Different Types of Druidic Organizations (a very rough draft)

Here are 4 of the larger groups in U.S. Others might be added for comparison in later editions (e.g. OMS, MOCC, Whiteoak, UAOD)

Category	RDNA	ADF	Keltria	OBOD
Founded	1963	1983 off-shoot of RDNA	1986 off-shoot of ADF	1962 off-shoot of A.D.O.
Current Size	450 in Groves, 4000 overall 25-40 Groves & Proto-Groves	600+ 60+ Groves & Proto-Groves	300+ 5 Groves & study groups	2500+ 60-85 Groves & seedgroups
Geographic Distribution	Midwest, North East, Far West, Japan, Canada, France	Evenly distributed across U.S., with UK & Canada	Midwest, Northeast & CA	British Isles, Canada, US, Australia and Europe
Largest Website	www.oocities.org/mikerdna	www.adf.org	www.keltria.org	www.druidry.org
On-line Conferences	RDNAtalk on www.yahoogroups.com		Keltria-L on www.yahoogroups.com	Message board on www.druidry.org
Orientation	Eclectic overall Some Groves have a more limited mixture of inspirational sources.	Indo-European overall Groves tend to pick one or two sub-ethnic groups	Celtic overall Groves tend to pick one sub-ethnic (Irish or Welsh)	Eclectic overall Groves tend to have a few ethnic orientations or more "New Agey"
Overall Organization	Defunct national legislature, with largely-autonomous Groves and numerous fiesty independents. Like the U.S. Articles of Confederation in mid 18th century. Clubby with tendencies to a church.	Similar to Federal system of balance between National centralized power and local Groves, as in the U.S. Constitution since the 18th century. A chuch.	Similar to Federal system of balance between National centralized power and local Groves, as in the U.S. Constitution since the 18th century. A tribe.	Semi-functional core body with semi-autonomous Groves scattered about. More of an initiatory fraternity than a church.
Judiciary Mechanism	No formal method of expulsion nationally. Groves may do so.	Formal expulsion and defrocking is possible.	Formal expulsion and defrocking is possible.	Uncertain
Official Statements	Very rare. None recently	Frequent	Infrequently	Infrequently
Detailed By-Laws	None	Yes	Yes	Uncertain
Elections	National has a council of 3rd Orders, who are appointed, but it is mostly inactive. Grove offices usually by elections	National and Grove offices by election	National and Grove offices by election	National offices appointed Grove offices by election
Leadership	Not prominent, less than esteemed in many cases Council of 3rd Order priests is mostly ceremonial. Central office is inactive Groves have Arch Druids 3rd Order Priests select folk to become priests.	Prominent & esteemed Central office. Arch Druid of entire ADF Groves have Senior Druids Seminarian graduates may be given 3rd circle priesthood	Esteemed Central office Groves have Senior Druids Seminarians graduates raised to 3rd Circle priesthood.	Prominent & Esteemed Central office Groves have Senior Druids
Fees	None overall. Groves might.	Yes.	Yes.	Yes.
Membership Rules	Just the 2 Basic Tenets. Groves have local rules.	Yes.	Yes.	A few perhaps
Written Records	Extensive collected archives and compendiums produced.	Numerous liturgies and some essays collected and a few small manuals	A few small manuals, more oral based.	A few small manuals Several books by prominent members.
Digitized Records	Mostly digitized	Partially	Partially	A small amount
Magazine	Druid Chronicler 1977-82 Druid Missal-Any 8/ year 1983-1991, 2000-now	Druid's Progress 1984-1995 Oaken Leaves 4/year 1997-now	Keltria 1989-1999 Henge Happenings 4/year 1999-now	None
Seminary Program	Nothing formal.	Formal program	Formal Program.	Nothing formal
Study Program	Nothing formal	Formal Program	Formal Program	Formal Program
Tax-Exempt Status	No Groves currently have this status.	Most Groves	Most Groves	Some Groves
Grove Set-Up	Simple	Complicated	Moderate	Moderate
Humor	Prominent	Moderate	Moderate	Less Prominent