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would accommodate the Board of Managers and committees of the 

 .Society, and also permit of small scientific meetings of the Fellows of 

 the Society. The Memorial Building, if erected, will place us in a 

 much better position to receive the International Congress of Geog- 

 raphers, which has been invited to assemble here under our auspices. 



Jl^verything seems favorable to the establishment of the Society 

 upon a permanent basis, and it onl}^ remains for you to take the 

 necessary stei)S to convert the Societ}^ into a really national organ- 

 ization with national representation. 



In conclusion, allow me to recapitulate in brief the most important 

 ])arts of my recommendations: 



RbXOMMENDATIONS SUMMARIZED 



Policy : Let the guiding policy be National Expansion, with the ob- 

 ject of having in the near futui-e national representation, with voting 

 l)ower not limited to residents of Washington, D. C. (Adopted b}'' 

 the Board.) 



RECOMMENDATIONS REQUIRING IMMEDIATE ACTION 



1. Arrangements should be made whereb}^ one of the editorial staff 

 should be enabled to devote his whole time to the interests of the 

 INIagazine and the growth of the Societ}'. (This has been carried into 

 effect by the Board.) 



"2. Active membership ticket to admit only one person to lectures; 

 members to have the privilege of i)urchasing an additional season 

 ticket for lectures for three dollars. CJ'his has been adopted by the 

 Board w'itli the exception that the additional season ticket is to be 

 two dollars instead of three.) 



3, Committee on Lectures to be appointed to arrange for lecture- 

 courses in other cities than Washington ; season tickets for these 

 outside lectures to be sold to tlie public, and corresi)onding members 

 of the Societ}^ to have the privilege of jjurchasing them at reduced 

 rates. (The Board lias njjpointed the following committee to con- 

 sider and report: Marcus Baker, F. H. Newell, W. B. PowelL) 



RECOMMENDATIONS NOT UEQUIKIN*; IMMEDIATE ACTION 



1. Lower tlie membership fee for active members and remove the 

 privilege of attending lecture-courses without special charge. Con- 

 vert corres])onding into active members with uniform membership 

 fee for all, whether resident or non-resident, within the District, and 

 do not limit the voting power to residents of the District of Columbia. 



