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268 SOCIETY NOTES [j. s. M. P. E.
will be discontinued. The Society members, of course, will receive twelve copies of the Journal instead of four issues of the Transactions. The domestic and foreign price of the Journal is $12.00 per year to non-members and $1.50 per copy to members or non-members.
Board of Governors Meeting. — At the last Board of Governors meeting held on November 8th in New York City, a large number of business matters were transacted including the following.
1. A final revision of the By-Laws was made which will be printed and circulated to the Active members previous to the spring convention when they will be voted upon for final approval.
2. It was resolved that for the time being no advertising material shall appear in the JOURNAL. Whether such a policy will be continued indefinitely will depend upon whether sufficient sustaining memberships can be obtained to take care of the financial necessities of the Society.
3. The duties of the Chairman of the Papers Committee were defined as follows, (a) To secure papers for regular meetings, (b) To approve papers prior to their presentation at meetings, (c) To supply abstracts in length not exceeding 10 per cent of the entire article for distribution by the Chairman of the Publicity Committee.
4. It was resolved that material approved by the Chairman of the Papers Committee and presented at a regular meeting cannot afterward be withheld from publication in the Society's Journal without the approval of the Board of Governors.
5. A motion was made and passed that papers presented at regular meetings shall not be published or circulated but shall be considered as the confidential property of the Society prior to their appearance in the JOURNAL.
6. It was resolved that the Board of Editors and Chairman of the Papers Committee shall prepare an instruction booklet for authors of manuscripts and that the Chairman of the Standards and Nomenclature Committee shall prepare and print in the JOURNAL a list of the complete standards adopted, with recommended practices and other material prepared by the Standards and Nomenclature Committee to date, and that 200 reprints of this booklet be prepared for distribution by the Secretary.
Solicitations Committee. — This committee under the chairmanship of Mr. B. P. Curtis, is endeavoring to secure sustaining memberships of $100, $500, or $1000 which it is hoped the various concerns will take up in order to provide the Society with the funds necessary for conducting its business. The annual dues and entrance fees barely take care of the present expenses of the Society. It will be necessary to appoint a permanent editor to replace the temporary editor, Mr. L. A. Jones, but before this can be done a sufficient income must be secured to provide for a first class editor and manager who will