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Tht' Hoard of Control of the \" VMM mill Members of the lly-l,nws Committee n h o met in ChtcaRo <>" ->iil> Oth
STANDING. Ii. to II.—I'nil I Jenkins, Jenkins Music Co.. Kansas City, Mo.: Frnnk (>. Wllkinn. Pres.. Milking Muxir
Co., Indianapolis, Ind.; Parker M. Harris. Pres., Philip Werlein, Ltd.. N m Orleans I.a.; Otto 11. Henton, Pres.. Heaton
Music Co., Columhis, Ohio; \V. Howard Heasley, Prest., Wh ittle Music Co., Dallas. Texas; l>wiKht F. McCormnck, Past
Pres. of the NAMM; W. \V. Smith. Toledo. Ohio: Louis ii. l.aMair, Pres.. I,yon AL Hcaly, Inc.. Chicnico, HI.; liussell
Wells. Pres., Clias. K. Wells Musie Co., Denver, Colo.: Kdm mid (irnm, Pres., Grnm Musie Co., Milwaukee, "Wise.; Karl
Campbell. Pres., Campbell Music Co., Washington. I). C ; Win. Mills, Kxec. See. of the IV A MM.
SKATIOII, I., to It Harry Cnlloway, V.P., Thenrle Music Co., San Ille^o, Calif.; Miss Mnda (ienird. See. to W. A.
Mills; George llverlj. Pres.. Bjerly Music Co.. Peoria. 111.; K. It. Mcltufl. Pres.. <;rinnell Bros., Detroit. Mleh., and
Pres. of the NAHJIi David Jacobs, Jacobs Bros.. Philadelphia, Pa.: Miss 10. A. Gorhnm, assistant to Sec. Mills; Mel-
ville Clark, Pres., Clark Musie Co., Syracuse, N. Y.
Constructive Program Accepted
by NAMM Board of Control
T
HE Board of Control of the Na-
tional Association of Music Mer-
chants held a two-day session at
the Palmer House in Chicago on July
9th and 10th. The meetings actually
started on Sunday the 8th when the
By-Laws Committee made its report
on the revision of the by-laws to con-
form with the policies laid down by
the Board at the January meeting. The
result of this preliminary meeting
was that the business session was con-
cluded on July 9th instead of the 10th
as originally planned.
The new by-laws were adopted. Also
a comprehensive program which is
printed in this issue on another page.
But first and foremost, Executive Sec-
retary Mills was instructed to plan
for the following activities immedi-
ately :
1—Hold a minimum of five regional
meetings before the end of this
year. These will be held in Chi-
cago, Washington, D. C, Dallas,
Texas, Atlanta and other cities.
2—Prepare a merchandising service
in the form of a quarterly of
Christmas season bulletin with
general merchandising and ad-
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vertising suggestions prepared by
the Advertising Advisory Commit-
tee.
3—Hold a sales training conference
jointly with the (> ce of Kduca-
tion of the Federal Security Ad-
ministration either in New York
or Chicago for the purpose of
ascertaining the practicability of
preparing a sales manual.
4—Watch the Washington Control
situation carefully and report to
members.
New officers were not elected at this
meeting as has been customary in the
past but Parker M. Harris, president
of Philip Werlein, Ltd., New Orleans,
La., was elected to the Executive Com-
mittee to fill a vacancy.
From the membership standpoint
the revision of the Constitution and
By-Laws was perhaps the most im-
portant step forward taken at the
present time.
The name of the association remains
the same. The time for the annual
meeting is designated "between the
first day of June and the first day of
September." Special meetings may be
called at any time by the President or
Board of Directors or by not less than
31 active members, providing they file
with the Secretary for posting a writ-
ten call over their own signatures.
The important changes in relation
to membership, dues and voting follow:
AHTICLK III
Membership
Section I. This Association shall be
composed of Active, Associate, Commer-
cial, CJuest and Honorary Members.
Active
Section '2. Any person, partnership,
Jinn, corporation or company which
maintains retail salesrooms open to the
general public and which is actively
and legitimately cnKHged in the busi-
ness of selling, at retail, musical instru-
ments, music, radios, television, phono-
graphs, phonograph records, pianos, or-
gans, kindred or related articles of mer-
chandise shall be eligible for Active
membership in this Association.
Section X Application for Active Mem-
bership shall be made in writing-; such
application
to state
the
applicant's
agreement to comply with the Constitu-
tion and By-ljaws of this Association.
Such application is to be accompanied
by required annual membership dues.
All applications for Active membership
shall be considered by the Membership
Committee and examined in the manner
prescribed by the Hoard of Directors.
When tin- application for Active mem-
Uurn
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, JULY, 1945