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MEMBERSHIP
By DAVID C. BRYANT
Chairman Membership Committee Portland Chapter No; 17
A t the close of the recent legislative
session our roster showed a membership
of only 48 out of the much greater
potential members in Portland. This
small group was most pleasantly sur
prised when it was learned that both
our civil service and retirement bills
had been approved by both houses and
signed by Governor Snell« Most of us
felt that the best w a y to show our ap
preciation to the Governor and to the-
law makers who had made this legisla
tion possible, was to go all-out in an
effort to build a strong Portland Chap
ter, which would coordinate and co
operate with these new laws-in the in
terest of harmony and efficiency.
The fact that some fifteen different
.departments of State are scattered
throughout the city creates somewhat of
a problem. These various departments
employ from one to two hundred poten
tial members, and it is very important
that these employees be personally in
vited to become members. Because of
not having the necessary time in which
to visit and interview each employee, it
was proposed to our president, Allen
A. French, that a key employee be
named in each department to serve as
a representative of such department as
a member of the membership commit
tee and to solicit members and collect
dues from his department. This em
ployee would automatically become a
member of the I president’s; advisory
board which would mieet prior to each
regular chapter meeting to discuss var
ious chapter and association problefns;'
and make recommendations to be acted
upon at the following regular meet
ing. In this way each department would
have a direct representative through
which it might clear its related depart
mental problems.
As you all know, Mr. Forrest Stew
art, Executive Secretary of our Associa
tion and his secretary, are the only paid
personnel in our organization. All other
officers have their assigned duties and
have very little, if any extra time to de
vote to the organizational work which
must be done. Therefore, we feel that
the membership policy we have outlined
is the best and most practical way of
making our program known and, gen
erally, getting the job done.
Mr. Stewart has been able to spend
sometime with us recently and his help
in our Membership Campaign has been
most productive of results. We now
have ten departments represented by
our Chapter and it is gratifying to note
that the department heads are topping
the new lists.
In order that all State Employees
may show their appreciation to the Gov
ernor, the legislators, and the men and
women who gave so much of their time
and effort in preparing and passing our
bills, each and every employee should
become a member of the Association and
do their part in building an organiza
tion of which we and. the state can be
justly proud. Do it now!
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