Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-29
ORGANIZATION IS!PERFECTED
Care win Be Taken In ChooS-
ing Officials to Guide OeS-
tinieS of Greater Chamber.
RAYMOND C. BROWN IS
OUT FOR SECRETARYSHlP
Nominating Committee May Be
Drawn This Afternoon to
Present Slate

That too hasty steps should not be
taken in choosing the officers and di.
rectOTs OF the commercial OrganiEa.
tion which will be perfected by the
emalgamation OF the Chamber OF Com
meTce and Merchants Association, is
the consensus OF CpiniCn of those bus.
iDess men who are interesting them.
selves in the merger, as asccrtain@d
this morning through a series of in
tarviews. According to statements
made, the majority Of the members OF
the chamber and the association ad
vocate that. at the. joint meeting o.
the two organizations this afternoon
IN the makai pavilion of the Young
hotel, a nominating committee should
be appointed which, during the COM
ing week, would frame slate con
tanning the names of candidates for
both officers and directors.
AS soon as the bylaws for the
greater chamber, drawn up by a spe-
cial joint. committee headed by F. G,
Atherton, are adopted by the mem.
bership of the Chamber of Com
merce and the Merchants Associa-
tion this afternoon, the amalgamation
will be perfected. Chairman Ather
ton will, before presenting his report
concerning the bylaws, ask for a vote
as to whether the new organization
shall be known as the Greater Ho
nclulu Chamber OF Commerce" or the
Honolulu Chamber of Commerce
There has been no little discussion
on this matter, and it is the idea Of
the bylaws committee to settle ii be
fore proceedings with the other bust
ness. A temporary chairman will be
elected 10 preside at the meeting. Fol-
lowing the presentation Of the com,
pleted bylaws, which already have
been submitted to the directors Of the
chamber and association, the mem.
hers Of both organizations will be
asked TO formally adopt them. >.
There has been some comment to
the effect that both officers and di.
rectors for the greater .chambeI,
should be elected this afternoon. Ar.
ticle z of Section IL, of the new by.
laws. regarding nominations, says:
AT least three weeks prior to the
annual meeting of the chamber. the
president shall appoint committee
Of seven members to nominate Off
rers, with the exception of the secre
tRry, and to present the names of 40
members of the chamber, including
the names Of officers, arranged in al
phabetical order, as candidates for
the board OF directors. From this list
81 shall be elected as a board of di-
rectors for the ensuing year.
Section 2-The nominations made
by this committee OF seven, or by q
majority thereof, shall be filed with
the secretary at least two weeks be-
fore the day of election, and such
nominations shall be mailed to mem.
bers within three days of filing. Other
members Of the chamber may also
make nominations for officers and
directors, such nominations to be filed
with the secretary at least eight days
before election. Such additional nom.
nations may be mailed to members at
least five days before the election. y
Article s, regarding the election Of
officers and directors, follows
The officers. except the secretary
and directors, shall be elected by hal.
let at the annual meeting of the cham
bcr. The election of officers shall
first be held on names presented by
the nominating committee by indie
pendent nomination as provided in
Article 7. These receiving the high.
est number Of votes cast shall he de-
Clared elected. In case of a tie vote
between two or more names. another
ballot shall be taken of the tied votes
only. After the election Of officers
the remaining II directors shall be
elected by ballot from among the
nominees in the manner provided for
the election Of officers"
In spite Of the fact that the meet
ing this afternoon is special and not
annual. the general opinion seems to
lie that these sections should be fol
lowed out That is, at the meeting
this afternoon, nominating commit
tee should be appointed to draw up
slate consisting Of the names Of
candidates for officers and directors.
In the meantime, the temporary chair
man and the members Of the boards
of directors Of the Chamber of COM
merce and Merchants Association
would act as a temporary board q
directors of the greater chamber, it
has been suggested. In the interim,
" hile the nominating committee is
preparing the slate, the members of
the two organizations would he given
an opportunity TO present names OF
persons whom they would desire as
officers or directors.
Upon the completion of the slate
and after the members of both organ