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6. The community program of work will be presented to the 

 people of the community by the community committee at the 

 winter community meeting of the farm bureau and cooperators 

 and demonstrators will be secured. 



Annual Revision of Farm-Bureau Program. In order to keep 

 the farm-bureau members interested in planning and carrying 

 out a program of work it is desirable to send out questionnaires 

 to the members each year, requesting suggestions as to desirable 

 changes or additions in the program of work. It is also desir- 

 able to discuss the program at meetings of the members in each 

 community and at the annual meeting. The executive and com- 

 munity committees will need to carefully revise the county and 

 community programs each year, as projects or parts of projects 

 are completed, or as new problems arise. They will, of course, 

 use the suggestions of the members as a basis for any revision. 

 As indicated, each county project leader may, at any time, call 

 meetings of the project committee, composed of the various com- 

 munity leaders to secure suggestions or to explain plans. 

 Usually these committees will be called together before a revi- 

 sion of the yearly program of work is undertaken. 



The following outline may serve to suggest each step in the 

 revision of the program: 



( 1 ) October. Regular monthly meeting of executive committee make 



plans for meetings of county project committees and plans for 

 sending questionnaire to each farm-bureau member. 



(2) October. Meetings of each community committee consider local 



problems and suggestions of local members and make recommenda- 

 tions to project committees. 



(3; October. Meetings of project committees discuss recommendations 

 of community committees and suggest revision of projects. 



(4) November. Regular monthly meeting of executive committee pre- 



pare tentative program of work to present at annual meeting for 

 consideration and discussion. 



(5) November. Annual meeting of farm bureau consider yearly program 



of work. 



(6) November. Revision of projects by project leaders and agents. 



(7) December. Regular monthly meeting of executive committee adopt 



program. 



(8) December. Revision of community programs by community com- 



mittees. 



The officers of a farm bureau consist of a president, a vice 



