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Last April u'e started out rvith one big objective. That was to hire a field m:rn-one u,ho rvould spend his time callir-rg on the men.rbership from Imperial Valley to Santa Barbara, rvho rvould help arrange meetings in the various areas, r,vho 'ivould help the members u'ith their problems. T,his man was desperately needed if your association rvas to be kept vital. Also, for more po\\'er and more prestige, a larger membership rvas needed. Members and money u,ent t()gether-if we \\'ere to do those things yotl most rn'anted done. Otheru-ise, our budget stopped us.

So. for members. Hal Brou'n of the \\roodhead Lttrrber Co. took the Membership committee and together tl-rey enrolled 70 nerv members. Today. our association has an in- crease in membership over one year ago of 24/o. Hal's committee did a u'onderful job.

To solr.e the financial problem, Ralph Baker of Barr Lumber Company and his Finance committee figured out a more practical allocation of cost of supporting the association. A feu' of the men.rbers had been paying a larger part of the cost than their size justified. Above all, our iucome u,as not enough to accomplish that objective of hiring a fieid man or tu'o. As a result, lve have irad a very slight increase in dues-the first in 10 years, and members are asked to pay in proportion to their size. The new dues structure, nolv in effect, is more fair and it produces more money. If all of yorl carry your share tl,ere will be about

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