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Our Association

ABSTRACT

Enough Responsibility for All

Dear Fellow Members:

One of our officers wrote recently, "Association work is sometimes most discouraging. I seem to be ‘a voice calling in the wilderness’ with so few of the members showing real enthusiasm and giving definite assistance in connection with the Association's programs."

This is a natural reaction of those who work with groups of people. It is the story told countless times by association secretaries as a result of their experiences with membership activities. It is the complaint of committee chairmen as they attempt to engender enthusiasm and activity on the part of their committee members. As one veteran trade association secretary said, "I learned from the early frustrations in my career that if I were to continue in association work I had to adopt the philosophy that only a small percentage of the members may be depended on to carry the load."

Is this failure of association members to respond an indication of apathy or inertia—or is it because of the individual's lack of understanding or opportunity?