Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-11-22

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Replacement of methods now follow
ed at the annual convention of the Mon
tana State Teachers association with
constitutional changes providing for
the transaction of business by elected
delegates from community organizations
will be a salient feature of q reorgan-
ization plan submitted to the conven-
ton this Tuesday morning by a COM
mittee composed of Mabel Jones, Payne
Templeton and D. S. Williams. The
change would place the business of the
convention on the same basis as q
government legislative body, differing
from the present system in that all
members now have voice in the pro-
ceedings, members Of the committee
explained.
The reorganization plan submitted
will provide for six predomlnating
changes over the present convention
system. The changes, in order, are:
1.-Provides Tor community organic
atoms of % members or more each.
Provides for the transaction Of
convention business by elected delegates
AAoL community OL6AAIAae1SASs
3.-Provides that officers Of the as
ISOLATION shall consist of president,
vice president and secretary-treasurer.
4.-Provides for the personnel of an
executive council.
5.-Provides that salaried secre-
tary- treasurer shall be permanently
employed to give all Of his time to the
associations business.
6.-Increases the fees Of members
from one-tenth of one per cent OF their
salaries to two-tenths of one per cent.
The impression was given at the
morning session Monday that a pro-
posal would be made for the districting
of the state and the prediction was
made that if this matter came up
definitely, opposition would develop. 1t
is stated by delegates that some oppo-
sition will be Forthcoming for the re-
organization plan, but it was predicted
that the change would be authorized
by a substantial majority. The re-
organization plan, discussion of finances
and the teachers attitude towards
taxation contain the principle elements
Of possible disagreement at the bust
ness session this afternoon, many dele
gates declared.
The report of the reorganization
committee follows in full:
Article !, Name
Z The name Of this organization shall
be the Montana State Teachers asso-
citation.
Article II, Membership
Section 1.-The membership Of the
Montana State Teachers association
shall consist of two classes, active and
associate, whose qualifications, rights
and obligations shall be as hereinafter
prescribed.
Section 2.-Active members of the
association shall be those actively en-
gagged in the profession Of teaching in
the state of Montana.
Section 3.-Associate members of
the association shall be persons who
are not actively engaged in the. profess
sion of teaching but interested in the
promotion of education. 8E
Article III, Dues
Section 1.-The annual dues of an
active member shall be two-tenths of
one per cent of his annual salary,
which shall entitle him to attend all
meetings Of the association and it's
several departments and receive free
all publications of the association. An
nual dues Of associate members shall
be one dollar per year.
Section 2.-The annual dues of all
members, active and associate, shall be
paid to the treasurers of the affiliated
associations on or before the time of
the annual meeting. The treasurers
of the affiliated associations in turn
shall forward the dues with list of
active and associate members who have
paid their dues for the ensuing year
to the secretary of the Montana State
Teachers association. Any member
CO.. ~ I,,nc a
vided shall forfeit the privileges of
membership and after being in arrears
for one year shall be dropped from the
list of members.
Section 3.-The membership
shall be the same as the fiscal year
of the association, September 1 to
August 81, inclusive.
Section 4.-The secretary of the as
ISOLATION shall furnish each member Of
the association membership cand,
declaring him to be member of the
Montana State Teachers association
for the year for which his dues are
paid and as such entitled to all the
rights and privileges granted by the
constitution of the association.
Section 5-The right to vote and to
hold office in the association or in any
department or in any affiliated 1850
citation, shall be limited to active mem
bers whose dues are paid. Associate
members whose dues are paid shall
have all the rights and privileges given
to active members except the right to
vote and to hold office.
Article w, Affiliated Organizations
Section Amy group of teachers or
school officers who are active members
Of the State Teachers association, to
the number of % or more, may form
a community association, to be an in
tegral part of the Montana State
Teachers association, to be known by
the name Of a Community Teachers
association, provided that teachers, in
affiliating with community associa-
ton, shall not go outside the county in
which they teach, and in no case to be
a member of more than one community
association. Any group of teachers or
ganizing a community association in ac-