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Special Meeting of the Board of Directors
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sion on a motion made by Forrest Coo
per and seconded by Tom Edwards, the
letter was laid on the table.
A letter was read from Mr. E. F.
Chidsey, Director of District 5, warn
ing against high chapter initiation fees.
A fter some discussion, the following
motion was made, seconded, and car
ried: That the Board of Directors go
on record as recommending to the sev
eral chapters that the total initiation
fee not be permitted to exceed $2.00.
The Secretary reported that as a re
sult of a favorable majority vote by
the Chapters a constitutional amend
ment proposed by the Second General
Council in February, 1944, was adopt
ed. This amendment permits the con
ferring of Honorary Membership upon
persons. elected by the people, or ap
pointed directly by the Governor, OR
TH E BOARD OF CONTROL.
The Secretary reported that as a re
sult of a favorable majority mail ballot
by the members of the General Council
an amendment to the By-Laws pro
posed by the Board of Directors at their
meeting held in Salem, May 28, 1944,
was adopted. This amendment adds a
new Section to Article VIII of the By-
Laws as follows':
Section 1— Seasonal employees, when
employed during the following
season, may be reinstated by re
suming payment of dues without
payment of an initiation fee, pro
viding that they were in good
standing when terminating their
previous employment.
In order to relieve the Chapter Sec
retaries of considerable »■ Work and to
encourage the payment of dues annu
ally in advance, Mr. Clymer moved
that the Board of Directors recommend
the following resolution to the mem
bers of the General Council for con
sideration by mail ballot, so that if
adopted the chapters would have time
to change their by-laws accordingly by
the first of the year.
Resolution
RESOLVED, that Section 2 of A r
ticle 8 of .the By-Laws be amended to
read as follows: "Each chapter shall
pay to the State Association $0.50 per
month for each member on or before
the 15 th day of the following month
and such dues shall become delinquent
on the last day of that month; provided
further, that , beginning January 1,
1945, any chapter may pay to the State
Association $5.00 annual dues in ad
vance for any member, on or before
the 15 th day of the second month of
any 12-month period.”
There being no further business, the
meeting adjourned.
Dues Reduction
A m endm ent Carries
The resolution to amend the Associa
tion’s By-Laws to permit payment of
annual dues in advance at a reduced
rate was adopted by a large majority
vote of the members of the General
Council in an election held by mail.
The effective date of the change is
January 1, 1945. A fter that date, and
any month following, the chapter may
transmit $5.00 annual dues in advance
for any member. This new plan, it is
believed, will greatly reduce the work
of the secretaries.
To make the reduction or saving
r vailable to members the chapters may
have to amend their By-Laws accord
ingly.