NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1942)

Amend Article IV by inserting after Section 1 the following new Section lA: “Section lA. Effective January 1, 1942, active members whose stations are located in the territories or insular possessions of the United States shall for the duration of the war pay dues upon the basis of fifty per cent of the dues provided in Section 1 of this Article." BY JOHN SHEPARD, 3RD, THE YANKEE NETWORK, INC. ■Article V, Section 1 (A) shall be amended by deleting the words “Network Directors” so that said paragraph as amended shall read as follows: “(A) A stated or annual meeting of the members shall be held in each year at such place as is determined by the members at their previous annual meeting and at such time as is determined by the Board of Directors. At such meeting Directors-at-Large shall be nominated and shall be elected by the members by vote in an open session thereof to succeed such directors whose terms then expire. ■At such meeting there shall likewise be transacted any other busi¬ ness that may be then properly and legally presented.” .Article ATI, Section 1, shall be amended by striking out the words “twenty-six” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “twentythree” and by striking out the period at the end of the first sen¬ tence and inserting in lieu thereof a semi-colon and by adding the following language to said .section: “Provided, however, that no officer or employee of a national network company shall be eligible to become a director-at-large on the Board of Directors of the .Association” so that the section as amended shall read as follows: “Section 1. NPIMBER. The business and affairs of the .Associa¬ tion shall be managed by and under the direction of a Board of Directors of twenty-three members, to be selected as hereinafter provided, each of whom shall be an .Active Member of the .Asso¬ ciation or a representative actually engaged in the business of an .Active Member; provided, however, that no officer or employee of a national network company shall be eligible to become a directorat-large on the Board of Directors of the Association.” .Article ATI, Section 2, shall be amended by striking therefrom the following language: “There shall be three additional Directors, referred to hereinafter for purposes of convenience as Network Directors, one of whom shall be representative of Columbia Broad¬ casting System, Inc., one of whom shall be representative of Mutual Broadcasting System, Inc., and one of whom shall be rep¬ resentative of National Broadcasting Company, Inc.,” so that the section as amended will read as follows: “Section 2. CLASSIFICATION OF DIRECTORS. There shall be one Director from each District, referred to hereinafter for pur¬ poses of convenience as District Directors. There shall be six additional Directors, referred to hereinafter for purposes of con¬ venience as Directors-at-Large, two of whom shall be representa¬ tive of large stations, two of whom shall be representative of medium stations, and two of whom shall be representative of small stations, operating power to govern these classifications.” .Article ATI, Section 4, shall be amended by striking from the title “and Network Directors” and by striking therefrom the fol¬ lowing language: “During the morning session of the second day of the annual meeting, each of the said respective networks shall certify to the President its nominee or nominees for Network Director, as defined in Section 2 above, whereupon such nominees shall be deemed to have been placed in nomination, and shall be so reported to the members during that session” so that the sec¬ tion as. amendefl shall read as follows: "Section 4. NOMIN.ATION OF DIRECTORS-.AT-L.ARGE. Nominations for each of the six Directors-at-Large, as defined in Section 2 above, shall be made from the floor at a business session of the annual meeting. Nomination speeches for any nominee shall not succeed in the aggregate one minute’s duration. Nominations of an>' classification shall be closed when nominees of that classi¬ fication total thirty. .All names shall be posted as nominated.” .Article A’H, Section .=1, shall be amended by striking the words “and Network Directors” from the title, by striking the words “and Network Directors” from the first sentence of said section and by striking all of paragraph (E) of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(E) The Elections Committee shall prepare ballots in blank and in coupon booklet form with not less than three ballots in each coupon book. Ballot number one shall be used to vote for not more than four nominees in each classification for Directorsat-Large. Ballot number two may be used by writing thereon the names of the first, second and third preference of cities for the next annual meeting; provided, however, that the use of Ballot number two may be waived at the discretion of the Chairman of the Elections Committee and a voice or standing vote substituted. Ballot number three shall be used to vote for two nominees for Director-at-Large in each classification as outlined in Section 2 above ; provided, how'ever, that no ballot shall be cast for more than one nominee of the two nominees in each classification re¬ ceiving the highest number of votes on Ballot number one; and provided, further, that no ballot shall be cast for more than one nominee of the two nominees in each classification receiving the lowest number of votes on Ballot number one.” Article ATI, Section 6, shall be amended by striking out the words “and Network Directors” from the first sentence of such section so that the section as amended shall read as follows; “Section 6. TENURE. All Directors-at-Large shall be elected to hold office until the conclusion of the membership meeting to be held next after their election. District Directors shall assume office at the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the meeting of the membership held after their election and shall hold office until the close of the second annual meeting after assuming office; provided: that District Directors elected at the 1938 annual membership meeting by District 1, District 3, District 5, District 7, District 9, District il. District 13, District IS and District 17, shall serve until the close of the 1939 membership meeting, and that Dis¬ trict Directors elected at the 1938 annual membership meeting by District 2, District 4, District 6. District 8, District 10, District 12, District 14, and District 16, shall serve until the close of the 1940 membership meeting.” BY HUGH A. L. HALFF, AVOAI, SOUTHLAND INDUS¬ TRIES, INC. .Amend .Article lAA Section 1, by striking out the second sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the follow’ing new sentence: “Net receipts from the sale of time are defined as billings based on gross rate for broadcasting service less time and advertising agency discounts, if any, and sales commission up to 15% if actu¬ ally paid, and including billings to networks,” so that Section 1 of .Article lA’, as amended, shall read as follow-s: “Section 1. Effective January 1, 1943, each active member shall pay dues on net receipts from the sale of time received during the previous calendar year. Net receipts from the sale of time are defined as billings based on gross rate for broadcasting service less time and advertising agency discounts, if any, and sales commis¬ sion up to 15% if actually paid, and including billings to networks. No member shall be required to state its actual volume but to name annually to the Secretary-Treasurer on his call the class into which its volume falls. It is understood that each .Active Member is in honor bound not to name a smaller classification than that into which its volume actually falls. The annual dues, payable monthly in advance, shall be as follows: Class Range oj ’ Income Monthly Dues A 0 15,000 $ 5.00 B 15,001 36,000 10.00 C 36,001 60,000 15.00 I) 60,001 80,000 20.00 E 80,001 120,000 30.00 F 120,001 160,000 40.00 G 160,001 200,000 50,00 H 200,001 300,000 75.00 I 300.001 400,000 100.00 J 400,001 500,000 125.00 K 500,001 600,000 150.00 L 600,001 700,000 175.00 M 700,001 800,000 200.00 N 800,001 900,000 225.00 0 900,001 1,000,000 250.00 P 1.000,001 2,000,000 400.00 Q Over 2,000,000 500.00 190 — April 3, 1942