Upon motion duly made and seconded it was 
Voted: To omit the Treasurer's report. 
The President asked for action upon letters of resignation from the Resignations 
Board of Directors, written to the Secretary by Mrs. Horatio Gates 
Lloyd and Mrs. Allan Marquand. Upon motion duly made and 
seconded Mrs, Horatio Whitbridge Turner, of Roland Park, Baltimore, 
Maryland, and Mrs. WiUiam R. Mercer, of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 
were elected to fill these vacancies. 
The question of finances was brought up and upon motion duly Finance 
made and seconded it was Committee 
Voted: That a Finance Committee should be created to consider 
ways and means of establishing the Garden Club of America 
upon a solvent basis. 
Mrs. Henry Rea, of Sewickley, Pennsylvania, accepted the appoint- 
ment of the President as Chairman. 
In estimating the cost of the Bulletin, the Editor, Mrs. Walter S. Expense of 
Brewster, announced that in addition to secretarial expense and cost of Bulletin 
extra copies each issue of the Bulletin averages at $700. The Editor 
estimated that the annual cost of the Bulletin to the organization 
would be approximately $4,500 for six issues without advertising, 
according to the present plan. 
Voted: To refer the cost of the publication of the Bulletin 
to the Finance Committee for consideration. 
Upon motion made by Mrs. Samuel Sloan, duly seconded, it was National 
Voted: To employ a secretary, who would have desk room and Office 
necessary equipment, for a period of three months as a means of 
estimating the yearly budget of the Garden Club of America. 
The question of the Policy Committee was discussed and upon Policy 
motion duly seconded it was Committee 
Voted: That the Chair create a Policy Committee among whose 
duties should be, determining what subjects come within the scope of 
the Garden Club of America. 
Mrs. William Mercer, Doylestown, Pa., accepted the Chair- 
manship of this Committee. 
Acting on the suggestion made at the morning meeting, upon Annual 
motion duly made and seconded, it was Meeting 
Voted: To hold the Annual Business Meeting of the Garden 
Club of America in New York in the spring of ig2i separately 
from the Annual Excursion as a trial for one year; to await the 
decision of the conference between the Committee of the Virginia 
Clubs, of which Mrs. Harry T. Marshall of the Albemarle Garden 
