The authority of appointment or assignment of personnel is as follows:

APPOINTED DIRECTLY BY L. RON HUBBARD:

• HCO Executive Secretaries
• Org Executive Secretaries
• HCO Area Secretaries
• LRH Communicators
• Saint Hill Dept 21
• Aide, Co-ordinator, Officers
• Estate Manager (who has the rank of Officer)

The above appointments or assignments are issued directly and individually. This includes Acting and Deputy titles as well.

APPOINTED DIRECTLY BY ADVISORY COUNCIL:

• Secretaries of Divisions
• (Deputies or Acting or permanent)

The above requires no further authorization or advices except AdCouncil Minutes.

APPOINTED BY SECRETARIES:

• Directors of Departments (Deputy or Acting)

This requires only notice published in AdComm minutes.

APPOINTED BY DIRECTORS:

• Officers and In-Charge (Deputy, Acting or permanent)

By despatch and posting.

APPOINTED BY OFFICERS:

• All personnel below the rank of Officers (Deputy, Acting or permanent)

A DEPUTY is assigned where the appointment is already filled by another. A Deputy is a second in command who acts in the absence of the actual appointed person.

An ACTING is a provisional appointment which if held with good statistics for a year may be made permanent and the prefix Acting is removed.

A PROVISIONAL is used to designate anyone who has served in orgs less than a year.

Deputy, Acting or Provisional appointments may be changed without Comm Ev or cause.

A Permanent appointment may be changed only with a Comm Ev.

"Staff Status" is a result like a certificate, depending on study, service and examination. It is assigned by number derived from study, service and examination.

It is courtesy to inform superiors of appointments.

It is mandatory to inform the Org Bd Section of Dept 1 and the Personnel Officer and Accounts.

[Amended by HCO P/L 12 July 1971, Issue III, Appointment of HCO Area Secretaries, in the 1971 Year Book.]