Board of Directors Minutes 1931

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IBFOBJW, KD11JT~ OF DETIHG

BATIOHAL BOA.RD

OF· TRUSTBES·~-FUTORE

. l'ARllES OF AMJIUOA

I

Baltim.ore Hotel. ltanaaa Cit,.. Jliaaouri

1'181

Bov. 14-16-16. and 19. 19Sp.

Saturday.

Nov.

14

The

aeeting

waa called to order at lOa .m.

by

the President•

Lesli•· Pry in Parlor

•»" ot

the Baltbaore Hotel.

Those

present beaide1

the President were:

Arthur Jfaoy.

lat

Vice Pres. - 1'y'oming Joe B. iardner •. 2~ Vice Pres- Virginia

Jfaloolm

Willd.na,

student Secretary -

Pennayl-vam.a

.aa .. :

^{:JI. Lane,} Ad'riaer - 'Washington. D. C •

lienry

O. Qroaeoloae,

.

Treaaurer, -Virginia

W. A. Ro~a, Exeouti ve Secretary - Washington, D. O.

The first i t •

-

ot buineaa brought

to the

attention ot the

Board.

ns -that ot ~ald,.ng a iao"dng pioture

of

the

Convention.

!'he Prea.iden:t·

o~lled upon the -Bxeou:tin Seoretary. Kr. Rosa, to explain the situation.

llr. R.oaa

stated

that _he had been attempting tor sneral months to . get a :reasonable prioe on 1000 feet of

fil.Bl of

the Fourth

Jfational

COn.ventlon

ot

F .F.A.

in

aooord.anoe with

previous

instructions given him·. by the Biard members at the Jfa.7· 1~30 :meeting. Be

explained

that he

hacl

been·

quote4

prices of from

tl to t . 2

per

toot

for

the

36m.m·. film by

the larger

oonnnercial motion picture oonoerna but that _Wm. •

.Andlauer ot

Kansas City

-!:~·' '::~it::~ t!!f~fuc:h!-~-- tor . ^{4PF p~~ .} ~oot ~~-:~. •~l~~--~~~-":''~-~~~~<:~-- ^{. . · : : :}

Mr. Andlauer

then

appeared before the

Board

in person a.nd e~lained

his otter. It was

moved~

seconded and carried that approxim.atel7 t400

be set

aside for filming approximately 1000 feet of Convention

tilla.

It was generally understood that enough film would

be

taken to make a creditable, complete

picture

ani to

see

how it will

be received.by'

the

State Association. and F.F.A. obaptere. It

was

further

:m.oved,

aeoond.ed

and carried that

Jlr.

Rosa

be

designated

to

plan

the

film. and see

it

through to completion.

The

next

item tor consideration was that of nominations tor the Honorary .American Farmer degree. The following

nam.eBi.~er..o!dproposed

as possibilities:

1. L.

J. 1'abor

-Bational llaster

of the

Grange 2.

J.

c. stone.-Chairman ot the Federal Farm Board.

3. John Case - Editor

· of the Missouri Ruralist

4. O. )(. Henry, -Agricultural member of the

Federal

Board tor Vocational :Education 5. R. D. Maltby

-Agent~

Federal

Board :tor

Voo. Ed.

6. W. T.

Spanton - " "

tt n " · "

7. J. A. Linke " · " · " ^{tt tt tt}

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a.

A. P. ·wiliiaas,

~Agent~ F•d.e~al · : B<.>e.r· a· f'o: r vo~a

^{tiol1el :}Ecluo11ition. 9. W. A.. Bos·a, • .. - " " . . n " · n a ·

110. H. o~

· sar· gent, _ "· " . " . " " .•

11. George Collet, - President, Am.erioan Royal Live .stock .Show 12. Frank J!ullen. -Director of Agriculture,

N.B•O•

13. D. M. Clements. State Adviser, Tennessee

F.F.A.

14. Clovis Turk. -Local Adrlser. Sale City, Ga. Chapter F.F..A.., . T~' qu.s.J.~fio8t~~o;n_s

0£.

eaoh of _these me~ .. !'ere disou.s•.•d

· _ . a.'t ;

~~hJ;:i·

as . to whioh ~·r~ · m.~_st. ~th7 .

fUMi ..

qualiti~

anc1 .

~ •~•

:

th•.~ .p:>.~:~:r;~>

· · .

vooational 8.gJ:'ioult~e

and

the

F.F.A.

in a national

wa.7.

fhe

aetu.l

aooanpliabmenta

ot eaoh

individual were

recounted and

••t down~or:

oompari•on·

(Th•

.. Bxeouti ve . . oretary- retir.ed..

tr• .

the room while

his

naae

was

'being

d.iaouaaed

and. wh~ the

tmal: Tot4' waa taken.) It

waa .moved aeoond.ed and oarried that· Jleasr.& Ca~e.

lte.nry.,

~t)J:•.-

. l.lpmton.,

Linke, lfilliama.,. Ro~a, Clemen~•, and "11-k be reoomllen~cl to the ·ct~legai;ea

tor

eleotion

to

the -d•gre•

ot

.~onoraey

AJB.eri.oaa hraer •..

It wai moved, aeooiutecl a.ud oarried to

reoann.end to

the

del-.gatea, )

::::!!~~~=-~::a°;t;! . :!::!!:'a!:• :;~~!!1:.~:; ~· ~·:::1ag

State Aaaooi~:t1.on

te>

the~ degree of .Honor.aey ~:r~•~: l'~r.. -

It was ao'V'ed •

. aeocmded and carri~cl

to

pl_~e.:~l:i- . . . :

Of

x~·

s. Sargent.

Geoi,""ge· Coll~tt,

L.

J. Tabor~ .. .. stone· 11-D:~ f:r.&JJ}c, .~~,,n:

oil. th• ;

'po••1-ll~lib'·

list".

tor oonaid.•ration

as Hono~ary

.&nexaioan

,~rs

in. ltla •

..

. Ha~_~•P()S~4:?·•e.·,the }>.o~Qracy ~•rioe.n ~er oa.nUda'~·~ the

next

.-;i

matte~ .. tor O()~ider;,,.tion was ~f).t of re-µ~g and pa.•aing u~ :t).e .. .

. . 3;~~:?!:~,~~:i~~~=~:; .. . ^{!: -} :=a:fJi·a~!r~~~=:~~~~~--~-~~-·~·?.~···-, -·- · ·· _:,: ·

had made

application

tor the degree. The

remainder ot

the morning on November 14th. ^:W.$.S spe:Q.t .in. studyi~g the~e rec.or,ds ti.

The _ : gr~ater

part .of the

~f'ternoon

was a.lso ta,ken

up ··~ith

th' study

ot

.bierioari .Fa.rnier. · 08.ndi~ate . _reoords. Late in. the eveJ).i~g

the

board m.,bera telt ..

8Utf1otentl7

tamil~ar with the· r.ec~~-~is t,o vo'f;e on tlie

oand.idatea.. · .Bl~fJ.tio~a were made

· bT

the. oo.u~en,t, ,Qf a majority ~

those

pr.ea~n~ ~· t~11cnra~ , . · . .· . · .· .. . . 1. ltil9y-

Lyil<th -

^Jliohigan -(weak: in supen:\se• praotioe) 2.

J,ee

^{~ra.ne - . H~ York}

^-(••ak

-slopw r'°~·-,

·

3. Roe. Boone

-fenn••••e,

^{-(weak) . . . . :}

-.4 .• Ross ··.Pea- -·

lln

^{York (failed} to quality -sloppy records) 5. Harry Bolinger - Colorado -(late)

6. )(ax Chapman _-$outh Carolina -(late)

~-

-3- },:

... ·.:· .:

It

was

moved

seo~nd,d,>and.oarri!<t·to«r~~:~'ith•-,; .. ;-~tA~~~·,>;,'.~!:'.

62 .American Farm.er cand.iclat~s as toll.,&: ... >:':7··' ·'. . . , ... "'.. ,,.··:' · .. ·

' •' .

Oliver. o. Jfanning,_ J(aplesvil~_e • .Alt..

Lloyd Ezelle, Qsark,, .A.la. ·

Gle~ .Farrow,

Danville, Ark.

Truman

I~ Br~1'lea,

Alma, Ark.

Jraurioe IRttertield, Phoenix, Aris.

Robt. Pec,Jer·aon,

Jreano,

Oa~it.

Jlorton fi~•, Pl)'llOuth, Fla.

Buford. Br14gea, _Sale C.itJ', Ga..

WilJ..1e KoGee, Kaoon, Ga.

~ilbert

Oho1, 11Lldawa, Qa.hu,

Jawai~

Wood.row Peter•o1;1., llalad., Idaho ·

Ivan

B•i~er

• . llinier, lllinoia Eenneth lleIDU.n,

i..a.1ce

Villa, Ill.

Rand.all Rart.t Beardstown,

lll.

Arthur L.

·Sohiok, DiXon,· Ill.

c •

^B. i,,ig.Q.n,

Jr. ,

Walnut,

. n · 1.

saxat•r4.

~~.:

..

]lash. lliddle bUey' ' Ind.

WilU.em. Stitt,

Cl~iiida,

Iowa

Franoia ·.

Grillot•

P&raona, JCanaaa Kenneth Waite~

Winfield,

Ka~a.s.

Chas.

J·.

Mathia,,

Jr., A thens• · J.y.

Gordon fm;istoad.,

Po~laTill"'e, Jfd.

HoUJton .lleriuSOii, Leeton,' Ko.

Harfy Gtba· on, Powlervi:lle,

llioh.

Borman ~Od.Ju.n· Lansing, Jlhm. . Osoai-

O la•J•r, JTederi· oktOW».,

XO.

Raleigh ~l.o1r,

Shlaa· ,· Kont.

, .

... ·.;

·

Jae

.

•

~:~1-.. ~1'e>na:, JT•br.-:..~.:-";:<'· -.. ;~ _;.,':.·.· . .. <~:--.~·:.~;~· :.:.~~::.:~.,~~~:::~F~~.:;~:::·.: ··:~·:-__ ,._·::::-:-::,·~-~,-.:.,.._

Erneat·liouaeholder, learnq, lfebr.

Cheater Jaoobaen,

G&rdn.ernlle,

BeT.

Alex lUJ.l, Sal

em,

^{ll. J ~}

Albert Jlarn"1)l,Raton, Bew Jlexioo.

Donal.4

l!r1'T, ·

frumanaburg, Hew York AlclrOW'. llaolcwood.,

Green. aboro,

!f.

e.

s1sur· 1 ^{llelated, hrdar, !forth :Dakota}

El.11l1n W'eller ·,. Green.field, ·Ohio llo'ben lla.rk, rrederioktwn,· Ghio Rob•rt llaolm.ey, Wilmington, Ohio Carl

Ruaa811,

Pr••peot, · Ohio . Ephraim Hall. Per~s, Oklahoma

Herman Morton, Grandfield, Okla.

Kenneth Pettibone, Corvallis, Oregon Richard Carter, Newberg, Oregon Donald

B.·

G&Jl,tz, Washington, Penn.

Warren Peake,, Wellsboro, Penn.

Barth L. llaher, Brookings, South Dakota Jam.ea

Lo:ng,

Concord, Tenn.

James Hollingsworth, Jaokaboro, Tenn.

Wallaoe Bryan, Lebanon, Tenn.

J.

R. B ertrand, Wh.1 te Deer,

Texas

(

(

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,,,_ ... .-..

---...""-.

. On Sunclq •

t~ ~&ting

^....

^{op__. at} ~·• r:t~

^{F .F .A. •}

..:~~'

was diaouaaed

at

aome ... l~ngth•

.

~erou theories

were

a4't&ll0ecl aa

to\

wb.7 1

t wa.a not

being

__ . ·. . v.11~

· aore

^{1J1'_ ._·· __ .. . _ _ .} )er•~ ·. ^{t h..}

e

:tollonng

•••e .

^d.

^to

^{\ .·}

be

the haporta.nt explaaati.ona

_{· ' '} -. ; ' ' ~eel. ' .•.: ·... ·

'bT ^{those present:}

. ^fl

. . . .

l. ~

...U.ra

do

not

. tav0r.:~e of uniforms at all. \ 2. Color

ot

preact .

Uni.tor.ii.. not . · . a.ui

table. · \

3.

·uniform does not

look

-neat ~d dressy - to muoh 1

· like a

. work

^{jilit~ ·. · 1}

4. Bot' adwrtised enough.

I

5.

fr

ice. tqo . high:.. · · .. . . ·

I

. ~ : .

·.··i

' .. ;;~

'.2!~

·-'. 7~ (

6. · .. Impossiple to have -one uniform. appropriate f

tor all oooaaiona and

oU.aatea. \

._!j

. " i .1

\ · ' · ^· s~i~l~~~E::?~li!JEit1!E::z~~;:-\ =- · ^~,,

it.

.

\1 , J

Th• blue. wool . ahirt lfhioh the Qlclah- delegation nggHted being \ ,

,:,,j

"- _ Mlded

to

the 'uniform~· ._d.1.,l'lqed -~.·after· aom•·diao~aaion

it • •

\ J:;~

moved,

aeoondect

and. o~iod to re~•r: ~b~ ~ other linitorm problems J ... ,

to ~he lJnit.orm

Conad.tt•e

to be _appointed by' the President.

f

Anno~•ent was JU.de by

lkecutin

Secretary Ross

that

Jlr. Johnston

ot the Pool

.

Compe.Jll' had

.advised him that .

the

price

of the uniform would

be cut to l'.76 from

the

original

price

of

tfj.76 it

the

members

thought best. It was moved, seconded and carried to ask the Pool Company to make

the

tl.OOreduction in

the

prioe and

to

reoomm.,nd

this be

aooepted by the delegatea.

Hew

prio~s to be as follcnra:

Shirt -

.l.76

Pant a

- ^2.00

I

Tie .60

Cap

--

^{.50 .4.75}

J

!

f

r · (

(

l

,.

-5-

!he·

ne~ Y·-~:tie.ai.ra~--·~~ed , •a ~ t~•" · l.IH,bjeot ~ot.

i:•imbura . .

ent tor

the 1, travel of

.AM*iii~fanii~ .. .' a.fur dj_lo·~aus to:«' a~loxaA1 ooD.Tent - ·

tr

the

llationa1 .·.,tji~~:::'&t>th.e.).J' .~A~~ ,:~··?t ·WB.aJ{~~:l.D.~ ^oUt tl>J,.~· '.'the

^{en \}

success of· ~he''·:~~Yh~itj- m.ee~ing

. 4,.ep. ended to

^{.a i·ar·ge}

^extent

^{on hav.t.ng 1}

adequate repr••~t.ati~

. l>y

'.states . ~- the.-t.

it

. the AJiler1oa.n Para:r were ⁱ truly honor«fd

aild tlie :

ae·gr~~ waa to Jll'ean What it, should in the 11.vea of those

elected

.. ~hat . ~he•41 ·bop . e~O\Jld. -~ pJ"es~t in. peraon at the time

the award.

it1

·"1·a~.

· . · ·.·

_J;t.•~ -~lao. p~~J?-ted out that ·at~tea

lrOUld.

be •••l•~~ ^f materiall7 in.₁ .. tl\~ir ja~~orta·. i;~ ·get ;:~!legates and ,bterioan Farmer o8;a.dida~e'•-j:·

to the BatiQne.1.Jlonventio_n 1t s ~ ass j_atano.e . o ould be gi nn 1'y' the Rational F.F~~. orp.nj.i;atio~ suoh as

that

given

b7

n\1Dl.8rous other ordera·

ot

similar oti.ptv~· _

7!h• taot Wa.s

brought out

that delegates

&;>tten attended the JTIL~ional o~nnt.ion aa

peata

of the railroad.a ~d

the.t

on

the

whole they-w.ere ~a better.

poaition than

.Amerioan

i'armer>' oan4i4atea

some

ot

whom.

•ere out· ot

aohool • Vari oua reimbur1-.el'lt. pl1uta and.

&lllOUD.ta we.~'.

; l!l . .

t~4\~; ;~• bu~~et for last year and: t}l• _ t~J:l~t.,~1..,. ..

lniclget

tor ~·91~~·'f•t• '.~O~uJ.t~dJ and the estima~~ ,o,IJt o~

l>o:el\l ..

'~~egates . . and .Allleri.•:an · ~~~·-

•9-'red

l>e~ore the clisou11s.i01'.l. ~: to . .._

. tlo•• • ·

FinallJ~ i~

, •• . aoWd.

^{1eoonded alld}

^{oarr. 18d} to

^HO.~

^to

^the

delegates

that the

Jla~i~l organi&at~on.;x,-e~).Lu-19~ ·:~9J.!'

V6 .

^{o.t :the}

railroad ~ 'Pal1-J1 .tar_;e. -~ American ~r o~AAt•• colling to the

1932 O()n~tion.and to .#.:low_th~ ~-m~\,lJIL. Q~ .:t2~®.

,.;r

^{~Z'.·,~.,:~t1cm.}

^.

"for every

day .. ...,, ^tram.

home .while c~ and. going

d.1reot 't i < lmi••• . ettf.

^j

It was thought ~hat . t.~e remaining ;;2/S expense would. logioall7 'be 41:~ ed. / between

the .Sta:te ,Aaaooie.tion

and the local chapter

oonoerned..

Past Preaideu.ta ... au.rda and Leadership . awards were

die~~ff.lrietlr·

It

was the

opinion

of the Treaaurer that National Pa1t PJ-eaid.mta ahould ' .

"~·~~~~g~~~'

go()d ottt~~•ra.,<tha"t as ·a ,gfn.el"&l policy, i~

J4ght

pr,.~, ~~#.1t.aaiig so no

action .waa :~~-· ~e .disouaaion :of p-oyiding -tori_;;'t.t~,iltJ. :'1:3 .A. ·

Leadership

.lwarci bad.gee resulted in ea motion 'Which wa.s cluely aeoonded and

carried to

deter

action until

1932.

Otti~e~~ .~,...-.~$

t().,

be worn around. the .neok. Qy-.~.;F·A· otf'icers

of the .

. national 91".ge.?4~ation:,., $t.a~e Association or looa+ QAAP'\;•rs as a

de,ignation

during

me•iinga

W..s • : ~~bject.

which

seemed

to

.JA.•et :g~ll.~;r:-~l approval • . It

118.8 the

sense

^{of the}

••.tting

^{that it would}.be aclvisable to request the

L. G. Balfour Oom.p~ to provide such equipll8111;

it'

t~•Y 9~4 to

a•. !lu.m.e

the fi.D.anoial

relfonai)d:iity.

The

,

designs displayed

~r.~ da".bista~tcr7.

Only two quest~ons of importance came up in oonneetion with providing jewels.

These were

aa toll••:

~ 1. WoUld their use smack too much of the lodge and fraternity idea?

2. Would

the

States and local chapters feel they had to buy them?

The matter was finally disposed ot by a motion to the effect that officers jewels be added to the list of paraphernalia and

that

their

\ _

I

_\

-6-

use be le.:rt optional

b7 •

the State Asaoc~ations and local chapters.

Same neeaed. augge~ted o~e~ bl the oe~ti~~ .... re oalled to the attenti~on ,~t., tJ!:e-~.gr.oup ·~·-1;he: ~w ~-~~&17 ~ the queetion was raised

aa

to ··whether any ·-oomrt~i;\t-~l

· ohqW•

ahoUl.4 be made at

the

Fourth

eonvent1on. It was

nniviimOu&ly-

agre$4

·that no· ohangeil ⁱⁿ the con•titut-ton

ot

any kind would ~· reo0mmeild.ed 'to "bhe delegates. '

Jlondaz. Boveaber .16

The Board ·ot Trustee• oonvened at l:OOP~. TU

tollO'ring

1932 budget

prepared

^by the Exeou~ift

Seoretarywas

propoaed

am cli•ouaodt

1. Travel

2.

l'itth

Ba tional

C

.

onwntion

1. Am.ertoa.ti Farmer Xe711 -'• Iational Contest. award.a 5. General printing

e.

speo~al pr:in'ting 1.

)lationa.l <t.tioe 8 •

.

R•aevff

fund -

ti~n·o..o.o 200.00 4:t2.·&0

· 200 • . 80 ao • . 9Q

1-.&C!XhOo

aoo~eo

.

a.Ii . ® .oo fT ••

12-~60 .A.tter a abort diaouaal. on it was ad.opted un8.J'li•eual7 with the

umter-

stand.ing that the

t3500 ^reserve:

^. ~rgenoy ~

.a pro'd.d..ci

.

for W'ouiif

ie '1Hd in paying travel

ot

.Amerioan P&rillers if: paaa·ecl ^by the delega-te~'-

0r

uaed for priHs if· sponsors of natiOna.l cont~at·s tailed to ~pe:at ~-"

newsponaors

could

not

be

tound: o;r Sim.ply held in

reserve

and be

ad.ct~

t · o

'he present ~a"fings of thEf National organizat.ion.. It was Uild.ers:t·c>od

that revisions

might.be

made

in

the

budget

at the

joint Board

of Trustees

meeting.

-c;::.:.-_ _..__, .. .-.. :.:: .. ~:,:·rt: :;raa: .•m:o•di· ·'aeoen8cl'-~'-: :earrtecl)·to ··no·wead.~•e:7.~··::del:epw~.:.::.~-:,,-c:,.\:::\-:.~" _.,, __

that the

national dues

·

re.main at 10¢ tor ^1932.

· A lengthy" discussion on .the mati;er of a J;i.ation»J. P.F.A. m.agasine was the~eld. Questions of DQ the bays· -~t,~~1;;J Row oan .i t be

financed; who· .

shall

be r•aponaible as

it.a

M!~or and-~ othera .. were brought

forth.

.

it

was the 88118'8 .. Ot

the·

mee1;1*;.g

. that

we

nre

not

ready for a

national ·

pllblio a-tiOn aa ·

yet

ai»t . ·:th•~etore would not reoom• · mend it to the delegates.

It was moved. seconded and oarrl~cl to have the Proceectinga· or the Fourth llatiGD&·l Convention· compiled and printed at the

expenae ot

the national organt~ation.

It was

m.oved6 seconded

and

oarried

to

authorise Kr.

Ross

to take the song selected in the F.F.A. Song Contest and arrange tor haVing

it

printed by

some

music

publishing oompan.y at

the

expens6

of the

n_ ational

organization. ·

It was

moved,

seconded

and carried

to

allow Jlr.

Groseclose

to use quotations tram the F.F.A. Manual in his forthcoming book.

It was moved, seconded and carried

to

designate the St. Louis Button

Co. as

sole

manufaoturers of F.F.A.

Convention badges,

buttons,

ribbons, eto.

·., ..

r

( ^.-,~,

(.

(

\

The remainder of the tme. was_ spent

. ~ .· ~~~~4.,.rµg · p~li.oies

^whioh

ehould·

be set up as guide posts for the.:·~•X:~i?:~~:·:::~he~ .. lta,;~t~.Jloara

ot·

Trustees ancL the national

organisation

.. to.

' tollOlr

~

. .

Ge~r;&l "~6~tij1es

set

up

·and agreed upon by all present were t · · · · · · · · · ·

·. ~'

1. Conuaunication of National boy otfioe.ra.

National boy oftioers. should comnunicate.wi.th

Stat•

boy officers

and

National adult .ofticers

With· Stat. e

adult otfieers.. The ·National.president

·should . .

outline a line of aotion on a iJUb~ect to the 4 ·i:iatiOna.l Vice Presidents who in

turn

shoUld. coJD1D1mioate with · the state Presidents in their ~eapeotiw r·~giona.

The National President should.

send

·oarbonls

of

hia·

0C1D1D.unioations to thellational EXeoutiTe Secretar71

National Vice President ahould s·~d. oarbons of their letters to the National President.and. to

the

st&te Adviser of the

State

into Whioh :the' oomaunioati.on

goes. Carbons of

the

^.-.o.et ~porta.nt letters W:ritt•n · by the beoutiw Seoretary

wltl .

'be

sel>.t

to.~

Bational oftioera. (Jlw-t.••-A..

2.

Official

Mamfaoturers ot. F.F-.A. Suppl-le•

One official company ahoW.d b• deaigna'ted only to manuraoture a given type of F.F.A. merchandise.

Other

companies should

not be

allowed to

enoroaoh

upon the official company. designated. All State Asaooiations, local chapters and incli'ddual D:tEmL'be.r·e

should be advised not

t.o

plaoe or4.era

tor

F.F.A·.

m.eroh&ndiae""with' .. "&uy·'"lut·~otti"Ofal/:·e:ontpalliea~·:.:":: ·: ~-~-.~--==" ·::,.·:,~--~--- -·~.-.... ::-.. <-.:;·:

L~~~

3.

Finano_ing National

Contes. ta.

As far as possible the

National

F.F~A.

Contests

will

be financed

through the

national

treasury.

PriZe

money

1 gifts and

fitiancial support will

be accepted from collDllercial conoern~ o?lly

when

the national F.F.A • . organization ean have full control over the event concerned and When arrangements can be ma.de which avoid cheap.advertising or embarrassment to the F.F.A.

4. Financial Assistance to States

iii Connection

with National Conventions.

Assist in defraying the travel expense of American Farmers

atid

delegates from the national treasury.

· 6 • . Approved Fes of Items for Annual National . Programs Work.

.•.:

(

--1 ·'

\

.. ,

/

.1.

2.

3.

·4.

5.

e • .

7.

8.

9.

10.

-8-

.. ,~s~~·~~~li~

_{awards. · · .. · ·: .}

:IWr

_·

m;.

_{· · ·,}

: 4

_.

4~· :··

item.

^{to· ·a.asist in} pre.pa.ring

teaeh.ira .

and pro:•p&oti~­ tea.oh•r• . of. vooa tiQna.l ·agr1.o:tA_tur:~ .. ·:to ao~ · ·a•· lo.o~:

.

1 :•F~A • ." Ad.v:iaera. . . . _. : . ·. . .

lt~. t·or

the

^{~poa.e ot pr,}ov;1.:dirig··,;·'21•ble'

. 11 . •

r~- awarb ·to~ na:tional vocational 8.gric~ tare j'fld,g!Jlg

oonteata. . ~- . · ·

111.U

0n· .

oons.ervation of ••·-.~--~,our.o.••·•.

· · . . .. . .

Items provid~g tor publioat~•'· .. N,l4'; .pilll~t;v ·:f r • , ..

the llational F.FJ... organUation .;;_, at: leaii;: @e . miao.ell~o~a p•bli~ation_ ·a

· rear. .

Item• ·enQoura.gin.g the formation :ot.· -O.O.~.P.,...1it~

.

buying a.iid selling org~aatlons. ae

•itbdidl.,ies

·of State aad looa.l unit.a

ot

l .F ~:. . . · Itau deal.big . ll'i:~h the bull~· '1.p . 'Of.

:r..F ...

U.brari•• 1n local chapters.

!he m•'b-.r.:• ot the .1931 Board ot Trustees see:in•d-to t•·~l that: it was

not .a. good

poli.oy

to award extensive. pr-ize ·trii)s

to· Winners ·et ... tiana1

oonteats -.nd that. ·this type of ·item should· not·· apf)ear in annttal.;~_,r~cr..'1S'f:· . .

of work. · ·.. :.--_·. . . "·.

. . ^. :.·... . .

Tli~sday, Nov~ .. 19th

.. ·

A brief joint m'eting of the 1931 and 1932· ·:Boards of frust.eea wu held

· · · · t- :

at~-:t r·H&·•m~,'.: · , ::The .i• .•ting waa ;:.ra,her .. tnf.on..l•,· .-:"··.~'· · . :-::· _;. :.-, :'"~ ·.::--:.·~·-•·:-:-. -.+.·:::~:-?:.(:~--~~"#;;·~-~-~-:~~~~c.:~"::.~:,~-:-;-,~ ·.-::~ · ,.· :::~:::~, · . .::?

. The

matter

ot

the time· of the 1932 spring meeting.

ot

the Jllt.eout:ive Oommi ttee ·

ot ..

the Board of Trustees in Washington·• • li••Qi.secf

fUld.:

it

n•

agreed that···this meeting shou:td occur in the mon1th. ~:.·4pr11.

· it••·

explained .that the· rea.•.on for ha"Vi.ng an Exeouttve ·C~ ttee>11ileeting at· thi-8 tim .W&s due

~o the fact that the F .F .A. was unable .to ttnanO:e"the expense•>

ot

2 t.ull 'board

•et:lnga ·a 7e8.r. · . . . · .

.. It

waa

i:it4:>V..4,~. ••oonded and oarrie.d ~t .the·._ . .toll~g ~tt:i•ers ahOUl.4

const.~tute the _.utiv.e Committee for 19&1

an4 _: that

their expenses to

and

from. Waahington. ahoul.d be pa.id from the national trea.suryt· . President Pettibone. Qreg9n

Student Se~retary Glauser·~ Mis.souri Tice Pres. Bryan. Tennessee

V~o• Pres. Ga.ntz~ Penna.

•Dr·

^Lane

Jfr. Groseclose

. •Jlr.

^Rosa

The meeting adjourned at 10:30A.M~ in order to allow the officers to make their trains and depart for home.

*

^No travel expense in connection with these two officers.