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community matters. Reports should be made of work done by 

 the various organizations, concerning the projects adopted and 

 carried out by them. The remaining projects should be gone 

 over to ascertain whether any of them can be begun during the 

 coming three months. Other matters than the specific projects 

 often come up at this time and receive consideration. 



10. THE ANNUAL COMMUNITY MEETING. Instead of one of 

 the quarterly meetings of the council there should be a meeting 

 of the entire community. This should take the form of an 

 annual meeting. Three things should be done: 



1. Reports should be made of work done by any organization 



or group during the past year. 



2. The council committees should report the working plans for 



the coming year. 



3. The chairman, secretary and committees for the ensuing 



year should be chosen. 



In addition to these matters of business there is usually a 

 speaker from the outside who discusses some question of special 

 interest to the community at that particular time. Special 

 community meetings should be called as often as there are vital 

 questions to be considered by the community. 



MODEL AGREEMENT FOR A COMMUNITY COUNCIL 



ARTICLE I 

 Name and Object 



There is hereby created the Community Council to 



serve as a medium through which the organizations of 



(town) can cooperate more fully in their work for community progress. 



ABTICLE II 



Membership 



Membership shall consist of one representative from each general organiza- 

 tion or group of the community and three (five to seven in large towns) 

 selected at large. Those selected by organizations or groups shall be 

 from their own membership and shall be chosen as soon as possible after 

 October 1st of each year. 



ABTICLE III 



Officers 



The officers shall comprise chairman and secretary who shall be chosen at 

 the annual community meeting. 



