The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-03-22
! @THE WHY, WHO AND HOW OF
o A MODERN CHAMBER OF
o COMMERCE (

o A MODERN CHAMBER OF e
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, O Five Questions and Five Answers <
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Answer to Question No. 3.
Having told the readers of Th
!. Herald and News why Newberr.
should expand its Chamber Of Com
merce and what it can do, the exeeu
tive committee today makes the an
swer below to the question Of who j:
going to run the enlarged organiza
tion in this city. This is the third o.
the five questions which have beer
asked, the others relating to the fnan
ces of the Chamber and it's perma
nence as a community movement.
Who is going to run the Newherr!
Chamber of Commerce after the ex
pansion campaign?
The members are going to run it
In the modern Chamber of Commerce
which is what Newberry is going t.
have at the end of the campaign, ev
cry member is on an equal footing
Each pays the same dues, each ha:
one vote only, each has the right te
nominate for Office, each. has as lout
voice as any other in making of tn
program of work and each will BE-
, called upon to exercise these rights.
Under the old plan, nomination:
were made by committees, committee
were named by the president alone o;
in consultation with the secretary
and quite often the program Of work
if there was one,s was built by one q
the two individuals. Naturally thi
System often leads to control by {
small group. The member who fel
that he was one of the obscure major
ity was too Indifferent to come on
of the background and presently after
joining the chamber he substantially
withdrew, and in a year or two stop
per paying dues. He was mot inter
ested."
The expanded Newberry Chamber
of Commerce will be conducted along
the new plan-again the boiled down
result of dozens of experiments OF
insisting that the members, all the
members, shall say who shall hold Of
fee and be directors and what planks
shall compose the platform or pro-
gram of work.
1t is a fundamental principle o!
the expansion campaign that the full
membership shall direct the thought
and life of the chamber.
, The election of the new directors
and officers will take place at once
upon the completion of the member
ship campaign. The election machin,
cry is of the simplest character. Each
member will be provided with bal
lot bearing the name of every mem.
Der so arranged that he may vote for
whom he chooses. A complete print.
ed list of the membership will be {
part of the ballot. The men elected
to the board of directors will be the
ones receiving the largest number o!
votes, cast secretly and uninffuenceo
by any other consideration thar
merit.
This is democracy reduced to its
simplest form. Fitness in the opin.
ion of his fellow citizens will alone
determine whether a member shall
hold office. Ability and willingness
to serve his community will alone
keep man in office once he has been
elected to it, for it is apr"rent thai
any director who fails to measure ur
to the expectation of his fellow mem.
bers will not be reelected.
How the committees will be choser
was explained in the answer 20 the
question of what the Chamber OF
Commerce can do.
Under the modern plan the mem,
ber's forum will be an important fea
ture of the expanded Nawberry
Chamber of Commerce.
1t will be the medium Of ,.ommun
ication between the officers and d.
rectors and the membership. 1t viii
frequently hold luncheons and meet
ings bringing together the member
ship to invite the presentation anc
discussion of new projects. 1t vii
check up the progress of the worE
of the committees. 1t will bring
speakers on important subjects to the
chamber TO assist the community il