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Policies of the KINGDOM MINISTER OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

1. It is the responsibility of this office to ensure that anyone wishing to study, teach, demonstrate, display, or practice an art or science of the Middle Ages has the opportunity to do so.
2. We support and encourage the organization of educational opportunities such as classes, workshops, guilds, demonstrations, publications, forums, displays and competitions, to promote the interaction and communication of artisans and scholars within our society.
   
3. Information regarding demos is shared with the Chatelaine.
   

1. REQUIREMENTS OF THE KINGDOM OFFICE
   1. Know and understand Corpora and Kingdom Laws.
   2. Report Quarterly to the Society A&S Officer.
   3. Report on the state of this office including a Roster at Curia and Coronation.
   4. Designate an emergency deputy, Regional deputies, and Aecademy Chancellor.
   5. Maintain a Roster of all A&S Officers in the Kingdom.
   6. May recognize one new Fellow of the Aecademy per Reign.
   
   
2. REQUIREMENTS OF THE LOCAL A&S OFFICER
   1. Meet the age and membership requirements as set forth in Corpora and Kingdom Law. Receive the Aestel.
   2. Group officers are required to maintain files, answer correspondence, have a designated emergency deputy, comply with Corpora and Kingdom Law, and file quarterly reports, via your regional deputy, with the Kingdom MOAS.
   3. Reporting dates are March 1, June 1, Sept. 1, and December 1. Officers who fail to report twice consecutively may be removed from office. The deputy or group Seneschal will be expected to report until the group selects a new officer. Officers with consistently late or poor reports may have action taken toward them.
   4. You are required to report on at least two workshops every year within your group, as well as conduct at least one A&S display or competition during one of your group's yearly events or meetings. Group projects are also encouraged.
   5. Local A&S officers are selected by their group. To be officially rostered to your post, you must submit a letter to the KMoAS, via your regional deputy, of your group's decision, containing at a minimum: your group's name, your SCA and legal names, mailing address, a statement that you have been elected the local A&S officer, a copy of your Kingdom newsletter mailing label, and proof of membership. Also a letter from both the previous A&S officer and the local seneschal. This letter should reflect that you are, in fact, the newly selected officer. You will remain the rostered A&S officer for your local group until the Kingdom MOAS, via your regional deputy, receives a letter of your resignation or letters that install your replacement.
   
   
3. REQUIREMENTS OF THE KINGDOM DEPUTIES
   1. There is a deputy for each region in the Kingdom. Deputies will meet the requirements listed above for local A&S officers. They keep a roster of local officers within their region.
   2. Regional deputies serve as a line of communication between the KMOAS and the local groups. They will collect reports from their region to pass on to the KMoAS. They shall be required to support the organization of educational opportunities, instruct on the local level, and bring any unresolved difficulties to the attention of this office for resolution. Further, they may be called upon to represent this office in the event that the Kingdom MOAS cannot attend an event in that region.
   3. Other deputies may be appointed on an as-needed basis. Deputies may be appointed to act as a guild liaison, compile a directory of A&S teachers and their subjects, assist in the publication of an A&S newsletter, etc.
   4. A Web Minister will be appointed to administer the A&S web site.
   
   
4. POLICIES OF THE ĘTHELMEARC ĘCADEMY
   The Ęcademy shall serve the populace by providing a forum whereby the populace may teach and learn, disseminate research through publications, discussions and displays of arts and sciences. It will be an educational resource by maintaining teacher and class lists that local scholas may call upon. It may publish a proceedings and maintain a web page. It will host educational events that rotate throughout the Kingdom.
   1. There will be one session of the Ęcademy per reign. One session is in the Kingdom Rotation, during the summer reign. The preferred date of this session is the third weekend of June and must be approved by the Royalty and Kingdom Seneschal per Article VIII of Kingdom Law. The other session of the Ęcademy will be held during the winter reign. The preferred date of this session will be in November. Preferrably this session will be held in a region opposite the previous or subsequent session. This session will follow the same rules as for all other local-level events scheduled in the kingdom.
   2. The Kingdom-level session will rotate through the 5 regions, beginning with Region 1 in June of 2002. The winter session will also rotate but has no set schedule.
   3. Officers of the Ęcademy

      Chancellor

      A deputy to the Kingdom Minister of Arts and Sciences and is appointed by the KMoAS with approval of the Crown. Makes reports after each session and before Curia to the KMoAS. Keeps track of teachers and classes in Ęthelmearc. Keeps track of rotation of sessions around the regions.

      Provost

      Emergency deputy to the Chancellor, appointed by the Chancellor with approval of the KMoAS.

      Regents

      Also regional deputies to the Kingdom Minister of Arts and Sciences and are appointed by the KMoAS. Assist the Chancellor in keeping track of teachers and classes in their region.

      Dean of the War College

      Appointed by the Chancellor with approval of the KMoAS. Arranges for teachers in the Martial areas.

      Ęcademy Web Minister

      Appointed by the Chancellor with approval of the KMoAS. Administers the Aecademy web page.

      Further details and responsibilities of all officers are outlined in the Ęcademy Handbook.

      Ęcademy Funds and Expenses -- Funds shall be held by the Kingdom Exchequer with a cap of $1,200.00. Funds exceeding that amount may roll over first to the Arts and Sciences Office and second to the Historians Offices with a cap of $500.00 each. Once those caps are reached funds go into the general fund. Expenses include funds for management of the website, publication costs of proceedings, teacher honnorariums, student/teacher evaluation forms, teacher thank you's, office expenses. Requests for reimbursement will be channeled through the KMoAS as per the Kingdom Exchequers policies.

      Ęcademy Fees -- Per Kingdom Law the Kingdom rotation session is a Kingdom Fundraiser with a suggested donation by the hosting group of 50% of the profits earmarked for the Ęcademy. The Ęcademy will not collect any other fees for this session. For the session not on the Kingdom Rotation, a donation to the AEcademy may be discussed with the hosting group, but is not a requirement.

      For each of these sessions the local Exchequer of the group sponsoring the session will file an Event Financial report with the Kingdom Exchequer and the Chancellor, recording the amount the hosting group is donating to the Ęcademy within 30 days of the event.

   
   

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