CONFERENCE REPORT ON AMERICAN FORESTRY 

 ASSOCIATION MATTERS 



On Thursday, August 25, Col. W. B. Greeley, Col. H. S. Graves, 

 Mr. F. W. Besley, Dr. H. S. Drinker, Mr. Chester W. Lyman, and 

 Mr. Nelson C. Brown met by appointment at the University Club, in 

 Washington, as an informal, voluntary committee, to confer on the 

 questions recently agitated and discussed in regard to the By-Laws of 

 the x\merican Forestry Association. After a full discussion of the 

 whole situation, they reached the following conclusions, which were 

 laid before the Directors of the Association at a meeting held Tuesday, 

 August 30 : 



(1) The provision for I permanent Directors was agreed to be 

 eliminated. As to this. Col. Greeley suggested that a system some- 

 what similar to that which formerly prevailed in the Association could 

 be adopted, leaving the choice and election of all the Directors wholly 

 in the hands of the members of the Association. He suggested the 

 substitution of an elective Board of 15 members, 3 to be elected 

 annually by ballot by the members of the Association, to hold office for 

 5 years. The committee unanimously approved this suggestion. 



It was further suggested that in place of the appointment of a 

 number of permanent Directors, a plan of having a Committee of 

 three permanent Trustees to hold the Association's endowment funds 

 and life membership payments be considered by the Board. 



(3) All non-salaried officers (at present, the President, Vice- 

 Presidents, and Treasurer) to be elected annually by letter ballot by 

 the members of the Association instead of by the Directors. Nomina- 

 tions for Directors and for the non-salaried officers to be made an- 

 nually by a nominating committee of representative character ap- 

 pointed by the Directors, any group or groups of 25 members also to 

 have the right to nominate tickets, to be sent out to the members by 

 the Secretary with the ticket suggested by the Nominating Committee. 



(3) The power of the Directors to amend the By-Laws to be 

 eliminated. All amendments to be made by the members of the 

 Association. 



(4) The plan of the Directors that has been under consideration, to 

 appoint a competent, trained and experienced forester as a member of 



