eolder must attend at least half of the Society’s Major Events
| |
− | in any one year. He shall not also hold the position of Treasurer
| |
− | b) The Eolder will act as the Society’s sole Business Manager and it
| |
− | shall be his special responsibility to seek paid work for the Society.
| |
− | He shall have the power to decide with which events the Society
| |
− | shall involve itself and the amounts of payments, fees and
| |
− | expenses and/or non-monetary remuneration it shall receive in
| |
− | respect of such work.
| |
− | c) He shall not benefit financially from his activities as Eolder
| |
− | undertaken on behalf of the Society in any way that is not shared by
| |
− | other members of the Society.
| |
− | d) He shall not bear any financial risk or burden incurred in the
| |
− | performance of his activities on behalf of the Society that is not
| |
− | wholly shared by all members of the Society and the Society will
| |
− | indemnify him against such risks.
| |
− | e) He shall have the power to decide that up to three Major Events in
| |
− | any one twelve month period shall be Charity Events, performed for
| |
− | no tangible reward.
| |
− | f) He shall liase with the local group leaders and others on an ongoing
| |
− | basis to gauge the opinion of the general membership as to the
| |
− | type of work that the Society shall do.
| |
− | g) He shall work closely with the Treasurer to ensure that the Society
| |
− | is properly funded from events, film-work and other business
| |
− | enterprises. At the discretion of the Society Treasurer, the Eolder
| |
− | may operate a cheque book on his single signature from The
| |
− | Society’s Operating Account. (see iii below)
| |
− | h) The Eolder shall act as Society Organiser, having a general
| |
− | overview of the Society’s organisation and structure. In this regard,
| |
− | he shall have a wide ranging brief aimed at initiating, maintaining
| |
− | and forwarding the Society’s best interests. He shall constantly
| |
− | seek to be well informed about how these aims can be best
| |
− | achieved. In uncontentious and day-to-day matters he shall speak
| |
− | for the HW in particular and the Society in general.
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− | i) He shall have many of the duties of a General Secretary to the HW
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− | and the Society. These shall include:-
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− | 1) He shall be responsible for the publication of a Society
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− | Newsletter. This is intended to be published four times a
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− | year, on or around the Quarter Days, which a subcontracted
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− | printer will send by first-class post to each
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− | member’s last known postal address as available in the
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− | records of the Society Membership Officer. The Eolder’s
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− | responsibility in this regard will be deemed to be fulfilled
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− | once the master hard copy of each edition has been
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− | posted to the printer.
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− | 2) He shall be responsible for the publication and distribution of the
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− | Society’s official papers, such as Officer’s Reports, papers
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− | relating to the Election of Society Officers, the Agendas and
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− | Minutes of meetings of the HW, details of events and other such
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− | papers as from time to time may be necessary. Such papers
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− | may be published in the Society Newsletter, but at his
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− | discretion, the Eolder may from time to time distribute papers to
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− | the members of the HW alone.
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− | 3) The Eolder’s responsibility for the publication and promulgation
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− | of such papers will be deemed to be fulfilled once the members
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− | of the HW have been circulated with such papers.
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− | 4) The financial responsibility for production, distribution, stationery
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− | and postage shall be that of the Society.
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− | j) In association with the Lawspeaker and the HW, the Eolder
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− | shall have a shared responsibility for writing the CoL. Whilst he shall do
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− | his utmost to ensure that the CoL is written and applied for the greater
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− | good of the Society and its members, he shall have no responsibility
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− | for its interpretation.
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− | ii. The HW shall elect a Lawspeaker.
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− | a) The Lawspeaker shall maintain and uphold the CoL. He shall
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− | ensure that if the CoL is capable of two or more interpretations, that
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− | the greater good of the Society and its members is held safe and
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− | paramount.
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− | b) He shall share a responsibility with the Eolder and the HW for the
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− | writing of the CoL. He shall do his utmost to ensure that the CoL is
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− | written and applied for the greater good of the Society and its
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− | members. He shall have the duty of interpretation of the CoL.
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− | c) He shall advise the Society on the laws and customs pertaining to
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− | the Society’s area and period of interest (see C2ii above)
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− | d) He shall administer the Land Grant system of the Society, working
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− | with the MO and the Eolder where it should be necessary, under C5
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− | above. The day-to-day operation of this system may be shared with
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− | another Officer if the Lawspeaker sees fit.
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− | iii. The HW shall elect a Treasurer.
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− | a) The Treasurer shall attend at least half of the Society’s Major
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− | Events in any one year. He shall not also hold the position of
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− | Eolder.
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− | b) He shall not benefit financially from his activities as Treasurer
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− | undertaken on behalf of the Society in any way that is not shared by
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− | other members of the Society.
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− | c) He shall not bear any financial risk or burden incurred in the
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− | performance of his activities on behalf of the Society that is not
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− | wholly shared by all members of the Society and the Society will
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− | indemnify him against such risks.
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− | d) The Treasurer shall be responsible for the overall control of all
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− | financial affairs of the Society. He shall at all times, as far as is
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− | practicable, be in a position to advise the HW upon the current and
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− | projected state of the Society’s finances.
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− | e) He shall have the right of access to all financial and business
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− | interests of the Society, and must be consulted before any financial
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− | commitment is made.
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− | f) He shall be responsible for the accurate keeping of books of
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− | common record and account, and maintaining a proper record of
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− | the Society’s financial affairs and transactions.
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− | g) He shall prepare a balance sheet and statements of Income and
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− | Expenditure annually, based on a financial year ending on 30th
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− | September, which shall be presented to the next HWBM.
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− | h) He shall be responsible for the proper disbursement of the
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− | Society’s funds at Events. He shall define and implement
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− | procedures regarding the payment of fuel or other expenses and
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− | shall have the final say regarding payment of these monies.
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− | i) He shall work closely with the Eolder to ensure that the Society’s
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− | business is conducted on a sound footing.
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− | j) He may permit the Eolder to draw upon the Operating Account,
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− | using a cheque book on the Eolder’s single signature.
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− | k) Any member or members of the Society who involve the Society in
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− | expenditure which has not been sanctioned in advance by the
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− | Treasurer shall be held personally responsible and shall be
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− | required to reimburse the Society in full for such expenditure.
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− | iv. The HW shall elect an Authenticity Officer (AO)
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− | a) He shall attend at least half of the Society’s major events in any
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− | one year.
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− | b) He shall be responsible for the overview of the authentic portrayal
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− | of the life and times of the people who lived in and visited the
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− | Islands of Britain in the Society’s general period of interest. He shall
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− | at all times ensure that a balance of portrayal is achieved so as not
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− | to make exceptional examples from the period the norm.
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− | c) He shall make it his concern to augment the Society’s corporate
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− | knowledge regarding the visual appearance of the peoples of these
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− | Islands and their near neighbours in Northern Europe and thus
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− | maintain and constantly improve the Society’s image at events.
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− | d) He shall be responsible for encouraging and advising other Society
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− | Officers who may have a particular interest and the membership in
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− | general regarding all aspects of authenticity of dress, weapons,
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− | armour and other equipment, behaviour and attitude.
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− | e) He shall be prepared to enforce his decisions if it should become
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− | necessary at events. He shall have the power of veto over any
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− | matter regarding authenticity.
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− | f) He may appoint deputies, the number of which (including himself)
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− | shall not exceed 1.5% of the total membership of the Society,
| |
− | unless agreed otherwise by the HW. He shall co-ordinate their
| |
− | activities, and report back to the HW upon them from time to time.
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− | v. The HW shall elect a Living History Co-ordinator (LHC)
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− | a) He shall attend at least half of the Society’s major events in any
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− | one year
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− | b) He shall have an overview of all domestic and industrial activities
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− | that take place within the Society that have a practical or academic
| |
− | application to the Living History Exhibit (LHE)
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− | c) He shall initiate, co-ordinate and apply academic and practical
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− | research into the arts and crafts of these Islands and their near
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− | neighbours in Northern Europe in the Society’s period of interest.
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− | d) He shall have final responsibility for the image presented by the
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− | LHE and for ensuring, as far as is possible, the authentic portrayal
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− | of life at public displays involving the LHE. All members of the
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− | Society shall fall under his jurisdiction (within the CoL) whilst they
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− | are within the bounds of the LHE. He shall work closely with the AO
| |
− | in this regard, and may amend but not lessen the force of the
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− | rulings of the AO in these matters.
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− | e) He shall instigate and maintain systems for the smooth running of
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− | the LHE. He may appoint Craft Co-ordinators to advise on matters
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− | related to any particular activity.
| |
− | f) He shall organise, in consultation with the Eolder, Training
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− | Weekends or similar events where the members of the Society may
| |
− | gain intensive skill training.
| |
− | g) He may appoint deputies, the number of which (including himself)
| |
− | shall not exceed 1.5% of the total membership of the Society,
| |
− | unless agreed otherwise by the HW. He shall co-ordinate their
| |
− | activities, and report back to the HW upon them from time to time.
| |
− | vi. The HW shall elect a Military Training Officer (MTO).
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− | a) He shall attend at least half of the Society’s major events in any
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− | one year.
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− | b) He shall oversee the training of the Society’s members who wish to
| |
− | take part in combat and other military displays within the Society.
| |
− | He shall therefore be responsible, insofar as it may be practical and
| |
− | reasonable, for the safety in use of the weapons that the Society’s
| |
− | members may employ in such displays
| |
− | c) He shall instigate and maintain a policy appertaining to the use of
| |
− | weapons. This shall be published and circulated to at least the
| |
− | members of the HW at the Society’s expense. Changes, additions
| |
− | and other modifications shall be circulated from time to time.
| |
− | d) He shall instigate, maintain and oversee a formalised system of
| |
− | training throughout the Society that will enable a member to acquire
| |
− | and progress in such weapon skills as their length of experience,
| |
− | mode of dress and rank shall allow at any particular time.
| |
− | e) He shall instigate and maintain a policy appertaining to the use of
| |
− | weapons. This shall be published and circulated to at least the
| |
− | members of the HW at the Society’s expense. Changes, additions
| |
− | and other modifications shall be circulated from time to time. He
| |
− | shall derive testing procedures that are aimed at ensuring the
| |
− | greatest safety of members participating in military displays, insofar
| |
− | as that may be possible.
| |
− | f) He shall regularly liaise with local group training officers (see C5Bix)
| |
− | with the aim of ensuring consistent training methods throughout the
| |
− | Society.
| |
− | g) He shall arrange training sessions at Society Events and, working
| |
− | with the Eolder, organise Training Weekends and other similar
| |
− | events where the members of the Society may gain intensive skill
| |
− | training.
| |
− | h) He may arbitrate in disputes that may arise from the use of
| |
− | weapons at events under the aegis of the Society. He shall share
| |
− | this responsibility equally with the MAA.
| |
− | i) He may appoint deputies, the number of which (including himself)
| |
− | shall not exceed 1.5% of the total membership of the Society,
| |
− | unless agreed otherwise by the HW. Outwith this limit, he may
| |
− | make such provision for overseas-based groups as he sees fit. He
| |
− | shall co-ordinate their activities, and report back to the HW upon
| |
− | them from time to time.
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− | vii. The HW shall elect a Master at Arms (MAA)
| |
− | a) He shall attend at least half of the Society’s major events in any
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− | one year.
| |
− | b) He shall be responsible for ensuring the safety in construction and
| |
− | authenticity in outward form of wargear that the Society’s members
| |
− | may employ in military displays at Society events. All members of
| |
− | the Society shall fall under his jurisdiction (within the CoL) whilst
| |
− | they are within the bounds of the military display area. He shall
| |
− | work closely with the AO in this regard, and may amend but not
| |
− | lessen the force of the rulings of the AO in these matters.
| |
− | c) He shall instigate and maintain a policy appertaining to the use of
| |
− | weapons. This shall be published and circulated to at least the
| |
− | members of the HW at the Society’s expense. Changes, additions
| |
− | and other modifications shall be circulated from time to time.
| |
− | d) He shall instigate, maintain and oversee a formalised system of
| |
− | visual inspection of the members of the Society and their weapons
| |
− | in advance of any military display, aimed at ensuring the safety of
| |
− | members so involved, insofar as that may be reasonable and
| |
− | practical.
| |
− | e) He shall liaise with local group leaders and training officers with the
| |
− | aim of ensuring consistent weapon quality and preparedness
| |
− | throughout the Society.
| |
− | f) He may arbitrate in disputes that may arise from the use of
| |
− | weapons at events under the aegis of the Society. He shall share
| |
− | this responsibility equally with the MTO
| |
− | g) He may appoint deputies, the number of which (including himself)
| |
− | shall not exceed 1.5% of the total membership of the Society,
| |
− | 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 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
| |
− | such records, and shall issue regulations on this matter in
| |
− | accordance with current legislation
| |
− | b) . He shall collect subscriptions and promptly issue Membership
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− | Documents
| |
− | c) He shall pay collected subscriptions into a bank account stipulated
| |
− | by the Treasurer and shall maintain a record of such transactions to
| |
− | a standard required by the Treasurer.
| |
− | d) He shall maintain an accurate figure of the membership strength of
| |
− | each local group in the Society. He shall make these figures
| |
− | available to the HW at the opening of each of its meetings.
| |
− | e) He shall work closely with the Lawspeaker in the operation of the
| |
− | Land Grant system of the Society, and shall maintain a back-up
| |
− | record of all documents relating to it. He shall inform the
| |
− | Lawspeaker if an area falls vacant under C5Axv or C4Dix above.
| |
− | f) He shall bring to the attention of the HW, through the Eolder and
| |
− | Lawspeaker, any membership application that he has reason to
| |
− | believe may be inappropriate or in breach of the CoL.
| |
− | ix. The HW shall elect a Chair (CHW)
| |
− | a) He shall attend at least 50% of the meetings of the HW in any one
| |
− | year.
| |
− | b) He shall have sole responsibility for calling meetings of the HW to
| |
− | order and maintaining order throughout the meeting.
| |
− | c) He shall have sole responsibility for recognising members of the
| |
− | HW who wish to contribute to discussions.
| |
− | d) He must neither express nor contribute opinion nor raise questions
| |
− | during meetings of the HW, but may respond to any Points of Order
| |
− | raised during the meeting.
| |
− | e) He must give immediate attention to any Points of Order by
| |
− | suspending the current discussion until the Point is resolved. He
| |
− | must directly respond to the Point and then recommence the
| |
− | current discussion by recognising the next speaker.
| |
− | f) He may adjourn a meeting, but for no longer than 24 hours.
| |
− | g) He shall have a casting vote in the event of a tie in voting by local
| |
− | group delegates.
| |
− | h) He shall have the sole responsibility for the closure of the meeting.
| |
− | i) He or the HW may appoint another person to sit as Chair pro
| |
− | tempore for a meeting or part of a meeting if it is judged by the
| |
− | voting members of the HW that he has (or may be construed as
| |
− | having) a vested interest in the matter under discussion.
| |
− | x. The HW may elect a Communications Officer (CO)
| |
− | a) He shall have a general oversight of the Society’s electronic and
| |
− | paper communications.
| |
− | b) He shall coordinate all aspects of the Society's communications and,
| |
− | where necessary and appropriate, assist the authors, editors and
| |
− | coordinators in their roles.
| |
− | i) Chronicle - The Society Journal
| |
− | ii) Clamavi - The Society Newsletter
| |
− | iii) The website
| |
− | iv) Internal mailing lists
| |
− | v) Internal web based fora
| |
− | vi) Policy Documents and Officer's Regulations
| |
− | vii) Other documents produced by the society - including the
| |
− | Handbook
| |
− | c) He shall maintain a library of documents produced within the
| |
− | Society. Members of the Society shall be able to request copies of
| |
− | documents from the library.
| |
− | d) He shall maintain the house style of internal communications and
| |
− | their method of delivery.
| |
− | e) He shall work closely with the Press and Media Officer on the
| |
− | website and external publications to maintain a consistent house style.
| |
− | They shall ensure that information is shared between these two
| |
− | spheres.
| |
− | f) When text or images are to be made available by a member or an
| |
− | officer of Regia Anglorum to the membership or the public, the
| |
− | Communications Officer shall have the right of first sight of any
| |
− | document. Where required by issues of plagiarism, copyright,
| |
− | accuracy, libel, obscenity or other legal issues, he shall be jointly
| |
− | responsible with the Press and Media Officer for the editing of text and
| |
− | images. Where matters of size, pace, readability, presentation, or other
| |
− | matters of content, are involved, he shall act where necessary in an
| |
− | advisory capacity. The author shall have the right of last choice in this
| |
− | respect.
| |
− | g) He shall act as a clearing house and archivist for documents or
| |
− | information that require communication to the Society unless otherwise
| |
− | specified by the High Witan.
| |
− | h) He shall advise and assist the society, and its officers, on technical
| |
− | matters that fall within his jurisdiction.
| |
− | xi. 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
| |
− | awareness of events and at local level to attract new members.
| |
− | b. He shall strive to raise the public profile of the society and seek new
| |
− | opportunities .
| |
− | c. He shall make it his particular concern to work closely with the Eolder
| |
− | in order to provide a prospective client with a range of publicity options.
| |
− | d. He shall procure professional design services where required and
| |
− | produce and promote a range of products for use at both Society and
| |
− | local level.
| |
− | e. He may provide a ‘Publicity Presence’ at selected shows, incorporating
| |
− | literature, membership contacts and corporate hospitality.
| |
− | f. He shall provide related support and services for the benefit of Regia
| |
− | Anglorum, it’s officers, group leaders and membership.
| |
− | g. He shall not alter or re-interpret the image or standing of the society
| |
− | nor create original information without High Witan consultation
| |
− | xii.The HW may elect a Sponsorship Officer (SO)
| |
− | a) He shall actively seek sponsorship for such items, events and
| |
− | projects as the HW may direct. He shall liase with the Eolder in this
| |
− | matter.
| |
− | b) He shall instigate and maintain contacts and good relations with
| |
− | actual and potential sponsors.
| |
− | xiii. The HW may elect a Maritime Officer (MarO)
| |
− | a) He shall have responsibility for all non-fiscal matters
| |
− | appertaining to the ship replicas that the Society shall own or have
| |
− | in its keeping from time to time.
| |
− | b) He shall ensure that the vessels are maintained in a good state
| |
− | of repair and shall liaise with the Eolder and Treasurer in this regard
| |
− | as may be necessary and reasonable.
| |
− | c) He shall maintain a record of those involved in the maritime
| |
− | aspect of the Society’s activities, and those with relevant marine or
| |
− | nautical qualifications or experience.
| |
− | d) He shall arrange training sessions at Society Events where
| |
− | practical and, working with the Eolder, organise Training Weekends
| |
− | and other similar events where the members of the Society may
| |
− | gain intensive skill training.
| |
− | e) He shall have an overview of all maritime matters within the
| |
− | Society. He shall promote the maritime aspect of the Society’s
| |
− | activities.
| |
− | f) He may appoint deputies, the number of which (including himself)
| |
− | shall not exceed 1.5% of the total membership of the Society, unless agreed
| |
− | otherwise by the HW. He shall co-ordinate their activities, and report back to
| |
− | the HW upon them from time to time.
| |
− | xiv. 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.
| |
− | b) He shall initiate and correlate research into the Church in these
| |
− | Islands in the Society’s Period of Interest.
| |
− | c) He shall promote the ecclesiastical aspect of the Society’s
| |
− | activities. He shall control the Ecclesiastical Rank system of the
| |
− | Society, in consultation with the local group leaders of members of
| |
− | the Society involved in this aspect.
| |
− | d) He shall ensure that the bounds of good taste and authenticity
| |
− | are not exceeded by the words or actions of any religious ceremony
| |
− | or display at a Society Event, or by the actions or words of himself
| |
− | or those responsible to him. He shall ensure that all religious
| |
− | ceremonies performed as part of the public displays of the Society
| |
− | are verifiable from primary sources from the Society’s Period of
| |
− | Interest. He shall advise the AO, MAA and LHC in this regard.
| |
− | e) He shall call, organise and attend meetings of all those involved
| |
− | in the ecclesiastical aspect of the Society’s displays. These
| |
− | meetings, known as Synods, may be attended by all those with an
| |
− | interest in this aspect, whether they hold ecclesiastical rank within
| |
− | the Society or not.
| |
− | f) He shall promulgate policy and regulations regarding the
| |
− | ecclesiastical aspect of the Society’s activities. This shall be
| |
− | distributed to at least the members of the HW.
| |
− | g) He may appoint deputies, the number of which (including
| |
− | himself) shall not exceed 1.5% of the total membership of the
| |
− | Society, unless agreed otherwise by the HW. He shall co-ordinate
| |
− | their activities, and report back to the HW upon them from time to
| |
− | time.
| |
− | xv. 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.
| |
− | b) He shall oversee the training of the Society’s members who wish
| |
− | to take part in combat and other missile displays within the Society.
| |
− | He shall therefore be responsible, insofar as it may be practical and
| |
− | reasonable, for the safety in use of the missile weapons that the
| |
− | Society’s members may employ in such displays
| |
− | c) He shall instigate and maintain a policy appertaining to the use
| |
− | and construction of missile weapons. This shall be published and
| |
− | circulated to at least the members of the HW at the Society’s
| |
− | expense. Changes, additions and other modifications shall be
| |
− | circulated from time to time.
| |
− | d) He shall instigate, maintain and oversee a formalised system of
| |
− | training throughout the Society that will enable a member to acquire
| |
− | and progress in such missile weapon skills
| |
− | e) He shall instigate and maintain testing procedures that are
| |
− | aimed at ensuring the greatest safety of members participating in
| |
− | missile displays, insofar as that may be possible.
| |
− | f) He shall regularly liaise with the AO, MAA, MTO and local group
| |
− | training officers (see C5Bix) with the aim of ensuring consistent
| |
− | training methods throughout the Society.
| |
− | g) He shall arrange training sessions at Society Events and at
| |
− | Training Weekends and other similar events where the members of
| |
− | the Society may gain intensive skill training. He shall work with the
| |
− | Eolder and MTO in this regard.
| |
− | h) He may appoint deputies, the number of which (including
| |
− | himself) shall not exceed 1.5% of the total membership of the
| |
− | Society, unless agreed otherwise by the HW. He shall co-ordinate
| |
− | their activities, and report back to the HW upon them from time to
| |
− | time.
| |
− | xvi. 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.
| |
− | b) He shall ensure that adequate First Aid cover is provided for all
| |
− | Society Major Events, where sufficient notice of an event has been
| |
− | given.
| |
− | c) He shall institute and maintain a record of injuries sustained by
| |
− | members of the Society
| |
− | d) He shall ensure that First Aid equipment held by the Society be
| |
− | maintained in a state of readiness. He shall ensure that Society First
| |
− | Aiders are reimbursed for personal expenditure of First Aid
| |
− | equipment (through the Society Treasurer)
| |
− | e) He shall generate specific policies regarding the provision and
| |
− | practice of First Aid within the Society.
| |
− | xvii. The HW may elect a Merchandising Officer (MeO)
| |
− | a. He shall attend at least half of the Society’s major events in any
| |
− | one year.
| |
− | .
| |
− | b. He shall manage the Society’s Merchandising Unit, and shall
| |
− | ensure that a trading stall is operated at Society Major Events as
| |
− | often as is practicable.
| |
− | c. He shall control the Society’s Merchandising Account, and shall
| |
− | return details of all transactions and levels of stock etc. to the
| |
− | Treasurer on a monthly basis. He shall agree an annual budget with
| |
− | the Treasurer for the purchase of stock and the running expenses
| |
− | of the Unit. Any profits of the Unit shall be paid back to the
| |
− | Society’s general funds on an annual basis.
| |
− | d. He shall produce a business plan annually as part of his Officer’s
| |
− | Report, and shall review this regularly.
| |
− | e. He may not make any payment relating to the purchase of stock
| |
− | from his personal accounts. In this regard attention is particularly
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− | drawn to R2iii above.
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− | f. In conjunction with the Eolder, he shall ensure that any relevant
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− | licences required to trade at an event are obtained by the Society.
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− | g. He shall give his active consent before any goods destined for the
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− | Merchandising Unit are purchased by the Society
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− | xviii The HW may elect a Wychurst Project Coordinator (WPC)
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− | a. He will be a proven member of the society with experience in
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− | managing Regia members at events, training weekends or in other
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− | situations.
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− | b. He must be prepared to be proactive in organizing and planning the
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− | project, both in current detail and forward planning.
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− | c. He must expect to attend and work at 75% of working weekends at
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− | the site.
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− | d. He will identify and encourage Regia volunteers to the project and
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− | provide assistance and advice to them in acquiring skills and
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− | materials as necessary.
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− | e. He will delegate appropriate persons to tasks and provide other
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− | persons to support them as necessary.
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− | f. He will work to promote the project both within the society and
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− | externally, providing frequent reports to the society at appropriate
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− | stages.
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− | g. He will work with the Eolder in seeking work and funding for the
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− | society, where this involves the project, and will assist in organising
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− | events and filming on the site where appropriate.
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− | 2C. Advisory Councils
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− | i. Society Officers may, at their discretion, gather around them a number
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− | of advisors.
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− | ii. These advisors must include any Deputies they may appoint under the
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− | CoL
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− | iii. These advisors must be seen to represent the whole membership of
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− | the Society, with particular regard to geographical distribution.
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− | iv. Whilst such Councils may assist Society Officers in formulating and
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− | promoting policies and rulings, their decisions are purely advisory, and
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− | are not binding on either the Officer or the HW.
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− | 2D. Co-opted Officers
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− | i. The HW may co-opt any Full, Adult Member of the Society to fulfil a
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− | specific role.
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− | ii. Such Officers must be co-opted by a vote at a meeting of the HW,
| |
− | which shall also determine the terms of reference and duration of such
| |
− | a position.
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− | iii. Co-opted Officers shall have the authority and duties of Society
| |
− | Officers within their brief.
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− | iv. Their posts shall be reviewed annually in any case.
| |
− | v. The HW may decide to promote the Co-opted Office to a Society
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− | Office. In this case R2A shall immediately apply, and an open election
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− | held.
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− | 3. Displays
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− | i. A Society Major Event is one deemed to be so by the Eolder or the HW. In
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− | general terms the parameters are as follows:
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− | a. The event is one that requires a large input from the membership
| |
− | b. The event is one which large numbers of the membership may be
| |
− | expected to attend, working from previous experience.
| |
− | c. The event is one that earns a fee of or in excess of £1000.
| |
− | ii. The membership shall be aware that the Society obtains the principal part
| |
− | of its income from public events. The majority of these events are Major
| |
− | Events, which pay the Society high fees. Major Events are the single best
| |
− | way of ensuring the future growth and success of the Society.
| |
− | iii. Major Events shall at all times take precedence over public events
| |
− | organised at local group or regional level, Training Weekends and
| |
− | banquets and similar social events. Such local events and Training
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− | Weekends shall only be booked after liaison with the Eolder, in order to fall
| |
− | under the aegis of the Society with regard to Public Liability Insurance etc.
| |
− | iv. Information regarding Major Events shall be made available to the
| |
− | membership as far in advance as is practical. Announcements or detailed
| |
− | information shall be sent out either in a mailing to the members of the HW
| |
− | or by means of the Society Newsletter. The Eolder shall have the
| |
− | responsibility of ensuring that full details of an Event are sent to at least the
| |
− | members of the HW no less than two weeks in advance of the Event.
| |
− | v. Where such details are not sent out in a general mailing such as a Society
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− | Newsletter, it is the responsibility of the local group leaders to disseminate
| |
− | the information to the members of their groups.
| |
− | vi. Leaders of local groups are required to inform the Eolder of the number of
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− | their members likely to attend an event at least seven days prior to its
| |
− | commencement.
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− | vii. Other work undertaken by Regia, such as film-work, week-long events and
| |
− | so forth may allow the Society to pay its members’ expenses, provide food
| |
− | etc. All such payments are intended to cover out of pocket expenses and
| |
− | are not to be considered as pay within the context of tax or NI. The Society
| |
− | reserves the right to claim a percentage of any fee charged by the Society
| |
− | for its members’ services to a third party, which percentage shall be
| |
− | abstracted at source.
| |
− | viii. A ‘Hosting Fee’ will normally be paid to local groups who are hosts to
| |
− | Regia for a Major Event. This is to reimburse the local group for its efforts
| |
− | in on-site management, pre and post-event activity (e.g. erection of
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− | signage etc.) and other matters. The amount is to cover the group’s
| |
− | inconvenience, any costs shall be claimed back through the Treasurer in
| |
− | the usual way. The fee shall be paid to the hosting group within seven days
| |
− | of the closure of the event. The amount shall be fixed by the HW from time
| |
− | to time.
| |
− | 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
| |
− | discussed by any person acting or purporting to act as an agent of the
| |
− | Society without the prior knowledge and written agreement of the Eolder.
| |
− | ii. Information that may lead to the booking of Society Events of any kind shall
| |
− | be referred to the Eolder with all speed, as shall all enquiries from clients,
| |
− | prospective or otherwise.
| |
− | iii. Wherever possible, but at his discretion, the Eolder shall involve the local
| |
− | group leadership in discussions with prospective clients for Society events
| |
− | that fall within the Land Grant of that local group. The intention is that all
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− | 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. A meeting (the Morning Meeting) shall be held at 1000hrs (or one hour
| |
− | before public opening, if earlier) on each day of an event. All Society
| |
− | Officers (and any of their Deputies) present at the event shall attend, along
| |
− | with a delegate from each local group attending. The LHC, MAA and MTO
| |
− | shall ensure that ‘wic leaders’ and ‘army commanders’ shall also attend if
| |
− | they be neither Officers nor group leaders. The location of the meeting
| |
− | shall be at a central part of the display area.
| |
− | ii. An Officer of the Day (O/d) shall be appointed at the beginning of the
| |
− | event. In general the leader of the local group (or a nearby group where
| |
− | there is no local group covering the event site) shall be appointed.
| |
− | a. He shall have an overview of the event and work closely with the Eolder,
| |
− | LHC and MTO to ensure its smooth running.
| |
− | b. He shall have a general responsibility for the Third Millennium Campsite
| |
− | (TMC), its organisation and placement. He shall expect the co-operation
| |
− | of the members of the Society with regard to the placement of tents and
| |
− | vehicles, and the maintenance of necessary access to all parts of the
| |
− | TMC.
| |
− | c. He shall be responsible for tidying the TMC, ensuring that toilet facilities
| |
− | are functioning, ensuring the timetable of the day is widely known and
| |
− | generally dealing with such matters as shall need his attention through
| |
− | the day. He shall have authority over the areas of the LHE and military
| |
− | display areas outside the hours of public display, and shall ensure that
| |
− | they are clear of dangerous or noxious items or substances before the
| |
− | commencement of the public display each day. He shall expect the cooperation
| |
− | of the members of the Society in this regard.
| |
− | d. He shall remain entirely sober during the hours of his responsibility.
| |
− | e. He shall have the authority of a Society Officer during the hours of his
| |
− | responsibility.
| |
− | f. With the consent of the Morning Meeting, the position of the O/d may be
| |
− | rotated among several persons throughout the event. However the
| |
− | identity of the O/d shall be known at all times.
| |
− | iii. The Morning Meeting shall also approve the appointment of a Site Safety
| |
− | Officer (SSO), on the same lines as that of the O/d. No-one shall hold both
| |
− | positions simultaneously.
| |
− | a. He shall have an overview of all aspects of site safety, on the display
| |
− | areas and the TMC. He shall be available during his hours of
| |
− | responsibility and shall be entirely sober during them. He shall deal
| |
− | expeditiously with all matters as shall require his attention.
| |
− | b. He shall have responsibility for First Aid provision at the event as the
| |
− | Society’s Appointed Person. He shall be made aware of the identity of
| |
− | all members of the Society present at the event who are known to the
| |
− | Society as First Aiders. He shall liaise with the FAC and external First
| |
− | Aid organisations if any be present.
| |
− | c. He shall have the authority of a Society Officer during his hours of
| |
− | responsibility.
| |
− | iv. The O/d and SSO shall make it their joint and several business to
| |
− | ascertain the locations of:
| |
− | a. The nearest doctor’s surgery its telephone number and the number of
| |
− | the local Out-of-Hours GP service.
| |
− | b. The nearest late opening pharmacy
| |
− | c. The nearest hospitals with a 24-hr Accident and Emergency Unit, and
| |
− | the nature of other local NHS hospitals (e.g. Minor Injury Units etc.)
| |
− | d. The nearest working public telephone with a 24-hr. 999 facility.
| |
− | They shall either know and be able to drive the route to these facilities
| |
− | themselves, or obtain the services of a car driver who does.
| |
− | v. The O/d shall also ascertain the location, nature, opening hours, telephone
| |
− | numbers etc. of local food outlets and public houses. He shall make this
| |
− | information available to the attendant membership.
| |
− | vi. The O/d, together with the local group leader shall ensure that ready
| |
− | supplies of potable water, sand and firewood, and sanitation facilities are
| |
− | available on their arrival on site, even if the Eolder has physically checked
| |
− | that such supplies and facilities will be available whilst arranging the event.
| |
− | If necessary they shall take steps to acquire such, and shall receive
| |
− | necessary remuneration from the Treasurer.
| |
− | vii. The local group leader (or nearest neighbouring group leader), shall, on
| |
− | receipt of no less than seven days written notice, arrange the transport of
| |
− | members to and from the nearest railway station and/or bus station to the
| |
− | site, if necessary.
| |
− | viii. 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
| |
− | Deputies) to ensure that any items of clothing and/or equipment intended
| |
− | for public display at any Event are:
| |
− | a. safe in their construction and use (under the relevant regulations of
| |
− | the Society Officers) and
| |
− | b. authentic for the display, bearing in mind the location and published
| |
− | dateline (if any) for the Event.
| |
− | ii. It is the duty of the AO and MAA to inform the membership of the details of
| |
− | general and wargear authenticity for Events, and they shall maintain strict
| |
− | control over this aspect of the Society’s function. The member shall bear in
| |
− | mind that, after safety, standards of authenticity are the prime and abiding
| |
− | interest of the whole Society.
| |
− | iii. Members of the Society shall not consume alcohol during the hours of
| |
− | public display of an Event, and shall be sober at any time when they
| |
− | appear in public during those hours. Members of the Society shall not
| |
− | consume tobacco products during the hours of public display of an Event
| |
− | when appearing in public and in such costume as shall connect them with
| |
− | the Society. Detailed regulation of this matter shall be in the hands of the
| |
− | O/d, MTO and LHC at Major Events.
| |
− | iv. The repeated use of foul or blasphemous language by a member of the
| |
− | Society in such contexts as may connect him with the Society, particularly
| |
− | when in the hearing of a minor or minors, the general public, or the Client
| |
− | or the Client’s agent or representative may be dealt with by means of
| |
− | immediate removal of the member from the display areas, followed by such
| |
− | action as a quorate Emergency HW shall determine. Such an EHW may be
| |
− | immediately convened.
| |
− | v. No member of the Society shall take or willingly expose himself to any form
| |
− | of non-medically prescribed drug, nor any compound that could be
| |
− | construed as such at any time when attendant at an Event, nor in any
| |
− | context that may in any way or at any time connect him with the Society,
| |
− | upon risk of immediate removal of the member from the Event, suspension
| |
− | of membership, and such action as a subsequent HW shall determine.
| |
− | Such a HW may be immediately convened.
| |
− | vi. No member of the Society shall wilfully disregard an instruction given to
| |
− | him by a relevant Society Officer (or person holding due authority at an
| |
− | Event) on a matter of health and safety, upon risk of immediate removal of
| |
− | the member from the Event, suspension of membership, and such action
| |
− | 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.
| |
− | ii. All claims made upon the Society by the membership regarding payments
| |
− | of fuel expenses for attendance at displays, where such payments have
| |
− | been announced in advance by the Eolder. shall be made on the relevant
| |
− | pro-forma and be accompanied by VAT receipts for the amount claimed.
| |
− | Local groups shall submit claims for their members, and payments shall be
| |
− | made by cheque to the local group, except in exceptional circumstances
| |
− | 4A. Group Projects
| |
− | i. Any Established 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. Decisions on such matters shall be made by an assembled HW.
| |
− | ii. A feasibility study must be prepared and presented to the HW. It shall be
| |
− | accompanied by an estimate of the amounts of money required at any
| |
− | stage, and an estimate of completed costs. Where materials or outside
| |
− | labour are required, three estimates from different sources shall be
| |
− | submitted
| |
− | iii. The local group leader shall generally be held accountable for the
| |
− | overview and accurate accounting of granted materials and money, and
| |
− | the final production of the project. The HW may appoint another person in
| |
− | his place if it sees fit. This accountability shall extend to MODERN law.
| |
− | iv. Reports of project progress shall appear in each issue of the Society
| |
− | Newsletter published during the duration of the project.
| |
− | v. No project shall last more than twelve months unless decided otherwise by
| |
− | the HWBM.
| |
− | vi. If a project is not completed within the stated time, any remaining 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
| |
− | provide such information, training and supervision as they may need for
| |
− | this purpose
| |
− | ii. The allocation of duties for safety matters and particular arrangements
| |
− | are contained in ‘Safety: Everybody's Business’ available upon request
| |
− | from the Society, and within this CoL (see R3 above). The membership of
| |
− | the Society shall remain familiar with the provisions of these documents.
| |
− | iii. The Society shall maintain an insurance policy in relation to Third Party
| |
− | Risks and Employer's Liability
| |
− | iv. The Society shall keep its safety policies up-to date, by means of regular
| |
− | reviews by the HW and/or relevant Society Officers
| |
− | v. All public displays of the Society, whether of a military nature or not, shall
| |
− | 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
| |
− | edged tools and weapons play a major part
| |
− | ii. All members of the Society shall ensure that they have all their relevant
| |
− | inoculations up to date.
| |
− | iii. All members of the Society shall institute and maintain such personal
| |
− | hygiene procedures as may be practicable when attendant at a display.
| |
− | Procedures regarding the cleanliness of food preparation and
| |
− | consumption areas and equipment shall be instituted and maintained by
| |
− | individuals and local groups.
| |
− | iv. A member taking a medicine (whether medically prescribed or not)
| |
− | 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
| |
− | method of usage. When in doubt, the relevant Society Officer shall be
| |
− | consulted.
| |
− | ii. Weapons and tools shall be kept free from rust, rot, cracks, burrs or other
| |
− | defects in their material construction.
| |
− | iii. No weapon shall be deliberately thrust into the ground at any time. 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.
| |
− | ii. Where a meeting under C4A is to be held to examine the behaviour,
| |
− | competence, actions or inactions of a member or members of the Society,
| |
− | the member or members concerned must be informed of its location and
| |
− | nature at least seven days beforehand, whether by post to their last
| |
− | known address, or by hand, with the witness of either an officer of the
| |
− | local group (for hearings at local level), or a Society Officer (for hearings
| |
− | before the High Witan). This section does not apply to meetings of the
| |
− | HW called under R3C.
| |
− | iii. The Lawspeaker must likewise be informed in advance of any such
| |
− | meeting, and shall make himself freely available to the parties to advise
| |
− | them of their rights and duties.
| |
− | iv. The member or members concerned are not obliged to attend the
| |
− | meeting. They may ask a Senior Member of the Society to speak for them
| |
− | at the meeting. There is no duty laid upon any such member to accept the
| |
− | request.
| |
− | v. Where a vote is taken either party may request that it be taken by secret
| |
− | ballot.
| |
− | vi. The proceedings of the meeting must be minuted and signed as a true
| |
− | record by both parties. Copies of minutes and relevant documentation of
| |
− | all hearings held under these regulations resulting in action under R6B
| |
− | below must be held under seal by the Lawspeaker and the local group
| |
− | leader of the member or members concerned.
| |
− | vii. Once a member or members have been cleared of any matter brought
| |
− | against them by either the local group or the HW, the matter may not be
| |
− | raised again nor appealed under 6A below. A hearing before the HW shall
| |
− | not be supplemented by action at local level, nor vice versa.
| |
− | viii. If a member resigns his membership in the period between being
| |
− | informed of a hearing and the date of that hearing, the details of the
| |
− | matter shall be forwarded to the Lawspeaker, who shall hold them under
| |
− | seal and inform the MO of the name of the member concerned. Such
| |
− | persons may not rejoin the society without consent of the HW, who shall
| |
− | examine the matter before giving their consent.
| |
− | 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
| |
− | opinion, the procedure undertaken by the group contravenes the CoL. If so,
| |
− | he shall notify the Chair of the HW, the Eolder and the parties involved
| |
− | within seven days of his receipt of the documents regarding the matter and
| |
− | shall not entertain any canvassing on the subject.
| |
− | ii. Decisions of the HW (except under R3C or above) may be appealed to the
| |
− | 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
| |
− | R6A above shall have taken place. Expelled members are not eligible to
| |
− | rejoin the Society. Where a local group has expelled a member from the
| |
− | Society, the Lawspeaker shall refer the matter to the HW for ratification.
| |
− | The member or members concerned shall be suspended from all office
| |
− | and activity within their group and the Society until the decision of the HW
| |
− | is made known. The HW shall treat such a referral as a request for an
| |
− | Emergency HW and shall act as under R1A above. If the HW fails to ratify
| |
− | the expulsion, the procedure under R6Bii shall immediately apply.
| |
− | ii. Expulsion from the Local Group. Members shall be suspended from all
| |
− | office and activity within their group and the Society immediately after any
| |
− | appeal under R6A above shall have taken place. The MO shall be informed
| |
− | by the Lawspeaker of the identities of members so affected. Such
| |
− | members must make a successful application to join another local group in
| |
− | order to re-activate their membership. No concealment of the grounds of
| |
− | expulsion shall be made, and the record of the hearing shall be made
| |
− | available by the Lawspeaker to GLs to whom application is made if they so
| |
− | desire. If no successful application is made within six weeks of the
| |
− | expulsion, no further application may be made, and the member or
| |
− | members concerned shall no longer be eligible for membership of the
| |
− | Society.
| |
− | iii. Loss of Officership (Motions of No-Confidence). Officers of a local group
| |
− | may be stripped of their offices by the local group. The HW may strip a
| |
− | Society or Co-opted Officer of his post. In the case of Society Officers, an
| |
− | election under R2 above shall be instigated as laid down. Group Offices
| |
− | shall be filled according to that group’s regulations.
| |
− | iv. Formal Censure of an Officer. An officer may be censured by his
| |
− | appointing body. Notice of such censure shall appear in the Minutes of that
| |
− | body, together with instructions (if any) as to his future actions.
| |
− | v. Re-election of an Officer. An officer may have his post put up for reelection
| |
− | by his appointing body. An officer is at liberty to stand for reelection,
| |
− | if he wishes.
| |
− | vi. Degradation. Local groups may demote their members from Earned
| |
− | Ranks and Group Honorary Ranks (see R8 below). Society Honorary
| |
− | Ranks may be removed by the HW. Earned Rank may be regained
| |
− | according to the regulations of the local group and R8.
| |
− | vii. Public Rebuke. At local group level this consists of either a notice being
| |
− | placed in the group’s newsletter (if any), or a statement being read by the
| |
− | group leader at the next local event held by the group. At Society level, a
| |
− | notice may be placed in the Society Newsletter, or a statement read by the
| |
− | Lawspeaker at the next Society Event he may be present at. Such notices
| |
− | and statements shall restrict themselves to the established facts of the
| |
− | matter and the decision of the body before which the hearing was held.
| |
− | viii. Re-Training. A member may lose the right to bear or use a weapon or
| |
− | use a LHE skill for a period of time. In this instance he must also follow the
| |
− | regulations of the relevant Society Officer before regaining the use of that
| |
− | weapon or skill.
| |
− | 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
| |
− | contravene C5.
| |
− | ii. Each local group is operated on a quasi-independent basis within the
| |
− | Society.
| |
− | iii. All members of the Society must be members of a local group.
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− | iv. Applicants for membership of the Society must apply through their local
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− | group, where one holds the Land Grant over their place of residence. Any
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− | group may recruit in land held by the Society as a whole. A group may
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− | permit an individual to join the Society through another group, but the
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− | active consent of both group leaders involved is required. A local group is
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− | not required to inform members of other groups resident within its Land
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− | Grant of local group meetings and events, although they are generally
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− | encouraged to do so.
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− | v. In addition to any sanction agreed by the HW under C5Axvi, the MO may
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− | refer applicants to another appropriate local group.
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− | vi. The MO shall be empowered to refer applicants to another local group if
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− | the local group that covers the applicant’s residence has not responded to
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− | the applicant’s initial query within a reasonable time. The MO shall make
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− | one attempt to pursue the query with the local group before referring to
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− | another local group.
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− | vii. The local group leader may be held responsible by the HW for his group’s
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− | actions.
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− | viii. Whilst local groups may make agreements between themselves, they
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− | shall not expect the Society to be bound by, or to intervene to uphold or
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− | enforce such agreements, particularly if they fall outside the scope of the
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− | CoL.
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− | ix. The Lawspeaker and Eolder shall issue detailed guidance on the practice
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− | of these Regulations where necessary.
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− | 7A: Transference of Membership
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− | i. Whilst any paid-up adult member of the Society may transfer his
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− | membership to any other local group, the Society does not encourage this
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− | practice unless the member has moved his place of residence into another
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− | group’s Land Grant.
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− | ii. If a member wishes to transfer to another group, he must inform the MO,
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− | providing written proof that:-
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− | a) He has informed his existing group leader of his intention to
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− | transfer.
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− | b) He has the consent of his new group leader for the transfer to be
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− | made
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− | c) He has sent both GLs and the MO copies of these documents.
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− | 7B: Group Management
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− | i. Local groups shall be run by the local group leader (GL), and a council of
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− | the group’s officers (particularly those required under C5) and such other
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− | Full, Adult, Paid-up members of the group as he may deem suitable.
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− | ii. Local groups may choose their GL, officers and council in any way they
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− | deem suitable.
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− | iii. The Society regards the local group council as advisory to the GL. The GL
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− | must pay due regard to the advice of his council. The GL shall hold a
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− | casting vote in addition to his own at council meetings.
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− | iv. The group council should meet at least monthly, unless prevented by
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− | exceptional circumstances. Local group officers shall attend at least half of
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− | such meetings in a calendar year. The GL has the power to dismiss group
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− | officers who fail to do so.
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− | v. Local groups shall hold a General Meeting each year, preferably on or
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− | around the 21st December. The location, date and time of such a meeting
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− | shall be circulated to the whole membership of the group at least thirty
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− | days in advance. Members of the Society shall regard attendance at their
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− | group’s General Meeting as mandatory.
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− | vi. Local groups shall meet regularly throughout the year. The GL is
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− | responsible for ensuring that combatant members of his group attend
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− | ‘battle-practice’, whether at Society or local events, or specifically
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− | organised on a local or regional basis. Such ‘battle-practice’ must fall within
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− | the Regulations produced by the MTO. The GL has the power to debar
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− | combatant members of the group from participation in military displays at a
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− | local or Society event if, in his opinion, that member has undergone
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− | insufficient training in advance of an event, or is unfit to take the field
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− | vii. The GL has the power to invite observers to any group meeting. Other
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− | group members may invite observers with the GL’s permission. Observers
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− | may not speak at meetings unless called upon, and shall be made aware
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− | of this before the start of the meeting.
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− | 7C Local Events.
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− | i. A local group may organise events only within its own Land Grant or in land
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− | held by the Society as a whole. They shall be of a nature to fall outside any
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− | or all of the parameters of Major Events as set down in R3 above. A group
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− | may permit a display to be organised on its land by another group, but the
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− | active consent of both group leaders involved is required.
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− | ii. The Society may delegate the running of an event to the local group, or to
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− | the groups in an area (an Area Show). In such cases, at the discretion of
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− | the Treasurer, some or all of the benefits normally accruing to the Society
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− | as a whole may be used primarily in the interest of the local group(s)
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− | participating in such an event.
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− | iii. Local event organisation shall follow that laid down in R3 as closely as
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− | possible. All participants in a local event must be members in good
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− | standing according to the requirements of C4 and C4B above.
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− | iv. It is a duty of the GL to inform the Eolder of a local event as far in advance
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− | as possible. Local events must be notified to the Eolder if they are to fall
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− | under the aegis of the Society with regard to insurance etc. GLs shall
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− | ensure that local events do not clash with events organised by the Society
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− | as a whole as far as is practical.
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− | 8: Rank
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− | i. No member of the Society shall expect undue deference or precedence
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− | over another because of any rank or title he may have been awarded at
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− | any time. A rank may only be used at a display by a member if he is attired
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− | in costume, wargear and/or equipment appropriate to it. The AO is
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− | empowered to make rulings regarding disputes in this area.
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− | ii. No rank or title awarded by a body within the Society shall have any
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− | relevance outside the Society or its activities.
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− | iii. No rank or title awarded by the Society shall be regarded as hereditary.
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− | iv. Where a specific title is accorded to a rank in these Regulations, that rank
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− | shall also be assumed to include all titles of equivalent ranks in the other
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− | communities within the Society’s area and period of interest.
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− | v. Awards of ranks may be revoked by the awarding body under the
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− | processes of R6 above.
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− | 8A: Earned Rank
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− | i. Probationary Members hold the lowest rank in the Society, and shall fulfil
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− | functions appropriate to unfree peasants in the society’s Period on the
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− | LHE, and the least well-equipped spearmen in the combat display area.
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− | The membership is reminded, however, that abusive behaviour towards
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− | another member of the Society is unlawful.
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− | ii. After the acceptance of the Probationary Member by his local group (under
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− | C4A), he becomes an Established Member, and should be regarded as
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− | being of the free peasantry or townspeople. This rank includes a wide
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− | variety of socio-economic classes and strata, and progress through these
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− | shall be according to the regulations of the local group, providing that
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− | suitable progress is made in the appearance and skill level of the member.
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− | iii. Progress to the rank of Senior Member is not automatic. A candidate must
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− | be able to demonstrate that he is able to adequately mentor new members
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− | of the Society, and act as a source of knowledge on any or all matters to
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− | do with the Society’s Period. Therefore, he must sit an unseen written test
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− | of his knowledge of the period, which shall not fall below a minimum
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− | standard set by the AO, who shall be sent a copy of each test before it is
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− | sat by the candidate. Senior Members shall hold a position akin to that of
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− | the nobility in the Society’s period. Suitable titles etc shall be granted to
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− | Senior Members by their local group, which shall not fall outside the
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− | boundaries of that group’s Grant of Land. The Society recommends that at
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− | least a year’s experience of the Society is necessary before considering
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− | candidacy for Senior Membership. Where strata within local nobility existed
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− | in the Society’s Period, progress within them shall be according to the local
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− | group’s regulations.
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− | iv. Where a group requires a separate military hierarchy, its structure shall be
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− | decided by the group as a whole. Quality of equipment, skill level and
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− | experience shall determine the speed of progression within such
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− | structures.
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− | 8B: Group Honorary Rank
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− | i. The leader of a local group shall be accorded the rank of a Senior Member
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− | as of right. However, where he has not passed the examination set down in
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− | R8Aiii above, he should aim to pass it at the earliest opportunity. This may
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− | be set in the first instance by that group’s Mentor Group, if necessary.
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− | ii. The leader of an Established Group shall be accorded the position of the
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− | royal representative in that group’s area. He may be elevated to his
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− | position in a public ceremony, at which the Eolder, Lawspeaker or CHW
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− | may preside.
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− | 8C: Society Honorary Rank
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− | i. The HW may choose to honour members of the Society for service over
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− | time to the Society, or for specific acts of valour or outstanding
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− | achievements in research and display. This shall be done by a vote at an
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− | assembly of the HW.
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− | ii. The HW may make a Vote of Thanks to any individual or group within the
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− | Society, to take such form as shall be appropriate in each case.
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− | iii. Where a member has served the Society well and at a high level over
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− | many years, the HW may accord him the rank of Eorl (or in highly
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− | exceptional circumstances, Æþeling). The rank of Eorl is also permitted to
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− | the current group leaders of those groups currently holding Eorldom status
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− | under C5. Promotion to Eorl or Æþeling must be marked by a public
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− | ceremony before the Eolder.
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− | iv. The Society may, by vote of the HWBM or by referendum of the whole
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− | membership, elect one individual at any one time to hold its titular
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− | headship. Such a person shall be accorded the title of King. Kingship shall
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− | be renewed every three years.
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− | v. The title of Archbishop may only be granted by the HW, to one individual
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− | whose active service to the Society’s ecclesiastical displays has been
| |
− | exceptional and prolonged. All other progression within the ecclesiastical
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− | structure of the Society shall be governed by the EcclO.
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− | vi. The title of Staller may only be granted by the HW, to one individual
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− | whose active service to the Society’s military displays has been exceptional
| |
− | and prolonged. All other progression within the military structure of the
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− | Society shall be governed at group level under R8Aiv above.
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− | vii. The title of Discthegn may only be granted by the HW, to one individual
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− | whose active service to the Society’s LH displays has been exceptional
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− | and prolonged.
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− | viii. Society Honorary Rank confers no benefit regarding a vote or right of
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− | audience at the HW.
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− | Here end the Regulations of Regia Anglorum, the second volume of Version 6
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− | of the Code of Law, passed by vote of the High Witan January 2000, and as
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− | variously amended by the High Witan at Birmingham.
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− | Martin Williams, Lawspeaker
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− | pp
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− | Oswiu Eadulfing iurisdictor
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