Section I: ORGANIZATION OF ORDO TEMPLI ORIENTIS What are the three types of Local Bodies in O.T.O.? [Camp, Oasis, and Lodge.] True or False: A Local Body Master must provide the following information to the Order: A valid Mailing Address (T) A valid Phone Number (T) Master's Social Security Number (F) A valid email address (if any) (T) What is the minimum degree for a Camp Master? [IIIo] For an Oasis Master? [IIIo] For a Lodge Master? [Vo] Camps are required to provide initiations to what degree? [None] Oases are required to provide initiations to what degree? [IIIo] Lodges are required to provide initiations to what degree? [IVo/PI] What local officers besides a Master are REQUIRED for a Camp? What is the minimum degree for a Camp officer? [Secretary. Io.] What officers besides a Master are REQUIRED for an Oasis? What is the minimum degree for an Oasis officer? [Secretary and Treasurer. Io] What officers besides a Master are REQUIRED for a Lodge? What is the minimum degree for a Lodge officer? [Secretary and Treasurer. IIIo] Applications for Local Body charters are submitted to? [The Electoral College] Applications to Change the Status of a Body (from Camp to Oasis, Oasis to Lodge) are submitted to? [The Electoral College] Applications for the Charter to Initiate are submitted to? [The Initiation Secretary] Many functions of Order administration are now handled by electronic mail. Policy documents, applications and other forms, and other useful information are available to qualified initiates and local Body officers on the Internet. Do you have your own access to the Internet? If not, would you obtain a computer, modem, and Internet access in order to access this material? [Freeform answer, the correct one being "Yes."] Section II: RECORD KEEPING FOR LOCAL BODIES When is the Annual Report to the Electoral College due (as of 2000 ev)? [Feb. 15] How often is a local body required to submit a financial report to the Grand Treasurer General? [Gross income< $500: Annually Gross income $500-1000: Semiannually Gross income>$1000: Quarterly] Describe your Local Body's actual or proposed financial setup: do you collect local dues or fees; do you have a separate checking account for the Body; etc. [Brief essay - this question needs to be checked against new financial policy as of 2001] Section III: INITIATION POLICIES This section is optional for Camps. Mandatory for Oases and Lodges! A. Applications To whom must applications for initiation be submitted? [The Initiation Secretary] What is the normal minimum time before the planned initiation that the application must be submitted? [30 days] If an application is submitted and the candidate has to reschedule his or her initiation, how long is the application good for? [Six months] Who can waive the minimum lead time for the initiation application - that is approve initiating a candidate if the paperwork was not submitted early enough? [The Initiation Secretary] Who can approve an early initiation - that is, for example, taking IIo before spending the required time in the Io? [Sabazius, Xo, requested via the IS or GSG] How many sponsors does a candidate require on his or her application for initiation? [Two] What degree is required to sponsor a Minerval application? First Degree What are the requirements for a sponsor on an application for initiation? [Same or higher degree as application. Active membership. Good report.] To whom are exceptions regarding the application process (30-day waiver, permission for early initiation) reported for a given initiation? In what document? [USIS, in the Initiation Summary Report. GTG in the Red Book] B. Dues and Fees How do you determine the dues status of a candidate? [Contact the Grand Treasurer General.] What are the annual dues (as of 2000 ev) for: * A Minerval [$36] * A First Degree [$36] * A Second Degree [$72] * A Third Degree [$108] * A Fourth Degree [$144] What is the formula for calculating dues? [3 x degree per month. (Minerval and Io are the same: $3/mo).] What is the standard initiation fee for: * A Minerval * First, Second or Third Degree * Fourth Degree/P.'.I.'. At what point in the initiation process must candidates be dues current? [Before they are admitted to the initiation.] If a candidates is not dues current, but is still an active member, what dues must be collected before he or she can be initiated? [All back dues plus dues for the new degree.] A candidate takes Minerval and pays his or her dues as a Minerval: * Three months later he takes Io. How much does he or she pay in Io dues? [$36 (ie. no rollover)] * If he or she takes Io one year after Minerval - and has paid their Minerval dues already -how much do they pay in Io dues? [$0 (all dues roll over)] * If he or she takes Io 18 months after Minerval (assuming they are fully paid up as a Minerval) how much do they pay in Io dues? [$18 (6 months of Minerval dues roll over)] * If he or she is NOT paid up in Minerval, and takes initiation 18 months after Minerval, how much is paid in back dues? [$18 (6 months back dues)] A Io has not paid dues for two years but is still an active member of OTO. He or she takes IIo: * How much money is to be collected in back dues? [$72 (two years back dues).] * How much (if any) of that amount may be applied to IIo dues? [None.] * If the member had not paid for 18 months, how much would be required in back dues at his or her next initiation? How much would be paid in IIo dues? [$54. for Io. $72 for IIo.] A Io who has become inactive at some point reactivates his or her membership and takes IIo. How much is paid in back dues and IIo dues? [$36 back dues, $72 in IIo dues.] Dues and fees collected at initiation are reported to whom? In what document? [GTG, in the Red Book report.] C. The Ritual A visitor to the Local Body expresses an interest in taking Minerval. He or she asks to observe the ritual first, in order to make a final decision. How would you respond? [Brief essay. Key points: Non-initiates are not permitted to view initiation rituals. Scripts are not to be shown to non-initiates. It is not appropriate to loan the querent your copy of Francis King. Otherwise, we are looking for attitudes here.] A couple is taking Minerval together. They appear for the ritual, bringing along their 10-year old child. What would you do in this situation? [Brief essay. Key Points: Concern for privacy of the rites and the candidates. Concern for the well-being of the child. Whether this was pre-arranged or the candidates sprung it on the group. Conflict resolution and management skills and attitudes.] You are the local Body Master, hosting initiations, which will be conducted by a guest initiator. When the initiator arrives for the ritual, he is visibly intoxicated. What do you do? [Brief essay. Key Points: Concern for safety and well-bring of candidates. Readiness to stand up to "authority" to preserve these. Concern for dignity of Order and its rituals. Managerial skills and overall attitude. Whether they would let it slide or escalate.] Regalia and Other Materials Skip questions relating to Degrees above your own. What regalia are you expected to provide for the Minerval initiation (ie. paid for out of the initiation fees)? [Book of the Law.] For the Io initiation? [Disk] For the IIo initiation? [Triangle] For the IIIo initiation? [Apron. Letters OTO.] What regalia is the candidate expected to supply for the Minerval initiation? [None] For the Io initiation? [Robe.] For the IIo initiation? [Sword] For the IIIo initiation? [None] Which Man of Earth degrees require a feast afterwards? Who provides the feast in each of these degrees? [Minerval: Initiating body (including "Minerval chow") Io: Initiating body. IIo: Candidate(s)] IV/PI *** NOTE: A IV/PI section for prospective Lodge Masters should be present, but I am not sure I know the ritual well enough to write it...here's a sample, but it may be wrong.*** What regalia is to be provided for the IVo? [Apron, sash, jewel or emblem.] For P.'.I.'.? [Hood] D. Reports and Record-Keeping How soon after the initiation is a report to be filed? [30 days.] What is reported, what documents are involved and which reports or documents are sent to which Grand Lodge officers? [Name, address, degree, any special considerations (30-day waive, early initiation by permission of the Grand Master, injuries or incidents, incomplete initiations, etc.) Names of officers. Monies collected. To GTG: all dues. Red Book. To IS: Initiation Certificates. Initiation Summary Report] Section IV: LOCAL BODY MANAGEMENT A. Bad Report (Local) Who is to be notified if you place someone on Local Bad Report [List should include: * Initiate placed on Bad Report * Local SGIG * Grand Secretary General List may include: * Electoral College * Local Membership * Other Grand Lodge Officers List should not include: Other local Bodies (without significant reason to do so)] True or False: An initiate on Local Bad Report at your body is eligible to: Apply for initiation at your Body (F) Act as officer or initiator at your Body (F) Apply for initiation at another Body (T) Ask a member of your Body to sponsor him or her for initiation (T) Attend Mass at your Body (F) Contact members of your Body socially (assuming he or she was invited to do so) (T) Bad Report (Order-wide) True or False: Someone who is on Order-wide Bad Report is eligible to: Apply for initiation at your Body (F) Sponsor a candidate for initiation at your Body (F) Attend Mass at your Body (F) Contact members of your Body socially (assuming he or she was invited to do so) (T) If an initiate commits an act which you feel warrants Order-wide Bad Report, who should you notify? [List should include: * Local SGIG * Grand Secretary General List may include: * Electoral College * Grand Tribunal] B. Drug Policy In a paragraph, please state the Drug Policy of Ordo Templi Orientis? [Should summarize Section VIII.F. of COLM Handbook.] How would you handle a member who violated the Drug Policy? [Brief essay] True or False: Drug Policy applies to the following cases (ie. these are illegal under drug policy): A member at a meeting taking a controlled substance with a legal prescription (eg. opiates prescribed for pain) (F) A legal minor drinking at an Order social event (T) A legal minor with guardian(s) present taking wine at Mass (F) The host of an event held in his or her home using a personal stash during the event (T) Controlled substance in private ritual during an OTO event (T) Controlled substance at Feast following an initiation (T) C. Dues Currency and Membership Status What are the annual dues (as of 2000 ev) for: * A Minerval ($36) * A First Degree ($36) * A Second Degree ($72) * A Third Degree ($108) * A Fourth Degree ( includes P.'.I.'.) ($144) When are dues payable? [On the anniversary of initiation, or at the initiation into a new degree.] Whose responsibility is it to monitor an initiate's dues status, due date, etc.? That is, who is responsible for seeing that dues are paid on time? [The initiate] True or False: An initiate who is not dues current, but is still on the active membership rolls of the Order, is eligible to: Apply for initiation into the next degree (assume Man of Earth degree) (T) Sponsor a candidate for initiation (T) Hold office at the local body (T) Act as an officer in an initiation, but not as the initiator (T) Act as initiator (T) Attend initiations (T) Attend an initiates-only class or workshop (T) Attend the Gnostic Mass (T) True or False: An initiate who is INACTIVE because he or she is not dues current IS eligible to: Apply for initiation into the next degree (assume Man of Earth degree) (F)