The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-23
MEMBERSHIP IS
NOW CLOSE TO
THE 600 MARK
Election of Officers Will Be the
Next Step In the ReOrganiza-
ton of the Lakeland Chamber
of Commerce, This To Take
Place Within the Next Few
Days

The membership total of the Lake.
ard Chamber of Commerce is now
nearing the 600-mark. Steady and per-
5stent effort is to he the program
from now on. There is to De no lei
ing up in the work OF enrolling every
man and woman and every business
concern having personal interest in
Lakeland and its surrounding terri
cory. While the campaign committees
are continuing their efforts and ii
special drive is staged for next Mon
day night from 7:30 to $3.50 clock
to interview the workers who canno.
be reached during the day, Secretary
Appleyard is laying plans for get
another member campaign the pur-
pose of which is the securing by the
present membership Of just one each.
III this is made Il success Chairman
Lanphear and Secretary Appleyard
see visions of making the Lakeland
Chamber Of Commerce close to one
hundred per cent strong, possibly be
ing the banner organization of its
kind in the United States. The list of
prospects now on file and being
worked on will boost the total well be-
yond the goal of 700 originally deter
mind on but with individual effort
as suggested there is no reason why
this figure cannot be greatly exceeded.
With the matter of membership now
being taken care of, the next step is
d permanent organization through the
election Of officers and Il board of di-
rectors. The new constitution and
bylaws provide that the government
OF the Lakeland Chamber of Com
merce shall be vested in a board of
twelve directors who shall hold Of
flee for period of two years, these
directors to be nominated and elected
by the entire membership Within the
next few days there will be mailed out
To each member of the Chamber Of
Commerce Il primary nomination bal
lot together with Il printed roster Of
the membership and members will lie
instructed to return this ballot by a
specified time in an envelop sealed
and directed to the Committee ON
Election. Lakeland Chamber of Com
merce. Inc. Lakeland. florida" with
the names of twice as many nominees
as there are directors to- be elected
tin the first election the number to lie
elected shall be twelve) written there
on.
In the first election the twentyfour
members receiving the highest number
Ct votes in the primary shall be placed
in nomination on the official ballot.
The ballot is then to lie mailed to the
entire membership with Instructions
printed thereon directing each mem
Der to vote for twelve directors and to
return the ballot in IA like manner as
in the case of their nominating ballot.
The six members receiving the high
est number of votes in the election
shall be declared elected for a term
of two years. The six members re-
ceiving the next highest shall lie de-
clared elected for one year. There
after as many directors as there are
vacancies existing on the board shall
be elected on the first Tuesday of
April of each year.
In the event of tie vote for last
place in either the primary or final
election, the additional name or names
appear on the ballot with an eXpla
nation on the margin as to why addi-
tional names appear on the ballot.
Vacancies on the board of directors
will be filled by the board until the
next annual election, but filling such
vacancies is to be by the election of the
next highest candidate appearing on
the ballot as shown by the last an
nual election returns. Members will
invariably vote by mail, in secret bal
lot.
In all probability the nominations
and the election will both be disposed
of before the fifteenth of October and
the reorganized Chamber of COM
merce down to smooth running order
| in a few days thereafter. In the
meantime the drive for additional
members is to be pursued systemati-
cally and faithfully, it being realized
that the larger and stronger the organ
ization can be made, just that much
more can and will be accomplished
for Lakeland and for Polk county