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greetings to Mr. Colman from the As
sociation.
Mr. Chidsey suggested that inasmuch
as an Insurance Committee had been
authorized and it was a very important
Committee, it might be advisable to
place the directory of the Insurance
Committee with the other three com
mittee directors bn the Board of Direc
tors. Opinion expressed was against
this as starting a precedent and Mr.
Chidsey withdréw his suggestion.
The new officers were sworn in by
Mr. Forrest Cooper.
Mr. Erickson turned the meeting
over to Mr. White who expressed his
deep appreciation for the vote of con
fidence given him by the Council, and
stated that he would put forth his best
efforts to uphold the trust placed in
him.
Mr. White' said his administration
would be dedicated to securing for all
state employees the best salaries and
wages possible; to bring about the wage
and hour equalization, although \ the
40 hour week might not be possible in
'the state institutions because of the
peculiarities of the type of employment^
and to increasing our Association mem
bership. He stated he would look upon
the District Directors as executive vice
presidents or managers of their district?
to work on the membership problem
ând he asked for cooperation from ail
the chapters in his program. He also
stated he proposed to see that each
chapter is notified of action taken by
the Board of Directors on the résolu^
tions.
President White announced a Board
of Directors meeting following ad
journment of the general session and
invited the outgoing Board to meet
with the new Board in an advisory ca
pacity to assist where possible.
President White also called for a
rising vote of thanks to all outgoing
officers for their fine work this past
year. This was done.
There being no other business a mo
tion was made and seconded that this
session of the General Council adjourn.
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year are about 20.% higher than pre
viously, yet advertising rates as set
four years ago have not been advanced.
Even so, the net, deficit for the. year
is only about $-250.00, less than for
any previous year; and this cost is be
lieved justified by the good-will which
the Association is receiving and by the
information furnished by thé magazine
to the membership.
RECOM M ENDATIONS FO R 1948:
As Director of Public Relations dur
ing 1947, and as a result of the experi
ence gained, I offer for consideration
the following recommendations for
public relations matters for 1948:
1. Issuance of the magazine , quar
terly instead of bi-monthly, with ad
vertising rates and space to be increased
to provide present revenue.
2. Issuance of regular mimeographed
or printed bulletin for the monthly in
terims between .magazine issues.
3i. Issuance of special bulletins to
membership, press, legislators, etc., at
such times as special conditions war
rant.
4. A concerted effort tô obtain state
wide press coy erage for the presenta
tion of Association attitudes on all
matters affecting the welfare of State
employees.
5, The presentation of Association
literature and instructive and inform
ative data to each new. state employee
at the time they enter State service.
Civil Service and Retirement data to
be prepared by and at the expense of
tl^ose agencies; and Q.S.E.A. tie-in
literature and publicity data to be pre
pared at O.S.E.A. expense.
CONCLUSIO NS:
Your Director feels that the mem
bership needs better advice of what
the Association is doing for them as
individuals, and more assurance that
something is being done to gain the
OSEA objectives. There has been a lack
of interest among the members and a
falling away in paid-up membership