Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-16

work. y committee on bylaws was
meeting OF the new membership next
Friday night. This meeting will be
made a big enthusiastic affair
Announcements concerning the for
nation of the bureaus and the mem
bers council will be made shortly. Inc
blanks to be scrt out, so that each in
dividual member may designate the
bureaus in which he is interested, are
now.in the hands Of the printer. They
will be mailed out Monday night.
Tremendous interest has been dis
played in the proposed formation OF
the bureaus, and the body that is TO
be known as the Members Council.
It is planned to get complete ana
representative body of the new men,
bership together under the name OF
Members Council. This council
will be made up Of two or three dele
gates from each division Of trade ~
the city, and while it will have no
administrative power, it will be eX-
pected to supply the Board of Dircc-
tors and the Bureau formation with
suggestions affecting the various lines
of trade. When such suggestions are
of sufficient moment the entire power
Of the organization can be thrown be-
hind them to bring about action benz
ficial to the particular trade group or
to the entire body if the suggestion is
broad enough in scope. Through th's
plan it will be possible to keep fresh
the interest of the entire body at al
times and will eliminate stagnancy
and procrastination so difficult to over
come in bodies not so well organized
The Bureau formation will make
possible the experimentation OF the
general work of the new body. The
new members will be expected to make
a choice of one or more Bureaus il
which they are interested and after
making such selections they will be
Informed OF the meetings of the Bal
reaus in which they are classified. lhiS
will eliminate calling the entire body
together to consider some question in
which only part of the member
ship is particularly interested. The
plan is fashioned after the procedure
Of the most successful commercial
bodies in the country.
There is so much work to do in
Alexandria as result OF the coming
here of so many nationally important
Industries that there is going to be
enough going on at all times to IN
terest the whole of the community.
but it will be necessary to divide the
work into divisions so as to secure
immediate and effective action.
The high interest of the community
in tn campaign is splendid guaran-
tee OF how much the new body can
accomplish with efficient management.
Campaign leaders are determined to
do all in their power 20 make the new
organization not only the largest IN
the country for city of the size or
Alexandria. but also the most efficient.
Many Of the prospects were away or
not within reach of the committees
during the first days Of the campaign,
and these prospects are expected 70
come forward now ard voluntarily JON
the body.
Further information about the meet
ing next Friday night is being pre-
pared and will be given out as soon
as the arrangements are complete
1t is hoped that by that time the bal
ancc of the outstanding prospects vii!
have signed up and the Underwriting
Committee can then make good It's
plan to make the final number of sub
scriptions an even 800 With such a