REVISED AGENDA FOR THE 2007 MEETING OF THE 
IMPERIAL ESTATES OF THE EMPIRE OF CHIVALRY
AND STEEL, INC.

I.	Roll Call

	A.	Sovereigns of the Kingdoms.
		1.	HRM Sanguinius Incarnadine (Galandor)
		2.	HRM Mina Vaughn (Galandor)
		3.	HRM Elric Bishop III (Ostgard)
		4.	HRM Sir Kavin FitzMattlocke (Vega)

	B.	Imperial Electors and Members of the Imperial Estates
		1.	Earl Sir Maxmillian Des Pegases
		2.	Contessa Dame Isabeau Des Pegases
		3.	Dame Emlyn Vigamor Enke Ulfgud
		4.	Contessa Dame Chimera the Cleric
		5.	Earl Sir Siegfried Von Lubeck
		6.	Marquessa Dame Kyrie McKay
		7.	Viscount Sir Largo Eximas
		8.	Contessa Dame Damaris
		9.	Dame Ginevra Della Cascata
		10.	Lord Sir Otto de Bear
		11.	Duke Don Sir Michel de Pictramala
		12.	Earl Sir Vladimir Tolos
	
	C.	Members of the Board of Directors
		1.	Earl Sir Vladimir Tolos
		2.	Lady Dame Vladis Gydja
		3.	Lord Sir Paul de Marseilles
		4.	Lord Sir Coniach McCleod
		5.	Baron Sir Ian Michel Pact

II.	Announcements
	A.	Announcement from President of the Board of Directors

III.	Reports from Imperial Officers
	A.	Imperial Minister of Combat
	B.	Imperial Mistress of Arts
	C.	Imperial Mistress of Rolls
	D.	Imperial Exchequer
	E.	Imperial Sovereign of Arms
	F.	Imperial Web Minister

IV.	Old Business
	There is presently no old business on the Agenda.

V.	New Business

	A.	Ministry Projects for Imperial Officers and Members of the Board of Directors

		1.	Motion to Appoint Judges and/or Approve Ministry Projects for the following Imperial Officers:

			a.	HRM Dame Mina Vaughn (Imperial Mistress of Rolls);
			b.	VisCountess Dame Mynwyn verch Gruffydd (Imperial Mistress of Combat);
			c.	Barra Dame Selene Ravenscar (Imperial Mistress of Arts and Sciences);
			d.	Baron Sir Gaelen O’Flaharty (Imperial Web Master); and
			e.	Duke Don Sir Michel (Imperial Sovereign of Arms).

		Rationale: Each of these Imperial Officers have contributed their time and effort
		on behalf of the Empire.  Their dedication to this Empire should be rewarded.

		Submitter: Lord Sir Paul de Marseilles, KCv, KB

		2.	Motion to Appoint Judges and/or Approve Ministry Projects for the following members of the Board of Directors:

			a. 	Earl Sir Vladimir Tolos (President);
			b.	Lady Dame Valdis Gydja (Vice President);
			c.	Lord Sir Paul de Marseilles (Secretary); and
			d.	Lord Sir Ian Michael Pact (Sgt. of Arms).

		Rationale: Each of these members of the Imperial Board of Directors have contributed significant time, effort and energy to this Empire.  Their dedication and time to the Empire should be rewarded.

		Submitter: Lady Dame Valdis Gydja, KCv, LoC

	B.	Election of Members for the Imperial Board of Directors and Imperial Officers.
		1.	President
			a.	Earl Sir Vladimir Tolos, KP, KMn
			b.	VisCount Sir Justin Case, KCv, KA 	
2.	Vice President
			a.	Baroness Dame Anne of Brackley, KMn
		3.	Secretary 
			a.	Lord Sir Paul de Marseilles, KCv, KB
			b.	Sir Lassidor Vandolini, KMn, KB
		4.	Treasurer
			a.	Lord Sir Otto der Bear, KP
		5.	Sgt of Arms
			a.	Viscountess Dame Mynwyn verch Gruffydd
		6.	Minister of Combat
			a.	HRM Sanguinius Incarnadine, KMn, KB
		7.	Mistress of Rolls and Lists
			a.	HRM Mina Vaughn, KA, KMn
		8.	Sovereign of Arms
			a.	Duke Sir Michel de Pietramala, KA, KP

	C.	Approval of Revised Imperial Manuals and/or Handbooks

		1.	Motion to Adopt the Revised Imperial Handbook of Ministry [submitted by Baroness Dame Mina Vaughn]
			Please see Proposed Manual on the Imperial Website.

		2.	Motion to Adopt the Revised Imperial Manual of Combat [submitted
			by Viscountess Dame Mynwyn verch Gruffydd]
			Please see Proposed Manual on the Imperial Website.

3.	Emergency Motion to Adopt the Revised Imperial Manual of Court Procedures
By Lord Sir Lassidor Vandolini
Please see Proposed Manual on the Imperial Website.

	D.	Proposals for Adoption by the Imperial Estates-Kingdom Status

		1.	Proposal No. 1 for Amendment to the L.I. and Related Documents (Formerly No. 23)

		Proposal for modifications to the L.I. and related documentation governing the ECS:

		To formally revoke the Kingdom status for the Kingdom of Ostgard. This geographical area is to revert to a Territory of Galandor until such time as (1) Ostgard increases its membership to at least 20% of paid memberships for a period of time of one year, (2) registers as a foreign corporation in all states where it has membership and (3) provides quarterly financial statements to the Imperial Treasurer/Exchequer.

		Rationale: In order to ensure and promote the future viability and prosperity of the ECS as a nationwide organization, all Kingdoms must pull their own weight, attempt to recruit members, and promote this organization in their specific geographical locations.

		The Kingdom of Ostgard has failed to (1) promote the ECS, (2) to further the educational mandate of this organization, and (3) to recruit new members in the last several years. There has been no significant membership increase since 2001. Pursuant to the L.I., the requirement for Kingdom status is at least 125 paid members. The Kingdom of Ostgard currently has less than 20 members according to the Imperial Rolls and Lists. These membership numbers are less than many Baronies in the other two Kingdoms. Even if we go with their numbers, it is still only 12% of the entire Empire. In addition, there have been no visible efforts on the part of this Kingdom to stem or reverse this continuing decline in membership. There have been no visible efforts at furthering the educational mandate of this organization through demonstrations, collegiums, or other forums. There has been little to no visible efforts at expanding this Kingdom beyond its limited geographical area. Instead, this Kingdom appears to continue to shrink. This continual and repeated failure on the part of this Kingdom is simply not fair to the other Kingdoms which are making a concerted effort to promote the educational mandate of this organization, to increase its membership, and to provide vehicles of growth in other states. If the ECS is to grow and prosper in this area of the United States, aggressive action must be taken to ensure the vitality of this organization.

		The Kingdom of Ostgard has continually failed in their corporate responsibilities and/or impeded the progress of this Corporation. This Kingdom has consistently refused to provide financial statements and related information by the due dates mandated by the Internal Revenue Service. Ostgard has failed to register as a foreign corporation for all of its Marches in violation of mundane law. These failures have placed the Empire of Chivalry and Steel, Inc. at risk of losing its educational non-profit federal status.

		The current decline of the Kingdom of Ostgard threatens to impede the progress of this Empire on so many levels that it has become a detriment rather than a benefit.

		Submitter: Contessa Dame Chimera the Cleric, KP

	E.	Proposal for Adoption by the Imperial Estates-Knighthoods and Related Privileges

		1.	Proposal No. 2 for Amendment to the L.I. and Related Documents (Formerly No. 9)

		Change Section VII (B) (1) (a)-Advancement & Knighthood, Kingdom and Imperial Peer Circles, which provides as follows:

		“For the first and second ranks of Knighthood, the Peers of the Kingdom where the petitioner resides shall sit in Circle to determine the petitioner's eligibility for advancement. The petitioner shall have the right to present their case for advancement to this Peer Circle. This can be done in person, print, or electronically-whatever is deemed appropriate by the Peers. Any approval of a candidate must be made by 2/3 majority of the Peers in attendance either by person, by phone, or by proxy. The votes of all Peers not in attendance shall be considered as abstentions and Abstentions are not valid votes; Abstentions do not affect the outcome.”

		Change to the following:

		First Level Knighthoods
		The Peers of the Kingdom from all three tiers of Knighthood, where the petitioner resides shall sit in circle for all first level petitioners to determine their eligibility. The petitioner shall have the right to present their case for advancement to this Peer Circle. This can be done in person, print, or electronically-whatever the Peers deem appropriate. The vote for approval or disapproval of the petitioner shall fall to the tier of Knighthood that the Peers in attendance either in person, by phone, or by proxy. The votes of all Peers not in attendance shall be considered as abstentions. Abstentions are not valid votes; Abstentions do not affect the outcome.

		Second Level Knighthoods
		The Peers of the Kingdom from all three tiers of Knighthood with rank of second and/or third level, where the petitioner resides shall sit in circle for all second level petitioners to determine their eligibility. The petitioner shall have the right to present their case for advancement to this Peer Circle; this can be done in person, print, or electronically-whatever the Peers deem appropriate. The vote for approval or disapproval of the petitioner shall fall to the tier of Knighthood that the petitioner is advancing into. Any approval of a candidate must be made by 2/3 majority of the Peers in attendance either in person, by phone, or by proxy. The votes of all Peers not in attendance shall be considered as abstentions. Abstentions are not valid votes; Abstentions do not affect the outcome.

		Rationale: I feel that Knighthood is Knighthood. It does not matter what tier the Knighthood is obtained in. I feel that Knights from all Tiers should have a right to speak on any candidate no matter the Tier that the candidate is advancing into.

		Submitter: Duke Don Sir Michel de Pietramala, KA, KP
		
		2.	Proposal No. 3 for Amendment to the L.I. and Related Documents (Formerly No. 19)

		Change Section V-B.8 to the following:

		8. In the event that a member holds multiple voting privileges in the Imperial Estates due to elected position, rank, past service or Crown, the member shall be limited to only voting in a single capacity; all others are forfeit.
		a. This does not preclude the member from holding another member's proxy.
		b. A sovereign position must be the predominant position and anyone holding multiple votes must forfeit all save the Sovereign Position.
		c. If a co-sovereign also holds a Board position, They must exercise the Board Vote and the other Co-Sovereign must exercise the Sovereign vote.
		Rationale: The kingdom whose ruler is also a board member should not be punished because of it. A similar item was falsely noted being addressed in the L.I. Version 14 and therefore no action was taken on the item. This item includes a significant change to which votes take precedence.

		Submitter: Sir Lassidor Vandolini, KMn, KB

		3.	Proposal No. 4 for Amendment to the L.I. and Related Polices (Formerly No. 16)
		
		Modify Section VII, D, 5 to the following:

		"5. During combat Tournaments. All members of any Peerage will give Chivalry, or a warning that they do not, to all combatants prior to the match".

		Rationale: Since Knights of all tiers are still Knights, I believe that all knights should be bound by the same ideal of chivalry. This item was falsely noted that this problem has already been address in L.I. Version 14 and therefore no action was taken on the item.

		Submitter: Sir Lassidor Vandolini, KMn, KB

	F.	Proposals for Adoption by the Imperial Estates-Financial Proposals

		1.	Proposal No. 5 for Amendments to the L.I. and Related Policies (Formerly #21)

		“Add Section IV.F.2.e (Territorial Exchequer)
		e.  deposit membership checks from their territory into the Imperial Bank Account.
		f.  provide copies of deposited checks and membership forms to their Imperial counterpart by any of the following methods:
		1.  Email a copy of the membership form and check and send a copy of the check and original membership form to the Imperial Exchequer or
		2.  Email a copy of the check and membership form to the Imperial Exchequer and Imperial Rolls Minister/Mistress.

		Rationale: This modification will allow the Exchequers closest to their populace the ability to take care of memberships within their territory.  It will speed up the process and spread the work load of the Imperial position.  As long as the Territorial Exchequers send the Imperial Exchequer the paper work, the organization should be the same.  The Imperial Exchequer will also be able to cross reference the sent in paper work to the deposits in the account.

		Submitter: Samantha Revena, Exchequer and Castelian of Polaris.

		2.	Proposal No. 6 for Amendment to the L.I. and Related Policies (Formerly #11)

		“Change Section II, F, 6 of the L.I. (Membership and Dues) which provides,
		6.  The division of Membership dues is:
		     a. 	Per adult participating member:
			i. $10.00 ($100.00 from Lifetime memberships) to the Corporation for insurance and operating costs;
			ii. $5.00 ($50.00 from Lifetime memberships) to the Imperium for the membership Cards and other operating costs;
			iii. $10.00 ($100.00 from Lifetime memberships) to the Kingdom for operating costs. And
		b. 	All additional funds from family memberships to the Corporation for insurance and operating costs.

		Do away with any refunding of any part of the dues paid to the Empire to be paid out to any part of the Empire as stated in Section F EXPENDITURES, subsection 6 of the L.I.

		Rationale: With the rising cost of the Insurance, Web Site, et. al., the Empire should never have to ask for help. I realize that they can just take the money they need from any chapter, but why put the BOD in that position. I feel that all dues paid to the Empire should stay at the Imperial level and not be given to a Kingdom, Principality, March, etc. for them to put into their coffers when they can go out and do their own fund raising.

		Submitter: Duke Don Sir Michel de Pietramala, KA, KP

		3.	Proposal No. 7 for Amendment to the L.I. and Related Policies (Formerly #4)

		To Change the following Policy of the Imperial Estates:

		“9. To insure the fiscal solubility of the Imperium, the dues split mentioned in the Leges Imperium Section II E 6 a & b are waived. All funds from memberships will be maintained by the ECS Inc. Imperium. Kingdoms with financial need are able to request funds from Imperial in order to protect from damage. Otherwise, Kingdom are encouraged to seek other means of insuring fiscal solubility. This item is to be stricken unless upheld after one year and be reviewed each year by the Imperial Estates. [Published January 2003]”

		Change to:

		“Any Kingdoms’ request for membership funds approved by the Imperial, the
		Imperial Exchequer will remit the funds to the Sovereign Territory, their share of
      		Dues collected for the year.  It is the responsibility of the sovereign territory to
		partition the monies to their subject territories.”

		Rationale: To help understand how fund requests work.

		Submitter: Duke Don Sir Michel de Pietramala, KA, KP

		4.	Proposal No. 8 for Amendment to the L.I. and Related Policies (Former #12)

		Change Section II (F)(9) of the L.I. which provides,

		“9. The unexpired portion of membership dues for a current member may be refunded upon receipt of a written request for refund from said member.”

		Proposal is strike this provision and do away with the refunding of dues to anyone for any reason and should indicate that on the membership forms and remove any reference to refunding dues from the L.I.

		Submitter: Duke Don Sir Michael de Pietramala. KA, KP

		5.	Proposal No. 9 for Amendment to the L.I. and Related Policies (Former #13)

		Change Section II (F)(5) of the L.I. which provides,

		“5. Membership dues may be increased only by 2/3rds of the Imperial Estates.

		The proposal is to raise the membership dues to $35 full, $25 family with no cap due to the increase of costs that the Empire has encountered with insurance, web site, etc..

		Rationale: I understand that it may be harder for a large family to pay the dues but why should a person with a large family be treated better than the ones that do not have large families.

		Submitter: Duke Don Sir Michel de Pietramala, KA, KP	

		6.	Proposal No. 10 for Amendments to the L.I. (Formerly #2)

		“Due to the rising cost of membership in the Empire and the desire of the Empire to keep the membership dues at a minimum, the Empire should retain 100% of the membership dues of each member. Any funds remaining at the end of the year are to be split between the kingdoms equally or are to be used to have a non-interested third party CPA do the annual taxes for the Empire on a yearly basis. It is the responsibility of the Imperial Exchequer to provide said CPA with everything they need to do the annual taxes in a timely manner. It is the responsibility of each of the Kingdoms to do their own fundraisers, demo, et. al. to raise money for their own Kingdom events.”

		Rationale: The retention of membership dues would allow the Empire to absorb the rising costs for insurance, Officer and Director insurance, membership cards, website fees and other fees that have arisen and continue to arise throughout the year. This proposal would also reduce the stress and strain on the Board of Directors and the Empire to get the taxes done on a timely basis. It would also ensure that the taxes would be done by a disinterested party who has no interest in our group other than to do the taxes. Finally, it would also allow the Empire to keep the fees and costs down for the current and new members.

		Submitter:  Dame Isabella Marie, KMn

		7.	Proposal No. 11 for Amendment to the L.I. and Related Policies (Formerly #24)

		To delete the following sections of the L.I. and renumber the L.I. accordingly:

		Section V, B, 2, f;

		Section V, B, 6, g; and

		Section V, E, 3, g.

		Rationale: These sections of the L.I. deal with re-imbursement for travel. Since it was decided at the last Imperial Estates Meetings that all future meetings would be held telephonically, these clauses are now obsolete and should be removed from the L.I..

		Submitter: Sir Lassidor Vandolini, KMn, KB

		8.	Proposal No. 12 for Amendment to the L.I. and Related Policies  (Formerly #8)
		
		Revisit Section IX, Part B, Item 8 of the L.I. The proposal is to either delete or rework this section as decided by the Imperial Estates.

		Rationale: As it currently stands, this item is impossible to fulfill. In fact, this item has been bypassed for a great deal of time. This item would require multiple P.O Boxes which would cause numerous issues.

		Submitter: Marquis Squire Gerrit Kendel

		9.	Proposal No. 13 for Amendment to the L.I. and Related Policies (Former #3)

		To change the following Policy of the Imperial Estates:

		“8. Effective May 1, 1998, all membership dues are to be paid directly to the Imperial P.O. Box. On a weekly basis, the Imperial Exchequer will process all memberships received and will transfer the original signed copy of the membership form to the Imperial Rolls Officer, keeping a photocopy of the form on file for the Imperial Exchequer's office. The Imperial Rolls office will then, on a weekly basis, update the rolls information and send out Imperial membership cards directly to members. Once a month, the Imperial Exchequer will remit to the Sovereign Territories, their share of dues collected that month. It is the responsibility of the sovereign territory to partition the moneys to their subject territories. It is the responsibility of the Imperial Rolls officer to provide updated information to the territorial rolls officers and chroniclers on a monthly basis. This can be done by either sending out mailing labels to each, or the information can be transmitted electronically, and it will be their responsibility to update their files. Approved by the Board of Directors 02/01/08"

		Change to:
		Effective January 1, 2007, all membership dues are to be paid directly to a Imperial P.O. Box located in the area of the Imperial Exchequer. It will be the responsibility of the Imperial Exchequer to update the address section on the membership form and to send to all appropriate officers. On a weekly basis, the Imperial Exchequer will process all memberships received and will transfer the original signed copy of the membership form to the Imperial Rolls Officer, keeping a photocopy of the form on file for the Imperial Exchequer's office. The Imperial Rolls officer will then, on a weekly basis, update the rolls information and send out Imperial membership cards directly to the members. It is the responsibility of the Imperial Rolls officer to provide updated information to the Territorial Rolls Officers and chroniclers on a monthly basis. This can be by either sending out mailing labels to each, or the information can be transmitted electronically, and it will be their responsibility to update their files.

		Rationale: To help the business of the Empire flow more smoothly.

		Submitter: Duke Don Sir Michel de Pietramala, KA, KP

		10.	Proposal No. 14 for Amendment to the L.I. and Related Policies (Formerly #14)

		To change the following Policy of the Imperial Estates:

		From the following:
		“8. Effective May 1, 1998, all membership dues are to be paid directly to the Imperial P.O. Box. On a weekly basis, the Imperial Exchequer will process all membership received and will transfer the original signed copy of the membership form to the Imperial Rolls Officer, keeping a photocopy of the form on file for the Imperial Exchequer's office. The Imperial Rolls office will then, on a weekly basis, update the rolls information and send out Imperial membership cards directly to members. Once a month, the Imperial Exchequer will remit to the Sovereign Territories their share of dues collected that month. It is the responsibility of the sovereign territory to partition the monies to their subject territories. It is the responsibility of the Imperial Rolls officer to provide updated information to the territorial rolls officers and chroniclers on a monthly basis. This can be done by either sending out mailing labels to each, or the information can be transmitted electronically, and it will be their responsibility to update their files.”

		To the Following:
		“8. Effective January 1, 2008, all membership dues are to be paid directly to the Territorial Exchequer.

		On a weekly basis, the Territorial Exchequer will process all membership received, and make photocopies of the membership forms, and provide them to the Territorial Rolls officer.

		On a monthly basis, The Territorial Exchequer will write a check from the local funds in the total amount of membership monies collected during that month, and send that check, with the original signed copies of the membership form to the Imperial Exchequer via the Imperial P.O. Box.

		On a weekly basis, the Imperial Exchequer will process all membership received and will transfer the original signed copy of the membership form to the Imperial Rolls Officer, keeping a photocopy of the form on file for the Imperial Exchequer's office. The Imperial Rolls office will then, on a weekly basis, update the rolls information and send out Imperial membership cards directly to members.

		It is the responsibility of the Imperial Rolls officer to provide updated information to the territorial rolls officers and chroniclers on a monthly basis. This can be done by either sending out mailing labels to each, or the information can be transmitted electronically, and it will be their responsibility to update their files.

		Once a month, the Imperial Exchequer will remit to the Sovereign Territories, their share of dues collected that month.

		It is the responsibility of the sovereign territory to partition the moneys to their subject territories.

		Rationale: There seemed to be more issues recently with membership checks being lost, or greatly delayed in cashing when they were sent to the Imperial P.O. Box. As a result, members in good standing were brought into question or were found to be invalid. The reverting of accepting money at the local level would ensure that the monies are processed quickly and allow for any issues with paying for membership be addressed in a more efficient manner.

		Submitter: HE Sir Justin Case, Viscount to the Kingdom of Vega, KCv, KA     

		11.	Proposal No. 15 for Amendment to the L.I. and Related Polices (Formerly #29)

		Proposal is to change and/or modify the following Sections of the L.I. and/or
		 Imperial Manuals and Bylaws as follows:

		“Section IX: Policies of the Imperial Estates
		8. Effective immediately, all membership dues are to be paid directly to the Imperial P.O. Box. On a weekly basis, the Imperial Exchequer will process all memberships received and will transfer the original signed copy of the membership form to the Imperial Rolls Officer, keeping a photocopy of the form on file for the Imperial Exchequer's office. The Imperial Rolls officer will then, on a weekly basis, update the rolls information and send out Imperial membership cards directly to the members. Once a month, the Imperial Exchequer will remit to the Sovereign Territories, their share of dues collected that month. It is the responsibility of the sovereign territory to partition the monies to their subject territories. It is the responsibility of the Imperial Rolls officer to provide updated information to the territorial rolls officers and chroniclers on a monthly basis. This can be done by either sending out mailing labels to each or the information can be transmitted electronically, and it will be their responsibility to update their files.

		Section F: Ministry of the Exchequer
		1. The Imperial Exchequer shall
		a. Be the legal Officer representative of the Empire regarding Imperial/National matters. However, their deputies have no mundane legal authority in regard to the Empire. The Sovereign Crowns, and territorial rulers are the mundane Legal Representatives for their respective Territories.
		b. Publish and maintain the Manual of the Exchequer which shall provide a complete description of operating procedures.
		c. Submit a written report to, and is encouraged to attend, each Meeting of the Imperial Estates.
		2. Each Territory shall have an Exchequer who shall:
		a. Be the officer of the respective territory responsible for all financial obligations of the territory.
		b. Be required to attend or be represented by a Warranted Deputy at all events and shall be responsible for collecting all monies, and advising the Crown and/or ruler in regard to monetary affairs; and
		c. Must be qualified in bookkeeping or accounting; and
		d. Submit a written report to the Imperial Exchequer quarterly, and is encouraged to attend each Meeting of the Territorial Estates.

		Exchequers Manual

		All membership dues are to be paid to the Imperial P.O. Box and/or to the Territorial or Kingdom Exchequer who will forward the dues and original signed copy of the membership form to the Imperial Exchequer keeping a photocopy of the form on file for all memberships received and will transfer the original signed copy of the membership form to the Imperial Rolls Officer, keeping a photocopy of the form on file for the Imperial Exchequer's office. The Imperial Rolls officer will then, on a weekly basis, update the rolls information, and send out Imperial membership cards directly to the members.

		If the dues are paid to a Territorial or Kingdom Exchequer, then they shall give the member a written receipt of payment and make a note of the payment being received in their report to the Estates and their reports to their superiors. Dues will only be accepted in the following forms: personal check, business check, money order or cashiers check. No cash will ever be accepted.

		Rationale: Due to the online discussion about this topic, I thought I would try and give the Imperial Estates another possible solution to this problem.

		Submitter: Duke Don Sir Michel de Pietramala, KA, KP

		12.	Proposal No. 16 for Amendment to the L.I. and Related Policies (Formerly No. 22)

		Proposal to Amend the L.I and Corporate Bylaws as follows:

		From Section IV, Officers, strike the following:
		F 1 a: Be the legal Officer representative of the Empire regarding Imperial/National matters. However, their deputies have no mundane legal authority in regard to the Empire, the Sovereign Crowns and Territorial rulers are the mundane Legal Representatives for their respective Territories.

		Add to Section V, the Imperial Society:

		B, 2, c-Further, it is preferred that the Treasurer of the Board of Directors have mundane qualifications and/or experience in bookkeeping or accounting.

		Add to the ECS Corporate Bylaws  the following:
		The Treasurer shall be the legal Officer Representative of the Empire regarding Imperial/National financial matters.

		Rationale: The Board of Directors is responsible for handling all mundane issues within the ECS. It should be the responsibility of the Treasurer of the Board of Directors to handle the fax and financial obligations of the ECS, Inc.

		Submitter: Lady Dame Valdis Gydja, KCv, LoC

	G.	Proposal for Adoption by the Imperial Estates-Points and Judging

		1.	Proposal No. 17 for Amendment to the L.I. and Related Policies
			(Former No. 7)

		Change Section VI, Part D, Item 2 from:

		f. 0 to 10 points shall be awarded to Event, Demonstration or Class autocrats by average the votes of the Territorial Estates members who attended;

		To:

		f. 0 to 10 points shall be awarded to Event or Class autocrats by averaging the votes of the Territorial Estates who attended;

		g. 0 to 10 points shall be awarded for a full, single day Demonstration to the Autocrat by averaging the votes of the Territorial Estates members who attended.

		Renumber the remaining sections as necessary.

		Rationale: There have been several Demos held in the past that continue for several days. It is unfair that an autocrat of a 3 day demo, that has months of planning involved, is given the same amount of points as the autocrat of a typical Wednesday night tourney. This will allow a demo autocrat to receive 0 to 10 points per day for said demo.

		Submitter:  Marquis Squire Garrit Kendel

		2.	Proposal No. 18  for Amendment to the L.I. and Related Policies
			(Former No. 6)

		To Change the Arts Judging System as follows:

		1. Each Judge will give a point value (1-10: 1=lowest, 10=highest) in Function, Periodness and Craftsmanship.
		a. Difficulty will be judged a .5, 1. 1.5, 2, 2.5 or 3 (.5 being an easy item and 3 being a hard item).
		2. Tally each judge's sheet
		a. Average Function, Craftsmanship and Periodness (F + C + P divided by 3) to get a subtotal.
		b. Multiple subtotal by Difficulty to get the total for each judge.
		3. Average the three judge's scores and round to the next whole number to get the total score for the item (.4 and below rounds down and .5 and above rounds up).

		Rationale: The intent of this change is twofold. First, it raises the "average" score of items but not drastically. This change is in the hope that less members will become discouraged with the Arts and thus stop doing Arts. Second, this change would make judging easier by limiting the Difficulty (easily the hardest thing to score) to a narrower scale (easily compared to easy, medium or hard), while still allowing some leeway for those"in between" items that are not quite medium but are not quite hard either.
		Submitter: Lady Lark

		3.	Proposal No. 19 for Amendment to the L.I. and Related Polices (Formerly No. 17)

		Change Section VI, B, 6 to the following:

		6. Combatants may gain points from only one tournament that they participate in any given day, and the choice will be made at any time during the event or default to the form yielding the best results.

		Rationale: Fighters should be encouraged to fight in all forms and not punished because they forget to inform the autocrat during an event if their best performance doesn't come in the highest form they are able to fight. This item was falsely noted that this problem has already been addressed in L.I. Version 14 and therefore no action was taken on this item.

		Submitter: Sir Lassidor Vandolini, KMn, KB

		4.	Proposal No. 20 for Amendment to the L.I. and Related Polices
			(Formerly No. 20)

		Remove (6.) from the LI Section VI B Combat Points
		Move 6 a. to Section VI. B. 5, and rename to (b.)
		Section VI: Point System
		B. Combat Points
		6. Combatants may gain points from only one tournament that they participate in any given day, and the choice will either be made before the tournament begins or default to the highest form fought in order of Shinai to Rapier to Steel (lowest to highest).
		a. Only when a Shinai tournament is the only official list available may points for a Shinai tournament be earned by Sergeants or higher.

		Rationale: By removing #6 from the L.I., combatants will be able to earn more points at an event. Combatants are the only ones that have a restriction on what activity they earn points in and this greatly limits the amount of points they can earn at a tournament. Artisans can enter up to three items in an Arts Tournament and given the fact that the average points that are earned per item is generally 10 to 15, this freedom could easily allow an artisan to earn 30 to 45 points per event. With more than one event per month, Artisans can easily be able to max out in points. Volunteers at events can earn multiple ministry points if they volunteer for different activities (5 points for judging, 5 points for marshalling, 5 points for water bearing, et. al.). A volunteer can easily max out their ministry points for a month. But for a combatant, the only way they can earn decent points is if they win a tournament. For example, I can enter a rapier tournament and lose the 1st round. I get 2 points or 3 if I gave chivalry. So I have just earned at most 3 points for this tournament if there are no melees that I can participate in. Combatants have earned these points. There is no reason why we should limit them by saying that they can only take the points from one form. We should give combatants the same opportunities we give to the Tiers of Arts and Ministry to earn their maximum points for the month.

		Submitter: Sir Justin Case, Viscount of the Kingdom of Vega, KCv, KA

	H.	Proposal for Adoption by the Imperial Estates-Imperial Judicial

		1.	Proposal No. 21 for the Amendment to the L.I. and Related Policies (Formerly No. 25)
		
		To Modify Section VIII (Courts Judicial) of the L.I. as follows:

		1. Subsection A-Change all references of Presiding Noble to Magister.
		2. Renumber Subsection C to new Subsection B.
		3. Renumber Subsection B to new Subsection C.
		4. Change VIII, C, 2 from " and at least one of the Judges will be a Peer in the area of question to "and the jurors shall be peers in the area in question".
		5. Remove from Subsection D and create a new Subsection G as follows: "The procedures are further detailed in the Imperial Manual of Court Procedures, and that work takes precedence over these laws"
		6. Delete from Subsection D the following: "provided such charges are not frivolous." and create a new Subsection H which provides as follows:

		H. Frivolous Charges: If the accused feels that the charges are frivolous, the final decision on the propriety of the charges rests with the Crown Estates. The court shall not wait for the Crown Estates to meet and render its decision.

		Rationale: This is just a nomemclature change to bring in line with the rest of the section. In addition, Courts of Chivalry are lesser courts than High Justice and therefore should be placed first. This change also corrects the language of "judge" to "juror" and makes this section the same as the Imperial Manual of Court Procedure. It further allows the Manual of Court procedures to override the L.I. in all cases and not just those against a Sovereign. Finally, this proposed change provides for frivolous charges in all cases and not just those against a Sovereign. However, it does not allow the claim of frivolous charges to delay the Court proceedings.

		Submitter: Sir Lassidor Vandolini, KMn, KB

		2.	Proposal No. 22 for Amendment of the L.I. and Related Polices (Former No. 26)

		Proposal is to add the following to Section VIII and the Imperial Manual of Court Procedures and renumber as needed:

		B. Court of Justice

		1. A Court of Justice may be called by any Estate Holder or Knight at the request of any member desiring resolution of an issue regarding an honor or rules violation.

		2. The Court shall be held in the same manner as a Court of High Justice except that the Territorial Ruler shall preside and jurors shall be landed estate holders.

		3. Each side will present its view of the issue, calling witnesses as appropriate, and then the Court shall render a ruling.

		4. In the case that the accused is found guilty, the Court shall have the right to cause the member to be reduced in Rank and Points as deemed appropriate to a maximum of fifty points. A points, titles, KL, MP, or MW removed must be directly connect to and gained from the offense in question. The Court may alternatively render a sentence as noted for a Court of Low Justice.

		5. If a member feels that the sentence is too harsh, they may appeal to the Crown Estates to overrule the Court's decision by 50% +1.

		6. Notification requirements are a simple letter or e-mail. However, confirmation of delivery is required. Publishing of the Court must occur as a standard event and the outcome of the Court shall be published in the local newsletter.

		Rationale: The Empire doesn't have a limited response type of Court for offenses too minor to call a Court of High Justice or Chivalry but more important than that which can be remedied by a Court of Low Justice. Possible causes for this type of Court would be behavior such as an Autocrat not turning in reports for an event or an officer not performing his duties, or a fighter rhino hiding his way through a tourney to win.

		Submitter: Sir Lassidor Vandolini, KMn, KB	

	I.	Proposal for Adoption by the Imperial Estates-General Items

		1.	Proposal No. 23 for Amendment to the L.I. and Related Policies
			(Former No. 18)

		Delete Section IV Officers, E. Minister of Arts and Sciences, 3.(b)-"report Arts points to the Territorial Minister of Lists".

		Rationale: This item is a contradiction to other areas within the L.I. and Manual of Ministry which detail the responsibility for turning in points to the autocrat.

		Submitter: Sir Lassidor Vandolini, KMn, KB

		2.	Proposal No. 24 for Amendment to L.I. and Related Policies (Formerly No. 15)

		To un-table the following:

		1. To redraw the "map of the world" showing the Kingdom's area of influence.

		Rationale: The purpose of this item is to re-draw the areas of influence from scratch BECAUSE the original map has been lost.

		Submitter: Sir Lassidor Vandolini, KMn, KB

		3.	Proposal No. 25 for Amendment of the L.I. and Related Polices (Formerly No. 10)
		
		Change in Sumptuary Laws:

		Proposal is to put back the gold for landed titles and the silver back for non-landed crowns.

		Rationale: I am not sure why this was removed but it is less confusing when trying to explain what crown is what.

		Submitter: Duke Don Sir Michel de Pietramala, KA, KP

VI.	General Discussion

VII.	Adjournment