Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-09
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CHAMBER COMMERCE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS TO REPRESENT
TRADE, INDUSTRY, FINANCE

| IkADE, II
A better grasp of the problems which
| confront different business groups in
this city is assured by the action
taken Tuesday night at the annual
! business meeting of the Chamber of
commerce which was held at the Cham
Der or Commerce rooms. through the
election OF experts in various lines of
busiResJ to become members of the
BOARD OF directors of the organization.
An amendment to part "B" of Section
or Article III Of the constitution,
which Is given in another part of this
article. provides that the board of di-
rectors, which shall be Is in number.
snail have eight members who are ex-
perts IN their general line to represent
these different classifications, and sew
en- members at large. This arrange
lnent VIII assure that there is upon
the board of directors at all times some
one who is thoroughly acquainted with
conditions pertaining to his classical
ton and who can thus advise the men,
bers of the board in any action which
they may contemplate.
The members Of this board elected at
. this meeting to take Office at the be-
ginning of the fiscal year on May l are
Merchants, Harry Pierce. D. w. Adams,
X. r. Beane: farmer. Dudley Alleman
industries. Walter Wyman; lawyer,
Robert b. Williamson: wholesa Ter,
Willis e. Swift: banker, Percy V. Hill;
general classification. Laurence Purin-
ton, H. G. Barker, Blaine Owen,
George II. Macomber. Ernest l.. Nc
Lean. II. l.. Merrill, Charles Chase.
The constitution provides that the
various officers Of the chamber shall
be elected by the board Of directors
and this will be done at a meeting to
be held soon.
BY a vote of those present the annual
dues. which for the past year have
been SIS, were changed to $25, with
special classifications at SO and So. A
committee consisting OF the new board
of directors will take the matter of
determining classifcations under adj
visement.
There was much discussion over this
matter. 1t developed that under the
system In force last year there had
been a membership Of III, which was
much less than the membership under
the S25 membership of the other three
years. On the other hand it was
pointed out that that membership was
secured at the time the Chamber of
Commerce was inaugurated and the
members so secured were pledged to
remain in the organization for a term
of three years at that figure, so that
since the organization of the chamber
there had been no need to adjust the
membership rates to retain it's MEM
bers.
1t was finally decided that this grad
al Ia ho
tion and that 1t be left to the board of
directors to decide how the classifi-
cation should be arranged.
Change Method Electing Directors
Several important changes were
made In the bylaws, and it was the
consensus of opinion that all were
we'll worth making. The manner Of
electing the board of directors was
changed in a manner that makes 1t
much more simple and less expensive.
The old method of electing the men,
bers of this board was by a direct
primary. A list Of the membership
of the chamber was sent to each
member and he was asked to state
his choice for the board of directors.
As the number at that time was
twelve, he was required to name
twelve men. Then a list of the TWEEN
ty four having the largest number Of
votes was made out and again SUBJ
mitted to the members with request
that they vote for twelve of this num-
her and the twelve receiving the larger
number of votes was accordingly
elected. This system was used the
first year that the chamber was in
operation and after that six directors
were elected each year to serve for
two wear terms,
The new plan as stated in Article
II of the bylaws Is as follows:
Section /. Voting shall be by in
dividuals only, and no member shall
cast more than one vote.
Section 2. Following their election
to membership, each member must
pay dues for at least one-fourth year
in advance before being permitted to
vote upon any matter. At all cleo
tions no member shall be entitled to
vote until his dues have been fully
paid for the fiscal year previous to
the ono in which the election Is be-
ing held.
Section 3. CAY Nominations for
floor. or by a nominating committee
appointed by the chair if the meeting
so votes. providing that said direc-
tors shall be chosen In accordance
with the specifications outlined in
part b Of this section. A director
shall be declared elected by ma
jority vote of those present at any
regular or duly called special meet
ing, notice of which has been given
TO the entire membership at least one
week previous to the day of the meet
ing.
Section 8. (B) The board Of d.
rectors shall number fifteen 15), and
shall be chosen to serve for a period
OF one year from the following classi-
fication: the President Of the Mer-
chants Bureau. and two other mer-
chants: one man who is a recognized
authority In agricultural matters:
one man who Is actively associated
with the industrial life Of the city;
one lawyer: one man actively en-
gaged In wholesale business; one
man actively engaged in wholesale
business: one man actively engaged
IN banking or accounting work. The
remaining seven members Of the
beard to be selected by popular vote
at any meeting as above specified.
and they may be either men or wo-
men.
Parts c and d or Section 3. and
Section 4, are hereby repealed.
This resulted In q slight change In
Article III relating to the manner OF
filling vacancies In the Board Of Di-