The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-22

, body of voting delegates elected In
| the districts the government of the
association is changed from q mass
| meeting" to a. delegate form. Un-
der the old system the entire MEM
| bership of several thousand farm
ers is called to Hartford each JAM
uary for the annual meeting and
occasionally for special meetings
One defect of the system is that
many farmers cannot make the trip
to Hartford and one district may
have only a few members at the
annual meeting while another is
well represented. Under the pro-
posed new system each district
would have exactly the same num-
er of votes in the meetings of the
delegates. Another defect of the old
system is the inevitable difficulty
of transacting business in a large
gathering. Each regular member
and that means only members SELL
ing their milk through the asso-
ciation-will have a vote in district
meetings for the election of dis
trict directors and voting delegates.
The Is district directors and the
80 voting delegates Give from each
district) will name the directors at
large. With three of these the body
that will transact other business of
the association, now conducted in
meetings of the embership, will
consists of Ill men. This smaller
body can be called together with
more ease and it is felt by the
reorganization committee that its
size will make it much more eff
cient in the conduct of the asso-
cations business.
Delegates who cannot attend
meetings may name substitutes to
attend in their place.
Instead of journeying to Hart
ford, the members will vote in their
district meetings, comparatively
near their homes. In each district
be president of the district, there
delegates and a district vice-presi-
will give opportunity for outstand-
ing members to serve the associa-
ton in posts of responsibility. I'm
der the old plan each district had
but one officer, the director.
In the district meetings men,
bers besides naming their district
officers, their director, and their
voting delegates, may decide what
position they will take on matters
confronting the association and in
struct their delegates and director
how they shall vote. 1t is expected
that district meetings will be held
more frequently than in the past.
Other features Of the reorgani-
cation plan include redistricting
of the state into IS instead of "a
districts, the new lines SO drawn as
to equalize the districts in number
of members; reduction of the board
of directors from "a to 81, of whom
IS are district directors and three
are elected at large; direct election
of directors in the districts instead
Of nomination in the districts and
election at the annual meeting of
the full membership; election of
directors for three-year, ''stagger-
ed terms instead of annually; lin
itation of the vote to members SELL
ing through the association and
provision for a new class of asso-
eiate members who have no vote
and are ineligible for elective office;
provision that no director or voting
delegate shall serve as a regular
salaried employee of the associa-
ton.
The reorganization committee of
the association which drew up the
new bylaws and voted unanimously
to approve them included five men-
bers of the associations board OF
directors, and three men invited I'd
work with the committee as repreT
sentatives of other farmers argon-
izations.
These last were E. c. woodward
of Salisbury, chairman of the Con-
necticut Milk Producers council;
George H. Robertson of Coventry,
president of the Farmers National
association, and s. Mclean Buck
ingham of WATERFOWL, president of
the Connecticut Farm Bureau fed
Grafton. Professor Charles H. Beard
of New Milford was invited to
work with the committee but has
been out of the state and could
not attend it's meetings.
If the members at the meeting
November 28 adopt the new by
laws they will go into effect i'm
mediately and new directors and
voting delegates will be named in
district meetings in December.