Proposed changes to law (these were actually proposed after the Lycurgus reknighting affair - 2005

 

The Crown of the Outlands respects the opinion of its peers and desires their complete and candid counsel. However, it is understood that the Crown shall have the freedom to accept or to decline the counsel of their peers without penalty, provided the below is followed.

 

A. The following is in addition to any requirements of Corpora.

B. For the below purposes, the reign of monarchs includes their time as Crown Prince and Princess as well as time as King and Queen.

C. The Candidate shall be Discussed at least once in a meeting (‘Circle meeting’) of the order.

D. Discussion shall specifically be of the proposition that the candidate shall receive admission to the peerage order. A date certain need not be stated.

E. A Circle Meeting is and only is one announced in writing (print or email) in advance of the event with enough specificity that any peer of the order reasonably desiring to attend may do so.

F. The Circle meeting in which the candidate is discussed must be during the reign of the monarchs who subsequently offer (although not necessarily those who perform) the admission.

G. It is expressly not required that the intent to admit be agreed to by vote, consensus or affirmation by the order. It is required that at minimum the monarchs state clearly and unambiguously to that meeting their intention to make such an offer to the discussed candidate during the reign of the monarchs.

H. The peers shall maintain the confidentiality of the monarch’s intent, unless specifically charged to release that information.

 

I would note that this is a fairly good rendition of current practice with one exception. It would preclude the sort of field knightings where the order meeting is held impromptu at the event. I simply can see no way of defining a circle meeting otherwise, without making the law so trivial that it would effectively be no law at all. I submit that this is perhaps a loss, but a small one. Perhaps if an exception is to be made for that sort of thing it would be to define for an on-the-spot meeting, a non-trivial number of peers must be present (for that case only).