The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-19
ALL PROFESSIONS
10 Be REPRESENTED
IN MEMBERSHIP lsF]SS!|
REORGANIZATION fLAN OF THE
BOARD OF TRADE WILL MAKE
NEW BODY REPRESENTATIVE
OF ALL INTERESTS

.-.. oeol cS Vi the re-
eani@eu BOARD OF Trade to be made
PUBIC by the campaign committee
is what is known as the "memhor-
snip council which is declared to
oe a method of keeping up the inter-
est OF the membership and of secpr-
ing initiative throughout the wear
IL is an elective body and will be in.
stated Immediately following the
coming membership campaign.
ms is one of the most important
OF the plans decided upon by the
Board of Governors to thoroughly
modernize the Board of Trade and
put IT upon an efficiency basis.
AS the city increases in size the
Importance of the membership coun
Gil is said to increase correspondinp-
ly. According to information COL
lected by the Board of Governors in
their investigations. the purpose and
plan OF forming the membership
council is described as follows:
The membership council is a plan
devised some years ago by the Chi
cago Association of Commerce as a
means to secure the interests OF
members generally in the affairs of
the organization, to find out the
needs of the various groups of mem
bers, and also to afford an effective
means for the directors to obtain an
expression of opinion from the mem
bership.
The Chicago idea has been adopt
ed by commercial organizations in
a large number of cities, large and
small, and commercial organizations
assert that it has solved the diff
Guilty commercial organizations had
in securing the personal services of
the membership upon matters in
which men were directly interested
In most cities the meetings of the
membership council are held weekly
or semi monthly at n-day lunch
es, and there the chairman calls
upon the members for suggestions
for the good of the city, or for the
correction of evil affecting a smaller
group. and where the influence OF
the entire organization is needed.
This body consists of from seven
ty-five to one hundred and fifty dele
, gates representing between thirt!
to fifty business or professional
groups within the membership o
the organization To elect delegates
, the membership of the organization
, is divided into groups, such as thu
grocers, the lawyers. contractors
real estate men, hotel man, and 81
forth, and meetings are called TO
each of these groups once a year 10
t the appointment of their delegates
2 It is well known that each line
e business activity has its own PROB
f lens and has its own Information
4 that could be utilized for the gen
0 eral welfare of the city. state or ma
: tional conventions are held annual
s " by men in almost every Dusines
and professional activity, but tn
knowledge of such conventions doe
: not usually come before CONNER
t cial organization unless attention
called to them The mempersiii
v council is an ideal place to obtal
t such information For instance IN
o druggists may belong to state d.
; sociation which meets annuailS'p''
a this is not generally known III ao
vance of their own membership
n hiring up far in advance SUGGESTION
and information for work TO oo'ai
tho next convention In TINS sah'
way il affords splendid means ~
suggestions for community pup.,
itv and advertising, and IN auui''o
IS oives the officials of the Organize
= tion a line upon the men VINO a,
: most interested and who na,urai'
IS ,,orld ne the best men for the CON
u mittee work ,.
% uoratofore commercial orgahi|a
..on work has generally been cal
e ried on by standing com'l't'''s " ).
Capitalization OF power IN IN