St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-10-06
Council Of Clubs
Future Plans Are
Discussed By Little
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program: 1. Improved communica-
tons with affiliated club member
ship; 2. Improved public relations
with affiliates, and 8. Stimulation
of combined club activity among
affiliates.
Communication As Key To Success
Improving communications, we
feel, can be the key to success.
Cooperation cannot be expected
without the membership being well
informed of what it is to cooperate
with.
We now have what we call a
Council Newsletter which is
mailed to every member of an af-
filiated club. Our immediate plans
are to improve this publication
and have it mailed monthly to
every member.
Speakers Bureau
ITO improve our intra-club pub
lie relations, we have developed
what we call a Speakers Bureau"
composed of our most active dele
gates. Members from this group
will from time to time visit per-
sonally with every club in affilia-
ton to explain phases of our pro-
gram, and seek club suggestions.
THE third Of our three-point
program, encouraging joint activ-
ity by affiliate clubs, can easily
be done after we shall have estab-
hshed good communications.
This kind Of activity can be
particularly helpful to the many
small clubs desiring to sponsor
large events. 1t can also be helpful
in our overall program of building
unity, for it establishes a common
bond between clubs.
ITO carry out these and other
programs of the Council will re-
quire a larger group of personnel
than we have had to work with in
the past. Each club has two offic-
ial delegates. This theoretically
would provide a work force of 90
members. Yet it is considered a
well attended meeting If Is clubs
are represented. This condition has
resulted in the same faithful few
being overworked with committee
work. And even more seriously, it
results in our decisions not being
representative of our true men,
bership. So, we shall certainly
have to make the gaining of full
active participation from affiliated
clubs a starting point for our pro-
gram"
Speaking Of long-range hopes
and plans of the Twin City Coun-
Gil, Little stated that he felt the
potential was unlimited, and men,
toned such things as voter educa-
ton, community betterment pro-
jects and even the possibility of
economic improvement projects
that could lie ahead for a strong
closely-knitted Council of Clubs
organization.
March To Mutual Gains
He concluded with this state
ment: I'VE, as a people, are by
custom joiners. Some people find
it hard to believe that there are
46 independent clubs in our COM
munity. The Council of Clubs ulti-
mate aim must be not to destroy
or infringe upon the many club
groups; but instead to set the
cadence by which they can all
march in step for mutual gains"
1t might appear to some that
the Council of Clubs president is
somewhat of a dreamer to visual
lie this type Of total community |
unity through club solidarity, Of
which he speaks so strongly. But
having observed the operation of
this group for the past few weeks,
noting the determination and con-
fidence with which they tackle
their present problems, and plan
ahead for others, we would be the
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