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organizations, and I don’t think I would carry my membership if it wasn’t 
for the monthly or weekly pamphlets or the weekly journal that comes. 
I was thinking whether we could not dispose of the regular “proceed- 
ings” and use this quarterly in an enlarged form instead. 
President Goodman: That is, use portions of it for one, and portions for 
another? What do you think, Mr. Secretary? 
Secretary Lake: It would reduce the expense and enable us to bring 
the really important things to the attention of the public at once rather than 
waiting for some months or a year to do it through the report. We could 
put out, for instance, in January all the business of the Society and the 
more practical papers perhaps, — I mean those which would appeal most di- 
rectly to the requirements of today, and in the coming months give at- 
tention to the more learned or technical ones. 
President Goodman: Will it require a motion, Mr. Secretary, to au- 
thorize you to use your own judgment as to how and when you shall send 
these out; whether quarterly or otherwise? 
Secretary Lake: I think there ought to be an authorization, Mr. Presi- 
dent. I would not like to assume the responsibility of cutting this up into 
four parts and sending it out next year without having this approval. 
Mr. Wilder: Well, that may in one way make it easier for some peo- 
ple reading it. Of course the question that is for consideration is how that’s 
going to work in all the libraries, horticultural societies and others, where 
these Proceedings are bound and placed for future use. I suppose undoubt- 
edly some are sent across the water for pomological societies there. As 
we have had uniform reports all these years, I question whether we ought 
to change unless it is necessary. 
President Goodman: It would simply be that in place of one Report, 
we should have four quarterly pamphlets which could be bound together in 
one volume. 
Motion carried. — Mr. Beach: Move that this matter be referred to the 
Executive Committee with power to act. Seconded — carried. 
REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
The following recommendations were made by this committee for the 
last biennium and at the last hour of the final session of the society they 
were passed on to the new committee for endorsement and such other action 
as is necessary: 
That the following revision of membership fees be made: 
Biennial membership $ 2.00 
Twelve year " 10.00 
Thirty “ “ for organizations 20.00 
Life membership for individuals 25.00 
Donor 100.00 
Patron 500.00 
