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Chapter News
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O R E G O N CH A P T E R 22
F A C E S A T T E N D A N C E P R O B LEM
Like most chapters we h&d the prob
lem'„b’f how tp get the m e m b § S p to
come to the mb^a§g^| We didn*t want
to finj« w pie for not attending. We
wanted them to come beca^ Q ^ thev
wanted to be there. This became the
theme of our board discussions.
Our previous procedure wpfs’.'tehave
the meetings immediately after work
and the attendance^ was terrible, at
most 10 to 20 members nr esen t, even
when there^were important subjects
to be discussed.’Somebody had to build
a better mouse trap!
So our meeting plans were formul
ated. Our
held in the
evenings ,
are a combination of
businejsWnd social activities. Members
were urged to come and tot® w | along
husbands, wives, and guests. B H re-
sponsibility^for each I meeting was
shared B a section of the agencQ m a
Ig ta w g M ^ ^ M In this way it' was
hoped that we would get more inter
est and a^y/ider B r j etv of ideas. As an
example, our last meeting was run by
the business management section and
the next one, by the benefits section.
I m M H duty ° f the designated section
to plan and organize the social part of
the evening which has developed into
sort of a pattern: after the business
meeting perhaps a movie, donated by a
local business; always refreshments;
then some games. The bingo game has
developed into quite a pastime, for
those not interested in bingo, other
games are planned. A t our last meeting
one of the members volunteered to
teach canasta to an interested group.
As an added incentive, it'was decid-
ed'iby the membership to have a cash
door prize from the general fund, the
amountUto, ^be five dollars. Originally
it Was drawn for., by taking two names
only. If neither person was present,
the money was added to the following
month’s prize’. '^Thisi meant however;"
that the amount became too large at
times, so.it was decided that if|tieither
person’ was ^^¡"^V^H n^rnue drawing
names for half of the five dollars until
a winner was found. The remaining
$2.50 was then added to next months
prize.
We have tried to keep the necessary
busineÿmeetings brief and to encour
age ■ participation in the meetings by
all. The officers of the chapter plan
to have a speaker at each meeting to
bring the members^-current informa
tion on problems affecting state em
ployees.
We feel that our efforts have gone a
long way towards improving attend
ance records. Last year before this
change,, the average number of mem
bers at a meeting was 10 to 20. Imme
diately after changing the program it
jumped 50% and at the last meeting,
we had 70 people present.
We do not feel that the problem is
solved by any means and it will con
tinue to be a job requiring constant
effort. We’d like to know how other
OSEA chapters have met this prob-
lem?
—Clarence Baker
W OODBURN CH A P T ER No. 45
Woodburn Chapter No. 45, put on a
very gay White Elephant party at the
new Woodburn->Legion club and wound
up their 1949 social calendar in true
fashion. Square dancing was- very
much in order and the dancing lessons
that have been given- on Wednesday
evenings, readily showed who had been
attending the -classes. The party was
officiated by President Don Tabler and
^ M g g r y Bill Nuckols, with the cap
able assistance of their wives. The
gtfpsts included Mr. and Mrs. Lamb,
superintendent .of Woodburn School
g S H B o B , Forrest V. Stewart, O SEA
E x e c u t S Secretary and his Assistant
Eugene Schmidt. Everyone appeared
B IB h U
spirits and with the large
turnout it will .onl^ f e ad to bigger and
be M M parties from the Woodburn
Chapter, I ’m afraid.
Keep on plugging, and the chances;
are-that you will stumble on some
thing, perhaps when you are least ex
pecting it. I have never heard of any
one stumbling on anything ^ sitting
down.—Charles F. Kettering.