Caste Law

CODE OF LAWS

There are three core values of a scribe: Integrity, Objectivity and Duty. All other values spring from these three core values. We value learning above all. We live to preserve and write history.

 

UNDERSTANDING CASTE STRUCTURE

➺ Delegation

The system encompasses the subcastes led by Chiefs and Deputies specialized in a particular area of the scribe's role. Each Chief has duties and responsibilities pertaining their subcaste. Each Chief is taken accountable for performing such duties. 

 

➺ Chief/Leader Duty

All Chiefs are encouraged to elect a Deputy to assist them with administering their subcaste. All Chiefs are taken accountable for the sustainability and communication of the members of their subcastes. AHoC will act as Chief of any subcaste that does not have a Chief appointed. It is emphasized for subcastes to maintain open communication about their rankings, appointments and activities amongst themselves and their Chief/Leader.

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➺ Appointments: To Be Announced

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SUBCASTES EXPLAINED

Basic Scribe or Record Keeper, Archon (private, public clerk)

Scribe of the Law (magistrate, advocate, praetor)

Scholar of Knowledge (teacher, alphabetical, all training)

Librarian (keeper of library collections, maintenance, legitimacy of scrolls, proofreading and publishing legal works of literature)

Historian (researcher of Gorean history, publisher)

Cartographer (mapmaker, geographer, topographer, explorer)

Cryptographer (message encoder, cipher, stenographer)?

Accountant (mathematician, keepers of accounts, private scribes, household and company scribes)

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➺ Subcaste Change/Assignment

For Subcastes assignments, the Subcaste Chief will decide if they accept the scribe or not into their subcaste, if for example the scribes needs more training. The same will be done for current members who wish to change subcaste or a different caste role assignment. Apprentices will be designated to a Scholar or Teacher to continue their training. Apprentices may receive a low ranked position within the caste, or assigned to another scribe to gain field experience if desired.

 

CASTE STATION

➽ Head of Caste (HoC): highest ranking scribe of the caste, attends High Council, Administration meetings, caste administrator, dictator of caste code and enforcer of caste law.

➺Main Subcaste Leadership positions appointed by the Head of Caste are:

 

➽ Assistant Head of Caste (AHoC): manages the caste, updates caste directory, registers and evaluates new scribeS and apprentices. Interim Chief of any general subcastes without a Chief.

 

➽ Chief Scribe: aides in guiding new scribes and apprentices. Oversees subcastes in specific, general scribes. Library, newspaper, supplies. Acting Chief of any general subcastes without a Chief. 

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➽ Chief Record Keeper: assesses, collects, organizes, preserves, maintains control over the Hall of Records & Library, providing access to records determined to have long-term value in Turmus. Supervises those working as caste clerks, record keepers, archons and librarians.

 

GENERAL SUBCASTES

These positions are appointed by the Head of Caste  during elections. Beware certain low ranked (1 member) subcastes may not be assigned a Chief. ONLY large Subcastes require a Chief.

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➽ Chief Librarian: residing over and responsible for maintaining the educational and literary collections of the Library. Deals with the classification and organization of scrolls and materials by subject and alphabetical order and inventoried check lists. Supervise librarians and catalogers.

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➽ Chief Historian: researches, studies and writes about the past, and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to Turmus, Turia, houses and factions, of all Gorean history. Supervise historians.

 

➽ Chief Cryptographer: concerned solely with message confidentiality, encryption and conversion of messages from a comprehensible form into an incomprehensible one and back again at the other end, rendering it unreadable by interceptors or eavesdroppers without secret knowledge. Subcaste supervisor.

 

➽ Chief Cartographer: making maps, combining aesthetics, and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality can be modeled in ways that communicate spatial information effectively. Supervise explorers and map makers.

 

➽ Chief Scholar: plan, prepare and deliver instructional activities that facilitate active learning experiences for the apprentices and studying scribes. Maintain accurate and complete records of apprentices' progress and development. Develop schemes of work and lesson plans with teaching scribes. Supervise teachers and academics.