The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-11-16
ADOPTED FOR
REORGANIZATION OF
CHAMBER COMMERCE
Committee Meeting To.
day to Arrange Drive
for Members

for Members
A meeting Of the committee named
by sidney Well 10 nssist him In carry
Ing on the campaign to ~reorganizo the
Chamber of Commerce will be held NJ
$3.50 lo'clpck THIS afternoon. TO follow
up the action taken AZ the meeting
OF the members OF the chamber and
business men OF the city last night.
The following Il a summary OF the
action taken by the 100 business men
OF the city. mostly members OF the
chamber. last night:
IL was unanimously voted. ubon
motion of Man Norihnus, to do away
with plural voting.
=. n. Coons. speaking for the board
os directors, stated that the rcsigna-
tions uf mcnbcrS of the beard were
ready 10 he rendered ~ soon rs tire
CHAMBER was u-orEanixcd aud ready
to elect their Successors. "a that
every dircctor would continue as an
active worker.
A rssaiufisn expressing the confi-
dcncc OF h meeting Ia the board of
dircctors aud secretary OF the cham
her wits passed on siotion OF George
Roslanston.
A rV~oluilon instrucaing the boari
of dircc1ot~ 20 advise the school board
to 40 ahead with AN adequate buiid-
Ina program. tlc city commissioner
10 20 ahead with nm adequate paving
program. ind the hotel directors "a
RU aband with thcir plans. aud all Of
them 20 act without reference To cost.
WINS passed upon mot. ON OF MIR. Hos
tinEton.
Tho Nnccting voted that u meeting
of the entire m~Cmbcrlhip Of tire
chamber b. called by the directors
once a month, upon motion Of George
&. Taylor.
sidney Wen was elected n commit
tee of one To take fun charge OF the
reorganization of the Chamber OF
Coinmercc. with power 10 call ON nny
members 60 help him.
The only plan covering the entire
problem with which the chamber was
coping last night. was offered by AIR.
Well. His plan. as he stated. ~ de-
signed to do three things at oncc. IL
II to effect the reorganization OF the
structure Of the chamber. Il Is TO be
a cnmpalgn FOR new members, and 10
Is 20 give the now chamber a definite
pan to work on. the plan being made
by the people who make up the cham
Der.
Wells Plan.
The operation OF the plan viii bo
a. follows: The men who attended
the meeting last night were all toid
NANAN NAANN NNANA INV NAHtNN EHsNHN -
the work. They were paired off, each
uan having some other man for a
"buddic." Each man IL responsible
for his "buddie." and II his "buddie"
becomes laX. he must answe. why. 4
a general committee. made up OF
a combination OF older men OK
perienced In chamber work. and now
men who have so far been Inactive.
WAS appointed to n the cam
paign. The members OF this COM
mittcc are. arthur Prayer. u. Bald
ridge. A. A.. H%cbcnrtrcit. George Hos
ungtou, Col -. *. -. Sellers. e.. pdOn.
H.. -. Hcning A. Ogle, Carl Magcc.
d. n. A. Ithpcr. pr. a. n. Briggs.
=. g. Morgan. Ralph Melbourne Guy
Lnudcrhhugh G. o. Cushman, Frank
strong ana \. +. lie sucr.
The committee will meet this after
noon 10 plan "a drive Tor new mem
herA. The probable method OF carry
Ing on thiE drive will be- by assigning
to each man who was at IA meeting
last night, some man whom he b.
dominated TO get Tor o. member. The
goal h 1000 mombers. and the cost
of memberships viii De $50 as before.
No man will be allowcd to vote In n
chamber election unless he has paid
a year In advance.
Future Working Plan.
on the conclusion OF the member
snip tAMHAAkns tAAh AAfNAAhtN VI AA'
chamber Is to send to the secretary
a memorandum Of what Il IN his
opinion the most important thing for
the city OF Albuquerque to undertake.
From these suggestions a circular viii
be printed containing 60 to 10 plans
for action for the chamber. These
circulars and n blank ballot viii be
sent To each member, containing also
an members OF the Chamber OF Com
mcrcc.
The member will check on the circu-
lar the 10 plans OF action which he
considers most important to tao
growth and prosperity Of tho city.
numbering them In the order OF their
importance. They will then take
their ballot and from the entire mem
bership list vote for new members Of
the board Of directors whom Chcy
think best suited TO carry out their
myorite plans Of action,
The expected result OF this will be
to get 40 definite things for the cham
/ Der to concentrate on as itH program,
and a board OF directors which viii
be particularly suited to larry out this
| program. aud who will be the choice
OF the whole organization.
Everybody l. For Action.
The meeting, which lasted for two
and "a half hours. was full OF enthuai-
asm. Speech after speech was made.
/ showing faith in the possibilities OF
| Albuquerque. and calling TO immedl-
| ate action. Each speech was loudly
| Chcered.
President George h Breccc opened
the meeting with "a few remarks on
It's purpose. Ho then called on sidney
wei. who Outlined the work Of the
TUNNEL