Quote Originally Posted by emolas View Post
Nice analogy!

There doesn't appear to be any central authority for the society but the St Andrews Society of New York appears to be the first one created so maybe you can contact them about a charter.
There is some debate on which St. Andrew's society is the oldest in the US; some sources say Boston (1657), others say Charleston (1729), and New York is also thrown in there as well. In Canada, the North British Assocation of Halifax, Nova Scotia is considered to be the oldest, followed by the St. Andrew's Society of St. John, New Brunswick.

There is a St. Andrew Society in Scotland that many organizations are affiliated with:

http://www.st-andrew.org.uk/

But many St. Andrew's/Scottish/Caledonian socities are not affiliated/charted through them.
Others are affiliated with the Robert Burns Assocation of North America, or the World Burns Federation of Scotland, especially Burns Clubs. Still others maintain relationships with "sister societies" around the globe. Our society received a lot of assistance from the St. Andrew's Society in St. Louis when we were first starting out, and we still maintain a fairly strong relationship with them to this day.

Regards,

Todd