ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEElPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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President York — 'Not yet. 



Mr. Kannenberg — It is necessary that 

 we hold over a year for that changing 

 of by-laws? 



President York — Yes, that is accord- 

 ing to the Constitution. Thirty days 

 notice must be given before the next 

 meeting. 



Mr. Whitney — i think if every mem- 

 ber of this Association ha,d done as 

 well as I did we would have had 

 money enough to join in a body at fifty 

 cents a piece; I got a new member to 

 join this Association. I agreed to do it 

 last year, or pay his dollar myself. 

 Now I wonder how many of us did the 

 same thing. If so, we would have 

 twice as many members as we have 

 here now. 



Mr. Huffman — I would like to sug- 

 gest this, that you let this run one 

 year, I think the motion is all right; 

 if you see fit to adopt it then, you can. 

 I think in the meantime, if this goes 

 on, you will find you will have addi- 

 tional money, because people are get- 

 ting interested in the Chicago North- 

 western. 



President York — Are you ready for 

 the motion? My idea would be that 

 we make it $1.50 next year; fifty cents 

 for the National, twenty-five cents for 

 the State, and we will have T5 cents 

 per member for ourselves. I think 75 

 cents will run this Association. The 

 question is whether you will authorize 

 the Secretary to notify the members 

 thirty days before the next meeting 

 of an increase in dues from $1.00 to 

 Jl.50; you can make it at that time 

 $5.00, or twenty-five cents. But this 

 Is the motion now. 



The motion was put and carried. 



President York — Now, shall we join 

 send out the notice to members thirty 

 days before the next meeting. 



President York — Now, shall we join 

 the National in a body this year? 



Wr. Whitney — Mr. President, when 

 it comes to joining the National, how 

 can we when we don't have money 

 enough to do it? If there are volun- 

 teers enough to pay fifty cents a piece 

 we can join the National; I am willing 

 for myself. The question is, would it 

 not be better to pay the Secretary the 

 fifty cents on top of the dollar and let 

 him send that to the National? 



Mr. Baxter — iDon't the records show 

 that out of a membership of eighty- 

 five there was twenty- six that didn't 

 pay the extra quarter last year? 



President York — ^That was for the 

 Illinois State — not the National. 



Mr. Baxter — That is right. 



Mr. Lathrop — There are some here 

 that are from other states, like myself; 

 we belong to the National already; I 

 don't see any reason in joining through 

 this Association. I am willing to pay 

 $1.00 here, to be a member of this As- 

 sociation; I am already a member of 

 the National, and always have been 

 ever since I don't know when, and I 

 thing there are quite a few others in 

 the same fix, and they have no occasion 

 to join, here, in a body. We joined in 

 connection with our own iState Asso- 

 ciation. This organization is not a. 

 local organization. It is an organiza- 

 tion of the Bee-Keepers of the North- 

 west. It doesn't seem to be a practi- 

 cal lay out, except for just Illinois 

 people. 



President York — Let me say, if you 

 are already a member of the National, 

 you would not be affected by this. 

 You would not need to pay again. We 

 can't vote a man in twice; only those 

 whos'e dues are not paid to the Na- 

 tional. 



I>r. Bdhrer — The Kansas State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association joins the National 

 in a body. It is hardly necessary that 

 I should belong to this Association and 

 then join it again. I would not want 

 to vote on this question, for that rea- 

 son. 



Mr. Wilcox — I am in exactly the 

 same situation as Dr. Bohrer and Mr» 

 Lathrop. I join, every year, tihe Wis- 

 consin State Association. I am about 

 two years ahead in the National now. 

 I have always paid up fhere; I don't 

 know when I will get even. 



Dr. Miller — Perhaps it would help a 

 little if we get a little more informa- 

 tion on one point — if you ask those to 

 rise who are willing to pay the extra 

 half dollar, we would know a little 

 better just where we stand. 



President York — Those who are al- 

 ready paid in advance in the National 

 don't need to vote on this, and don't 

 need to pay another 50 cents. 



Mr. Baxter — Last year I raised that 

 point, and told tlhe Secretary to with- 

 hold my half dollar, and not send it 

 to the National, and he said it could 

 not be done, and I got a receipt from 

 Mr. France as a member of the Na- 

 tional throug'h this organization, as 

 well as through the State society. 



Mr. Thompson — I would like to ask 



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