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Board of Directors Meeting
Marion Hotel, Salem, January 6, 1946
The meeting was called to order by
President DeFrance at 10:30 A.M.
Members present: DeFrance, Chidsey,
Carpenter, Clymer, Stream, Query,
Clark, Cooper and Campbell. Ford and
Anning were absent. Betty Dotson,
Membership Committee; R e n s h a w ,
Wage and H our Committee; Leary, In
surance Committee; Leo Smith, Legal
Counsel; Bums, Bryant, Dean, Moore,
McReynolds, Dakin; Forrest Stewart,
Executive Secretary, and Margaret
Vroman, Secretary, were also present.
The minutes for the meetings of
March 25 and August 22 appeared in
the magazine and they were adopted as
published.
Mr. Carpenter gave the financial re
port as follows: Cash on hand March
23, 1945, $966.25; Chapter dues re
ceived, $6,285.87; Magazine advertis
ing and subscription receipts, $1,174.-
02; Expenditures, $8,056.47; Cash on
hand December 29, 1945, $369.73.
A letter from Leo Brunell was read
stating that he was honored by the ex
pression of confidence in his ability to
represent his district but did not feel
that he had sufficient time to carry
out the duties of the office and asked
that his resignation as director of Dis
trict No. 5 be accepted. John Anning
also requested in a letter that his resig
nation as Civil Service Director be ac
cepted due to the fact that he lives in
West Salem and no longer has an auto
mobile and cannot make the trips ne
cessary to properly do the job. Mr. Car
penter has left state service and the
position of Secretary-Treasurer is now
temporarily in the hands of Mr. L. R.
W hite of the Accident Commission. Mr.
Terril has also left state service and the
position of Director of Law and Legis
lation is vacant.
A letter from the La Grande chapter
was read stating that the members of
that chapter feel that a uniform con
stitution and by-laws for all chapters
would be very desirable in that it would
tend toward greater unity among the
chapters.
A letter from the Crater Lake chap
ter was read relative to whether or not
employees of the Irrigation Districts
were eligible to join the Association.
Mr. Stewart contacted the Retirement
Board and the Civil Service Commission
and found that these employees will be
covered by the Retirement System but
it was not known yet whether they
will come under Civil Service. Since
the constitution says that only state
employees can belong to the Associa
tion, a motion was made that a com
mittee be appointed to develop a plan
or draft an amendment whereby the
political subdivisions of the state may
cooperate or associate w ith this Associa
tion and that the committee’s proposal
be referred to the General Council. Mo
tion carried and the President appointed
Mr. French chairman and Floyd Query.
They are to select a third member.
A fter considerable discussion a mo
tion was made and adopted that we
hold the General Council meeting on
February 22, 23 and 24 in Salem.
A resolution regarding wages from
the Astoria chapter was read. No action
was taken inasmuch as it is expected
some policy will be adopted at the
Council meeting regarding wages. It
was made known that employees of any
department that so desired could com
pile data regarding substandard wages
or other inequities and the executive
secretary would present their case to
the proper state officials.
A fter lunch Mr. Clymer reported on
Public Relations. H e reported that the
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