Quote Originally Posted by Gael Ridire View Post
There needs to be I "believe" several members of the clan society who are armigerous, and a derbfine meeting is held (takes several years for this to happen). A commander is chosen and they are such for ten years before being made the new clan chief. Lord Lyon likes the chief to hold property in Scotland. How the MacBean was elected is a very interesting story.
Here are the most recent (to my knowledge) guidelines on the holding of a Derbhfine.

Guidelines on holding ad-hoc derbhfine meetings and derbhfine meetings