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District No. 2 Presidents
Plan for Membership
By ROBERT M. ASHBY
District Director
The first meeting of the Chapter
presidents representing those chapters
comprising District Number 2 of the
OSEA was held at Nohlgren’s restaur
ant on January 30, 1950. The meeting
started with a luncheon at 6:30 P.M.
The keynote was OSEA membership
and the ways and means to increase
the same to at least 6000 in 1950.
Three m ajor procedures for, increas
ing membership were discussed and
resulted in the adoption of the follow
ing:
1. That each chapter be instructed
to select a membership chairman
and submit the name to the head
office. This procedure would re
lieve the chapter presidents of
some of their load and perm it the
state membership Chairman to co
ordinate his activities by working
through the district director and
he in turn through the chapter
chairmen.
2. Gene Schmidt and the writer
were instructed to establish an
equitable potential membership
for each chapter and set up a
quota toward which each should
work. Consideration of an appro
priate prize for the chapter that
first, reached its quota was dis
cussed but a definite decision on
the prize was tabled for study at
the February meeting.
3. Gene Schmidt was instructed to
mail a report to each chapter
president, monthly, as to the
standings of all chapters on their
progress towards reaching the es
tablished quotas. This report will
also include the current total
OSEA statewide membership.
Following conclusion of the above
action it was stressed by the state
membership chairman t h a t every
chapter secretary should be furnished
with an adequatersupply of pamphlets
explaining the benefits to be derived
by membership in this association. It
was further stressed that every effort
should be made by each chapter to
carry out programs that would be of
help in keeping all th e old members
as well as assisting in gaining new
members. Miss Nolan gave a very in
teresting talk concerning her activities
■ chairman of the SIAC membership
committee setting forth the successful
methods she had utilized in the past in
securing the interest of the new mem
bers in joining the association, In spite
of the inclement weather practically
every chapter of this district was re
presented and the interest shown was
exceptionally encouraging. It is, z the
plan of this group to meet <?nce a month
in the future.
Those in attendance were: Joe Wil
son, S.U.CC., state membership chair
man; Gene Schmidt, Ass’t. Exec. Sec’y
of OSEA; Robert Ashby, SIAC, Direc
tor of District No. 2; James Bank, Pres.
Capitol No. 19; John Susbauer, Pres.,
SIAC, No. 20; Alvah Brown, Pres.,
Oregon No. 22; Clarence L. Tomkins,
Pres., OCE No. 43; JessiL. Baker, Pres.,
Deer Park No. 47; Clarence Tandy,
Pres., Hi-way No. 1; James Singleton,
Pres., Willamette No. 21; Lyle Beyers,
Pres., Forestry No. 25; Olive Mallery,
Pres., MVSW No. 32; Frank Hutchison,
proxy Marion No,. 18; Geo. Kayser,
Sec’y of SJiop & Field No. 38; and Miss
Nowlan, Membership Chairman, SIAC
No. 20.
The government is suing the A&P
because it buys and sells groceries too
cheap, and is too big. Not likely to
catch the housewife vote.
Now ¿that the British have devalued
the pound we hope to see more of
those small British cars and fewer' of
those big British loans.