Arizona republican., 1921-02-16
OUTLINE METHOD OF
 CHOSING OFFICERS
 N MODERN !. IF |.

Methods to be followed in the selec- ton of the officers and directors ol the Ieoreanized chamber of commerce of Phoenix and the plan of control em- phasize the democratic nature of the organization whose membership will be increased next week to 500 or more. Major l.. w. Depuy, director, today de- scribed these methods
 He first pointed out that because mem bers of firms and corporations may take out individual memberships and the firm or corporation subscribes to the service fund, such individuals, firms and corporations will have only one vote no more than the smallest storeleeper who may join. Subscrip- tions of the service fund do not carry with them any voting privileges, such privileges being vested only in the iudi- vidual members. tt will be apparent that the citizen. if there is any such, who regards himself as the most obscure in the chamber, will have just as much to say about who shall run 1t as the most influential interest in the i community.
 "When an election is to be held,' he ! continued, "a primary ballot will be i mailed to every member This ballot 1 will bear the name of every man and l woman who is a member. Assuming 1 that the number of directors is to be 1 15-the actual number of the local or 1 ganization has not yet been fixed-the 1 recipient of each ballot will be asked to mark it so as to place in nomination | the Is individuals who, in his opinion, are best equipped to be directors. l When these primary ballots are l canvassed, the 30 who are found to have the highest votes win be declared 1 the nominees for the 15 places to be filled. The purpose in naming 30 can 1 didates is to offer the members con 1 siderable range of choice.
 'sFhe next step will be the sending out of the final ballots, bearing the 3f | names, with instructions to vote for 1 15, and the I5 receiving the highest votes will oe declared elected.
 Immediately, the 15 directors vii organize by choosing president, one 1 or more vice presidents, treasurer 1 and a secretary. The usual method iS for the directors to elect the president and the other officers except the secre- tary from among their own number The reason for this is found in the will of the membership in fixing the mum Der of directors. If this number is II it would obviously be improper to ado two, three or four men as officers giving them the right to vote in board l meetings, and thus actually increasing the size of the board beyond that fixed by the members.
 "The full democracy of this cleo. tion will be apparent when it is added that all ballots will be secretly marked and cast. This system has been triee in the hard school of experience ant found to be the most satisfactory meth cd yet devised to secure truly repre- sentative management of a chamber o commerce. In some chambers a bylaw has been adopted to prevent the re election of a director for a successive term.
 Tn addition to board of directors a modern chamber of commerce hal what is called members forum. u some respects it is as important a the board of directors; it's chairman i as important as the president of tn chamber.
 .It is a means of direct and quicl communication with the entire mem bership. It's other functions are t keep a check on the progress of worl | by the committees, to encourage goo' fellowship among the members, to ini tiate movements for the communit. good. in short, to keep the membershil alive and interested.
 Briefly, it is an organization con sisting of a chairman. three vice chair men and as many district captains a
 may be desired. Each captain wi
 name as many lieutenants as he ma
 require to keep in contact with tn members he is responsible for.
 ITO illustrate only one way in whic , this members forum works, let us as
 sume that some exigency exists malHin it necessary to get a message to ever member of the chamber in the shortes possible time The chairman of tn
 forum by making three telephone call
 passes the word to the vice chairmei
 These with five calls each get the mes
 sage to the captains. They notify th
 neutenants and they in turn deliver tn
 call to the members.
 Most of the actual work of tn
 chamber will be done by special com
 mittees. The selection of these will |
 made with the same intelligence ths
 characterizes all other activities of tt
 modern chamber or commerce. Me
 who want particular things done wi be named to accomplish those thing on behalf of a united community | represented in it's chamber of com ! nlerce.
 "In all other ways the expanded ar f reorganized chamber of commerce wi . ne organized, officered and operate = along the most modern lines.' ' -O-