Paramount Pep-O-Grams (1927)

Pep-O-Grams Page Four-A VITALLY IMPORTANT Proposed Amendments to the Constitution and By-Laws of Paramount Pep Club, Inc. 1 . Below, and on the following; page, are amendments to the Constitution and By-Laws of the Paramount-Pep Club, Inc., which were submitted to the general meeting of the Club on July 10th, and which will be re-submittcd, by a motion passed on July 10th, to the members at the general meeting on August 14th. In the meantime, every member is strongly urged to read, weigh and analyse these amendments: and should he, or she, have any further amendments to offer, to have. them prepared in writinp for the August meeting. It is left up to your own sense of the fitness of things to realise just how important this matter is. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS CONSTITUTION any standing committee other than the Educational and the Welfare committees. Section 6. The Chairman of each committee shall be appointed by the President, and the members of each committee shall be appointed and may be removed by their respective Chairmen. Article III. MEMBERSHIP Article VII. DUTIES OF COMMITTEES Sections 1 and 2 to be repealed and the following substituted therefor: Section 1. (a) Any executive or employee of the Home Office of Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation, Publix Theatres Corporation, Publix Music and Production Corporation. Artists Booking Office, Inc., Individual Films, Inc., or Paramount News, Inc., located in the Paramount Building, Broadway, New York, shall be eligible for active membership: and when elected in the manner hereinafter set forth, may retain such membership as long as the employee remains in the service of onp of these corporations, even though subsequently transferred from the Paramount Building. The right to membership shall terminate, however, when the employee is no longer in the service of one of these corj porations. fb) Any employee of one of the above named corporations who is not a member of the Paramount Pep Club owing to the interpretation of Article III, Section 1 (a), but who was previously a member in good standing for a period of two years, may again become a member of the Club by unanimous vote of the Board of Governors. Section 2. Applications for active membership shall be submitted to the Chairman of che Membership Committee, who shall accept such applications in accordance with the provisions of Article VII, Section I, paragraph th). Article IV. Sections 4 — 5 to be repealed, and the following substituted therefor: Section 4. The Standing Committees shall be as follows: Athletic Bulletin Cooperative Buying Editorial Educational Entertainment Finance Membership Pep-O-Grams Reporters Publicity Rules Thrift Ways and Means Welfare Board of Govmembership on Section 5. No member of the ernors shall' be eligible for Sections 1 to 9 inclusive, to be repealed and the following substituted therefor: Section 1. (a) The Athletic Committee shall promote and sponsor all desirable forms of athletics for the members of the Club including various indoor and outdoor sports. (b) The Itulletin Committee shall keep in close touch with all activities of the Club, and post all notices, and distribute all announcements, publications, and other matter of interest to Club members. (c) The Cooperative Buying Committee shall negotiate with individuals, firms, and corporations, and arrange for Club member; to purchase merchandise, goods, services, and entertainment at the most advantageous prices obtainable. (d) The Editorial Committee shall consist of an editor-in-chief, an assistant editor, and two art editors. This committee shall have entire charge of the official publication of the Club known as Pep-O-Grams. The material submitted to this committee by Pep-OGrams reporters and others shall be edited in order that the dignity of the publication, the Club, and the Paramount organization may be upheld. (e) The Educational Committee shall assist and advise inembers in matters pertaining to individual self-improvement. To this end it shal,l announce lectures, exhibits, and expositions,, and shall in cooperation with New York schools and universities encourage Club members to engage in and pursue courses of study. (f) The Entertainment Committee shall direct all social activities of the Club and the forms of entertainment may be varied according to the seasons and holidays. (g) The Finance Committee shall submit the combined budgets of the Committee Chairmen to the Ways and Means Committee for approval. The Finance Committee, each quarter, shall audit the accounts of all standing and special committees having use or custody of funds, and shall investigate and determine the committees whose records shall be audited. Each officer of the Club, each