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ARTICLE VIII - Contracts with the Modern World

• VIII-100 All contracts requiring the Middle Kingdom of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc., to appear or "perform" must have the approval of the Middle Kingdom Curia Regis.

• VIII-101 The actual contract document must be submitted to the Curia Regis for review prior to approval and signing.

• VIII-102 Any contract signed by the Kingdom Seneschal for the Middle Kingdom requiring an expenditure of or exposing the Middle Kingdom to liability of more than $1,000.00 shall be reviewed by qualified legal counsel.

• VIII-200 Contracts covered by Section VIII-100 shall be signed by the Kingdom Seneschal.

• VIII-201 Authority to negotiate and sign a contract covered by Section VIII-100 may be delegated to a person or persons only by the Kingdom Seneschal with the approval of the Curia Regis.

• VIII-202 Monthly progress reports shall be required of all persons engaged in negotiating a contract covered by Section VIII-100 even if such a report consists only of "no contact, no progress, nothing done" on a postcard to the Kingdom Seneschal.

• VIII-300 All negotiations of a contract covered by Section VIII-100 shall be concluded in such a time frame that they may conveniently be presented to a meeting of the Curia Regis, rejected, re-negotiated if necessary, resubmitted to a Curia Regis and submitted to the Chronicler, if approved, before the deadline for The Pale is passed. This means that negotiations must be concluded at least a month before the applicable Pale deadline.

• VIII-301 Negotiations not being concluded in time is not grounds for running a special issue of The Pale.