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out the importance of more action on the part of the Standing Committees. Committees are the means of arriving at a solution of common problems and they are, or should be, made up of those members who are the best informed on subject matters pertaining to committees of which they form a part. A few of our committees have done splendid work and have gotten results, but these are the exceptions. There is much to be done and if those who are honored by appointment on committees during the coming year will make an analysis of the tasks which have been assigned to them, they will find plenty to do and their efforts will increase the efficiency of the Society. Why not try to work out a plan for each committee to get together at least once between our regular semi-annual sessions?
After a very careful analysis of our membership, and in accordance with your instructions, a Standardization Committee has been appointed by your President from a list of suggestions by individual members of your Board of Governors. The Standardization Committee is going to be the most important committee you will have and your cooperation with this committee and its deliberation will have a decided effect on the industry.
At this meeting you will select your officers for the coming year. In line with your approval and in order to eliminate any possibility of politics entering into the nomination for officers, your Board of Governors now and in the future, will act as a nominating committee for a slate for the elective offices. The report of the nominating committee is by no means final and additional suggestions will be welcomed. With the growth and extension of the Society, the officers will carry greater responsibilities and therefore selections must be made with great care.
I would like to take this occasion to make mention of our printed transactions. Have you realized that our transactions to date, contain articles relative to approximately every technical branch of the motion picture industry? Those who are just affiliating with our Society should avail themselves of the opportunity of obtaining copies of our earlier transactions. The Washington transactions are a valuable addition to our proceedings. On behalf of the Society, I wish to express appreciation to those who were responsible for its development and formation : — those who presented papers, those who enlarged the scope of the papers by discussion^and also the Committee on Papers and the Committee on Publications. A large circulation of our transactions outside our membership is highly desirable as our transactions are the means of indicating our activity to the industry at large, and also a large circulation makes the advertising space more valuable. The sale of advertising space is one of the means of obtaining funds whereby we are able to carry on our activities. Not only should each individual firm represented in the Society use our transactions as an advertising medium, but w^e should also get advertising space from those in the industry who are not affiliated with us.
An excellent program has been prepared for this meeting by the Committee on Arrangements cooperating with the Committee on
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