[Ponte Alto] 18 May 3013 - Curia Regis at Royal Atlantian Archery Day, starting at 9:30am

[Adina]

For all those who have had questions or haven't seen this (many folks have
been asking at the last few events I have attended), Their Majesties will
be holding a Curia at SSAD (below is an excerpt from the April Acorn):

We will be holding a Curia Regis at Royal Atlantian Archery Day on May 18th
starting at 9:30am at
Christ Church Old Durham Parish,
8700 Ironsides Road,
Nanjemoy, MD 20662.
Proposed wording is published in the April Acorn electronic supplement.
The Agenda is as follows:
4.4
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Officers of State
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updating
5.1
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Great Officers of State
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updating & change wording to comply with Corpora
6.8 Exclusion of other Offices & Appointments of Territorial Barons and
Baronesses
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wording change
6.9 Polling of Confidence of Territorial Barons and Baronesses
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wording changes
7.3 Kingdom Events Defined
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wording changes
7.10 Kingdom Event Rotations
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wording change and section removal
7.12 Other Branch Events
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wording changes
8.3 Court Baron / Court Baroness
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remove section
8.8
Kingdom Awards
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adding 2 new awards
8.14 Verbal Polling Record Requirements
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change minimum number of members needed
11 Symbols of Rank
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moving section to appendix
14.1 Complaint Procedure
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wording changes
14.6 Sanctions
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wording changes
Add a new Appendix labeled "F
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Traditions and Customs"
*renumbering of any section affected by changes
The Acorn
4
April 2013
The following are the changes to Atlantian Law made by Vladimir and Kalisa
following their Curia held at Ymir in February 2013
Section 1.2 changed to read:
In accordance with Corpora IV F, laws must be proclaimed in order to take
effect. Laws must be submitted for publishing in the
Kingdom Newsletter, “The Acorn”, at or before the Crown's last court to be
valid. The law changes shall not be published without electronic approval
from the Crown.
New section 1.4 added:
1.4
Kingdom Legal Committee
The Kingdom Legal Committee shall consist of three members:
•
One of whom is the Clerk of Law, the committee chair, in accordance with
section 5.14.3.
•
One appointed by the Kingdom Seneschal.
•
One appointed by the Crown. The member appointed by the Crown must be a
member of a Peerage.
1.4.1
The Kingdom Legal Committee shall convene at least twice a year to review
any changes to Corpora, Society Policy, Kingdom
Law, and Kingdom Policy to identify and review any possible conflicts.
As a minimum, the committee shall meet in the 60 days prior to each
Coronation.
1.4.2
The Kingdom Legal Committee shall provide recommendations for changes to
Kingdom Law or Policy within 14 days following C
oronation to the Kingdom Seneschal, the Crown, and any Great Officer whose
policies are affected.
1.4.3
The initial term of office is hereby defined as three (3) years.
Other than the Clerk of Law, whose tenure is defined by section 5.5,
subsequent renewal terms for other Legal Committee members are two (2)
years. Members who wish to serve an additional term may request it. The
request must be approved by the Kingdom Seneschal, the Crown, and the other
Committee members.
1.4.4
Any member of the Kingdom Legal Committee may be removed with the consent
of the Kingdom Seneschal and the Crown.
Three bullets added to Section 2.1:
•
Document all pollings, both written and verbal, for all Polling Orders for
pollings conducted during Their reign.
•
Maintain a complete record of all awards given during Their reign.
•
Maintain any regalia entrusted to the Crown.
Notify Kingdom Chamberlain immediately if regalia is lost and/or damaged in
any way.
Section 2.6 changed to read:
2.6
Royal Records
2.6.1 Royal Records are defined as:
•
Polling records for all Order pollings (Written and Verbal) for pollings
conducted during the course of Their reign, whether acted upon or not,
including all commentary.
•
All correspondence concerning sanctions, complaints, or investigations in
progress, including emails, notes, letters, and all other records relating
to these.
•
Pending correspondence in relation to treaties or charters.
•
Pending official correspondence from any Society Officer.
2.6.2
Baronial pollings and Pollings of Confidence must be destroyed at the
completion of a Reign.
2.6.3
Transfer of Royal Records
•
The outgoing Crowns must transfer all Royal Records to Their Successors no
later than seven (7) days after Coronation.
•
All Treaties and related correspondence shall also be transferred to the
Kingdom Seneschal within seven (7) days of Coronation.
•
Copies of all correspondence concerning sanctions, complaints, or
investigations in progress, including emails, notes, and records, must also
be transferred to the Kingdom Seneschal no later than seven (7) days after
Coronation.
•
Copies of any pending official correspondence from any Society Officer must
also be transferred to the Kingdom Seneschal no later than seven (7) days
after Coronation. Bullet added to section 3, defining an Emergency Curia

An Emergency Curia Regis is defined as an assembly called by the Crown in
order to consult and receive advice on the administration and governance of
the Kingdom for the limited purpose of resolving conflicts between modern
law, Corpora, Society Policy, and/or some other Society directive and
Kingdom Law.  No other business may be conducted at an Emergency Curia.

Section 3.3 modified to read:
Notification for meetings of Curia Regis shall include:
•
The date, time, place (event), agenda must be announced in the Kingdom
Newsletter, “The Acorn” at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of
Curia.
•
The proposed wording for any Kingdom law changes must be published in the
Kingdom Newsletter, “The Acorn”, or in the Kingdom newsletter’s electronic
supplement at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of Curia.  If
proposed wording is published in the electronic supplement, the curia
announcement in the kingdom newsletter must specifically state that the
proposed wording is in the electronic supplement.
•
Emergency meetings of Curia Regis shall be called by an emergency mailing
to the members of Curia Regis.  This notification shall be sent at least
ten (10) days before the date of Curia and shall include the reason for the
emergency meeting.  An emergency meeting shall be limited to the topic(s)
listed in the letter of notification.
Bullet added to section 5.14.3

Represent the Kingdom Seneschal’s office on the Kingdom Legal Committee and
act as the committee chair
First bullet of section 7.4 changed to read:

The Kingdom Event Bid Coordinator, the committee chair, in accordance with
5.14.6.
Section 7.4.1 changed to read:
7.4.1
Kingdom Event Bid Committee Tenure and Renewal Terms
The initial term of office is hereby defined as three (3) years. Other than
the Kingdom Event Bid Coordinator, whose tenure is defined by section 5.5,
subsequent renewal terms are two (2) years. Members who wish to serve an
additional term may request it.  The request must be approved by t
he appropriate Great Officer of State, the Crown, and the other Committee
members.
New section 7.4.2 added:
7.4.2
Kingdom Event Bid Committee Member Removal
Any member of the Kingdom Event Bid Committee may be removed with the
consent of the appointing officer (Kingdom Seneschal or, the Kingdom
Exchequer), and the Crown.
Last bullet of section 8.12 changed to read:

All verbal pollings must take place at an Order meeting at an event that
has appeared on the Kingdom Calendar.
Two additional bullets added to section 8.12:

A verbal polling is only open for the duration of the Order meeting in
which the polling is conducted.

Order members must be present at the meeting in which the verbal polling is
conducted to be included in the verbal polling.  Verbal pollings may not be
conducted by proxy.
An additional bullet added to section 8.14:

A record of each Order Member’s response (Yes, No, or Abstain)
Major bullets under section 10.1 were numbered as 10.1.1, 10.1.2, and 10.1.3



-- 
  Adina

Baronessa di Ponte Alto
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