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The I@% NAJAC

COB- by Pat Oliver TUs afternoon a ferenae

w n i

oome

t o

a ^%OW tbak the shack _end a w ~ i t e great baseball cltrse by spending the the

sbctions

are I oan played,

Aetu-

l a s t day

in

Cincinnati, ^{gin t o} r e d i a e what ^lqy pms%tion

A n

interesting and

edu- is aRd

VCUL be..,bcrtb,

of

catiqnal program has mith exfraw deUght. If

I

been p- a,,

Hughes

^use a past standard as

w

~ i g h S C ~ O Q ~ , , hunch dll ^.

I think

that everyone

~~

^be

stallation

d

officers

be served a t the Unlver- @eW!md...if 1 Can use a i s past

her

would

not

be just.

s i t y

of

Cincianaitf stud- y e a s

oificers

^{and their}

am

with the ugh-

at

U ~ C I I J cafeteria.

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^{I.eneea as q guides then me wa~, hanrever,}

i s here that the preserti.

I

h v o ^a;n autstt.andiq be seven ^which beat

tation a9 awards and i w YOU phae6 y w c d i d e CRZF by

me

point-

faitb

i n

me,

and

I can

ended with

a

dl$ take place. Bussea ^that

all

those who me af 11 t o

l@.

w i l l take achievers t o befcffs the eleation

ations t e

grmp

All

heavy luggage vsiU as ^g@

an

be

left

off a t the

lmer

the Na j a e a s of level a w e delegates have had ia

Don

stay aboard. Burssee w i l l then drive the the up- per level

t o

leave the

delegates df

.

^{Ons-halP bye}

cr

r a t W s o 1- t o

all

hour bedore train time, whom

I

w i l l see

n~ l q e r

a t N delegaten

will

_assenible

a t the gate with

their

delegation chairman. Sp c i a l busses w i l l be pro- vided f

or

these travel-

ine: _" ^by 1 other

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means. ^{1 Jsokson, Bdichigan f 8}

In

ease yau are wondering this m m i n g as player, Dave Jodis. 3he ooorre w w M U 3

~ Q U glm&d down the ballot who the ~ s s t

ern

Regional Representitive ^oamlldate was# The

NAJAC

BulZdoaers today won sa close

it

was Bal, Baumgardner

of

Pwtland, @e- game from their opppents who outweighed gon.

Although Bob

i s not attending the

1%-

Chem, but speed ~ e t t l e d t h i s

oner.

The

fin-

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oderence, lob (bdg, represent Pwtland

d.

scme

was &6,

the Bulldozers having at Last years NAJAC and also a t JACm,

the

picked up the

only

touchdown early

i n

the Western Conference l a s t Maroh where he was game.

elected vice-president. ^Whih a t

NAJAG

l a s t year,

Bob

quaJ.if ied far

the

qff ice by The New

Y a k

Publishing Company has k i n d passing Speaws Corps and validation.

Al-

ly donated a a p p l y

of

the 'Septenibetr

i*

though

U s

effiae as vie-resident e ~ p i p s s u e

of

Reader's Digest

for

all Achievers, fn Marah a t JACabV, he

e l

s t i l l

retain

^$n whibh there i s

a

speci&3 m t i c l e

on

the

off

i t e of Regioaal hpreamtiit$ve

unUWunim Athievemsnt

on page

149.

Be m e

M J A C of 29% ". t o get y w CQP~T.

RESOLUTIONS ADBPTED AT 29% NAJAC

Mr. Chairman,

The ResoBuUions Comitttee, a s d i r e c t e d by t h i s organciaation, hereby submit f o r adoption by t h i s Conference the following r e s o l u t i o n s - a f t e r carefun d e l i b e r a t i o n and discussion,

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1, Tihereas, It i s r e a d i l y apparent t h a t the t w e l f t h annual conference of NAJAC held a t Miami University, Oxfordj Ohio, w i l l be the most successfull Kajac Conference held t o date, and aliereas t h i s i s l a r g e l y due t o t h e e x c e l l e n t physical f a c i l i t i e s where the conference was held;

Therefore be it:

1, Resolved t h a t 1955 Na jac Conference extend a vote of thanks t o the president and t l e staff of Miami University f o r pro- viding us with t h e i r b e a u t i f u l camps znc! r"acili5ies during t h e conference,

2. And be i s f u r t h e r resolved t 5 a t fJajac recelves m5t.h g r e a t d e l i g h t the announceciznt t h a t 35c con.l"erenco f o p 1956 n i l 1 be held i n t.he e x c e l l e n t accoxo,l&+.'nrrs o ? . . ' ~ ~ e d by Miami University,

2, Whereas, This twelfth annual conference o" -....'. c : - - ~ 3 :?rovided the delegates with many stimulating e x p e r i e n c c ~ ^'. :- - 1 : . business meetings, contests, and discussions; There:'?. ^,- It resolved t h a t the 195'5 Na jac conference o f f e r a vote of co,-.~.:.;.%alations t o the 1955 Xajac o f f i c e r s and s t a f f f o r t h e wonderfh leadership t h a t they provided i n planning t h i s conference,

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Whereas, The success of any conference i s due i n p a r t t o the e n e r g e t i c a c t i v i t i e s of the host c i t y , and Whereas the h o s t c i t y f o r the y e a r t s conference has demonstrated by i t s g r e a t a c t i v i t y t o make t h i s con- ference a success t h a t it i s indeed deserving of congratulations;

Therefore be i t resolved t h a t Najac i n conference assembled extend i t s appreci&ion and h e a r t f e l t thanks t o the h o s t c i t y of Cincinnati f o r doing such an e x c e l l e n t job,

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Whereas, There a r e many Achievers who a f t e r having been a c t i v e i n 5.14.

a r e forced t o leave t h e program! f o r various reason, over some of which thay have no control, and Whereas i n some J.A. areas, graduate Achievers a r e unable t o make contributions of t h e i r p a s t experience and knowledge; Therefore be i t resolved:

1, That Najac once again go on record a s s t r o n g l y urging t h a t a r e a s u t i l i z e the services of outstanding Achievers who a r e no longer a c t i v e because of afore mentioned reasons,

2, That Najac once again urge these Achievers be contacted and placed i n positions -;.diere . h e y may render the greakst ser7;ice.

3. That Najac go on record as s t r o n g l y encouraging formtion of @a.&~ate Achievers Associl.ations i n areas not h.avir,g such an Association 2s soon a s possible.

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!'Ji?ereas, Junior Achlevement i s a national organization an2 generally a l l m i ; i o ~ ~ a l organizations sil.cl; as sccu.M.ng move- merits, 4-3 cktbs, as w e l l as z d u l t orga.nizations, hzve a n a t l onal f l a g vri,;:hicil i s disp1a:fed e t gat,l:erings, and '.'!hereas the displaying of 3k1e J.A. f l a g by eack s't;a:ti: or area rep- resented a t Najac v:culd 2?.d g r e a t l y t o YJ:..~ color, atnosscere, _-..

and s p i r i t or' the conference, and !:>ei-cas -&e :?la2 cou.ld be

c i i s p l a ~ e d i n each l o c a l o r area cei~tai- 2s a. syiz~~01 vf .its member- s h i p i n a country ~ 9 d e or;;<?..niz~.l..';ion, kr-::!

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-..::': ^... ersas t?.e combined eff arts of iLchi.ever ¹ s . ! i . ~ ~ < , c j _ ; ~ t i . : ~ > s ^-1 .- 71% :'jsconsir..! have made possible the purchasing 2nd d.i.si:::'L~t5.:l:. -. zd 0::' a f7a;::

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n S I$-~e a r e a ' s imin office; Theref ore bc it res22-ved ti-!r:-L .;,a.jac i;o or, record as - ~ r . z i n g .);ha ar?,ct>tbon of s s te;-?:ll;:..rG Gel?;. k,r: fo;. :L J:;nior

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a.ci:levenenl flag i:z:icc -;:ill bear -tl;e :7afile o.f 51:~: area l t represents,

7. !Tiereas, Achievert s ikr;ocS.a.i;i. ons 5-11 3.2:;. areas operate under a t i t l e other Kian Achiever's ? ~ s s c c L a i . i o ~ ~ , a.nc! :i'hereas they a r e o f t e n plagued by a l a c k of kcox:.-ledge as t o t h e i r d u t i e s , and :.;.'hereas a ~:orkshcp a t t h i s year's Xajac discussed mags of i m . p ~ r . ~ n g Achiever's Associations, Therefore be it re- sol-~ed t h a t 1955 Kajac go on record encoura.ging National J.A. t:,o suggest a standard t i t l e f o r a l l Achiever Asso- ciations.

8. Tihereas, the Achiever's Association i s the prime f a c t o r of unif i c a t i 0 n i n J.A., fid '?[>ereas the Ac'!.!iever ¹ s kssocjkation i s t!?e only d:irec.t contact be.hhreer. t h e area headquarters and the Individual xZc'r.leversy Se i t resolved t h a t 1955

Najac go on record a s urging areas w i t h

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or more corn- panies t o form s!;ch Achiever1 s !Lssociaticqs.

y, Whereas, J,A, companies a r e t o operate scnev:hat on a p a r a l l e l to la.rge business firms i n order t o give Achievers experience as s i m i l a r as possible t o a c t g a l business practice, and '?!hereas t h i s coml!-.ttee has learned t h a t t h e income t a x porcencage i n ;*A#. areas v a r i e s throughou.t the country from 3 percent t o

52

percent, Therefore be i t resolved t h a t a standard Inax- imum income t a x percentage be adoptec! f o r a l l J , L co- panies i n a l l areas a s suggested i~ t h e national income t a x form.

10. liiihereas, the submittance of Najac applications before June 1st by area d i r e c t c r s t o national J.A. v:ould greatlgc f a c i l i t a t e t h e e a r l y planning of Najac, and llheretis the choosing of 1Jajac delegates before summer of T2?uida- ti on r~ould allor: f o r greater p u S l i c i t y about %he con- ference and about the minners of Xr~e t r i p t o nzjac, theref ore be i t resolved t h a t Na jac go on record as urging a l l area d i r e c t o r s t o consider t h e above when planning f o r next year's Na jac,

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Where, there e x i s t s a need f o r a l l Achievers t o be f arniliar with parliamentary proceedure, which need i s not at present f u l f i l l e d i n most company meetings, B e i t resolved t h a t Najac suggest t o aU.

area d i r e c t o r s t h a t they make available t o a l l Achievers condensed booklets on parliamentary proceedure, such a s the booklet d i s t r i b u t e d

a-t: Najac this year which I'Jajac w i l l make available t o a l l areas f o r t h i s purpose.

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Whereas, a longer Najac conference would provide the time f o r more e f f i c i e n t and more thorough work t o be done by the committees,

discussion groups, and the conference as a whole, Be i t resolved t h a t 1955 Najac go on record a s urging National J.A. t o investigate t h e p o s s i b i l t y f o r a longer Najac Conference i n the future.

13. Be it resolved t h a t a t f u t u r e Najac Conferences the major committees, such a s Resolutions, By--laws, etc.9 be chosen fron delegates who have applied f o r membersnip t o those cormnittees and tllctt the number be reduced t o approximately 10 or

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members lnrho are anxious and w i l l i n g t o s a c r i f i c e t h e i r time t o work on committee business.

4.

l?lhereas, Second y e a r d e l e g a t e s t o E a j a c 2c.n a s s i s t g r e a t l y i n t i e o p e r a t i o n o f t h e c o n f e r e n c e ; Be I t r e s o l v e d that a l l a c h i e v e r s be allowed t o r e t u r n t o i'ajsc i f they h 1 - f i l l a l l t h e n e c e s s a r y r e q u i r e m e n t s .

Ronald D. Cody

Chairman, R e s o l u t . i o n s Committee,

1995

N a jac

(Because of a n e r r o r i n t y p i n g the r e s o l n t i o n s misnu&sred, but a l l a r e l i s t e d . )

DISCUSSION GROW REPORT NAJAC 1955

?THAT MAKES A COWANY SUCCESSFUL?

The discussion groups of 1955 NAJAC were a l l keyed t o t h e theme What 12akes a Company Successful?" i n order t o achieve constructive thinkfng on a t o p i c of i n t e r e s t t o everyone connected ' ~ ' 6 t h Junior Achievement. The f i r s t day's discussions vere keyed t o successful

operation of companies on a Junior Achieve~ent le v e l while the second day's discussions attempted t o broaden t h e thinking t o successful comnany operation i n American business a s a ~nrhole, No s p e c i f i c t o p i c s f o r discussion !ere suggested t o Achievers. The e n t i r e r e n o r t represents t h e thinking of a national cross-section of Achievers on what makes a

company successful,

A . ADVISORS

1. ^{A 1 1} operations of t h e 3,A. company should be e f f e c t e d with a minimum of a d v i s o r s f assistance

2. Achievers l e a r n l i t t l e J k e n advisors p a r t i c i p a t e i n manual operations of com?anies

3.

^A second year Achiever should be included +enever possible i n a comDany t o h e l p advisors a s ~ w l l a s help i n comnany operations

4.

Advisors should l e t the Achievers knovr a t the beginning of t h e year what i s expected of them and o u t l i n e company operations

5.

On some nights advisors should s t a y avap u n t i l the l a s t p a r t of the evening t o see how the convany can get along by themselves 6, J. A. advisors have emerience ~nhich Achfevers can b e n e f i t from

i f it i s presented and talren i n t'ne r i g h t manner

B. SELECTION OF A GOOD PRODTJCT

1. Market r e s e a r c h by Achievers 2. Use of e a s i l y obtained m a t e r i a l s

3 . Appealing product t o make

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Product books u s e f u l f o r i d e a s

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^{GOOD SALES CAPPAIGM}

1. D i r e c t mailings a t Christmas time 7 6 t h o r d e r blanks included

2. Brochure including product p i c t u r e f o r use i n door-to-door s e l l i n g and c o n t a c t t o t h e buyers

3.

Advertising a. ?.Iavsnaper

b. Radio and t e l e v i s i o n c. P o s t e r a d v e r t i s i n g

4.

Divide m r k period hetween produetion and s a l e s

5.

Informal s a l e s meetings 6. S a l e s t r a i n i n g

7. S a l e s c o n t e s t s 8. S e l l i n g p a r t i e s 9. Good s a l e s manager 10. Good product

11. Confidence i n t h e company

D. COhFIDTIJCE AND EIT HUSIASEI I N COE~IPIiNY OPEFATIOPTS 1. Job r o t a t i o n

2. Continuous production

3 .

Use of production l i n e s s o v a r i a t i o n i n jobs r e s u l t s

4.

Good attendance

5.

R o t a t i o n of o f f i c e r s lvithin t h e o f f i c e s

6.

Free interchange of ideas between o f f i c e r s , s t a f f , and personnel

E. GOOD FIN4NCING

1. Dividends should not be more than

k

t o

5

per cent i f J.A. companies pay a l l expenses a normal company does

2. Keen d o m c a p i t a l i z a t i o n t o t h e minimum needed f o r e f f i c i e n t operation

3 .

Make arrangements t o e i t h e r s e l l on o r take over t h e f l o o r of t h e l o c a l stock exchange f o r a day

1. Use awards t o stimglate i n t e r e s t i n J . A . a t e a r l y meetings 2. Progressive a ~ r a r d s need standard a p n l i c a t i o n according t o t h e

Achievers Handbook

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COI~PETIIII

ION

1. Betv~een Junior Achievement companies

2. Between J. A . companies and business outside of Junior Achievement I. SELECTION OF OFFJCEXS Ia!'FIO Y4VE E~lTHrJSlAS!.3 AND I?JITIATIXE

J. MCAL AREA AT'JD PSRTIOlL4.L PUBLICITY

1. Any p u b l i c i t y of J.A

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on any scale helps t h e J.A

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^{company by making}

knmm the aims and how they function

2. S e t up a nation-wide committee t o coordinate information f r o m t h e Achievers t o n a t i o n a l magazines. Note: A ITAJAC delegate s e n t a l e t t e r t o YJomant s Borne Compznion asking f o r space f o r Junior

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Ac3ievement. The magazine r e p l i e d t h a t t h e y would l i k e a s t o r y concerning Junior Achievement t o come out e a r l y i n t h e f a l l .