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The Hlinois Audubon Society is seriously contemplating the 
institution of a new facet to our organization. By next September we 
will hopefully have a Junior Audubon Society plan ready for opera- 
tion. This project would tentatively be presented this way. Any group 
of young people, preferably with an adult leader, would qualify; 
there would be no numerical limit. It could be a class or part of a 
class, any scouting organization, or just a group of neighborhood 
children. After selecting a name they would receive from I.A.S. a 
group certificate of recognition and a membership card and/or a 
button for each member. After the certificate of recognition has 
been awarded the group would receive, on a regular basis, project 
sheets outlining activities for completion as a group. If a dues 
structure is called for, it may be instituted; however, it would be on a 
cost basis with no profit to I.A.S. The present thinking calls for a 
single project sheet to the group leader; however, depending on our 
cost and the institution of a dues system, the sheet could go to each 
Junior Audubon member. The frequency of the project sheet and 
other possible informational material is still under consideration — 
it may be monthly, bi-weekly, or even weekly, depending on our cost 
and the amount of material we are able to accumulate. 
Part of the reasoning for sponsoring this project is this: we have 
been receiving many requests for “something” for the young people, 
especially along with the very successful Bald Eagle Project; we 
therefore hope that this may be a step towards that ““something’’. We 
as an organization must also look to the future; it is my hope that a 
viable project of this sort, which may show a deficit in its early years, 
will be a long range program that will bring a substantial membership 
increase in ten or twelve years when these young people have 
become adults. 
The word viable is the crucial word here and to be viable the 
Junior Audubon must have the support of the entire I.A.S.; even 
more important, it needs the dedicated support of those I.A.S. 
members who have an interest in young people and who are willing to 
devote some time and ideas to this Junior Audubon project. I have 
appointed our new board member, Mr. Douglas Andersen, to be the 
chairman of the Junior Audubon committee and everyone interested 
in helping with the Ilinois Junior Audubon Society should contact 
Doug or myself. We do need your help! 
—Peter Dring 
P.O. Box 92 
Willow Springs, Ill. 604.80 
