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22 Transactions of S.M.P.E., Vol. XIII, No. 37, 1929
the West Coast during most of the time usually spent in preparation for a convention. I should like to take this occasion to thank Mr. C off man and his associates for the work they have done and will continue to do before this program appears in our Transactions. This program again features sound and its latest developments. In the past we have heard of and about television ; our present program indicates that we are to have an actual demonstration of this latest marval of engineering science.
Last fall, I outlined some of the policies which I proposed to follow as chief executive. Among those, was that of having the membership in general participate as much as possible in the conduct of the Society. You may have noticed an evidence of the carrying out of that policy by the increased number of committees and the increasing personnel of those committees. We now have 13 committees with a total membership of 125. There are, of course, some cases where the same man holds membership on more than one committee, but this has been avoided as far as practical. The total number of members may be reduced as experience indicates those who take hold and work and those who do not.
These committees were selected by the following method. A circular letter was sent to the entire membership. Active and Associate, asking each man if he would be willing to do committee work, and if so, on Avhich committee he desired to serve. The Board of Governors was asked to recommend the man who they thought was best suited to act as chairman of each committee.
The Committee Chairmen were then appointed. They were then asked to name the men whom they felt would be most useful on their committees. All of these data were carefully reviewed and checked up against the knowledge I had, as to individual characteristics gained thru long and intimate connection with the conduct of the Society and the men's past records of service to the Society.
The personnel of the committees was then selected and appointments made. Obviously, it was not possible to please everybody in every instance. I believe, however, that we have well balanced committees representative of the various interests in the Society, and with a combined knowledge of their particular fields far in excess of that held by any other bodies of men in the world.
The response of the various committees to the work assigned has been splendid. It has been my privilege to sit in on several