Part 34 (2/2)

Committees

Section 1. The Standing Committees of five each shall be elected annually by ballot at the May meeting; they shall be as follows: Members.h.i.+p, Program, Place and Hospitality.

Section 2. The Members.h.i.+p Committee shall consider all names nominated for members.h.i.+p and report to the Club.

Section 3. The Program Committee shall have charge of the arrangement of the program of each regular meeting and also of a year book to be issued to the members at the June meeting.

Section 4. The Place Committee shall arrange the location of the meetings of the Club and make announcement at least one meeting in advance.

Section 5. The Hospitality Committee shall attend to the social life of the Club.

Section 6. A Nominating Committee shall be appointed by the President at the April meeting to report nominations of officers and committees at the May meeting.

ARTICLE VII

Order of Business

The order of business at the regular meetings shall be: Call to Order, Secretary's Report, Reports of Committees, Business, Program.

ARTICLE VIII

Amendments

The Const.i.tution may be amended at any meeting of the Club, by a two-thirds vote of the members present, notice of amendments proposed having been given at the preceding meeting of the Club.

CHAPTER XXV

RULES OF ORDER FOR CLUBS

An important element in club life is the training it gives in the management of business in committees and public meetings. It is indispensable that every club should learn how to work under regular rules. Jefferson said that they secure ”accuracy in business, economy in time, order, uniformity and impartiality.”

I--BOOK OF RULES

As a guide, every club should possess a copy of some accepted book of order, to which to refer in cases of difference of opinion as to proper procedure, and the law of the book should be received as final. Officers and members should familiarize themselves thoroughly with the details of such a manual. ”Parliamentary Usage for Woman's Clubs” by Emma A. Fox (Doubleday, Page) is satisfactory and up to date.

II--ORGANIZING

A small preliminary difficulty to some is how to organize an as yet unorganized club. The first step is for any one present to rise and nominate some body for temporary chairman, and when this is seconded, to ask those in favor of the person named to say ”aye” and the opposed ”no”

and to turn over the meeting then to the person named. As it is only a temporary office there is not likely to be any negative vote.

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