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Affiliation

Anyone is welcome to use our material as they like, constrained only by the rights reserved in the documents.

If a temple or lodge is formed in its use, it may say it is using OSOGD material or inspired thereby but may not say that the group is an OSOGD group, nor can it claim to initiate within the OSOGD current.

Any group using our material, or inspired by it, or having embraced the open source approach, may, at the discretion of the OSOGD, join our Network of Open Source Lodges. After applying (telling us about yourself and how you are practicing in an open source manner) and providing a group name, contact points, and a short descriptive text, a free listing will be provided in the Network section on our Lodges (was Temples) page.

If you wish to initiate within the OSOGD current, you must apply to be a Lodge of the Order. The executive council of the Order, called the Areopagus, will review the application with particular attention to the group's level of maturity and readiness to initiate. Only initiated adepts of the Order may initiate or advance within the current, and then only with a Charter to do so, or if granted a Warrant to do so without having completely fulfilled the requirements.

Should the Areopagus agree, the applying group may be granted Daughter Lodge status, which is a probationary period of no less than one year during which the new Daughter Lodge and its members are mentored and its officers trained.

At the end of the probationary period:

  1. If the Lodge has a member who is a fully initiated OSOGD Adept willing to take up the office of Hierophant, the Lodge may apply to the College of the Order for full Sister Lodge status, which will require a two-thirds vote for ratification.
  2. If not, but possesses a member who achieved adeptship in another Order, is duly advancing towards initiation as an Adept of the OSOGD and has the skills to perform the initiations and advancements, the Areopagus may grant the Daughter Lodge a Warrant to perform the initiations and advancements of the First Order until a fully initiated Adept is present. This Warrant may be applied for and granted at any time during the probationary period.
  3. If no such person is found, the Daughter Lodge will need to make arrangements with her mentors for an initiated Adept to perform the rites.
Advancement

To become a member of the Order one must be initiated by a chartered adept, or their successor, or one fully qualified and elected by the college of the Lodge or Order or be warranted adept. The rite must also be presented in ample form to ensure its full and proper effect.

Advancement requires the completion of the curriculum of the grade , a written proctored test with no less a score than 75%, and a conversation with the Preamonstrator regarding the meditations, reading, and other practical matters, satisfying that officer that all published requirements have been satisfactorily completed.

Having completed the requirements and with the Preamonstrator's blessing the aspirant will request advancement from the Hierophant who will ascertain from the Preamonstrator that all requirements have been met. These items done, the Hierophant will schedule and mount the advancement.

The 2nd Order:

As the advancement into the Second Order constitutes graduation from the school that is the First Order and bestows full franchise, it is only right and proper that the judgments of one individual not be an impediment to such advancement. Therefore a committee of three Adepts of the College of the Rose Cross will review all of the written requirements, e.g. the thesis, divinations and other essays, necessary to advance into the grade of Adeptus Minor and if a majority approve, the aspirant will be advanced.

Treasury
  1. All transactions, either payable or receivable, must include an e-mail to the Treasurer, cc'd to the Cancellarius.
  2. Those asking for reimbursement must provide a receipt.
  3. The Treasurer and one other member of the Areopagus must sign off on any outgoing funds. (If the Treasurer is not available, the Cancellarius or the Imperator may sign in their stead.)
  4. For services (or goods sold) rendered outside the Order, a detailed invoice will be prepared and submitted for approval to the Treasurer and one other member of the Areopagus. This is to be sent upon approval to the party receiving the service (or goods). The member originally funding the project will be compensated upon receipt of payment.
  5. Transactions will be recorded in a log book, and a copy of all receipts retained. Dues are recorded in their own log book and in the general transaction log book.
Dues

These dues regulations apply to Het Nuit Lodge only.

  1. Dues Rates
    1. Dues are paid on an annual basis. The year is reckoned from January 1 to December 31.
    2. Regular members pay dues of $60.00.
    3. Associate members pay dues of $30.00.

      Dues-paying associate members are entitled to be on the Lodge email list, to access the private Het Nuit website, and to attend Lodge rituals and functions. Associate members may not hold an office or advance through the grades.

      Long-distance members are not required to pay dues. "Long-distance" members are defined as those who live further than a one-hour drive to their local Lodge. The OSOGD takes the position that regular physical attendance at and participation in Lodge activities provides the maximum benefit to members. Therefore those who cannot attend regularly due to location should not have to pay for a benefit that they cannot partake of easily. Long-distance members who wish nevertheless to pay dues may pay a suggested amount of $30.00 or whatever they feel is appropriate.
    4. New, incoming members pay dues at the rate of $5.00 per month beginning the first month after their initiation. For example, new members who are initiated in March would begin to pay dues as of April, so they would pay for April–December, nine months, or $45.00.
  2. Dues Payment Schedule
    1. Dues are payable on January 1 and are in arrears as of the Spring Equinox. Regular members are required to pay half their annual dues, or $30.00, by the Spring Equinox. The other half is due by the Fall Equinox.
    2. Associate members are required to pay their entire dues of $30.00 by the Spring Equinox.
    3. New members are required to pay their annual dues in full on the day of initiation.
  3. Dues Payment Methods
    1. Local members are required to pay their dues in cash.
    2. Long-distance members may pay by check if desired. The Cancellarius or Sub-Cancellarius may make whatever arrangements are most convenient for receipt and handling of checks.
  4. Logging Payments
    • The Cancellarius or Sub-Cancellarius shall do the following for each dues payment received:
      • Provide a paper receipt to the dues payer (receipt book).
      • Provide an email acknowledgment of the receipt with cc to the
      • Log the dues payment in the Lodge Dues Account Book.
      • Note the payment in the member's database record.
  5. Procedures and Penalties for non-payment
    • The Cancellarius or Sub-Cancellarius will send email reminders to members in arrears with their dues, including deadlines. If no payment is made or other arrangement is forthcoming by the deadline, a list of such members will be turned over to the Imperator or Sub-Imperator. The Imperator or Sub-Imperator will issue a second and final request to pay dues including a deadline. Once this deadline is passed, members in arrears will be removed from the Lodge email list and their password to the Het Nuit site will be changed. The Cancellarius or Sub-Cancellarius will take this action and send email to the affected member(s) with copies retained. The Cancellarius will update the membership record(s) to reflect this action including dates.
  6. Financial Hardship
    • The OSOGD sustains a policy that no one is prevented from obtaining or maintaining membership for financial reasons (inability to pay dues). Anyone who feels that dues payment represents a financial hardship may speak to the Hierophant, the Imperator of the Lodge or the Order, or the Adeptus Princeps about this. Such cases will be handled on an individual basis, will be treated confidentially, and recorded with a note in the member's database record.

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