|
| |
Southern Indian Department Charter And Bylaws
Charter:
- Name: The name of this
Organization shall be His Majesty’s Southern Department of Loyal Indian
Allies (hereafter referred to as the Organization). The Organization is a
re-enactment organization dedicated to the portrayal of the active period of
the British Southern Indian Department in the Colonies--roughly from the
early 1760s through the Revolutionary War (American War for Independence)
and its immediate Colonial precursors.
Members of this Organization
consist of those who portray Southeastern Native people, His Majesty's Indian
Department Officers and Employees, Loyalist Rangers and Crown Troops with duties
in direct support of the Indian Department.
- Purpose: The purpose of
the Organization shall be as follows: To promote, advance and encourage
interest and education in colonial and early American history through
participation in living history demonstrations, military and civilian
historical reenactments, and through public and private exhibitions,
lectures, demonstrations, and roundtable discussions and to promote,
encourage and provide social and friendly intercourse among the
members.
- Membership:
- As
the intention of this Organization is to have members who actively take
part in events throughout the south, membership is generally limited to
those people residing in the states in which the original Southern Indian
Department had authority and those states immediately adjacent to them
(VA, TN, NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, AR, MO, KY, WV and MD). Applications
for membership by persons residing outside of this area will be considered
on a case-by-case basis.
- Membership
is open to all persons within the above area, regardless of race,
religion, sex, or ancestry. As this is an historical depiction of a
particular group of people during a particular period however, members
must portray a character consistent with that particular time and place.
- The
method and conditions by which members shall be accepted shall be
enumerated in the Bylaws.
- Governance:
The routine business of the Organization shall be governed by the elected
Officers. The method and conditions by which officers shall be elected and
their duties and responsibilities shall be enumerated in the Bylaws.
|
