February, '15] 



ENTOMOLOGISTS' PROCEEDINGS 



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President H. T. Fernald: Is there any miscellaneous business 

 to be acted upon at this time? 



Mr. T. J. Headlee: I have been interested in examining the list 

 of Associate and Active members and it seems to me that there are 

 some men on our Associate list who should be promoted to Active 

 Membership, and I would be very glad to see the Committee next 

 year adopt the policy of promoting more Associate Members to the 

 Active list. 



Secretary A. F. Burgess: I would like to call attention to the 

 report of the Membership Committee which was adopted by the Asso- 

 ciation last year. The first section of that report reads as follows : 



''that in the case of Active members desiring to nominate Associate 

 members for Active membership, they shall file such nominations with 

 the Chairman of the Committee on Membership at least three months 

 prior to the annual meeting. Such nominations shall be accompanied 

 by full information concerning the nominees' publications and other 

 qualifications. " 



I wonder how many such statements were filed with the Committee 

 on Membership three months prior to the time of this meeting. I am 

 not speaking for the Committee on Membership but from the rela- 

 tions which I have had with the members, I know that they have an 

 immense amount of work to do. They can do it more thoroughly and 

 better if they have ample time. I have read this section of the report 

 of last year while many members are present so that during the coming 

 year those who know of Associate members who should be promoted, 

 \\dll take the matter up in time and give the Membership Committee 

 a fair chance to consider each case. 



Mr. R. a. Cooley: I have been on the Membership Committee 

 for three years and I know that it is the wish of that Committee to 

 follow strictly the desires of the Association in regard to recommenda- 

 tions concerning membership. It has come to my attention a number 

 of times that members of the Association were not fully informed as to 

 the limits set by the constitution on Active Membership, and also of 

 the resolutions which have been adopted by the Association from time 

 to time for the guidance of the Membership Committee. The Mem- 

 bership Committee has a difficult task to perform but I know it will 

 welcome suggestions from the members of the Association. 



President H. T. Fernald: The Chairman has found it some- 

 w^hat unpleasant on his part to be obliged to enforce the time limit on 

 members who have presented papers. Our rules limit the time for a 

 paper to 15 minutes and it is the custom to consider the amount of 

 time requested by a member when presenting his title as the maximum 

 that he will need. If the rules had not been rigidly enforced at this 



