The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-11-17
OF
COMMERCE

At the quarterly meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce yesterday after
noon, it was voted to hold meetings on
the third Wednesday of each alternate
month. at such hour as the Board Of
Trustees shall order. This means that
Instead of meetings being held every
three months as at present, they shall
I be held every two months. This was
\ compromise on the original request OF
some members that meetings be held
| every month.
Almost the entire time of the meet
ing was devoted to discussion of this
subject. President Lowrey brought
4 the question before the meeting. Mr..
Morgan, who introduced the motion at
the last meeting to make the change
in the bylaws for monthly meetings,
arose and stated that some members
1 felt that the Chamber as a body should
meet more frequently, and in that way
it could become a more effective or
J )ganization. At the quarterly meetings
there were few members, outside the
members of the Board of Trustees, who
could be depended on to be present
( Mr.. Spalding inquired whether those
Who had asked for this change were
( present. Mr.. Morgan replied that some
i were. Mr.. Spalding. with a dry smile,
said that the very few members pres
II ent of those who had made the request
somewhat nullified the movement.
{. L. Tenney Peck stated that he was
\ one of those with whom Mr.. Morgan
I had talked over the question of more
frequent meetings. To push the work
of the Chamber along 1t was necessa-
|, ry to have the members present, for
n there were matters which had to be
h voted on two and three times before
\ they became effective. OF course the
II trustees were supposed to be present at
I every meeting.
Secretary Spencer suggested that 1t
was common knowledge that it was a
most difficult thing to get quorum
u at the monthly meetings which had
| formerly been held, about three years
back. He found that the same MEM
bers were generally on hand at every
meeting. He stated that If the Cham
Der has a satisfactory Board of Trus-
n tees they will transact the business
| necessary, and in urgent cases the
}Preident can always call a meeting
/ together.
n President Lowrey looked over the
|. assemblage, and after consulting the
7 list of officers, stated that of the fif
Y teen members present, ten of them
were members of the Board of Trus-
tees, and the other five were Just men,
1 bers. There were twelve trustees all
told.
Mr. Macfarlane thought that every
ItYo months was frequent enough for
(Chaphpr maatinUG Mr. I.lnnc said
,he had been present very few times
i'm two years, but whenever he came
he found there was nothing for him
ITO do except to sit and keep quiet and
listen TO what had been done by others
!'-the trustees.
/, Let the smaller fellows have some
| thing to do and say as well as the
big fellows of the Chamber of Com
merce," he suggested.
Bruce Cartwright thought that busi-
ness had gone along very nicely in the
| Jpast He would prefer seeing many
members present at all meetings. He
|4agreed to the compromise motion for
meetings every two months. Mr..
lBerndt felt that better results would
| fbe obtained by more frequent meet
tngs.
II
meetings in theory were all right, but
fn practice they were not. He con-
'sidered it a wise thing to delegate the
tetail work to the trustees. He said
Ehis was community of meetings, and
Ifousiness is largely done through meet
| tngs. He favored the compromise.
Mr.. Bowen considered that the trus-
!. ices had done excellent work. He
| 4 hought. however, that in view of the J
|Y'entiment for more frequent meetings,
the compromise was a good measure. 1,
He wondered sometimes what has
tnade the apparent interest in the work |
If the Merchants Association. He had !
yeen well-attended meetings there. |
\ However, as long as the trustees have !
}nsone into the matter, he thought the |
4 chamber could support their compro-
Mise measure.
Mr.. Swanzy stated that his recollec- |
ion of monthly meetings was that
| uorum could seldom be obtained, and |
It- was almost impossible, therefore, to |
transact any business. That brought
bout the Board of Trustees to handle
important matters to report to the full
chamber every quarter.
In On this showing Mr.. Morgan moved
he passage of the compromise meas
re. seconded by Mr.. Cartwright, which
assed unanimously
III. p. Wood, secretary of the Promo
}on Committee, was present and was
Introduced to the members by Mr..
owen.
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