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COPI ES OF LEGAL TRANSCRI PT NOT

FOR SALE

The Advi s or y Boar d vot ed on Nov. 2 mak e c opi es o f t he l egal t r ans c r i pt ( pr epared by ACME Cour t Repor t ers ) avai l abl eat $10. a c opy. The vot e wa s ma de i n gof ai t h but i n i gnora nc e of t he f ac t t ha t

l e ga l l y c opi es of t he t r ans c r i pt ma y no~be s ol d. ( Se e Spe ci a l Not i c e a bout a va 1labi l i t y o f t he l egal t r ans c r i pt f r o m y our

c l a s s s e cr e t a ry.

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CLARI FYI NG THE CLARI ON

TI P OF THE DAY - SAFEGUARD YOUR VETERANS

CERTI FI CATES

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The unus ual f or mat of t hi s one- t i me . .onl y WASP CLARI ON r equi r es a par agr aph ort wo of expl anat i on.

F i r s t , t her e i s no i nt ent i o n o f do i ngaway wi t h t he Newsl et t er and i t s al waysi nt erest i ng i t ems about ol d f r i ends. Thi ss i ngl e i s s ue of t he CLARI ON ha s a s pec i a l

j ob and onl y one: t o l et you kno w abouty our o r gani z at i on. I t al s o mus t i nc l udei nf or mat i on whi ch l egal l y can be sentonl y t o WASP: t he Secret ary' s Mi nut es, t he

Tr eas ur er ' s Repor t , " i nt er nal " news .

That j ob r equi r ed t he news t o be pr e-par ed by a " r epor t er on t he s c ene. " I ,By r d Gr anger , am t hat r epor t er . I at t en-ded t he post - Col or ado Spr i ngs Convent i oni nt e r i m boar d me et i ng. I wa s a t t he Nov.2, 1979 me et i ng. ~ bac kgr ound ha st r ai ned me t o r epor t f act s . ' - \ - -~ \ 0

The cont ent s of t he WASP CLARI ON ar ebas ed o n f ac t , no t f i c t i o n. I n t he pas tyear wi despr ead mi si nf or mat i on has been,i f not de l i be ra t e , a t l e as t de s t r uc t i ve.

You have a r i ght t o kno w about what hasgo ne o n, i s goi ng o n, and what i s i n t he

f ut ur e pl ans f o r y our o r g ani z at i o n. I nt hi s publ i c at i on, you wi l l f i nd out . Ever yi t em i n t hi s publ i cat i on whi ch has t o dowi t h t he May 10 or Nov. 2 meet i ngs bearsa not a t i on t e l l i ng you whe re you c an c he ckf or ac cur ac y. You c an do s o by get t i ng i nt ouc h wi t h your c l a s s s e cr e t a ry who has a

f ul l and l egal t r ans c r i pt i on o f no t es t ak enby a c our t s t e nogr aphe r a t a me et i ng a t -t ended by a r egi st er ed par l i ament ar i an.

You may bor r ow t hat copy .

I f you, a member of t he WASP or gani -za t i on, ha ve que s t i ons , pl e as e do c hec k

wi t h your c l a s s s e c re t a ry, me mbe rs of yourEXECUTI VE BOARD, or t he r epor t er f or t hi sone- t i me publ i cat i on. I t ' s al ways bet t ert o get t he wor d f r om t he hor se' s mout ht han f r om i t s ot her end.

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PRESI DENT DETAI LS REASONS FOR THEWASP CLARI ON

Thi s WASP CLARI ON was bor n of nec es s i t y.Lor et t a Kambouri s, our of f i ci al Regi st eredParl i ament ar i on, expl ai ned t hi s necessi t yt o me f ol l owi ng t he Nov. 2 meet i ng of t heAdv i s or y Bo ar d i n T uc s on. She po i nt ed o ut hat our byl aws ( whi ch are pri nt ed el se-wher e i n t he s e pa ge s ) r e s t r i c t a ct i vevot i ng member shi p i n Or der of Fi f i nel l at o t hose i ndi vi dual s who wer e member s of " t he Women Ai r f or ce Ser vi ce Pi l ot pr Ggram

a s a gr a dua t e pi l ot , a n el i mi ne e or i n a n

admi ni st r at i ve capaci t y. " She f urt her

st at ed t hat i t i s i mper mi ssi bl e t o send t secr ~t ary' s mi nut es of a board meet i ng t oper sons ot her t han act i ve vot i ng member s. The Advi s or y Boar d vot ed t o t r ans mi t t hemi nut es of t he Nov. 2 meet i ng t o t he mem-ber shi p. However , t he NEWSLETTER i s mai l et o per sons ot her t han act i ve vot ars ( WASPAdmi ni st r at i ve i s conf i ned t o t hose f e~who were per sonal l y appoi nt ed by J acquel yn

' Cochr an) . Kambour i s sai d, t her ef or e, t hati t woul d be ne ce s s ar y t o us e s ome vehi c l e

ot her t han t he NEWSLETTER t o be sur e t hatt he encl osed mi nut es woul d go O~LY t o t hol egal l y ent i t l ed t o r ecei ve t hem. Upon.l e ar ni ng t he s e f a ct s , Byrd Gr a nge r, a dv1s -or y boar d member , consent ed t o put t oget ha s t r i c t l y i n- hous e pa pe r t o s e rve t he e x-press need. Thus t he WASP CLARI ON was borI t has a s ho r t l i f e, hav i ng, wi t h t hi s s i i s s ue, s er v ed i t s pur pos e.

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PRESI DENT ROBERTS REPORTS NOT I CE : ~ : :

I am gr eat l y r el i eved t o be abl e t o ARTI CLES BASED ON THE LEGAL MI NUTES AREt el l you t hat t he i mper at i ve mat t er s of SO NOTED, WI TH TR ( TRANSCRI PT) AND THE •br i ngi ng Or der of Fi f i nel l a back i nt o con- PAGE( S) GI VEN I N PARENTHESES. BECAUSE I Tf or mi t y wi t h Feder al and St at e l aws and I S ' I LLEGAL TO SELL COPI ES OF THE LEGALwi t h i t s own byl aws have now been success - MI NUTES, EACH CLASS SECRETARY HAS ONE COPY.f ul l y concl uded on t wo of t he t hr ee count s. YOU MAY BORROW THE ENTI RE TRANSCRI PT FROM

The f i r st count , t hat of cl ar i f yi ng our YOUR CLASS SECRETARY, REQUESTS TO BE FI LLEDst at us wi t h t he Feder al Gover nment , i s I N THE ORDER RECEI VED. YOU MAY" THEN MAKEst i l l i n pr ocess of bei ng r esol ved. Happ- A COpy AS L ONG AS YOU DO NOT GI VE OR RE-

i l y t he ot her t wo have been concl uded. CEI VE PAYMENT. ALSO, YOU MUST PAY FOR The St at e of Cal i f or ni a l i f t ed t he sus pen- POSTAGE OR UPS FEE TO RECEI VE AND TO RE-si on of OOF on Oct . 29, 1979, and f r om t hat TURN THE COPY. ANYONE WI SHI NG TO BORROWdat e t he busi ness of t he or gani za- A COPY OF THE LEGAL TRANSCRI PT I S ASKED TOt i on has been carr i ed on i n conf or mi t y RETURN I T RAPI DLY - - WI THI N TWO WEEKS ATwi t h i t s byl aws i n ever y way possi bl e THE MOST - - SO THAT OTHERS MAY HAVE ACCESS.

Because t he byl aws wer e not obser ved BORROWERS ARE REQUESTED TO HANDLE LEGALf or many year s, f ol l owi ng t hemi n t ot o TRANSCRI PTS WI TH RESPECT AND CARE, AS LOSSi mmedi at el y has not been poss i bl e. To do OR DAMAGE WI LL, OF COURSE AND UNDERSTAND-so, f or i nst ance, woul d ej ect f r omt he ABLY, BE THE BORROWER' S FI NANCI AL RES-Advi sor y Boar d Leot i Deat on, Byr d Gr anger PONSI BI LI TY.Bea Haydu and Mar t y Wyal l ; Onl y af t er t he - - - - - - - - - - - _

byl aws ar e di scuss ed, under st ood and amen- OOF CORPORATE STATUS CLEARED

ded by t he member shi p at i t s 1980 conven- On Oct. 29, Pr es. Li l l i an Rober t s r e-t i on and t he member s wi shes concer ni ng cei ved conf i r mat i on t hat as of Oct . 24,name and st r uct ur e have been adopt ed, wi l l 1979, t he Cal i f or ni a Tax Fr anchi se Boar di t be pos s i bl e t o s et up t he mac hi ner y c l ear ed t he r ec or d of t he Or der of Fi f i -whi ch wi l l enabl e byl aws t o be f ol l owed nel l a and r ei nst at ed i t as i n good st and-s t r i ct l y and i n ever y det ai l . i ng f ol l owi ng t he payment of a $195. 00

I n t he meant i me we ar e i ncr edi bl y f i ne f or f ai l ur e t o compl y wi t h Cal i f or ni al ucky t hat t he byl aws by whi ch Or der of st at ut es gover ni ng cor por at i ons ( TR 94) .Fi f i nel l a i s bound wer e s o br i l l i ant l y Pr e s. Rober t s r epor t ed t hat t he St at ec onc ei ved by i t s f ounder s , Cl ar a J o of Cal i f or ni a dec l ar ed t he OOF t o be non-Mar sh, Hal l y St i r es a nd Rut h Mar y Pet r y. pr of i t cor por at i on No. 0199839. ( TR 12) .I t i s our gr eat good f or t une t hat t hes e St i l l t o be c l ear ed ar e f eder al and

t hr ee women had t he wi sdom and f or esi ght post al i ndi ci a pr obl ems.t o set up a gover ni ng body ( t he Advi sor y _

Boar d) composed l ar gel y of r epr esent a- OOF BYLAWS ARE I N FORCE

t i ves f r om t he ent i r e nat i onal member shi p. Char ges by boar d member s Deat on, Haydu, That f act means t hat now ~, t he member s, Ni chol as, and Wyal l t hat t he Nov. 2 Tucsononce agai n cont r ol your organi zat i on. I t boar d meet i ng was " not a pr oper l y convened

al so means t hat you wi l l st ay i n. cont r ol meet i ng i f you ar e goi ng under t hese ob-unl ess you del i ber at el y el ect t o gi ve up sol et e byl aws" ( TR 11- 13) col l apsed undert hat pr i vi l ege by vot i ng t o r enounc e i t . t he f ac t t hat Or der of Fi f i nel l a i s t he

So t hat you may exer t t he cont r ol t hat pr esent name of t he WASP organi zat i on, i n-i s your s i n t he f ai r est and most r epr es- cor por at ed i n Cal i f or ni a. Haydu r epl i edent at i ve way, per mi t me t o ur ge you t o t hat t he member shi p i n 1976 vot ed t o di s-f or m your l oc al c hapt er s ( as out l i ned i n s ol ve t he c or por at i on. Pr es . Rober t s t hent he byl aws) ~ You wi l l t hen have a f ul l not ed t hat "i t was t hen your r esponsi bi l i t ycompl ement of chapt er pr esi dent s t o s er ve t o so di ssol ve, " usi ng f ormal pr ocedur es.on t he Advi sor y Boar d when i t meet s t o de- ( TR 14) .

l i ber at e at t he 1980 Convent i on. Added Rober t s , " That i s why we mus t

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J ean Soar d, Convent i on Chai r man, says by obser vi ng t o t he f ul l est ext ent i n ourheadquar t er s are The Dut ch I nn, Or l ando, power at t hi s t i me t hese byl aws. " ( NOTE:Fl or i da, Sept . 17 - 22, 1980. Send r eser - BYLAWS are publ i shed ver bat i m i n t hi svat i ons or i nqui r i es t o J ean, 1663 Chey- i ssue. )enne Tr ai l , Mai t l and, Fl a. , 32751, ( t el . ( . . . , . , Ni chol as quest i oned bei ng bound by t he

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OOF BYLAWS AP~ I N FORCE ( CONT. )

1946 byl aws ( TR 16) . The Par l i ament ar -i a n s t a t e d t ha t a l l by l a ws a do pt ed o n

J une 28 , 1 94 6 ar e b i ndi ng and t hat nomember has a r i ght t o i gnor e t hem be-c aus e o f " d i s l i k e. "

I n r e pl y Wyal l sai d t h at t h e or gani -z a t i o n o f OOF i n 1969 was not t h e same as

t ha t o f 1946. I n r epl y Ro ber t s s a i d, " I tr e mai ne d Or de r of F i f i ne l l a as t h at i nc or -por at ed body whet her , when you deci ded t ohave anot her meet i ng i n 1960 or whenever ,wh et he r you de c i de d you we r e no par t of t hi s has no bear i ng on i t . I t was t hesame member shi p uper at i ng under t he samename , wi t h t he same byl aws. " ( TR 18)Haydu pr ot est ed t he st at ement t hat not hi ngh ad be en done t o di ssol ve t he c or por at ebo dy . Sa i d s he , " We wer e a l l o wi ng i t t odi ssol ve, what t h ey c al l l ayman' s d i sso-l ut i o n . . " She a dde d t ha t " p eo pl e i n Ca -

l i f or ni a . . . i nt er f er ed and r ei nst at edi t . " ( T R 19- 20) Gr ange r sai d t hat i n1976 t he St a t e o f Ca l i f o r ni a i s s ued af or m i nqu i r i ng about t he st at u s of OOF ando f f e r i ng t o br i ng i t " b ac k i nt o l e ga l s t a -t us . . . a t a c os t of s ev ent een dol l ar s . "Gr ange r says t he f or m sh owe d t hat i n "t h ee ye s of t he St at e , OOF was i n e xi st e nc e . "

( TR 21)

CREDENTI ALS COMMI TTEE REPORT A

CRUCI AL FACTOR

To i ns ur e at t enda nc e by aut hor i z edper s o ns o nl y a t t he No v. 2 Adv i s o r y Bo ar d

me et i ng i n Tuc son, V. P . Be t t y Ni c hol as andHal l y St i r es ser ved on t he Cr edent i al s Com-mi t t e e, kee pi ng a r e gi st e r of t hose at t e nd-i ng.

The wor k of t he Cr edent i al s Commi t t eepr oved cr uci al f ol l owi ng t he mi d- mor ni ngr e ce ss. Un de r t h e l e gal OOF byl aws i t , wasne ces s a r y t o a s cer t a i n i f a l l v ot i ng bo ar dmember s wer e account ed f or . The commi t t eer epor t ed t hat vot i ng boar d member s pr es-ent i ncl uded t he Execut i ve Commi t t ee

( Pr esi dent , Vi ce Pr esi dent , and Secr et ar y- Tr eas ur er ) , pl us f our el ec t ed boa r d member sa nd t hr ee c l a s s s e cr e t a r i es . T he r e s ul twas t he r eal i zat i on t hat el even vot i ng mem-be r s we r e i n at t e ndanc e and t h at a quor umc ompr i se d s i x. ( TR 65)

Pr es. Rober t s not ed t hat Ar t i c l esI V and V of t he OOF Byl aws c ove r t he mat -t er .

( 44- 3) , and El eanor Gunder son ( 44- 7) . Pr es.

Rober t s. i nwel comi i l g ! : het a. . . sai d,"Th ey ar emor e aut hent i cat ed boar d member s of t hi sAdvi sor y Boar d t han any of t he e l e c t e dboar d member s, because i n Col or ado Spr i ngst he member shi p vot ed t he boar d member s i nt oof f i c e t h r ough i gn or anc e of t h e byl aws, bu ti n per f ect l y good f ai t h~" ( TR 67- 69)

Boar d Member Deat on obj ect ed t hat " wewe r e n ot not i f i e d about t hi s" and t hat"ot he r c l ass se c r e t ar i e s" we r e not advi se do f i t . ( TR 71) Hal l y St i r es no t ed t hati nvi t at i ons went t o ever y member st at i ngt hat t he meet i ng was open and al l WASP wer ei nv i t ed. Vel t a Ber en s a i d no o ne a t t heNov. 2 me et i ng was i ssu ed a spec i al i n vi t a-t i on beyond t he one sent t o al l member s.Robe r t s c onc ur r e d. ( TR 72 - 72) " I t comes, "Ro ber t s s a i d, " a s a t o t a l s ur pr i s e t o a l lt hr ee cl ass secr et ar i es her e t hi s mor ni ng,t hat t h ey have now f ound t h emse l ves a

vot i ng member of t he Advi sor y Boar d. " The t hr ee c l as s s ec r et ar i es wer e i n

f ul l agr eement .

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STANDI NG RULES SUBMI TTED

On No v. 2 on beha l f of her s el f andboar d member s Deat on, Haydu and Wyal l , Bet t yNi c hol as c al l e d up f or di sc u ssi on "Sugge s-t e d St andar d Ru l e s f or t h e Boar d of Di r -

ect or s, submi t t ed ear l i er and t hus st udi edby Par l i ament ar i an Lor et t a Kambour i s.

Re pl y i ng t o a qu er y by Edn a Davi s ,

Leot i Deat on sai d t he f or mer boar d member s" had n o byl aws. We h ad no st andar d r ul e s.We f ol l owed pr ecedent and Rober t ' s Rul esof Or der . " Past Pr es. Haydu added, - - r i l i was

no t ma de up o f ev er y t hi ng t ha t we di d i nt he past or ever yt hi ng f r om Rober t ' s Rul eso f Or der . I t wa s ma de up f r o m o ur pa s t e x-per i ence. " ( TR 260- 261) .

The par l i ament a r i an r ul ed t hat t heboar d meet i ng on Nov. 2 " has no aut hor i t yt o ac t on t he pr oposed st andi n g r u l e s. "She not ed t hat t her e ar e seven cat egor i eso f r ul e s a cc or di ng t o Ro ber t a nd t ha t t he

submi t t ed l i st cont ai ned r ul es f r om manycat egor i es ot her t han st andi ng r ul es.

Pr e s. L i l l i an Robe r t s st at e d t he"Suggest e d St andi ng Rul e s f or t h e Boar d of

Di r ect or s" as submi t t ed wi l l be t ur ned overt o t he Byl aws Commi t t ee f or consi der at i onof t he member shi p at t he convent i on of 1980. "' ( TR 254- 261)

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Cl ass r epr esent at i ves pr esent wer eBr owni e Ki ndi g ( 43- 1) , Mar gar et Tampl i n L~)

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PRESI DENT DENI ES HAYDU CHARGES

On Nov . 2 P as t P r es . B. Hay du c ha r -

ged t hat cur r e nt Pr e s. L i l l i a n Ro be r t s" s a i d t h er e wo ul d be a s p ec i a l me et i ng be -f o r e t he r e gul a r me et i ng. " Ha ydu hadca l l e d f o r a speci a l me et i ng t o a ppr o veor di sappr ove t he May 10 boar d meet i ng mi n-ut e s a nd t o r e consi der t he una ni mo us boa r dvot e t o e mpl o y a n a t t o r ney i n co nnect i o n

wi t h OOF i ncor por at i on mat t er s. ( TR 277 -279) .

De nyi ng t he char ges, Pr e s. Ro be r t sno t e d t h at c r i t e r i a f o r c al l i ng s u ch ame et i ng had not bee n me t a s o nl y Ha yduhad a sk ed i n wr i t i ng f o r t he speci a l me et -i ng. Par l i ament ar i an Lor et t a Kambour i sa dded, " you ma y not a ct upo n t he mi nut e so f t he r e gul a r me et i ng a t a speci a l me et -i ng. " ( T R 2 79)

Ha ydu que st i o ne d t he l e ga l i t y o f t he Kambour i s st at ement , and r ei t er at ed

t ha t Ro be r t s " s a i d s h e wo ul d gi v e us as p ec i a l me et i ng. " ( T R 279) Ro be r t s r e -pl i ed, " I t ol d y ou i f y ou wi s hed, by mai l ,t o r e co nf i r m y our r e que s t f o r a s p ec i a l

bo ar d me et i ng, I wo ul d i nde ed t o i t . Andt he onl y per son among you (*) who di dt ha t was you' . ."

Rober t s t hen quot ed f r om V. P. Ni cho-l as ' l et t er : " . . . and s o we do not r e-r e quest a speci a l boa r d me et i ng but we ' l l

wa i t f o r t he bo ar d me et i ng o f No v. 2. "

( TR 279- 280) ( *) Haydu, Ni chol as, Deat on,Wyal l )

Meet i ng t he Haydu chal l enge, Par l i a-ment ar i an Kambour i s t hen ci t ed Rober t ' sRul e s o f Or de r , p. 393" " A s p ec i a l me et i ngdoe s not a ppr o ve mi nut e s. " ( TR 281)

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Ha l l y St i r e s , a f o unde r o f OOF , ha s

a ccept e d t he chai r f o r Chapt e r Re or gani za -t i o n. OOF By l a ws , no w a ga i n i n f o r c e,cal l f or t he member shi p t o be or gani zed

by Cha pt e r s . ( Ar t i c l e X)Sa i d St i r e s , " t n t he e ar l y y ea r s

when al l mat t er s wer e r ef er r ed t hr oughchapt e r channe l s , e ve r yone k ne w what wa s

goi ng on and ha d a f ul l v oi c e and c ho i c e.

The byl aws , now aga i n i n f o r c e, r equi r et hat WASP have mat t er s pr esent ed t o t hemby ma i l a nd s e t t l e d by ma i l . But go i ngt hr o ugh chapt e r s t o l e t e ve r yone k no w whati s goi ng o n hel ped t hen - - as i t wi l la ga i n - - t o k ee p di s a gr e eme nt s a t a n a l -

mo st i nvi s i b l e a nd i naudi b l e l e ve l ." I t ' s n i ce , " St i r e s co ncl ude d,

" t o k now t hat we ar e goi ng t o be a

member shi p or gani zat i on agai n. Exper i -

e nc e s h ows t ha t c ha pt e r s ma ke i t e as y a nd

di r e ct t o go t hat r o ut e . "

PARLI AMENTARI AN TO HELP BYLAWSCOMMI TTEE

By unani mous vot e of t he Adr l sor yBoar d on Nov. 2, Regi st er ed Par l i ament ar -i an Lor et t a Kambour i s has been r et ai ned

t o hel p t he Byl aws Commi t t ee of OOF i n i t scur r e nt wo r k t o pr e se nt suggest e d r e vi s i o nst o t he member s hi p.

KAMBOURI S WEL L QUALI FI ED

Regi st er ed Par l i ament ar i an #875, Lor et t a

Kambour i s, i s a r e~i r ed l egal secr et ar ywi t h f or t y year s exper i ence i ncl udi ng wor kf o r t he I . R. S. a nd t he U. S. Ci r c ui t Co ur to f Appe al s . P r o f e s s i o na l l y he r a f f i l i a -

t i o ns i nc l ude Ame r i ca n I nst i t ut e o f Par -l i a me nt a r i a ns, Na t i o na l Asso ci a t i o n o f

Le ga l Secr e t a r i e s, Ar i zo na St a t e Asso ci a -t i o n o f P ar l i a me nt a r i a ns . She ha s c on-duct e d wo r k sho~a t t he Uni ver s i t y o f Ar i -zona on par l i ament ar y pr ocedur e.

TREASURER REPORTS CONTI NUI NGPROBLEMS I N CLEARI NG PAST ACCOUNTS

No t i ng t ha t " t r y i ng t o wo r k i t o utwi t h our account ant s i s al most i mposs i bl e' , "Sec. - Tr e as. E dna Da vi s r e po r t e d t o t heNo v. 2 bo ar d me et i ng a nd gue s t s t ha t s h ehad se nt a ma i l r e quest t o a l l boa r d me m-

ber s t o submi t f i nanci a l dat a wi t h r e cei pt sf or pas t ex pens es . ( T R 88)P r e s . Ro be r t s s a i d t ha t t he CP A no w

act i ve i n cl ear i ng OOF wi t h t he Feder alGover nment was " i n desper at e need of mor eco nci se r e cor ds, t hat t her e we r e so ma ny

umbr el l a t er ms used t hat he coul dn' td "r e al l y de ci p he r a s t o wha t t he y c ov er e .

(TR 89)Davi s sai d t hat f or mer Sec. - Tr eas.

Ni chol as submi t t ed a r ound f i gur e of $1 6, 000. i n t ur ni ng o ve r a cc ou nt s t oDa vi s ( T R 89 - 90) but t ha t f unds f r o m t he

Co l o r a do Spr i ngs co nvent i o n a yea r a goi s " mo ne y st i l l o ut . "

Da vi s a dde d, " I n di s c us s i ng t hi ngs

wi t h t he a udi t o r a nd a cc oun t a nt , o ne o f

my l ar gest pr obl ems was, wher e di d youget al l of t hi s money . ( TR 1 10) The bul k

o f i t ca me f r o m t he sa l e o f me r chandi sewhi ch we' r e l egal l y obl i gat ed t o ment i ont o t he go ve r nme nt o f t he s t a t e a nd t o t heF ede r a l no ma t t e r whe t he r y ou ha ve f i l e d

, "or i ncor por at ed or what ever .

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TREASURER REPORTS ( CONT) BROOME MATTER ( CONT)

not r ecei v ed t hem. The b oard t hen agai nv ot ed t o ha ve pr i nt s s e nt t o t he " S t or e . "( TR 216- 223)

Hal l y St i r e s as k ed, " I ' d l i k e t o k no wi f t he ex i s t i ng boar d of di r ec t or s of t heOr der of F i f i nel l a at Col orado Sp ri ngssp ent $6400. or somet hi ng f or p ri nt s andt hey don' t know wher e t he money i s, andt hey don' t know how many were sol d and t heydon' t know how many are l ef t and t heydo n' t k now wher e t he y ar e, i s t hat c or -r ect ?" ( TR 2 22)

Haydu sai d t he mat t er was not i nc ha r g e o f t he boa r d but of t he c onv ent i oncommi t t ee. P res. Robert s not ed t hat accor -di ng t o t he member s of t hat commi t t e~ wi t ht he except i on of Bet t y J o Reed. t he conven-t i on commi t t ee had vot ed agai nst cont r act -i ng wi t h Ri chard Br oome f or t he pai nt i ng.Robert s added t hat " i nst ead of p ut t i ngbl ame at anyone' s door, we si mpl y must get

t hi s one s i mpl e f ac t on t he r e cor d, t hatwe spent money t hat ot her wi se woul d havecome i nt o t he WASP t r easur y- $6, 000. - t o payRi c k Br oo me f o r a l l of t hos e c opi e s o f whi ch we now own an unknown number t hatwe have not sol d. " ( TR 223- 224)

Leot i Deat on suggest ed t hat a l et t eradvi si ng Bet t y J o Reed t o f orwar d r emai n-

i ng pr i nt s t o L ol a Ri c c i at t he " S t or e"be s e nt wi t h a r et ur n r ec ei pt r eque s t ed. The mot i on was amended t o i ncl ude a not i cet o Reed t hat a not ar i zed st at ement of num-ber of c opi es on h and be s ent by Reed t o

sat i sf y r equi r ement s f or t he I RS andF ranchi se Tax Boar d, al ong wi t h a not ar-i zed f i nanci al st at ement about sal es. ( TR-

227)

BROOME MATTER CALLS FOR CLEAN SWEEP

At t he No. 2 adv i sory boar d meet i ng,Sec. - Treas. Edna Davi s r emi nded t he boar dt hat on May 10 P as t P r e s . Hay du s ai d s hewoul d c he ck her r ec or ds c onc er ni ng t he

more t han $6, 000. pai d t o art i st Ri ckBr oome p ri or t o t he Col orado S pr i ng s con-vent i on, and woul d gi ve Davi s i nf or mat i onr equi r ed t o cl ear bot h t he Br oome mat t erand suppl y t ax i nf or mat i on f or account ant s.Davi s on May 10 asked f or "t he wr i t t en con-t r act and agr eement " and a mor e compl et eaccount i ng on t hi s expendi t ure and f ut ureobl i gat i ons. " ( TR 41)

Pas t Pr es . Hay du r epl i ed t hat s hehad t he r epor t s t o be t ur ned i n on Nov . 2,wi t h t he Br oome cont r act , copi es of whi chhad been sent , wi t h Bet t y J o Reed' s r e-

por t , t o Pr es . Rober t s .P res. Robert s deni ed hav i ng r ecei v ed

t he mat eri al s. V. P . Ni chol as r ead t her epor t f or Hay du as t he l at t er ' s v oi c ef ai l ed bec aus e of l ar yngi t i s . She r ead al et t er dat ed Oct . 14 f r om Mar y H. Chappel l( TR 208- 212) and t he cont r act dat ed Sept .15, 1978, wi t h Ni ght St ar Pr oduct i onsf o r c opi es of t he Br oo me pi c t ur e " a s de -t ai l ed i n t he document dat ed 20t h August ,1978, Opt i on A. " ( TR 212- 213) P res. Rob-er t s as ked f or c opi es f or her us e and onef o r Sec . Dav i s ' needs , as nei t her had s een

t he ma t er i al s . Dav i s no t ed t ha t " a s of oneyear l at er we have come up wi t h t he f actt hat we di d, i n f ac t , s pe nd $6, 000. f orc opi es . . . ( and) $450. f or a r af f l e pi c -t ur e. " ( TR 214) She t hen quer i ed howmany copi es were bought f or $6, 000. Bet t y

Ni chol as r epl i ed t wo hundr ed "p ai d f or at ' I The at t ent i on of al l WASP i s di r ect ed$30. e ac h, t o b e s ol d f or $40. eac h. " I J t o t he Nov. 1978 WASP Newsl et t er , p. 13, E oHaydu di d not know how many copi es had been whi ch cr ni er- ; p hot ogr aph of Br oome ands ol d but t hat OOF was " n ot i n t he r ed" as t he pai nt i ng, and quot es as f ol l ows :t he pr i nt s wer e pur c has ed a nd pa i d f or by

" ' ' ' ' FAMOUSARTI ST" " HONORSt he Reuni on Commi t t ee. Rober t s expl ai nedt hat i n mer chandi si ng bei ng " i n t he r ed" WOMEN AI RFORCE SERVI CE PI LOTS

means havi ng p ai d f or s omet hi ng y ou c an' t " S hown abov e i s t he p i c t ur e pai nt ed i ns el l . Gr a nger t hen s ai d t hat as OOF has honor of t he WASP i n t hi s , The Y ear of t he

not s o l d a l l c opi e s , OOF has not r ec ov er ed WASP , by t he f a mous ai r pl ane ar t i s t , Ri c ki t s i nves t ment . Br oome, Col or ado Spr i ngs , Col or ado. Pr i nt s

Davi s r epor t ed t hat Bet t y J o Reed have been t ak en f r om t hi s pai nt i ng and

has been as k ed t o s e nd t he r e mai ni ng pr i nt s we r e of f e r e d f or s a l e f or t he f i r s t t i met o t he " S t or e" and t hat our ac count ant r e- at t he Col or ado Spr i ngs Conf er enc e i nqui r es ac c ur a t e f i gur e s on t he ent i r e mat - Se pt . Ther e ar e a l i mi t ed~o unt of num-t er , i nc l udi ng i nvent or y . At l eas t t hr e e ber e d pr i nt s r es er ved f or our or g ani z a-

who bought c opi es and pai d f or t hem hav e t i on.

The t r eas ur er ' s r epor t was f i l ed f or

audi t ( TR 91)

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ABOUT THE BROOME PAI NTI NG ( CONT. )

" When Ri ck Br oome of f er ed t o pai nt api ct ur e f o r t he WASP a nd t hose i n Or der o f F i f i nel l a , he wa nt e d t he t hought s o f bot ht he Conf er ence Commi t t ee and t he Boar d.Two s n aps h ot s we r e s e nt t o hi m, o ne o f t h eAT6 U222 ( whi ch wa s a ct ual l y used i nt r a i n i ng a t Swe et wa t e r ) a nd a n a er i a l p i c -t ur e t a ke n by Fr a n ( Smi t h) Tuchba nd, 44- 2,

dur i ng her t r ai ni ng (a'co py o f whi ch wa sgi v en t o he r ) . Be t t y J o Re ed wo r k edcl osel y wi t h Ri ck Br oome on t hi s pi ct ur ea nd t he y we nt t o gr e at l e ngt hs f o r d et a i la nd a cc ur a c y. By me ans o f a po we r f ul ma g-ni f y i ng gl a s s , t he y we r e a bl e t o l o ca t et he Wi shi ng We l l whi ch ca n be se en i n t hef i ni shed pi ct ur e.

' The se pr i nt s a r e a va i l a bl e f o r sa l eat $40. eac h. I f you want t o have a s pec -i al pai nt put on t he pi c t ur e by t he ar t i s tt h at , whe n a bl a ck l i ght i s us e d, wi l l

show t he l i ght s f r o m t he bui l d i ngs a s we l l

a s t he l i ght s o n t he pl a ne a nd t he ba ck -gr o und da r k ens t o ni ght , t he c ha r ge f o r t hi spi c t ur e a nd t he s p ec i a l pa i nt i s $95. Be t t y

J o Reed, 4080 W. Bowl es Ave . , L i t t l et o n,Co 80123 i s ha ndl i ng t he s a l e o f t he s e pi c -t ur e s a nd, o f c our s e , a pe r c ent a ge i s go i ngt o Or de r o f F i f i ne l l a . "- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

SEC. TREAS. FI LES CPA STATEMENT

Edna Da vi s o n No v. 2 pl a c ed be f o r et he advi sor y boar d a f i nanci al st at ementpr epar ed by Mur phy, Ear nhar dt & Locke,

CPA, s r e l a t i ng t o OOF f i nances up t o Oct .10, 1979. ( T R 7 9- 80) T o t he r epor t ,Da vi s a ppende d a det a i l e d st a t e me nt " de-

manded" by P as t P r es . Hay du. I t c ons i s t so f a n i t e mi ze d a nd f u l l y docume nt e d a c-c ount i ng o f P r e s . Ro be r t s ' e xpe ns e s .

( T R 81) Da vi s no t e d t ha t o n Ma y 10 t heBo ar d v ot e d a pp r o va l t o pa y e xpe ns e s i n~cur r e d by OOF pr e si dent i n her o f f i c i a ldut i e s . ( T R 83)

STORE TO MAKE YEAR- END ACCOUNTI NG

As r e qui r e d by co r por a t e l a w, t he

OOF " S t o r e " wi l l ma ke a r e po r t o f " c o s ta nd what e ver we have o n hand. " ( TR I l l )Al l mat er i al s and mer chandi se, i ncl ud-i ng pr i nt s of t he Ri ck Br oome pai nt i ng( t o be s ent t o t he " S t or e " by Bet t y J oReed) wi l l be i nvent or i ed.

OOF STATUS WI TH I RS DUBI OUS

Ac c or d i ng t o Se c. - T r e as . Da vi s , t heCP A f o r t he Or de r o f F i f i ne l l a a dv i s e st hat OOF empl oy a l ~wyer i n connect i on wi t hc l e ar i ng t he o r gani za t i o n' s st a t us wi t h t heI RS.

" Wha t ha s o cc ur r e d o ve r t he s e pa s ts ev er al y ear s , " s ay s Dav i s , " i s t hat wehave i gno r e d l i t e r a l l y t he Fe de r a l Go ve r n-

me nt , a nd . . . we a r e o bl i gat e d a nd l i a bl ef o r a t r e me ndo us f i ne . I t a mo unt s t o $10.a day, t o t he t ot al of $5, 000. maxi mum. "(TR 98)

Da vi s s a i d OOF i nt e nds t o f i l e f o r af eder al t ax- exempt number on t he f eder al

l e ve l . " We wi l l pr o ce ed f r o m t he r e , " s h econcl uded.

STROTHER RESI GNS FROM STUDY

COMMI TTE E CHAI RMANSHI P

Dor a St r ot her has r esi gned as chai r manof t he commi t t ee t o ascer t ai n wi shes of OOF

member shi p r egar di ng t he name and pr ef er -r e d a i ms o f t he o r g ani z a t i o n. She wa s a p-poi nt e d by Pr e s. Ro be r t s f o l l o wi ng t hemandat e of t he member shi p at Col or ado

Spr i ngs. The name o f t hat co mmi t t e e a st ur ne d o ve r b y P as t P r e s . Ha ydu wa s S t udyCommi t t ee f or Name Change and I ncor por a-t i on.

I n he r Aug. 14 l e t t e r , S t r o t he r s a i dt ha t i n " r e ga r d t o t h e r e l a t i o ns h i p o f t he st udy commi t t ee and t he pr obl em of i n-cor por at i on, i n my mi nd no r el at i onshi p

e xi st s . The pr o bl e ms a r e i nde pe ndent . The s t udy commi t t e e i s conc er ne d wi t h t hename and member shi p cr i t er i a. " ( TR 131)

St r o t her submi t t e d a f i nal r e po r t o na geogr aphi cal sampl i ng. ( TR 132- 135) .

The adv i s or y boa r d ac cept ed St r o t he r ' sr e s i gna t i o n wi t h r e gr e t a nd t hanks f o r herwo r k o n be ha l f o f OOF.

BROOME PRI NTS FOR SALE

Co pi e s o f t he pr i nt s ma de f r o m t he pi c -t ur e pai nt e d by Ar t i st Ri ck Br o ome a r eav ai l abl e at $40. eac h. The pi c t ur e i s of a WASP a t t h e c ont r o l s o f a n AT - 6 o ve rAvenge r Fi e l d a t Swe et wa t e r , Texas. Br o omei s wi del y a ccl a i me d a s a n a vi a t i o n a r t i st .

Pr i nt s may be or der ed f r om The St or e,

c/ o Lo l a Ri cc i , 15341 Mul l hol l a nd Dr i ve,

Lo s Ange l e s, CA, 90024.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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WHEEL WRI GHT HEADS CONGRESSI ONAL ANDVETS ADMI NI STRATI ON LI AI SON

Lee Wheel wr i ght , a key wor ker i n WASPwi nni ng vet e r an st at us, wi l l c ont i nue t ochai r t he Congr essi onal and Vet er ans Admi n-i st r at i on Li ai son Commi t t ee. She i s f ul l y

f ami l i ar wi t h pr ot ocol and channel s f ordo i ng bus i nes s " o n t he Hi l l " a nd a t t he VA.Wheel wr i ght not es t hat al t hough many WASP

now have di schar ge paper s, bot h i ndi vi du-al l y and as a gr oup OOF member s have mi l est o go be f or e t he y ar e ac c or de d t he i r r i ght sas pi l ot s i n WW I I and as mi l i t ar y

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BEYER APPOI NTED TO CHAI R

STUDY COMMI TTEE

Adel e Be ye r h as ac c ept e d t h e c hai r -manshi p of t he St udy Commi t t ee. Ser vi ngwi t h her wi l l be t he member s who wor kedwi t h St r ot her . The commi t t ee wi l l consi dert he f i nal r epor t t ur ned i n by St r ot her ,al ong wi t h a quest i onnai r e al so submi t -

t e d, and wi l l t he n de vi se a que st i onnai r e

t o be se nt t o al l due s- payi ng WASP.On t he bas i s of t he f i na l r epor t t obe compi l ed, WASP wi l l be i nf or med aboutt he name pr ef er r ed f or t he or gani zat i onand t he obj ect i ves f or t he or gani zat i on.Pr e s. Robe r t s says t hat t he ne w c hai r mani s i n compl et e agr eement t hat act i on ont he mat t e r must be r api d and t hat t he de -si r es of t he member shi p wi l l gover n t her esul t s. ( TR 132- 140)

Ser vi ng on t he St udy Commi t t ee wi t hChai r man Be ye r ar e I sabe l St i nson, An nAt kei son, Deane Fer guson, Est her Nor f ol k,

I r i s Cr i t c he l l , and J un e Le cki e .

HAYDU ATTACKS TRANSI TI ONAL BOARDMEETI NG MI NUTES

The mi nut e s of t he Oct . 1, 1978, Tr ans i t i ona l Boar d Meet i ng Mi nut es as s ub-mi t t ed by t hen Sec. - Tr eas. Bet t y Ni chol asc ame u nde r st r ong at t ac k f r om Past Pr e s.Ber ni ce Haydu at t he Nov. 2 boar d meet i ng.Haydu obj ect ed t o t he st at ement r egar di ngt h e Col or ado Spr i n gs e st abl i sh me nt of ast udy commi t t ee " r ecommended af t er r ej ec-t i on by t he member shi p of i ncor por at i ona s pr e s ent ed. " ( L e. WSP A) ( T R 2 3)

Haydu sai d, " I t was ne i t he r r e j e ct e dnor ac c ept ed. I t wa s put i n a bey anc e i nf avor of t he r e por t of a st udy c ommi t t e e. "On Pr e s. Robe r t s ' poi nt i ng out t h at mai lbal l ot s ar e l e gal under OOF byl aws andt hat t he "de f e at of WSPA, I nc . , was hl de edover whel mi ng by mai l bal l ot , " Haydu r e-pl i e d t hat he r r e por t on t he mai l bal l otwas f or i nf or mat i onal pu r poses. ( TR 23)

Gr anger t hen sai d t hat t he r emar ksbei n g made and t he poi nt u nde r d i sc u ssi on

had no pl ac e i n t he t r ansi t i onal me et i n gnor i t s mi nut e s. "Wh at Mr s . Haydu appe ar st o be do i ng i s r ev er t i ng t o a di s c us s i o nwhi ch t ook pl ace at t he mai n meet i ng of t he member s hi p. I t wa s no t pa r t o f t he

meet i ng we ar e now di scussi ng. " ( TR 30- 31)Vot i ng f or a c hange i n t he wor di ng

wer e Deat on, Haydu, Ni chol as, and Wyal l .Opposed was Gr ange r - - oec ause t he c hange"f al s i f i e d. " ( TR 33)

Af t er v ot i ng f o r t he c ha nge i n

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HAYDU ATTACKS •••• ( CONT. )

wor di ng t o " st udy commi t t ee be set up andi ncor por at i on hel d i n abeyance unt i l st udy

commi t t ee has gi ven i t s r ecommendat i on andr epor t , " Mr s. Haydu f ur t her wi shed t oc hange t he wor di ng t o add t h at " t he I nc or -por at i on of WSPA, I nc . was ne i t h er ac c ep-t e d or r e j e ct e d. " Gr anger obj e c t e d be-c ause t hat mat t e r had no par t i n t h e t r an-

si t i onal meet i ng, whi ch was hel d " t o t ur nover mat t er s t o t he newl y el ect ed Boar d. "( TR 33- 35)

Pr esent at t he Tr ansi t i onal Boar d Meet -i n g we r e : Haydu , Ni c hol as, Wyal l , Cr oss,Deat on, Hayden, and Gr anger

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COURT REPORTER MAKES LEGAL TRANSCRI PT

Mr s. Sandr a Di az of Acme Cour t Repor -t e r s , Tuc son, st e not ype d pr oc ee di ngs of t h e Nov. 2 boar d me et i ng. ( TR 199) Not i ngt hat t he or gani zat i on secr et ar y i ssuesmi nut es, Par l i ament ar i an Lor et t a Kambour i s

s a i d, " T he o f f i c i a l t r a ns c r i pt ha s e ver ywor d t hat was u t t e r e d . . . but t h e se c r e -t ar y ' s r e sponsi bl e f or c ove r i ng spec i f i cact i ons by t he boar d. "

Mr s . Di a z ' t e n ho ur s o f no t e s pr o -duc ed 310 pa ges o f l e ga l t r a ns c r i pt ( T R200- 203)

TO OBTAI N VETERANS BENEFI TS

Wi t h her di schar ge cer t i f i cat e, each

WASP r ecei ves an out l i ne of vet er ans bene-f i t s a va i l a bl e. T he s e bene f i t s , s uc h a s

housi ng l oans and hospi t al i zat i o~ ar e nowbei ng a na l y z ed, s a ys P r es . Ro ber t s , a ndwi l l be di scussed i n a NEWSLETTER.

Not i ncl uded ar e educat i onal benef i t sand t he r i ght t o appl y se r vi c e i n t h e WASPwhen t ot al l i ng al l mi l i t ar y ser vi ce t i me.Bot h we r e abr ogat e d i n or de r t o i n sur e bi l lpassage on vet e r ans st at u s.

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VETS J OB PREFERENCE . . . . ( CONT)

ur ges any WASP havi ng a si mi l ar pr obl emwi t h vet s r i ght s, whet her i n j ob pr ef er ence,a VA l o an or any o t her r i ght , i s ur ged t obr i ng t he mat t er t o her at t ent i on i mmedi a-t el y. ( ROddy McCl ai n, 4032 Oxf or d St . ,Annandal e, Va. , 22003; t el . 703- 256- 0568)

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DI SPLAY KI T TO BE UPDATED

On May 10 Mar t y Wyal l not ed a needt o updat e t he WASP di spl ay ki t se nt on r e -ques t f or publ i c us e. She has s ai d a t apet o accompany t he ki t woul d be hel pf ul .(TR 46)

WI SE CHAI RS SERVI CE COMMI TTEE

Luci l l e Wi se heads t he Ser vi ce Com-mi t t ee f or med t o ai d WASP and of f i ci al l yt h an k i ndi v i dual s f or spec i al wor k l i ket h at of Char l yne Cr e ge r wh o he l ped e xpe -di t e a mi l i t ar y di schar ge f or I r ene Mi nt er ,Br ady t o i nsur e her a mi l i t ar y f uner al .

The Ser v i ce Commi t t ee has a l i mi t ed " bai lout f l l l l d"f or whi ch f i nanci al cont r i but i onsa r e i nv i t ed. Sec . Tr eas . Da vi s not es t hatnow t hat cor por at e mat t er s ar e cl ear i ng,i t i s po s s i bl e t o t ur n o ver a cc r ue d i nt er -es t o n OOF f unds t o be s ha r ed by t he Se r -

vi ce and t he Vet er ans Commi t t ee.WASP wi t h mat t er s f or t he Ser vi ce Com-

mi t t e e sh oul d addr e ss Luc i l l e Wi se at 823Ka ns a s St r e et , L ar ne d, Ka ns a s , 67550 ( T R123- 124, 128)

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OLD BYLAWS NEVER DI E - -

Under Cal i f or ni a l aw byl aws l i vea s l o ng a s a c or po r a t i o n, r e ma i ni ng i n

e f f e c t f i f t y year s u nl e ss st at e d ot he r -wi s e i n s uc h by l a ws . P r e s . Ro ber t s no t es

t ha t t he OOF by l a ws a r e i n f o r c e. " Wemust l e gal l y adhe r e as c l osel y as possi bl eat t hi s t i me t o t h e byl aws as wr i t t e n andas l l l l amendedsi nce t hat t i me. " ( TR 12)

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POSTAL I NDI CI A UNDER SCRUTI NY

Post al aut hor i t i e s now have l l l l de rs c r ut i ny us e by t he OOF o f t he po s t a l i n-di c i a i ssu ed t o WASP Me mor i al s , I n c. Thatt he OOF us e o f t he po s t a l i ndi c i a wa spr obabl y i l l e gal was poi n t e d out t o OOFof f i cer s i n 1976.

Tempor a r i l y " Fi f i " has been wi t hdr a wn

f r om u se on post al mat e r i al s t o avoi d t h ea ppe ar a nc e o f e ndo r s i ng t he us e o f a po s t a li ndi c i a not be l ongi ng t o OOF ( TR 117)

VETS' J OB PREFERENCE RI GHTREFUSED FOR THREE WASP

Thr e e Women Ai r f o r c e Ser v i ce Pi l ot sof WW I I we r e r e f u sed t he i r r i ght t o vet -e r ans' j ob pr e f e r e nc e , ac c or d i n g t o RoddyMcCl ai n, chai r man of t he OOF Feder al Vet -er ans Af f ai r s Commi t t ee. Each had i n

,pos s es s i o n of f i c i al pr o of o f her v et er an sst at us and e ac h r e por t s out r i gh t r e f u salt o appr ove t he appl i c at i ons. E l ai n eHar mon was one of t he gr oup.

The Roddy McCl ai n commi t t ee wi l li n ve st i gat e and r e c t i f y wr ongs ar i s i ng i n

c onnec t i on wi t h WASP v et er ans . She ~~

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MI LI TARY BENEFI TS NOT SAMEAS VETERANS BENEFI TS

The t er m " mi l i t ar y bene f i t s , " s ay sof f i c i al wor d f r om Washi ngt on, D. C. , ap-pl i es o nl y t o per s o ns who ha ve ha d o r a r es t i l l ha vi ng a mi l i t a r y c ar e er . T he t e r m"ve t e r ans' ben ef i t s" appl i e s t o be ne f i t so f a l l v et er a ns , r ega r dl es s o f l e ngt h o f

ser vi ce.

HOSPI TALI ZATI ON FOR WASP

The Vet er a ns Admi ni s t r at i on ad-v i s e s t ha t o nl y t hr e e VA ho s pi t a l s i n t heUni t e d St at e s ar e se t u p t o admi ni st e r t ot he medi cal needs of women vet er ans. Ther e-f or e ever y woman vet er an i s el i gi bl e f orho s pi t a l i z a t i o n a t a ny ho s pi t a l i n t heUni t ed St at es. Women vet er ans must showr ecogni zed di schar ge paper s t o aut hent i -

cat e vet er an st at us when seeki ng hospi t ala dmi s s i o n. P r o of f o r WASP c ons i s t s o f anot ar i ze d c opy of h onor abl e d i sc h ar ge .( NOTE: ORI GI NAL SHOULD BE KEPT I N SAFEPLACE. AS MANY COPI ES AS DESI RED MAY BEMADE AND NOTARI ZED. )

. V. A. URGES SAFEGUARDI NG DI SCHARGECERTI FI CATES

The Vet er a ns Admi ni s t r at i on caut i onst hat r at he r t han f r ami ng, of f i c i al di s -c ha r ge c er t i f i c at es s ho ul d be k ept i n a

f i r e pr o of v aul t . Sma l l I D c ar ds i s s uedby l o cal VA of f i c es ar e i s s ued t o a nyper sowwi t h ou t pr oof of vet s st at u ~ andhe nc e h ave no of f i c i al s i gni f i c anc e .Onl y of f i c i al d i sc h ar ge or a not ar i ze dc opy o f i t i s a cc ept abl e f or o f f i c i a ldocument at i on as pr oof of mi l i t ar y ser -

vi c e . Smal l I D c ar ds ar e me r e l y souveni r s .WASP vet er ans ar e ur ged t o have as manyno t a r i z e d c opi es a s t hey wi s h, but t o

saf eguar d t he or i gi nal di schar ge paperwi t h " ext r eme car e. "

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BUDGET COMMI TTEE I N FUTURE WASP REPORT. . . . ( CONT)

concl usi ve evi dence phot ocopi ed.

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ORGANI ZATI ON NAME CHANGEUnder t he exi s t i ng cor p or at e char t er ,

t he pr es ent of f i c i al name of t he WASP or -ga ni z at i on i s Or de r o f F i f i ne l l a . T hel egal name can b e changed by vot e of t hemember shi p operat i ng under i t s l egal byl aws.

By voi ce vot e at t he meet i ng i n Col o-r ado Spr i ngs, t he member shi p f avor s bei ngknown l egal l y by t he t i t l e Women Ai r f or ceSer vi ce Pi l ot a WW I I . The same meet i ngvot ed agai ns t WSP A, acr onym f or t he i n-cor por at ed Marc h 1978 i n Massachuset t s,Women Ser vi ce Pi l ot s Ass oci at i on.

The member s hi p wi l l be gi ven a f ul lchoi ce of names and oppor t uni t y t o s el ectt he one pr ef er r ed by t he maj or i t y.

BYLAWS COMMI TTEE ACTI VE: CHAI R TO DEANE FERGUSON

Deane Ferguson, Washi ngt on, D. C. at -t o r ne y, ha s a cc ept e d t he c hai r a s hea d o f a commi t t ee t o r evi ew and r evi se OOF by-

l aws. The Byl aws Commi t t ee i s compri sedof t hos e who as s i s t ed i n t he pr el i mi nar ys t udy c hai r e d by Dor a St r o t he r . ( T R 132)

Fer gus on r epor t s t hat t he Byl awsCommi t t ee wi l l publ i sh i t s r epor t i n t heSummmer NEWSLETTER so t hat WASP wi l l havet i me t o st udy t hem. The WASP member shi pwi l l t ake up t he mat t er of byl aws at t heFal l Convent i on and make r ecommendat i onspr i or t o t he f i nal vot e by t he member shi p.( NOTE: Cur r ent OOF Byl aws ar e r epr oducedher e i n f o r s t udy a nd r e f e r r a l . )

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VOTI NG TO BE BY MEMBERS ONLY

Under t he ext ant byl aws of OOF, onl ymember s ar e ent i t l ed t o vot e on cor p or at emat t er s . Ar t i c l e I l I on "Member s h i p"s t at es , "A ct i ve member s s hal l be t he onl ymember s ent i t l ed t o vot e. "

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VOTI NG GROUP DEFI NED

At t he No v. 2 me et i ng i n T uc s on, P ar -l i ament ar i an Lor et t a Kambouri s st at ed,"Th i s Boar d meet i ng i s a meet i ng of t headvi s or y boar d, as def i ned i n t he byl awson P age 6, Ar t i c l e I V, and t he member sof t he advi s or y boar d her e pr e s ent ar e

t he member s of t he execut i ve commi t t ee,a s de f i ne d o n Pa ge 7, Ar t i c l e V, Se ct i o n 2,a nd t he c l a ss r e pr es e nt a t i v es , a s de f i ne do n Pa ge 6, Ar t i c l e I V, Se ct i o n 1. "

As a r e s ul t of t he pa r l i a ment a r y c l a -r i f i c at i on, t hr ee c l as s s ec r e t ar i es at t hemeet i ng pr oved qual i f i ed t o vot e. Thei mmedi at e r esul t was a break i n t he dead-l oc k a gai ns t ac t i ons pr o po s ed t o s o l v eor g ani z at i on pr obl ems . The f our - vot e

bl ock i mpos ed by t he f our vot es of t he"car r y- over " boar d member s had r es ul t edi n no- ac t i on r e s ul t s . ( s ee pages 1 -

65, TS). The cl as s s ec r et ar i es pr es ent wer e

Br owni e Ki ndi g, 43- 1; Margar et Tampl i n,44- 3, and El eanor Gunder s on, 44- 7. Nonehad been awar e of ~er vot i ng s t at us .(TS 66-75)

St r ong obj ect i ons by t he car r y- overadvi sor y board member s were qui et ed byt he f a ct t ha t t he by l a ws go ve r n i n al lsuch mat t er s.

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NEWSLETTER DELAYED

The NEWSLETTER t hat was or i gi nal l ys chedul ed t o be mai l ed out i n Dec. , 1979has been unavoi dabl y del ayed f or a number

o f r ea s ons . P r i ma r y a mo ng t he se i s t heques t i on concer n i ng Or der of F i f i nel l a ' s

WASP REPORT TO GO TO L I BRARI ES us e of t he pos t al i ndi c i a As s i gned t o WASP

Wi t h t he f i nal c l os i ng of t he Was h- Memor i al s , I nc . Unt i l t he pos t al aut hor i -i ngt on HQ, L uc i l l e Wi s e has s ent al l r e- t i es mak e t hei r det er mi nat i on of t hemai ni ng c opi es of t he Gr a nger Repor t on l egal i t y or i l l egal i t y of t hi s pr ac t i c e," E vi denc e of WASP Mi l i t ar y Ser v i c e" t o i t i s i mpos s i bl e t o det er mi ne t he c or r ec t

t he aut hor . Any WASP want i ng a c o py mai l i ng pr oc edur e f or t he NEWSL ETTER. I ts ent t o a par t i c ul ar l i br a r y s houl d s o i s hoped t hat t hi s del ayed i s s ue wi l ladv i s e Gr anger at Box 18500, Tuc s on, AZ. r eac h t he member s h i p i n F eb. Ther e wi l l85710, enc l o si ng a do l l a r t o c ov er pos t - t hen be one a ddi t i o na l NEWSL ET TER pr i or t o

age. t he 1980 Convent i on. I t i s t ent at i vel y The mi l i t ar i z at i on r epor t cont ai ns s chedul ed t o be mai l ed out i n J une or

a r u nni ng nar r at i v e of what t he WASP pr o- J ul y .

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CONVENTI ON BANQUET SEATI NG

Not i ng t hat WASP want accept abl ear r angement s f or t he member shi p at t he1980 co nvent i o n, t he a dvi so r y boa r da gr e es t hat banquet a nd o t her se at i ngwi l l be by c l a ss number , wi t h a l l WASPgi ven pr ef er ent i al t r eat ment over al lbut Ho no r e d Guest s . ( TR 45)

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NOV. 2 MEETI NG MI NUTES I N THI SPUBLI CATI ON:

By voi ce vot e t he a dvi so r y boa r dvot e d t o i nc l ude t he se cr e t a r y' s unco r -r e ct e d mi nut e s o f t he No v. 2 me et i ng i na publ i c at i o n t o be s e nt t o t he OOFmember s hi p ( TR 189- 205)

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FUTURE CONVENTI ON SI TES TO BESELECTED WI TH CARE

Al l WASP a r e a sk ed t o t h i nk a bo utwher e t o hol d t he 1982 co nv~nt i o n so t hat

t he s i t e s c an be c ar e f ul l y c ons i de r e d a ndt he n v ot e d o n. P r e s . Ro be r t s r e que s t st ha t s u gge s t i o ns be t ur ne d i n a s s o on a sposs i bl e, wi t h i nf or mat i on about f aci l i -t i e s a nd r e cr e at i o na l a nd o t her possi b i -l i t i es . I t i s hoped t hat at l eas t t hr ee

si t es may be of f er ed t o OOF member shi p

f o r i t s st udy i n l a st NE WSLETTE R pr i o rt o 1980 Convent i on i n Or l ando.

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BANK ACCOUNT TRANSFER COMPL ETE

By una ni mo us vot e o f t he Ma y 10 boa r d

meet i ng, OOF f unds wer e t o be t r ansf er r edf r o m t he Fi r st o f Fo r t h Wo r t h bank a ccountt o t he Secur i t y Paci f i c Na t i o na l Ba nk o f L os Angel es . T r e as . Dav i s r epor t s t het r a nsa ct i o n done. ( TR 41)

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USAF ACADEMY ATHLET I C AWARD

Ver n Kenyon, A. F. Academy Cadet

Awa r d Pr o gr a m Spe ci a l i st , se l e ct e d aba s ke t ba l l pl a ye r t o r e ce i v e t he a chi e ve -ment awar d vot ed by WASP. Onl y he knowswhy . An i nqui r y i s be i ng s e n t hi m.

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NEW MEMBERSHI P CARDS READY

New wal l et - si zed member shi p car ds ar eno w a va i l a bl e i n pa l e y el l o w. Edna Da vi swi l l r epl ace ol d- st yl e 1980 member shi p

c ar ds o n r e que s t . P l e as e r e t ur n o l d c ar dwi t h your r equest .

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OOF BUYS RI GHTS TO " CELESTI AL

FL I GHT"

At t he suggest i o n o f Bo ar d Me wberMar t y Wyal l , OOF has agr eed wi t h El i za-

bet h MacKe t hen Magi d t o buy al l r emai ni ngc opi e s o f he r po em " C el e s t i a l F l i ght , "wi t h t he r i ght t o r e pr o duce t he poe mwi t hout i t s pr esent accompanyi ng i nf or ma-t i on and i l l ust r at i on.

WASP Magi d wr ot e t he poem i n memor yof Mar i e Mi t chel l Robi nson, whose pi ct ur ei s us ed i n t he ex i s t i ng publ i c at i on of t hepoem. ( T R 141- 144) A new pr i nt i ng of t hepoe m wi l l be sui t a bl y f r a me d a nd used f o rmemor i al pur poses .------------------------------------------

ROSTER I SSUE DELAYED

Compl et i ng det ai l s f or updat i ng t her o s t e r wi t h t he a s s i s t a nc e o f Zi ggyHunt e r , Be t t y Ni chol a s not e s t hat t he de-

l a ys i n Chr i st ma s ma i l i ngs wi l l a l so hol d

up t he new r os t er . She bel i ev es i t wi l lbe r e ady e ar l y i n 1980.

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Pr i o r t o t he r e cent boa r d me et i ng i n Tucs on, a mai l i nvi t at i on t o at t end was

s e nt t o a l l WASP , t hus f o r t he f i r s t t i meopeni ng a boar d meet i ng t o t he member shi p.I n t he f ut ur e, s ay s P r es . Rober t s , al lboar d meet i ngs wi l l be open.

I n r e spo nse t o t he i nvi t a t i o n, WASPwer e pr esent f r om Washi ngt on, D. C. , Cal i -

f o r n i a , a nd Pho eni x, Ar i zo na .

CLASS SECRETARI ES RECEI VE LI MI TEDFI NANCI AL SUPPORT

Thr ee c l as s s ec r et a r i es at t endi ng t heNo v. 2 boa r d me et i ng e xpr e sse d t hei r a p-pr e ci a t i o n f o r t he $25. c he ck s t o he l pde f r a y o f f i c i a l s e c r e t a r i a l e xpe ns e s i nma i l i ngs a nd t e l e pho ne . Ea ch c l a s s s e c -r et ar y wi l l submi t a year - end account i ng.

( TR 45- 46)

TI NKER AFB TO HONOR WASP PAULA LOOP

On Apr i l 14 Ti nke r AFB wi l l dedi ca t ea bui l d i ng t o WASP Paul a . Lo op, k i l l e d i nl i ne o f dut y f l y i ng a BT - 15, a cc or di ng t o

2nd L t . Na r de L . J i mi ne z , USAF . WASP a r ei nvi t e d t o be honor e d gue st s . Co or d i nat -i ng at t endance by WASP and 99' s i s WynemaMa sonha l l , a WASP t r a i nee . He r t e l e phone

number i s 405- 352- 4246; a ddr e ss: Bo x 99,Mi nco, Ok, 73059.

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WASP DOCUMENTARY FI LM PROGRESSI NG

The TV WASP Doc ument ar y bei ng pr od-

uced f or PBS by Ki t t y Ki ng and Nel son Adamshas been del ayed. Wi t h t he t i t l e " WomenP i l o t s a t Wa r " , i t wi l l pr o ba bl y f i r s t beshown i n t he Washi ngt on, D. C. ar ea i n F eb.o r Ma r c h, 1980. Sub s eque nt l y , Ki ng a ndAdams hope t o advi se WASP when t he f i l mwi l l be s hown i n t he i r s ec t i ons . L oc al

PBS st at i ons cont r o l v i ewi ng dat es.

3/P$~ per t ape. Accor di ng t o Rober t s ,i t was " a medi a event " wi t h newspapl e i n

quant i t y, l eavi ng r oom onl y f or WASPper sonnel t her e at t he speci f i c r equesto f Ms . Ki ng i n c o nne ct i o n wi t h t he P BSWASP document ar y now i n pr oduct i on.( T R 113- 115) . Medi a f a i l ed t o car r yi t ems of i mpor t ance t o WASP. A f ul lt r a ns c r i pt o f t he t a pe wi l l be pub-l i shed i n t he r egul ar NEWSLETTER.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Byr d Gr anger woul d ver y much appr eci -

at e y our r es pons e t o t hi s publ i c at i o n. I f y ou l i k e - or di s l i k e - hav i ng ne ws as pr e-

s e nt e d, do s a y s o . Addr e s s f o r s u mme r i s

Box 558, Bi gf or k, Mont ana, 59111.

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WASHI NGTON AREA WASP REPORT

WI NS HI GH PRAI SE

NOV. 2 MI NUTES PREPARED

Accessabi l i t y of a l l WASP t o t he l egal

mi nut es, t aken by a cour t st enogr apher ,makes i t possi bl e t o r e l ease t he or gani -zat i on' s secr et ar y' s r epor t wi t hout t heposs i bi l i t y f or mi sunder st andi ng and mi s-

" r epr es ent at i on.I n d i s c us s i ng t he r e l e as e o f t he No v.

2 mi nut es i n t he publ i cat i on t o be dev ot ed

t o t hat meet i ng and cur r ent af f ai r s onl y,Pr es. Rober t s suppor t ed t hei r r e l easewi t hout t hei r hav i ng been appr oved by t heexecut i ve and advi sor y boar d vot i ng mem-ber s pr esent at t hat meet i ng . . Rober t swi shed t o di st r i but e t he mi nut es swi f t l y

so t hat " t he f u l l or gani z at i on, ever y mem-

ber i n i t , c an k now t hat t hey ar e onc eagai n r unni ng t hei r or gani z at i on and i t

i s not r unni ng t hem. " ( T R 190- 194)When asked f or an of f i c i a l opi ni on,

Par l i ament ar i an Lor et t a Kambour i s sai di t was l egal t o send out uncor r ect ed mi n-

ut es i f t he boar d pr esent so appr oved.( T R 204) T he y c an go o nl y t o WASP , ho w-

ever .( FULL COVERAGE ON MATTER: TR 188 - 205)

Par l i ament ar i an Lor et t a Kambour i s on

Nov. 2 not ed t hat t he r epor t submi t t ed byt he Washi ngt on Ar ea WASP i n Col or ado Spr i ngsi s excel l ent , conf or mi ng t o t he OOF byl awws." I am, " s he s ai d, " v er y i mpr es s ed. T heyha ve a cc es s t o a nd ha ve c ons u l t e d t he Ai rF or ce J udge Advocat e ' s Of f i ce, " and " t heycome up wi t h speci f i c r ecommendat i ons . •.whi ch shoul d be sent out t o t he member shi p

f or t hei r knowl edge. ' .( NOTE: COPI ES OF THE REPORT ACCOMPANY THI S

PUBL I CAT I ON. PL EASE READ: : , : )

WYALL ASKS LOAN OF LOGBOOKS

Hi st or i an Mar t y Wy al l has i ssued anur gent r equest t o bor r ow and mi cr of i l mWASP and t r ai nee l ogbooks. She pr omi ses

t o t r eat t hem wi t h r espect and k i ndnessand t o r et ur n t o t hei r owner s i nt act .

" F o r a r e al l y go od hi s t o r y , a WAS Pl ogbook t el l s mor e t han an of f i ci alor der , " sai d Wyal l .

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TAPES OF DI SCHARGECEREMONY AVAI LABL E

WASP may obt ai n copi es of t he com-pl et e Vet er an' s Di schar ge Cer emony i nUnder - Sec. Ant oni a Chay es' of f i ce and

c a n be ha d f r o m L i l l i a n Ro be r t s f o r

OOF member shi p wi l l vot e at i t s 1980meet i ng on what di sposi t i on i s pr ef er r edf or t he memor abi l i a. ( TR 241- 243)

Suggest i ons r egar di ng a r eposi t or yshoul d be sent t o Mar t y Wy al l , Box 9212,

For t Wayne, I N, 46809. )

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MEMORABI LI A NEED PROTECTI ON WYALLREPORTS

Fol l owi ng up on ass i gnment , Mar t y Wyal l

r epor t ed on Nov. 2 on ways and means t o pr o-t ect WASP memor abi l i a. ( TR 231- 241) . Herr epor t set f or t h poss i bi l i t i es of mi cr of i l m-i ng, x er o xi ng , v ar i o us k i nd s o f a nd pl a ce

f or st or age, wi t h pot ent i a l cost s.On t he ba s i s o f t he Wy al l r e po r t , t he

boar d v ot ed unani mousl y t o set asi de $1, 000.

t o i nst i t ut e a copy i ng pr ogr am. Wy al l , asr equest ed by t he account ant s f or t he OOF ,wi l l submi t an i nvent or y of WASP memor abi -

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CPA FI RM AT WORK

By mot i on adopt ed by Advi sor y Boar d ati t s meet i ng on Nov. 2, cer t i f i ed publ i c ac-count ant s wer e empl oyed t o pr epar e f i nanci als t a t e me nt s a s ne ede d, a nd a n a udi t f o r t hec o nv ent i o n. T he y r e que s t e d a l l r e co r ds o f pr i or admi ni st r at i ons i n pr epar i ng suchf o r ms a s ma y be r e qui r e d. I f a ny pa s t o f -f i c er s s t i l l ha ve r e co r ds , t he y s h oul d bef or war ded t o t he t r easur er .

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WASP COMMEMORATI VE BOOK CONSI DERED

Fol l owi ng t he i ni t i at i ve of t he May10 boar d meet i ng, vot i ng member s on Nov.2 a s ked By r d Gr a nger t o t a ke o n t he r es -ponsi bi l i t y of f or war di ng t he pr oj ect .A s um of $1, 000. has been s et a si de f ori ni t i al expenses.

I n ac ce pt i n g t he wor k, Gr ange r sai d

t he pr oduct i on must wai t unt i l t he of f i -ci al name f or t he WASP or gani zat i on hasbeen sel ect ed by t he member shi p. Pr e-l i mi nar y wor k cal l s f or assembl i ng hi s-t or i cal mat t er s. Deat on and St i r esagr e ed t o l e nd t h ei r c opi e s of gr adua-t i on books. De at on and St i r e s wi l lal so cooper at e wi t h t hei r mat er i al s,

and wi l l se nd t he i r h i st or y and bookst o Gr anger .

Gr ange r asks t he c ooper at i on of WASP, i n par t i cul ar , suggest i ons onf or mat .

Nan Ful l er and her commi t t ee ar ewor ki ng on t he pr oj ect wi t h Gr anger .Gr anger and Ful l er f avor l i mi t i ng t hevol ume t o t he war year s wi t h no ment i onof post WASP se r vi c e or e xper i e nc es.( T R 4 7 - 48)

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MAY 10 MI NUTES APPROVED

St r ong demands f or " cor r ect i ng"t he May 10 boar d meet i ng mi nut es sobadl y del ayed t he Nov. 2 meet i ng t hatPar l i ament ar i an Kambour i s r eco mmended

t abl i ng t h ose mi n ut e s so as " t o e nabl et ho s e pr es ent t o get t o t he r es t o f t he a genda . ' ( T R 59) T he Ma y 10 mi n-ut es, however , woul d be consi der ed neart he c l o s e o f t he da y. Dea t o n o bj ec t e dt hat " t her e ar e a number of cor r ect i ons

t h at ne ed t o be made t h at ar e ver ycont r over si al . "

The f i r s t ac t i on af t er t he r ec es s was

r epor t by t he Cr edent i al ~ommi t t e: andcl ar i f i cat i on by t he Par 11ament ar l an

bout l e gal vot i ng f or OOF me et i ngs. As

r e sul t , t he e ar l i e r deadl oc k was ~r oken t h a vot e on t abl i ng t he May 10. f f i l n-

t es. The af f i r mat i ve vot e made. l t ~os-i bl e f or t he meet i ng t o accomp11sh l t s

us i ne s s . ( T R 65- 78) The May 10 mi nut es wer e t ak e~ of f t he

abl e f or di sc u ssi on and c or r e ct l on t o-war d t he end of t he meet i ng. ( TR 281) .

Wya11 not ed t hat as t he maj or i t y of ~e:or r ect i ons wer e mi nor , she woul d e11ml -

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n at e t he m i n f avor of not i ng a f e w ot he r s .( TR 284- 285) ( Se e TR 286- 295) The omi s-s i on of i t e m r e l at i ve t o f r e que nc y of boar d meet i ngs was cor r ect ed.

De at on t h en r ai se d an obj e c t i on t h att he r esol ut i on concer ni ng t he r et ai n-i n g of an at t or ne y was i nac c ur at e . ( TR-295) Pr e s i de nt Robe r t s c l ar i f i e d t h emat t er by not i ng t hat Gr anger , who madet he mot i on, h ad wr i t t e n i t out and had

k ept her no t es . ( T R 296) Dea t o n s t a t ed,"we have had a l ot of c omme nt s f r om al lo ver t he c ount r y a bo ut t he f a ct t ha t wea r e go i ng a ga i ns t t he wi s hes o f t he o r -gani zat i on when we r ei nst at e t he Or der of Fi f i nel l a. " Deat on agr eed t hat t he mot i oni n que st i on Has "t o c l e ar up t he c or poi at epr obl ems . "

Ve l t a Be nn sai d t hat obj e ct i ons t o t h emot i on ar e based on mi sunder st andi ng be-cause t he name OOF i s not per manent . ( TR299)

Haydu r ai se d an obj e ct i on t o t he May10 mi nu t e s, Page 3, Qu est i on C sai d t hati n t he Br oome mat t er , Haydu had " appr ovedt he v ent ur e. " ( T R 3 02) Ha ydu deni edhavi ng done so. Par l i ament ar i an Kar nbour i st he n sai d, "Th e pr e s i de nt appoi n t s c om-mi t t ees. The commi t t ees go r unni ng ar oundt h e bl oc k a hal f dozen t i me s and, wi t h t heknowl e dge of t he pr e s i de nt , assen t i sgi v en. Y ou' r e a l l r es po ns i bl e when y ou

ar e se r vi ng i n wh at e ve r c apac i t y, e i t he ras an of f i cer , a commi t t ee chai r man, acommi t t ee member ; you ar e al l r esponsi bl e

f or ever yt hi ng t hat happened dur i ng yourt e r m of of f i c e i n what e ve r c apac i t y youare serving."

Kar nbour i s t hen added, " I t was upon myadvi ce t hat t he pr esi dent al l owed Ms.Wyal l t o st at e he r c or r e c t i ons t o t hemi nu t e s. You not i c e d, i n d i sc u ssi n g t h em,

t he r e r e al l y ar e n o c or r e ct i ons, and Ms.Wyal l i s i n compl et e agr eement wi t h t hi s. "

Kar nbour i s t hen commended Wyal 1 f or soa gr eei ng, no t i ng, " I t hi nk a n ef f o r t i sbei ng ma de o n t he pa r t o f a t l ea s t o ne

d "pa s t - o f f i c er t o t r y t o hea l t he wo un s .

( TR 303- 304) The mi nut es of t he May 10 meet i ng

wer e appr oved wi t h cor r ect i ons as not ed.

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Advi sor y Boar d Meet i ng

November 2, 1979

REGI STRATI ON

CALL TO ORDER

WEL COME BY PRESI DENT

I NTRODUCTI ONS

ORDER OF FI FI NELLA

AGENDA

Smuggl er ' s I nn

Cor sai r RoomWi l mot at Speedway Tuc s on, Ar i z ona 85711

ROBERT' S RULES OF ORDER REVI SED ( NEWLY REVI SED) - Par l i ament ar i an

QUORUM Repor t of Cr edent i al s Commi t t ee on r egi st r at i on.

ORDER OF BUSI NESS

o f Bo ar ds, Co l o r a do Spr i ngs, CO,

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1. Readi ng of Mi nut esA. Tr a nsi t i o n Me et i ng

Oct o be r 1, 1978B. Bo ar d Me et i ng, Ma y 10, 1979 MI LI TARY BENEFI TS

I I Repor t s of Of f i cer s and St andi ng Commi t t eesA. Tr e asur e r ' s Re po r tB. Re po r t o f P r e s i de nt

C. Re po r t of Vi c e P r e s i dentD. Re po r t o f Se cr e t a r y

E. Commi t t ees

I I I Unf i n i shed busi ness

I V Ne w Busi ness--- _---------_ . . . . . . "

NEW COMMI TTEE CHAI R

Pat e Pat eman" The Over l ook" , St r at f or d Har

Rout e 1Mo nt r o ss, VA 22520804- 493- 8113

STUDY COMMI TT EE

Adel e Beyer

2397 Mayf i el dMo nt r o se, CA 91020213- 248- 4890

SERVI CE COMMI TTEE

Luci l e Wi se823 K ans a s StLa r ned, KA 67550

316- 285- 2207

BYLAWS

Deane Fer guson1524 32nd St . , N. W.

Washi ngt on, D. C. 20007202- 338- 4967

NOMI NATI ONS

Gai l Snel l

17074 J e r se y St .

Gr a na da Hi l l s , CA 91344

213- 363- 2911

FEDERAL VETERANS' BENEFI TS

Roddy McL ean4032 Oxf or d St .

Anna ndal e , VA 22003703- 256- 0568

FI NANCI AL ADVI SOR

Cat her i ne Mur phy432 West Wal nut Ave.Ar c adi a , CA 91006

213- 681- 0276

STATE VETERANS' BENEFI TS

Li z Wat son

2300 Panor ama Ter r ace

L os Angel es , CA 90039213- 661- 6500

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MI NUTES OF THE BOARD OF DI RECTORS MEETI NG

Or der of Fi f i nel l a, 2 November 79

2 November 79. Smuggl er ' s I nn, Tucson, Ar i zona. 9: 35 a. m.

Pr oceedi ngs: Boar d Meet i ng of Or der of Fi f i nel l a. Meet i ng was cal l edt o or der by t he Pr esi dent Li l l i an Rober t s.

She st at ed t hat conf i r mat i on not i ces of t hi s meet i ng wer e mai l ed byt he secr et ar y t o Rober t s, Gr anger , Deat on, Wyal l , Ni chol as, and Haydu.A second not i ce was sent t o above member s and t o Secr et ar y Davi s byPr esi dent Rober t s whi ch i ncl uded t he Tr easur er Repor t t hr ough 21 J ul y 79, mi nut es of t he 10 May Boar d meet i ng, member shi p dues not i ces ,accomodat i on and meet i ng not i ces. A di r ect mai l i ng t o t he f ul l member -shi p was sent on 19 Oct ober whi ch i ncl uded, dues not i ce, mi nut es of t he 10 May boar d meet i ng and a Wel come I nvi t at i on t o at t end t he 2November 79 Open Boar d Meet i ng.

Pr esi dent Rober t s wel comed WASP' S i n at t endance wi t h speci al gr eet i ngand i nt r oduct i on of Hal l y St i r es , one of t he i ni t i al f ounder s and or i -gi nal i ncor por at or s of t he Or der . of Fi f i nel l a. She i nt r oduced al lboar d member s pr esent , Bet t y Ni chol as, Edna Davi s, Ber ni ce Haydu,Mar t y Wyal l and Leot i Deat on. Al so, Ms. Lor et t a Kambour i s - r egi st er edPar l i ment ar i an and member of t he Nat i onal Associ at i on of Par l i ment ar i ans,s i t t i ng at t he r i ght of t he Pr es i dent . Al s o, Ms . Sandy Di az , a cour tr epor t er who was t aki ng an of f i ci al t r anscri pt of t he meet i ng.

Ms. Kambour i s, Par l i ment ar i an, set t he st r uct ur e of t he meet i ng.She expl ai ned br i ef l y t he Rober t s Rul es of Or der under whi ch we wer e

bound t o f unct i on and gave a. br i ef out l i ne of t he l egal r ami f i cat i onsof our act i vi t i es . " Feder al and St at e Law" once t he cer t i f i cat e of i ncor por at i on i s i ssued, you shal l f or ever be gover ned by t he l aws of t hat s t at e and pay s uch t axes , s t at e and f eder al as ar e appl i cabl e.

You may t er mi nat e t hi s r el at i onshi p by t he Legal pr ocess of di ssol u-t i on and you can be suspended by r ef usi ng t o compl y wi t h t he st at el aws, but dur i ng t hi s suspensi on, you shal l not f unct i on. " Shenot ed t hat Or der of Fi f i nel l a By- Laws wer e adopt ed 28 J une 46 whi ches t abl i s hed t hat Rober t s Rul es of Or der s hal l be t he aut hor i t y f orpar l i ment ar y pr oceedi ngs at al l meet i ngs.

She st at ed t hat i n keepi ng wi t h t hese by- l aws, r egi st r at i on washel d at t hi s meet i ng t o est abl i sh a quor um and t he vot e needed t o

adopt mot i ons.

Ar t i cl e I V, Advi s or y Boar d, Sect i on 1, s t at es t hat t hi s gover ni ngbody shal l be chosen by cl ass r epr esent at i on accor di ng t o cl ass orchapt er . Ther ef or e, member s el ect ed at t he convent i on 1978 ar e buta smal l par t of t hi s body pr esent .

Ar t i cl e X, Sect i on 7, st at es "The pr esi dent of each chapt er aut oma-t i cal l y compr i ses one member of t he Boar d. " Addi t i onal l y, Ms. Kambour i sst at ed "r ul es of an or di nar y assembl y woul d pr evai l . "

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Boar d member Wyal l obj ect ed t o our oper at i ng under " obsol et e" by- l awsand r equest ed t hat we pr oceed oper at i ng by use of "Rober t s Rul es of Or der . "

Pr esi dent Rober t s st at ed: "We ar e a Cal i f or ni a, non- pr of i t cor por at i on _ 0199839 and have been s~nce 1946. Ther e has never b~en by t he member -

shi p any amendment or r epl acement of t he by- l aws.Boar d member Haydu obj ect ed t o pr oceedi ng under Or der of Fi f i nel l a, I nc.and st at ed her admi ni st r at i on al l owed Or der of Fi f i nel l a I nc. t odi ssol ve as was her i nt er pr et at i on of t he member shi p f eel i ngs i n Reno.She. st at ed she was not a Boar d member of Or der of Fi f i nel l a, I nc.but of Or der of Fi f i nel l a.

Pr esi dent Rober t s r ei t er at ed t hat we r ecogni zed t hat t hi s has been t heopi ni on of t he past admi ni st r at i on but t hat opi ni ons . do not i nf l uencet he l egal ent i t y of Or der of Fi f i nel l a I nc. ; t her ef or e when t hemember shi p i n Reno asked t o have t he cor por at i on di ssol ved, t hi s shoul dhave been accompl i shed by t he f or mal l egal pr oceedi ngs of Di ssol ut i on.

I t i s a f act accompl i shed t hat Or der of Fi f i nel l a i s a non- pr of i tcor por at i on, i ncor por at ed i n Cal i f or ni a si nce 1946. The or gani zat i oni s t hus bound by i t s by- l aws.

Ms. Wyal l st at ed t hat i n 1964 she gat her ed t he WASP' s t oget her undert he name of Or der of Fi f i nel l a as a separ at e ent i t y f r om Or der of Fi f i nel l a, I nc .

. I n answer i t was poi nt ed out t hat i t was t he same member shi p, oper at i ngunder t he same name, t her ef or e l egal l y i t was t he same or gani zat i onwi t h t he same by- l aws, whet her t he l at er gr oup wi shed t o use t hem ornot . No or gani zat i on may oper at e i n l i mbo, i gnor i ng al l t he Laws of st at e, nat i on and or gani zat i on.

Ms. Haydu and Ms. Deat on obj ect ed t o t he concept .

Pr esi dent Rober t s st at ed t hat t hi s was a meet i ng of t he Advi sor y Boar dof Or der of Fi f i nel l a as s et f or t h i n t he by- l aws . She t hen r eques t edt he secret ar y t o r ead t he mi nut es of t he Tr ansi t i on meet i ng of t heBoar d of Di r ect or s Or der of Fi f i nel l a, Col or ado Spr i ngs 1 Oct ober 78.

Secr et ar y Davi s compl i ed. The per sons i n at t endance at t hat meet i ngwer e S. Hayden, B. Haydu, L. Deat on, M. Wyal l , B. Cr oss, B. Gr angerand B. Ni chol as act i ng as secret ar y pr o- t er n.

One sect i on of t hese mi nut es, as r ecor ded by Bet t y Ni chol as, was

" That st udy commi t t ee was r ecommended af t er r ej ect i on by t he member shi pof i ncor por at i on as pr esent ed. " Ms. Haydu of f er ed cor r ect i on - i tshoul d r ead t hat a st udy commi t t ee be set up and i ncor por at i on be hel di n abeyance unt i l commi t t ee gi ves i t s r ecommendat i on and f i ndi ngs. "Dr . Gr anger st at ed t hat t hi s was no par t of t he di scussi on at t he meet i ngand obj ected t o t he cor r ect i on as i t woul d f al si f y what occur r ed.

Resul t s of a vot e on t he pr oposed cor r ect i on by t he f i ve member s pr esentat t he meet i ngs was - Haydu, Deat on, Wyal l and Ni chol as - Aye. Gr anger _ No. Cor r ect i on appr oved.

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WSPR

MO. Rayduof~er:::.~ addt tion to the ",tnutes of the trans i tion meeting," I nc or por at i on , I nc . was nei t her acc ept ed nor r ej ect ed. "

Dr . Gr anger agai n st at ed t hi s di scussi on was not par t of t hat meet i ngand obj ect ed.

Pr esi dent Rober t s accept ed t he Gr anger obj ect i on not i ng t hat i t was

not pr oper t o make up addi t i ons t o mi nut es of a meet i ng t hat t ookpl ace a year ago.

She decl ar ed t he mi nut es t o st and as cor r ect ed. She not ed t hat EdnaDavi s, pr esent secr et ar y- t r easur er , had no knowl edge or copy of t heNi chol as mi nut es unt i l 10 May 79.

Ms . Rober t s t hen r eques t ed t he s ecret ar y t o r ead t he mi nut es of t he Boar dof Di r ec t or s , Or der of Fi f i nel l a, I nc . 10 May 79. The s ecr et ar y r eadt he mi nut es i nt o t he r ecor d.

Cor r ect i ons t o t he mi nut es wer e r equest ed, Di scussi on f ol l owed. Par -l i ment ar i an suggest ed t hat t he mi nut es be t abl ed unt i l t he end of t he

agenda as so much wi l l be cl ar i f i ed. I t was moved and seconded t ot abl e t he mi nut es.

Di scussi on:

Ms . Deat on s t at ed t hat t he mi nut es of t he Boar d ar e t he pr oper t y of t heboar d and t hat t hey wer e sent out t o t he member shi p wi t hout aut hor i zat i onof t he f ul l boar d. She s t at ed t hos e mi nut es had not been cor r ect ed.

Pr es i dent Rober t s s t at ed t hat i t was s o not ed on t he mi nut es t hat t heywoul d be appr oved at t he next boar d meet i ng.

Cal l f or a vot e.

Recess was t aken by al l . 15 mi nut es.

I nadver t ent l y, t he si xt h i t em on t he agenda had been passed over . Asmay be not ed on t he at t ached adgenda, t hat i t em i s " Quor um- Repor t of t he Cr edent i al s Commi t t ee on Regi st r at i on" . Pr esi dent Rober t s cor r ect edt hi s over si ght as soon as t he r ecess t er mi nat ed.

Presi dent Rober t s r econvened t he meet i ng and cal l ed f or t he Quor um Repor tof t he Cr edent i al s Commi t t ee, Chai r man Hal l y St i r es. Ms. St i r es announcedt hat 3 cl ass secr et ar i es, 3 execut i ve of f i cer s and 4 boar d member sr egi s t er ed f or a t ot al of t en. A quor um maj or i t y woul d be 6 vot es .Wi t nessed and si gned by Bet t y Ni chol as and Hal l y St i r es - 2 Nov. 79.

Pr esi dent Rober t s expl ai ned t hat we ar e bound by our by- l aws and whenany vot e i s i n quest i on, t hese per sons shal l be pol l ed by name i nal phabet i cal or der . Ms. Wyal l obj ect ed. Pr esi dent Rober t s answer edt hat a Par l i ment ar i an had been i nsi st ed upon by Haydu, Deat on, Ni chol asand Wyal l . That i n compl yi ng wi t h t hei r demand Dr . Gr anger has secur edt he l eadi ng par l i ment ar i an i n Tucson wi t h 40 year s exper i ence i n t hi s andt he l egal f i el d and t hat t he par l i ment ar i an st at ed t hat we ar e bound byt hes e by l aws f i r s t , as we ar e s o i ns t r uct ed by s t at e and f eder al l aws .

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Ther ef or e, t h. e cor qpos, it i on a. nd yot ; i : . ngpr i vi l eges of t he Advi sor y Boar d as

def i ned i n t he By- Laws wi l l pr e vai l , t her e by aut hent i ~c at i ng t he t hr e ec l as s s ec r et ar i es who ar e pr es ent t oday as vot i ng member s of t he Advi s or yBoar d. These t hr ee ar e Br owni e Ki ndi g, Mar gar et Tampl i n and El eanorGunder son.

Ms. Wyal l agai n obj ect ed.

Ms . Deat on obj ec t ed s t at i ng t hat t hes e t hr e e had been es pec i al l y i nvi t edwi t hout s pec i al i nvi t at i ons t o ot her c l as s s ec r et ar i es .

Hal l y St i r es s poke f r om t he f l oor , s ayi ng t hat ever yone r ecei ved an i nvi -t at i on t o t he " Open Meet i ng" henc e al l had an oppor t uni t y t o c ome.

Pr e si dent Rober t s s t at ed t hat nei t her s he nor anyone el s e had i nvi t edany cl as s s ecr et ar y or expl ai ned t o any of t hem t hei r pr es ent s t at us asvot i ng member s of t he Advi sor y Boar d.

Subsequent l y, each of t he t hr ee, Ki ndi g, Tampl i n and Gunder son madei ndi vi dual s t at ement s t hat t hey had r e cei ved no i nkl i ng of t hi s unt i l i twas j us t s t at ed by t he pr es i dent . A r ol l cal l vot e was t aken on t he mot i on

t o t abl e t he mi nut es . Al l Aye, No - Haydu, Deat on, Ni c hol as , Wyal l .Mot i on car r i ed.

Tr easur er s Repor t : Edna Davi s 2 November 79

The f ul l t r easur er s f i nanci al st at ement of Or der of Fi f i nel l a was r eadi nt o t he r ec or d as pr es ent ed by Mur phy, Ear nhar dt & Locke, Los Angel es.

ORDER OF FI FI NELLA, I NC.STATEMENT OF REVENUE COLLECTED, EXPENSES PAI D AND FUND BALANCE

For t he per i od f r om J anu2r y 1, 1979 t o Oct ober 10, 1979

Fund Bal anc e J anuar y 1, 1979 - Fi r s t of For t Wor t h Chec ki ng $16, 033. 46

REVENUE COLL ECTEDMember shi p duesDonat i onsConvent i on r ecei pt sSt or e Sal esBook sal esMemori al f undWashi ngt on D.C. f und

EXPENSES PAI DPur chases

- s t or e i t ems & booksOf f i ce expenses & suppl i esPri nt i ng

Tel ephonePost age

Tr avelCl ass secret ary expenses

$998. 5095. 00

3, 500. 00392. 30871. 19

25. 00382. 74

1, 887. 43723. 04

1, 555. 84875. 31708. 32

1, 494. 43500. 00

6, 264. 73

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Bank ser vi ce char gesDonat i onsShi ppi ngMi l i t ar i zat i onSel l i ng expenseAdver t i si ngFr anchi se t axes and penal t i es

FUND BALANCE OCTOBER 10/ 1979

33. 79130. 00

40. 73182. 40

41. 1525. 00

195. 00 8/ 402. 44

Fi r s t of For t Wor t h c hecki ng 53. 07Secur i t y Paci f i c Bank Checki ng

( #216- 073- 004) 10/ 842. 68Secur i t y Paci f i c Bank Checki ng

( #216- 007- 677) 3/ 000. 00

See account ant s' compi l at i on r epor t

SUPPLEMENTARY FI NANCI AL REPORT: Oct ober 1978 t hr u August 1979Expenses: Pr esi dent i al Of f i ce:

13, 895. 75

1978

1979

Oct ober

November

December

J anuar y

Febr uar y

Mar ch

Apr i l

Tel ephone

Tel ephone

Tel ephone

Tel ephone

Tel ephone

Tel ephone

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Tr anspor t DC- Bl i zz ar dL ocal t r ans por t , DCWASP Pi ct ur e - Of f i ci alMai l i ngMai l i ngMi sc.Rober t s Rul es bk.DC Accommodat i ons

Ar my/ Navy - Bl i zzar d

Modest o Ai r RT Typewr i t er Rent alMot el accommodat i onsGr ound t r anspor t

It

$100. 17

41. 23

14 •.77

29. 85

26. 52

77. 62

256. 5030. 00

7. 0023. 5020. 0035. 60

8. 002. 442. 01

29. 45

200. 73

66. 0015. 9084. 2813. 80

$212. 54

615. 23

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May

J une

J ul y

August

St amps 4. 5050 PO car ds 5. 00Pr i nt i ng 6. 57Ar my/ Navy Cl ub 48. 75 64. 82

Tel ephone 62. 82 62. 82

Ai r , Tr anspor t - Was. D. C. 353. 00

Tel ephone 95. 37 448. 37

Secr et ar y Ser vi ce 25. 00 Tel ephone 20. 90 Tel ephone DC 29. 48 75. 38

Tel ephone 11. 72 11. 72

Secr et ar y Ser vi ce 25. 00Mai l i ngs/ UPS 13. 75Copy Ser vi ce 33. 25St at i onar y 1. 43 73. 40

TOTAL $1821. 88

To t hi s bal ance a deposi t of $782. 50 was made 1 Nov. 79, hence a bal anceof $14, 678. 25. A separ at e suppl i ment ar y f i nanci al r epor t of t he pr esi dent i alof f i ce was r ead. Thi s was demanded by past pr esi dent Haydu. A copy wasr ead i nt o t he r ec or d. Tot al t hr ough Augus t s pent t o benef i t OOF, $1821. 88.Secr et ar y Davi s not ed t hat many expenses had not been passed on t o t heor gani zat i on and t hat t he demand f or t hi s account i ng was t o demean t hepr esi dent but t hat t he opposi t e had been accompl i shed.

Ms. Haydu obj ect ed t o expenses gi ven t o t he Pr esi dent . She st at ed t hatmoni es had not been vot ed upon.

Secr et ar y Davi s r ef er r ed her t o t he mi nut es of t he 10 May boar d meet i ngaut hor i zi ng s~me by unani mous vot e.

Ms. Deat on st at ed t hat no check was ever wr i t t en i n t he past t hat di d nothave an accompanyi ng, i t emi zed st at ement , Ni chol as agr eed.

Pr esi dent Rober t s r epl i ed - " y our i nf er ence i s t he t r easur er i s payi ngi l l egal l y. Nat ur al l y al l st at ement s handed t o t he Secr et ar y- Tr easur erar e f ul l y i t emi zed and document ed and t hey ar e on r ecor d wi t h her andt he audi t or . "

Pr esi dent accept ed t he Treasur er s RepCQt f or audi t af t er quest i ons and

di scussi on concl uded. She r equest ed t he Tr easur er t o pr esent bi l l s f orpayment .

1. Lor et t a Kambour i s, Regi st er ed Par l i ment ar i anMoved, seconded and car r i ed.

$400. 00

2. Cour t Repor t er : Dr Gr anger s t at ed i t was not pos s i bl et o have a f i gur e at t hi s t i me. Agr eement of $35. 00 perhal f day pl us $1. 85 per page wi t h t wo copi es.

To pay when pr esent ed. Moved, seconded and car r i ed.

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3. Mur phy, Ear nhar dt & Locke, Cer t i f i ed Publ i c Account ant s. $800. 00BOar d member Haydu st at ed bi l l was ver y hi gh and quest i oned.

Tr easur er Davi s expl ai ned _

Resul t 10 May unani mous vot e of boar d t o r ei nst at e and Legal i ze Or derof Fi f i nel l a. A l awyer had been aut hor i zed t o assi st but t hr ough subse-quent obst r uct i on f r om Deat on, Haydu, Wyal l & Ni chol as we wer e depr i ved

of t he s er vi ces of a l awyer . Acc ount ant s c har ge $60 _ $80 an hour . Thi saccount ant was wi l l i ng t o do t he addi t i onal l egal dut y, as wel l as t heaccount i ng. Al so he was wi l l i ng t o accept t he $16, 000. 00 t hat Iaccept ed f r om t he f or mer t r easur er Bet t y Ni chol as wi t hout st at ement s anddocument s suppor t i ng t hi s amount . He had t o go t o t he I RS, cal l uponhi s sour ces, wor k wi t h Cal i f or ni a St at e Fr anchi se Tax Boar d and coverl egal mat t er s wi t h hi s own l awyer , and he had t o dr aw up and submi t anaccount i ng f or t he past year s of suspensi on of 1975, 1976, 1977 & 1978.As a r esul t of hi s wor k we had t o pay a f i ne of $195. 00 t o Cal i f or ni aas penal t i es f or f our year s.

We must have an out si de audi t f or t he end of t he year . I f we sel ect hi mt o compl et e t he wor k he has st at ed t he cost wi l l be appr oxi mat el y $500. 00.

I f we go t o anot her f i r m t he pr i c e f or a cer t i f i ed audi t wi l l be appr ox-i mat el y $2, 000. 00. However , we do not have t he pr oper r ecor ds f r om t hepast t o compl et e such an audi t and t hi s account ant sai d t hat he woul dnot ac cept t he j ob. He f eel s t hat t he cer t i f i ed audi t i s not nec es s ar ybut t hat t he next s t ep down of an audi t wi l l s uf f i c e. He ur ged t hi sor gani zat i on t o secur e a l awyer .

We ar e now cl ear wi t h t he St at e of Cal i f or ni a. But i n t he pas t t hi sor gani zat i on has l i t er al l y i gnor ed t he f eder al gover nment . Or der of Fi f i nel l a i s obl i gat ed and l i abl e f or a f i ne amount i ng t o $10. 00 a dayf or not f i l i ng t o a t ot al of $5, 000. 00 maxi mum. Thr ee ot her account ant swer e cont act ed and t hey wer e al l about $500. 00 mor e. Secr et ar y Davi sf ur t her st at es t hat when she accept ed t hi s j ob she had i nt ended t o haveher own Tr avel agency account ant r un t he Or der of Fi f i nel l a on t he com-put er whi ch woul d pr ovi de a mont hl y pr i nt out of al l our act i vi t y at noexpense t o t he organi z at i on. However , t he day af t er t h 10 May boar dmeet i ng and t hr ough t he year , she has been accused of mi s- spendi ng andmi s- handl i ng t he f unds. Thi s wi t hout any f oundat i on of f act . I t mustt her ef or e be under st ood t hat any use of her per sonal account ant woul dbe suspect . Ther ef or e, ever yt hi ng i s gi ven t o an out si de account ant f orwhi c h t hi s or gani z at i on i s l i abl e f or t he c os t s . Ful l vot e t o pay t heaccount ant - al l Aye. Haydu, Deat on - aye wi t h pr ot est , Wyal l decl i nedt o vot e. Appr oved.

4. Pr i nt i ng & Mai l i ng i nf or mat i on t o f ul l member shi p.

Voi ce vot e, al l Aye. No - Haydu. Appr oved.

$225. 14

5. Post age f or mai l i ng ~ I nf or mat i on t o f ul l member shi p $301. 00Pol l vot e, al l Aye. No - Deat on, Haydu, Ni chol as, Wyal l .Appr oved.

Tr easur er Davi s announced t hat we have j ust r ecei ved t hi s dat e a checkf or $663. 00 f r om Mar y H. Chappel l , Co- Chai r man of t he Col or ado Convent i on.

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Thi s money has come ~r om i ncome l e~t f r om t he convent i on. Thi s amountw~l l be r ef l ect ed i n t he t r easur er s r epor t f or next meet i ng. Ms. Chappel lnot ed t hat Bet t y J o Reed st i l l hol ds some moni es f r om t he sal e of pi ct ur es. Ms. Davi s not ed t hat we have no account i ng of t hi s money , andi t i s most di f f i cul t i n st r ai ght eni ng our cor por at e and l egal obl i gat i onswhen we have not al l t he f i nanci al account i ngs. Si nce t he bul k of ouri ncome i s der i ved f r om sal e of mer chandi se t he gover nment i s ver y i nt er est edand i t i s mandat or y t o have a f ul l i nvent or y f or t he end of t he year .

Tr easur er Davi s st at ed t hat member shi ps ar e comi ng i n ver y wel l and t hatmany cont ai n donat i ons f or member s t hat cannot af f or d member shi ps. Thi shas been accompl i shed i n sever al i nst ances.

Addi t i onal smal l bi l l s wer e pr esent ed t o t he t r easur er but r equi r ed noboar d act i on.

Luncheon Recess 12: 25 pm.

Pr esi dent Rober t s r econvened t he meet i ng at 1: 54 pm. She cal l ed f or Repor t s.

1. Pr esi dent : Si nce l Q May Boar d meet i ng f unct i on has f ocused ont hr ee dut i es.

A. Repr esent i ng WASP at Ai r Por ce Di schar ge Cer emonyI nt er vi ewi ng t hose i n char ge of Feder al Benef i t s, Wash. D. C.

B. Answer i ng vol umi nous cor r espondence.C. Br i ngi ng or gani zat i on back i nt o compl i ance wi t h f eder al

and st at e r egul at i ons.

Per t i nent comment s:

A. Benef i t s . The WASP' s ar e ent i t l ed t o al l benef i t s avai l abl et o a ny ot her vet er an, wi t h t he except i on of t wo:

L. We r ecei ve no educat i onal benef i t s.2. We cannot add t he per i od of WASP ser vi ce t o other

mi l i t ar y ser vi ce f or pur pose of r et i r ement and pensi on.

Addi t i onal Legi sl at i on woul d be r equi r ed t o l i f t t heser est r i ct i ons.

B. The Sec r et ar y of St at e of Cal i f or ni a l i f t ed t he s us pens i on onOr der of Fi f i nel 1a on 24 Oct ober 79.

Cor por at e name: Or der of Fi f i nel l aCor por at e number : 0199839

C. Compl i ance: We ar e i n pr ocess of cl ar i f yi ng our posi t i on wi t hf eder al Tax obl i gat i ons and wi t h Post al aut hor i t i es f or t hel egal i t y of usi ng WASP Memor i al s, I nc. i ndi ci a f or pur pose of mai l i ng Or der of Fi f i nel l a newsl et t er t o member shi p.

11. Vi ce Pr esi dent : Bet t y Ni chol as. Ment i oned past cost s and pr ocedur esof mai l i ng and member shi p l i st s and r ost er . She doubt ed a Rost ercoul d be pr oduced t hi s year and r ecommended we not mai l dur i ng t heChr i st mas season. She woul d commence wor k on new Rost er i mmedi at el y.

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~nnounced t he deat hs of WASP' s Lydi a L. Kenny - 43 W~4,. J ean Bot hwi ck De Ki ng, a, nd Nel l i e Mi l l er .

Luci l e Wi se was announced as chai r man of t he newl y f or med Ser vi ce Commi t t ee. Thi s commi t t ee woul d act on al l ma, t t er s of deat h, i l l ness and need of WASP' s.

Cor r espondence was not ed as r ecei ved.

Ti nker Ai r For ce Base, Okl ahoma Ci t y, i s dedi cat i ng a bui l di ng t o Paul aLoop, 43- W2, who was ki l l ed f er r yi ng i n ser vi ce. Thi s i s a f i r st andgr eat honor f or t he WASP.

Ai r For ce Academy, Ver r Kenyon - Cadet Awar ds Pr ogr am Speci al i st , t hankedOr der of Fi f i nel l a f or commi t ment of $135. 00 a year f or f i ve year st o sal ut e t he most Out st andi ng Gi r l At he1et e. Encl osed was a l i st of awar ds avai l abl e and t hi s or gani zat i on was gi ven 5 year sponsor shi p of " most val uabl e Women1s Basket bal l Pl ayer Awar d. "

Ms. Deat on quest i oned how we got basket bal l ?

The l et t er f r om t he academy l i st ed 39 choi ces f or awar ds and t hat t heyhad evi dent l y sel ect ed t hi s cat egor y f or us. Secret ar y Davi s not ed t hatshe and t he member shi p had t hought our donat i on woul d be f or t he mostout st andi ng women at hl et e i n t ot o, however , t he awar ds pr ogr ams do notaccommodat e t hi s concept .

I V. Commi t t ee Repor t s of Chai r man not pr esent :

1. Commi t t ee on Name Change and I ncor por at i on. Dona St r ot her .

She st at es t hat no r el at i onshi p exi st s bet ween st udy commi t t ee and i ncor -por at i on.

The pr obl ems ar e i ndependent .

The st udy commi t t ee i s concer ned wi t h t he name and member shi p cr i t er i a.Any deci si on on t hese t wo mat t er s may be i ncor por at ed wi t hi n any cor por at eent i t y t he boar d and member shi p sees f i t t o sel ect .

Dona St r ot her submi t t ed her r esi gnat i on as chai r man of t hi s commi t t ee wi t ht he compl et i on of t he f ol l owi ng r epor t .

Commi t t ee member s: Deane Fer guson, I sabel St i nson, Ann At ki nson, Est er

Nor f ol k, I r i s Cr i t chel l and J une Lucky.

A quest i onnai r e has been ci r cul at ed wi t h t he f ol l owi ng concl usi ons _

For a t ax exempt or gani zat i on, ei t her soci al or Vet er ans or gani zat i on.

Level s of Member shi p:

1. Vot i ng: al l per sons aut hor i zed t o wear WASP wi ngs.2. Vot i ng: al l per sons accept ed by DOD who di d not r ecei ve wi ngs.3. Honor ar y: Non dues payi ng member shi p. Non Vot i ng.

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4. Associ ~t e; Those t hat w~sh t o associ at e wi t h or gani zat i on. Woul dpay dues but not qual i f y f ul l member shi p. Non vot i ng.

Name: Maj or i t y f avor s Women Ai r f or ce Ser vi ce Pi l ot s, WWI I .Accor di ng t o past pol l s - Or der of Fi f i nel l a was notf avor ed. Thi s commi t t ee conf i r med t hi s f eel i ng.

Recommendat i on: A quest i onnai r e be sent t o f ul l member shi p.( ~xampl e submi t t edI .

Pr esi dent Rober t s st at ed t hat t hi s commi t t ee had not hi ng t o do wi t hBy- l aws o~ i ncor por at i on. Thi s i s a separ at e mat t er .

Wi t h deep r egr et t he r esi gnat i on of Dona St r ot her was accept ed.

The new chai r man i s Adel e Byer s who w~l l t ake over t he r esponsi bi l i t y of f i ni shi ng t he canvas of t he member shi p.

2. POEM: Cel est i al Fl i ght , composed by El i zabet h MacKe t han Magi di n memor y of Mar i e Mi chel l Robi nson. A l i mi t ed number (200) of pr i nt s

ar e avai l abl e and wer e of f er ed t o t he or gani zat i on at $1. 00 each. Af t erdi scussi on i t was deci ded t o pur chase poems f or $1. 00 and t hat t heor gani zat i on woul d assume expense of put t i ng i t i n pr oper f or m and f r amed,t hen mai l ed t o t he f ami l i es and sur vi vor s of al l deceased WASP' s. I twas f ur t her di r ec t ed t hat t hi s pr ogr am be pl ac ed i n t he hands of t heSer vi ce Commi t t ee f or act i on. The boar d r equest ed t hat we ask f or t her i ght s t o t he poem f r om t he aut hor s o t hat i t mi ght be pr ot ec t ed f r omcommer ci al i zat i on and onl y used f or t he memor y and di gni t y of WASP' s.

3. STORE: L ol a Ri cciSuggest i ons f or sal es at t he next convent i on.

a. Sc ar ves

b. Tot e Bagsc. Poemd. A smal l l uggage car r i er was al so suggest ed by Dr . Gr anger .

Af t er some di scussi on no act i on was t aken but i nt er est wasevi denced i n scar ves, t ot e bags, t he poem havi ng been assi gnedot her dut y.

I t was agr eed t hat J ean Soar d, Convent i on Chai r man, and hercommi t t ee wor k wi t h Lol a on t hese sel ect i ons and ot her s.

4. Or l ando Convent i on: J ean Soar d 15 Sep - 22 Sep 80.

Commi t t ee: Franki e L. Br et her i ck, El i zabet h Magi d, Dor ot hy Eber sbach.Skel et on pl ans wer e pr esent ed whi ch wi l l be f ur t her devel oped i n t henewsl et t er .

5. PUBLI CI TY: Bet t y Wi l l i ams. Submi t t ed a t aped r epor t whi ch mal -f unc t i oned and i t was agr eed t o t abl e t he r epor t unt i l t he end of t he meet -i ng i f i t coul d be r emedi ed. Agr eed.

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6. MEMBERSHI P: Secr et ar y Davi s r equest ed per mi ssi on t o have new member shi car ds pr i nt ed as suppl y i s depl et ed. Agr eed.

COMMEMORATI VE BOOK: Byr d Gr anger - Chai r man and Edi t or .

Act i on on t he book must be hel d i n abeyance unt i l r e- or gani zat i on andname change i s accompl i shed. She suggest ed t hat a f or mat be pr esent ed

t o t he member shi p f or pr ef er ence and t hat a quest i onnai r e wi l l bepr epar ed and ci r cul at ed t o see i f member s want such a book. Leot iDeat on agr eed t o pr ovi de Chai r man Gr anger wi t h copi es of gr aduat i on books.Bee Haydu agr eed t o r et ur n t o Chai r man Gr anger ol d quest i onnai r es donef or t he mi l i t ar i zat i on and book.

Par l i ment ar i an Kambour i s st at ed t hat si nce Col or ado Convent i on vot ed$1000. 00 f or a commemor at i ve book t he cur r ent chai r man Gr anger hasbut t o r eques t i t and gi ve an account i ng of how i t i s t o be us ed andaccount i ng. The 10 May boar d meet i ng aut hor i zed t hi s pr ocedur e.

Pr esi dent Rober t s announced Commi t t ee Chai r manshi ps:

1. Budget : Emer al d Dr ummond2. Commemor at i ve Book: Byr d Gr anger3. Feder al Benef i t s Commi t t ee: Ver neda McLean

a. Mi l i t ar y Benef i t s : Pat Pat eman-4. Or gani zat i on and Name Change: Adel e Byer s5. By- Laws: Deane Fer guson6. Audi t : Mur phy, Ear nhar dt & Locke

Moved, s econded and car r i ed t o r et ai n f i r m f or audi t . Al l vot es Aye.No, Hadu. Appr oved.

Recess: 3: 30 p. m. 15 mi nut es.

Pr esi dent Rober t s r econvened t he meet i ng.

Boar d member Deat on r equest ed cl ar i f i cat i on on mai l i ng of mi nut es and" sel l i ng of t he mi nut es?"

Pr esi dent Rober t s st at ed mi nut es of t hi s meet i ng woul d be pr i nt ed i nf or t hcomi ng Newsl et t er .

Secret ar y mi nut es t ouch on, cover and gi ve t he sense of al l t hi ngsdone at t hi s meet i ng.

Cour t r epor t er ver bat i m t r anscri pt i s goi ng t o be avai l abl e t o anyoneof t he member shi p. Reason t hat i t i s necessar y i s t hat when doubt sar e cast upon act ual occur r ences at a boar d meet i ng, t he onl y way a

t r ut hf ul account can be gi ven t o t he member shi p i s by a ver bat i mt r anscr i pt . Tapes ar e not admi ssi bl e as cour t evi dence or as document ar yevi dence f or any sor t of par l i ment ar y pr oceedi ngs, t apes ar e a conven-i ence and f ar t oo eas i l y f al s i f i ed by del et i ons and addi t i ons . Ther e-f or e, s i nce t her e have been i n t he pas t , ques t i ons of aut hent i ci t y of exact occur r ences at t he boar d meet i ng - t he cour t r epor t er i s her e t osee t hat t hi s coul d not happen agai n.

Moved, seconded and car r i ed t hat t hi s Boar d aut hor i ze t he f ul l t r an-scr i pt of t he cour t r epor t er be made avai l abl e t o t he member shi p.ALL aye. No, Haydu. Appr oved.

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Boar d member t I a. ydumoved t l ; J . . at t he mi . nut es of t hi s boar d meet i ng 2November 79 not be pr i nt ed i n t he Newsl et t er unt i l appr oved. Boar dmember Ni chol a. s seconded.

Boa, r d member Gr anger st at ed t hat wi t h t he l egal t r anscr i pt t her e coul dbe no quest i on of t he mi nut es ot her t han i nt er pr et at i on and t her ef or eno necessi t y f or hol di ng up t he mi nut es f r om t he member shi p, and t hatt he l ast mi nut es r ecei ved by t he member shi p met wi t h enor mous appr oval .

Ha. l l y St i r es made an i mpassi oned pl ea f or uni t y i n t he or gani zat i on.Pr esi dent Rober t s t hanked Hal l y and sai d t hat i s exact l y why t hemi nut es wer e mai l ed t o t he member s and t hat now no mi sr epr esent at i oncan t ake pl ace and t hat t he member s can be assur ed t hat t hey ar eagai n r unni ng t hei r or gani zat i on.

Mor e di scussi on f ol l owed. Voi ce vot e. No' s di sappr oved t he mot i on.Pol l was of f er ed ~ no r equest was made.

Fol l owi ng t he def eat of t he Haydu mot i on t o w~t hhol d t he mi nut es f r omt he member shi p, Dr . Gr anger moved t hat t he secr et ar i es mi nut es of t hi smeet i ng be sent t o t he member shi p bear i ng t he not at i on, " t o be appr ovedat t he next meet i ng of t hi s body. R Moved, seconded and car r i ed -unani mous.

Dr . Gr anger suggest ed t hat t hi s or gani zat i on be l i st ed of f i ci al l y i n"The Encycl opaedi a of Associ at i ons, R t he subt i t l e of whi ch i s "AGui de t o Nat i onal & I nt er nat i onal Or gani zat i ons" publ i shed Det r oi tMi chi gan by t he Gal e Resear ch Company. The assembl y agr eed.

Account i ng of t he convent i on of Col or ado Spr i ngs:

Pr esi dent Rober t s st at ed t hat quest i ons r ai sed at t he 10 May boar dmeet i ng t o be answer ed t oday by Boar d member Haydu, wer e as f ol l ows -speci al Bank Account , who wr ot e checks, who appr oved, wher e ar e r ecor dsof Ri ck Br oome pai nt i ng and pi ct ur es, copy of cont r act , f i nanci alaccount i ng and f ut ur e obl i gat i ons? Past Pr esi dent Haydu and boar dhad appr oved t he vent ur e and wi l l make her r epor t .

Boar d member Haydu pr esent ed a l et t er f r om Mar y Hel en Chappel l whost at ed t hat t he convent i on commi t t ee di d not agr ee on t he pur chaseof pi ct ur es f r om Ri ck Br oome but by aut hor i t y of t he Boar d and Bet t y J o Reed' s vot e, t he commi t t ee went ahead and spent $6450. 00 on Ri ckBr oome pi ct ur es; $6000 f or t he pur chase of 200 pri nt s at $30. 00 a

pi ec e and $450. 00 f or t he r af f l e pai nt i ng. Ms , Haydu f ur t her s t at ed t hatt he r af f l e br oke even but t hat we st i l l do not have a count of how manypr i nt s have been sol d nor how many pr i nt s we have l ef t , I t was not ed t hat or gani zat i on seems t o be i n t he r ed about $6000. 00.

Sever al member s pr esent st at ed t hat t hey had pur chased pr i nt s but hadnot r ecei ved t hem. Vel t a Benn, S. Gunder son, and J an Har r i s.

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Quest i on was asked as t o who won t he r af f l e of t he pai nt i ng? Ms.Haydu sai d her husband had won t he pai nt i ng.

Bet t y J o Reed had been r equest ed af t er t he 10 May 79 boar d meet i ngt o send t he r emai ni ng pi ct ur es t o Lol a Ri cci but has not compl i ed.

Boar d member Gr anger moved t hat we r eaf f i r m t he 10 May Boar d di r ect i vet o have t he r emai ni ng pr i nt s s ent t o L ol a Ri cci . That t hi s be donewi t hi n 6 weeks af t er r ec ei vi ng a c er t i f i ed l et t er r eques t i ng her t o doso. She added t o her mot i on t hat Bet t y J o Reed be r equest ed t o submi ta not ar i zed st at ement set t i ng f or t h an account i ng of al l moni es andt r ansact i ons of Ri ck Br oome pai nt i ngs and cont r act s per t ai ni ng t her et o,moni es on hand i n account now, number of checks r ecei ved f or pur chaseof pr i nt s and number of pr i nt s s t i l l on hand. Voi ce vot e appr oval .Unani mous .

MEMORA\ BI LI A: Mar t y Wyal l

At 10 May Boar d meet i ng i t was vot ed t o pl ace or i gi nal memor al bel i ai n a bank vaul t . Ms . Wyal l gave a r epor t of cos t s and var i ousmet hods of st or i ng and copyi ng WASP document s. I t was moved,seconded and car r i ed t o pr ovi de $1, 000. 00 f or t he copyi ng of t he mat er i ali mmedi at el y. The r eposi t or y of t he memor a\ bel i a was t o be deci dedat a l at er dat e by t he member s hi p. Ms . Gr anger of f er ed t o gi ve al i s t of pos s i bl e r epos i t or y pl aces . Ms . Wyal l agr eed t o s endpr ompt l y a compl et e and det ai l ed i nvent or y t o secr et ar y Davi s f orher r ecor ds and f or t he account ant s us e.

Recess: 5: 30 pm.

Presi dent Rober t s r econvened t he meet i ng at 5: 50 pm.

NEW BUSI NESS:

Pr esi dent Rober t s asked t he secr et ar y t o r ead t he Reor gani zat i on Repor tf r om t he Washi ngt on WASP gr oup. I t was r ead i nt o t he r ecor d.

Pr esi dent Rober t s st at ed t hat Vi ce Pr esi dent Ni chol as and Boar d Member sHaydu, Wyal l and Deat on submi t t ed a set of st andi ng r ul es f or t heBoar d of Di r ect or s and asked t hat t hey be pr esent ed at t hi s meet i ng.

Par l i ment ar i an Kambour i s advi sed t hat si nce t hi s body has of f i ci al l yadopt ed Rober t s Rul es of Or der s of pr ocedur es, t hi s body must abi deby t hem t o t he l et t er . Thi s body has no aut hor i t y t o act on t hes e

pr opos ed s t andi ng r ul es t hi s s houl d be pr es ent ed af t er s t udy byt he By- Laws Commi t t ee. So r ul ed.

Pr es i dent Rober t s as ked f or a mot i on f or t aki ng f r om t he t abl e t heappr oval of t he mi nut es of t he 10 May Boar d meet i ng. Moved, secondedand car r i ed. Unani mous.

Boar d member Wyal l st at ed t hat she had seven pages of cor r ect i ons andchanges and r equest ed t hat t hey be handed t o t he secret ar y f or i mpl e-ment at i on.

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Pa~l t ~ent ar i ~n Ka~bou~i s st at ed t hat i t was not possi bl e t o pr esentseven pages of cor r ect i ons t o mi nut es t hat t he f ul l boar d had noknowl edge of . They- must be di scussed now by t he f ul l boar d.

Ms. Wyal l pr esent ed sever al cor r ect i ons whi ch di d not change t hemeani ng or i nt ent of t he subj ect i n t he mi nut es, onl y t he use of di f f er ent wor ds. A gr eat deal of di scussi on f ol l owed Cpgs 268- 308

of f i c i al t r ans cr i pt l .

I t was concl uded by Ms. Wyal l and t he boar d t hat no cor r ect i ons i nt he mi nut es as pr esent ed wer e necessar y.

Moved, seconded and car r i ed t o accept 10 May 79 Boar d mi nut es as pr e-sent ed over t he si gnat ur es of Secr et ar y - Tr easur er , Edna Davi s andPr esi dent , Li l l i an Rober t s.Unani mous vot e - Aye.

Boar d member Gr anger moved t hat si nce we now have such a hi ghl y qual i -f i ed par l i ment ar i an who i s now f ami l i ar wi t h our or gani zat i on and by-l aws, t hat she be r et ai ned t o assi st our by- l aws commi t t ee.

Moved, seconded and car r i ed, Unani mous.

Presi dent Rober t s adj our ned t he meet i ng at 7: 18 pm, 2 November 79.

Respect f ul l y submi t t ed,

~~-

EDNA MODI SETTE DAVI SSecr et ar y- Treasur er

*These mi nut es t o be r ead and appr oved at t he next conveni ng of

t he Advi sor y Boar d, Or der of Fi f i nel l a.

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A H lr fp ; I f 3/~c~~~"'"

'~~ylii:fJ\:; ~

~r r F~NIII4-We, lh,' unrlersig"Tled, do hereby voluntarily a!'l-

."date ourselves lor tho:! purpose of formmg ••

nnn pr,)f!l corporation under TITLE XII, A~-'11. '1.:: J. of the Civil Code of the State of CahC-nl n:.I, l ll lJ we Jo hereby set forth, declare, and

certify:

FITtST: The name of said corporation is

OHDER OF FIFINELLA

SECO~D: The purpos es for which said cor- pnrutil)ll is formed are:

(1) Promote, develop and further the s tatus of wOJn(.n in aviation.

(2) Establish a scholarship aR a Living Memorialto WASPs who gave th eir lives in t he s er-vice of their country.

(3) P rovide a media fo r main tainin~ contactwith those formerly in the WASP programand individuals and groups interested in the

advancement of women's place in ~viation.(4) Establish and foster a publication devoted

principally to aeronautical emplo~'ment and other pertinent information relatIve to wo-men in aviation.

TlIIl~D: Said corporation is a corporationwhich does not contemplate pecuniary gain or profit to the members thereof.

FOURTH: The County in t his State wherethe princip al ofiice for the tran saction o f t he

business of the corporation is to be located is theCounty of Los Angeles.

FIFTH: The corpora t ion shaH have three (3)

d irectors , and the names and ~ddr es ses of the persons who are hereby. nppom.ted to act. asdirectors of said corporatIOn until the selectIOn

of their successors are: Name Addr~ss.CLARA JO MARSH 3504 Courvl1le, l?etr01t,

lI,1Jclllgan

RUTH MARY PETRY ....104 Devon Road, Ithaca, New York

HALLY STIRES 3633 L:lYell .l?ri.v~,Los Angeles, Calnorma

SIXTH: The class es of members hip sh all bethree, n:lmely:

(1) ACTIVE(a) Charter (b) Rcg-ular

(2) 1I0NOIL<\RY(3) SPONSOR

SEYE:-.1TH: The busineRs flnd affairs of thocorporation shall be I'o\'cmed by the by-1:lws of the corporation, subject to the l:\\ys of the. St.a~e

of California untIer which this corporatIOn 1Siormerl.IN WITNESS WlIErmOp we h uvo her eu nto

set Ollr hands.

O~;>-n~

(tu ft ilt~(\\P d ij

vy:t.:7~?h::J

ORDEn OF FU'INELLA

nY-LAWS

AR'rICLE I

Name

This cor poration s hall be k nown aR ORDER OF FIFINELLA.

ARTICLE II

Purpose

The purp<>s es for which s aid corpor ation isformed are:

(1) Promote, develop and further the statusof women in aviation.

(2) Establish a scholarship as a Living- Mem-orial to WASPs who gave their l ives in the ser-vice of their country.

(3) Provide a media for maintaining contactwith those formerly in the WASP prog-ram and individuals and g-I'OUPSinterested in the advance-ment of women's place in aviation.

(4 ), EstabliR h and fos ter a p~lblication d e-voted principally to aeronautical employment and other pertinent information relative to womenin aviation.

ARTICLE III

Membership

Section 1. Classes of membership. Member-ship in this corporation shall be of three classes,Active, Honorary and Sponsoring.

Any in div id ual may be a n active mE'mber of this corp<>ration who was a member of the Wo-men's Airforce Service Pilot prol;ram as a g-rad-

uate Pilot, an eliminee or in an administrativecapacity. Active members shall be the onlymembers entitled to vote. It s hall b e the dutyof each member to keep the Executive SecretaI')

posted as to C01Tect address a.t all times.

Any individual who is entitled to active membership and joins the Order of Fifinella on or be-fore December 20, 1944, shall be a charter mem-

ber.

When th ree active ll1emb~rs of the Ord er of Fifinclla submit to the Executive Committce for their approval th e name of an ind iv id ual who,

because of close association or interest in theOrdcr of Fifinel1:l, or one who has contributed some extraordinary service in conjunction withits aims and purposes, desirE'S to become an hon-orary member, such person shall, aftel' recei\'inga three-fourths maj 'Jrity vote of the AllviRoryCouncil , be an honorary member. The honorarymembership shall at no time exceed the number of fort.y. If the quota is filled, tent..'ltivc honor-ary members hivs shall be placed on tile to befilled in rO~l tion in the eve:lt of a vacancy,

Any individual, g-roup of individuals, firm or corporat.ion showing- interest 01' concel'l1 in thodevelopment of the Order ()f Fiiinella, by somefinancial act or deed, may, with the approval of the Executive Committee, become a SponsoringMember.

Section 2. Trnllsfer or W ithdr awal. Ther6shall be no transfer of membership. E:lch member shall retain Illembership uP-til :'>uch time asit expires or is SIlS11CII(I('(1. Any lIIem1)CI' with.drawing' hom mClllb"I'~hip shall forfeit dllCS for the b:J1ance of the y,' :lr. If a Ill"lllbcr l 'l 'sig'nsfrom the l';atinnnl or;:::ani7.ation and (ksires t,) bereinstated, such nH'lllbl'r sh:J11 apply in writin~ tothe' President of the Nal ional EX"l"u: ive ConI-

millel', sl:ltin~ tile l'I'asan for :csig-nini~ and IIlsothe rl':I.,OI1 fnr tlli' r,'qucst Jor rClllsta!t'll1,'Ilt.Snch l'l'l]ul'sl lllay b,' r.ranted hy II. l\;'o-UlIl'llsvote of the National EX(,Clltivl' COIllIllIlI,'l'.

Secl inn:1. Explll"i,)n .- .f ~,Ielllber". A mem- bl'r 11I:l\' b •. l''Zp,,\J,',1 frolll lll"lllh"I'ship jO}' ""n-dlll'l d;'lrilll,'nl:d t" tI", 1><'sl int.'II'. 'ts of theOrde!' "f 1,'ifl(ldll~, ~;\I],jecl 1<) the f"lIuwing-:

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1. Written chan~e.~, siv.ned by nt l(mst threeactive members, must he IiiI'd with the ExeculiveCommiltee of a Chapter. Such chan~('s mw:t boexplicit lUI to the act or conduct ciled as bein>('delrimental to the on:anizalion.

2. The Execulive Commitlee of t.he Chapter shall vote wilhin one monlh aftf:r filing'. Anymember shall have the opportunity lo pre~"'lltoral or written teslimony to the l'~xecutive Com-miltee of the Chapler. A maj(,rily three-fourthsvote of the Executive Commitlee of lhe Chapler shall be required to sustain the char~es.

3. If the charg-es are sustained by such vote,the President of the Executive Committee of theChapter shall fonvard written requesl for the

expulsion of the said member to the Presidentof the National Executive Committee.

4. The National Executive Committee in vot-ing' on such request shall be g'overned by thefollowing, and a two-thirds vote of !;aid Commit-tee shall be necessary to sustain the charges and expel a member:

a. Displaying undermining loquaciousness det-rimental to the organization;

b. Disorderly conduct;c. Excessive indulgence in intoxicating bev-

erag'es.

5. The member involved shall be notified bythe Executive Secretary of the action taken.

ARTICLE IV

Advisory Doard

Section 1. There shall be a governing bodyknown as the Advisory Board and/or Board of Directors, which shall be chosen by class repre-sentation until such time as the Chapter repre-sentation reaches or exceeds fifty-one percent(51 0 /0 ) of the total active membership.

At such time as the Advisory Board Membersare subject to election throl~g'h chapters, thenominations and elections shall be governed asset forth under Article X, Section 9 of theseBy-Laws.

Section 2. Election (Class). A complete listof the members of the Order of Fifinella of eachof the eighteen classes of the WASP programshall be sent to each active member of her class by the 15th of October of each year, together

with a nomination blank. Only names of members in good standing as of September 30th shall be included. The five members from each classreceiving the highest number of votes from her class shall be placed on the ballot for election.All ballots must be retumed by the following10th of Noyember. Representation shall be ac-cording to the number of members of each class.Alloted number of representMives to the Advis-ory 130ard shall be included on the nomination blank. Any blank containing- more than thealloted number shall be autom:ltic:llly rejected inits entirety. Mter nominations are completed a ballot for the election of represent.atiyes and/or representative on the Advisory Board sh:tll besent to each member by the 20t.h of Noyember and must be returned not later than the 30th of November. The nominee receiving the hirrhest

number of votes shall take office as of December 20t.h for the ensuing- year.

Section 3. Table of representation:

Number of Member!!

Class or ChlllJkr Represent.Uvea

8- 25 138- 50 263- 75 388-100 4

Section 4. Not more than one ofi1ce shall beheld by I\ny one member at anyone time.

Seciton 5. It shnll bl' the duty of e:l("h memo bel' on the Advisllry Board when l'astinl~ her vot.e r('lntiyo to nnt.innal repres(,IIUltion tn do /;0

liS per the majorily inslrucli'ln of those she rep-rt'sents.

Section 6. The decision of such votinv. shall be acknowlcdg'ed by leller, Rlating wid decision,to the Secretary-'l'reasurer of each Chapter.

Section 7. The Advisory Boan\ shall hold it.'lar:.ual meeting' immediately following the Na-tio~.al Annua\ Convention of the members.

ARTICLE V

Nomination and Election of OmCerA

S.ection 1. The officers of the Order of Fifinellashall bo the President, Vice-President, Secret.'lry-Treasurer, Executive-Secretary, (Business Man-ag.?r), Historian and Editor.

Section 2. Executive Committee. The President,Vice-President and Secretary-Treasurer shall

comprise the Executive Committee. Members of the Executive Committee shall be members of theAdvisory Board, with voting power, and ex-officio

members for the year following their terminationof office, with like privileges.. It shall. be the p..,Iicy of the Nntional Executive Committee toact as the Supreme Court.. The el~tive olIic;ersshall constitute the Executive Committee natIOn-ally and in chapters.

Section 3. Nomination. The President, Vice-President and Secretary-Treasurer shall be nom-inated by members of the Advisory Board and cliosen from:

1. Active Advisory Board;2. Members of the Advisory Board the pre-

vious year; or 3. Re-nomination to office, provided no mem-

ber shall be eligible to hold anyone of suchoffices for more than two consecutive years after the date of the first national election.

Section 4. A nomination blank shall be sentto each member of the Advisory Board by the1st of October of each year, from t~e NationalHeadquarters offices, together with a list of thoseeligible for nomination. One mem.ber. only may

be nominated for each office. NommatlOn blanksmust be returned not later than midnight of thefollowing October 20th, to the Chairman of N{'m-in:ltions whose committee's duty it shall be tomake up the ballot for election of the Nat!on~lExecutive Committee. In the event of a tl~ IIInominations it shaIl be the duty of the Nomma-tion Committee to determine the girl best quali-tied to run for ollice. Two members only, for ellch office, may be placed on the Eledoral Ballot.

Section 5. Election. Aiter nominations a~ecompleted a ballot for the election of the PresI-dent, Vice-President and Secretary-Treasurer shaIl be sent to each member by the 1st of Nov-('mber and must be retumed to the Judg-e of Elections not later than midnight of the 20th of

November. The nominees receiving- the hig-hestnumber of votes shall be cleclared elected :'l.nd !!h:dl tal;e ofiicc as of December 20tl~, an~ Shl.I1C(lntinue in ollice for one year or until their suc-cessors are elected or appointed.

Section 6. Termination of OtTIce. Any offic.:lr nl:'Y be removed uJlon the written request o~ anynll'mber of the Advisory Board to the PreSIdent,stating' definite reasons for said request. ThePJ'l'sident shall send a copy of said request for r('moval to the officer invoh'ed and said of1lcer

,,1 1 1 1 1 1 within ten days from the (I:1te on the 1 '0 -~uest for removal, have the privil<,!~e of compi!-illl:' and forwarding to the President a writtenI'tlltement to accompany said request for removal.The President shalI send a copy of said requestfor removal, tOg'('ther with n copy of st,'lt.ement{rom the ollicer involved. if any has been received,to nIl members of the AdvisMY Board, wlhl shaIl,wit hin a thil-ty day period send in their vote.I-:lldl ofliccr's r('moyal shaIl be l'fTective if al.hn'c-f"lIrths majority vote of lh(' entire Ad-vi,mry Board is in fayor of such remov~l, uponJ'("'t'ipt of such vote by the Prl'si(\('nt.

~;ection 7. Hesil~nation of Ollicc. Any ot1icer WilY re"i,~11her Il{lsiti,'n by sending' in n writ!A:'nI'I'Sih'"Ilntioll, slnting' the sIH'riti<; r,'asons, to the"n'sid"lIt nt kast thirty days before such rcsil<-lll,tion is to b(,collle ",reetiVl •.

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Section 8. Vacancie!'l. Vacancie!'l in the Elec-tive ()m('c~ may he fllI"d for the unexpired term by the l'resi,lent, subject to ratification of the

Advisory Board.

ARTICLE VI

Duties of National Officerfl

Secitoy{ 1. President. The President shall pre-!lide at all national meeting"s, appoint all Com-

mittee Ch';irmen necessary to efflciently carry onthe functions of the Order of Fifinella during-her term of otTice. The President shall appoint,subject to the ratification of the Executive Com-mittee an E,litor and also a Historian. ThePresid~nt shall be considered an ex-ollicio mem-

ber of all committees except the NominationCommittee. The President shall execute all doc-uments binding' upon the Order of Fifmella and perform such other duties as usually pertain tothe office of President. She shall sig'll all war-rants for the expenditures of money. She shallcause to be sent to the National Chairman of theCommittee on Credentials the names and ad-dresses of all delegates and alternates to theAnnual Convention. The President shall appointa Nomination Committee, which shall consist of five active memlx>rs, not more than one of whom shall be a member of the Advisory Board.The President shall also appoint a Judge of Elec-

tion and two tellers.

Section 2. Vice-President. The Vice-Presi-dent shall preside at all national meetings inthe absence of the President. She shall assistthe President during her term of office. In theevent the President resigns or becomes incapaci-tated, the Vice-President shall assume the Presi-

dential duties.

Section 3. Secretary-Treasurer. The Secre-tary-Treasurer shall, if it meets with her approval, affix her sig'llature to ~ monthly fina~c.lalst..'\tement of Receipts and DIsbursements wOlchshall be delivered to her by the Executive Secre-tary. In the event of a req'Jest for amendme!?,tor repeal of these By-Lav'-s, as set forth 111Article XII hereof. the Secretary-1'reasurer shallsend a CoPYof said request to each member, for her consideration and vote, within thirty days

from the date of the letter prC'posing said amend-ment or repeal. Each membE-r shall sellll in her vote for or against such prop,)sed amendment or

repeal, within a thirty day period, and it may be adopted by a two-thirds vote of all the activemembers and shall be effective immediately. For this purpose, mailing- notice of such amendmentto the last known address of the member shall

be deemed sufficient service.

Section 4. Historian. The Historian shall beresponsible for keeping the History of thl' Order of Fifinella. It shall be hl'r re3ponsibility to com- pile for publication annually a resume of the progress and development of the Order of

Fifinella.

Section 5. Editor. The Editor shall be incomplete ch:lTge of the compilation and distribu-tion of a hi-monthly publica lion to be mailed tonil memhers. The Edilor sh III appoint any and all persons, with the apPl'ov;\1 of the Pl"esident,

she dN'ms necessary to assist in the fulfillmentof her position.

Section 6. Business l\lanar.er (Executive-Sec-rl'tary). The 13usint'ss Manager. hereinaftl'r called the Exccutive S,'{'rl't.'uy, shall be elected by a three.f,'ul"ths maj,'rily vote of till' AdvisoryBoard m"lllbel"s. The l"l'lationship bl'tw,'l'n theExecutive S,'net:lrv a11<\Ihl' Ordl'r of FiCIlll'!lashall be g'ovel"lH'd ,{s set forth in ,.he cont ract assi!~ned by ml'ml1<'l"sof th,~ Advis'lI'Y Council and the Executive SCl'reta!"\'.The Ex,'culi"e St'n,'t:ll:Y shall be r,'::pnnsihle for TIlemlll'l"ship ,lu,'s; till' iSSU:\lll'(' (If m"1ll1lt'r:,hipcanis; the nolilic:IUlIns 10 111"11\1>"1'51'l'I~:(nling'Ol'linqlll'nt ,lu!'s. :-;aid I';'(,'cutin' :-;,'('I"l'Llry shallhI' l"l';;p"nsihlc fOI" kl'cpin!~ :l n',','nl of all fl'-('(.ipl" and di"bul'sCIll,'nl5 a!'lcr ::ucll tin1l' a~ she

~nke!'l office. The Executive Secretary i!'l nuthor-Ized to plll'('ha~c artic!"H for the organization for reHale to the members in order to establish nMemol'i:d Fund and Hindi he in complete charr:eof the filling and mailin~ of all such (Jrder~.Only nH'muers in goo,\ standing- Hhall be allowed to purchase :mch articles. Said ";xeclltive Sec-retary f;hall make arran~ements for the settingup of n Memorial Fund Account to be kept sep-arate ~nd apart from the General Fund. Said ~emol'lal ,Fund A~count receipts shall be keptmtact untIl such tllne as the active memberships!l."lll deter.mine, by a majority vote of the Na-tIOnal ActIve Membership, the manner of ful.fillment of the Memorial Fund. It shall he theduty, <,!f,~he Executive Secretary to check into posslbJ!ltlCS pertinent to the advancement and prog'l"ess of the organization. The ExecutiveSecretary shall be bonded in the amount of atleast One Thousand Dollars ($1000,00), at thef'xpense of the Order of Fifinella. Said ExecutiveSecretary shall receive a monthly income whichamount shall be stipulated in a contract betweenthe m~mbers of the Advisory Board and theF:xecutlv~ S~cretary. The Execu.tive Secretaryshall .mamtam a record of all members in good standmg of tI.le Order of Fifinella and she shallh.e the authol'lty for the Committees on Creden-tials.

ARTICLE VII

National Headquarters

Natio!?,al Headquarters shall be the address of the BUHmess Manager (Executive Secretary) of the Order of Fifinella.

ARTICLE VIIIDues

Section 1. Dues of active members shall be

Five Dollars (S5.00) n year. The term of duesshall be from the 20th of December throuj;h the19th ?f. I?ecember of the following year. Mem-

bers JOlTImg after the 19th of June shall pay a$2.50 membership fee for the current year.

. Sedion~. 1uIy member elected to the Execu-tIve Committee or Advisory Board shall not hold offlct! unless her due~ are paid by the 19th of January for the ensumg year.

Section 3. Officers elect shall be notified if dues are delinquent.

ARTICLE IXPublication

Se~ti0!1 1.. The Order of Fifinella shall have a pubhc~tlOn to be published not less frequentlythan bl-monthly.

Secti~n 2: A copy of each issue of the month-ly pubhcatlOn shall be sent to each member of the Order of Fifinella.

. Sc~tio~ 3. The cost of said publication and dlstTibutlOn shall be paid from the General Fundsof thc Order of Fifinella.

ARTICLE X

Chapters

Sect~on 1. A chapter shall consist of not less

thnn clght members.Section 2. If l'ight or more active members,

who arc at least onc hUllch'ed miles direct dist-Rn~e. from any oth~r existing ch:lpter apply in~rltlllg to ,t.he PreSident of the National Exc<:u-t~ve ,CommIttee for a Charter, and said applica-tIOn l!'l approved by tht! President, a chapter ll1~Y be formed.

. Sedion ~. Chnpll'rs shall be named. carrying-£'Ither a. CIty or St:\te desil-.'1\lIll'd tille as re-questl'd 111the npplil'ation for charter. '

Sec~.i0t; 4. No perf-,)n shall he l'li,~ihle to mem- bel:sh,P 111n, c1~:Ipter who is not already n melll- bel of tho Nntlonal Order of Fililll'lla.

Section Ii. 'riH'rl' shull b., iour types of chap-ter, nl('lIIhl'rs1l11': IIf,llll'iy, Al'li\'e, Natit\\Ial As-

SOCIate, Il"nornry and ::>pon:lorinK.

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II Active Honorary and Sponsoring shall begove~ed as ;et forth under Article III of these

By-Laws. b. The National Associate membership s~all

be set forth as follows: A National AsSOCiateMember shall be a person who either lives in II

eommunity where there is no organized chapter or shall be a person who is preven~ed fr~m at-tending meetings by reason of contmued Illne~sor disability. It shall be determined between the prospective Associate Member and ExecutiveSecretary as to the chapter which is the mostconvenient and said tentative Associate Mem-

ber's name shall, with the approval of the Presi-dent be sent in for chapter membership to theSecr~tary-Treasurer of the selected chapter. Said

ARsociate Member shall receive all informat.ionrelative to said chapter and shall be a votmg

part of said chapter. It .shall be the dt?-tyof theAssociate Member to notify the Execubve Secre-tary of any change of address.

Section 6. The Chapter meetings shall be de-termined by a majority vote of the entire membership of each chapter. A minimum of tenmeetings shall be scheduled in a ealendar year.

Seetion 7. Officers. Each Chapter shall havethe following officers, elected by ballot, as set

forth under the following 8eetiOill 9 of thisArticle X of these By-Laws: President, Viee-President, and Seeretary-Treasurer. The Ohap-ter shall also elect the member or members onthe Advisory Board, eligibility and number to

be determined by the number of members active

within the Chapter, as per the schedule under Article IV, Sections 3 of these By-:I.aws. ThePresident of eaehChapter shall automatieally

comprise one member of the Advisory Board.

Seeiton 8. The President shall appoint anewsletter reporter, with the approval of theExecutive Committee, whose duty it shall be todeliver a chapter report to the Editor on or be-fore the date requested by said Editor. TheAdvisory Board Representative and/or represen-tatives shall be deemed officers of each chapter,with like privileges.

Section 9. Nominations and Elections.

a. The President shall appoint a Chairmanof a Committee on Oredentials, whose duty itshall be to contact National Headquarters as tothe standing of all members before nominations

are presented or voting is in order. b. Written notice of the meeting shall be

sent to each active member of the chapter atleast fifteen days prior to the meeting at whichnominations are presented.

c. The President shall appoint a Nominat-ing Committee at least ninety days prior to theAnnual Meeting, which shall consist of threeaotive members, not more than one of whomshall be a member of the Advisory Board.

d. The Nominatin2' Committee shall presenttheir nominations along with the qualificationsof each nominee at the October meeting, to befollowed py nominations from the floor.

e. Ballots shall be mailed to each. activemember by the 30th of October and shall be re-turned and counted at the November meeting.A .1 I returned ballots must be in the hands of theJudge of Elections on or before midl'light of theLOth of November.

f. The President shall appoint II Judge of Election and tellers whose duty it shall be tocount ballots and report their findings.

g. A majority vote of the entire chapter membership shall be necessary to constitute anelection.

h. The Judge of Elections shall send a writ-ten notice of the results of election, along with asample copy of the ballot, marked as to their findings, to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Na-tional Executive Committee, by December 1st of each year.

i. Ballots shall be held by the Secretary of the Chapter for one year following each election,during which time such ballots shall be open for inspection by any member.

Section 10. Transfer of Chapter. If an ActiveMember moves from one district to another and desires to tranRfer her membership, she may doso upon notification to the chapter of which sheis a member of her desire, and she shall there-upon be entitled to a transfer of membership tothe district to which she has so moved. TheSecretary- Treasurer shall notify the ExecutiveSecretary, who shall assist such member in suchtransfer.

Section 11. If a member resigns from II ehap-

tel' and desires to be reinstated, she shall applyin writing to the President of the Executive Com-mittee of the Chapter, stating the reason for

re~ignation and also the reason for the request

for reinstatement. Such request for reinstate-ment may be granted by a two-thirds vote of theExecutive Committee of the Chapter. No mem-

ber who has resi2'ned from any Chapter may benominated for, nor hold office in any Chapter, for a period of one year after the date of her rein-statement.

Section 12. Chapter dues shall be the amountvoted by the majority of members and shall becollected in the manner determined by such vote.

Section 13. Two or more states may be com- bined to form chapters.

Section 14. It shall be the duty of the Secre-tary-Treasurer of each Chapter to submit to the National Headquarters a list of all active members of ealeh such Chapter of. the Order of Fifinella by the 1st of October of each year.

Section 15. In all matters of policy requiringa vote of the entire National Membership e two-thirds majority vote in each Chapter shall govern.

Section 16. Wherever possible, Chapter head-quarters should be near or accessible to an .air center.

Section 17. The Annual Meeting shall be held on or around the 20th of December of each year,at which meeting the installations of officers shall

take place.

Section 18. Withdrawal of Chapters. If themembership of a chapter drops below the re-quired number necessary to comprise a chapter.

the Chapter President shall send in a Notice of Withdrawal to the Nationsl President.

Section 19. Duties of Chapter Officers.

a. President. The President shall preside atall meetings, appoint all Committee Chairmennecessary to efficiently carry on the functions of the Chapter during her term of office. ThePresident shall be an ex-officio member of allcommittees except the Nominating Committee.She shall execute all documents binding uponthe Chapter and perform such other duties asusually pertain to the office of President. ThePresident shall perform such other duties as out-lined under various sections of tliese by-laws.

b. Vice-President. The Vice-President shall "- preside at all chapter meetings in the absence of the President. She shall assist the Presidentduring her term of office. In the event the Presi-dent resigns or becomes incapacitated, the Vice.President shall assume the Presidential duties.

c. Secretary-Treasurer. The Secretary-'Dre~s-urer shall collect chapter dues and account for same.

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ARTICLE XI

National Annual Convention

Section 1. The Annual Convention. of theOrder of FifineIla shaIl be held ~t a tIme. and

place decided upon by the Ex~ut1Ve COJ?mltJteeafter consulting the membershIp by a mall refer-

endum.

Section 2. AIl active members shall receive a

written notice of the time and place of the Na-

tional Annual Convention, mailed to her last

known address, at least sixty days prior to theopening date of said convention.

Seciton 3. It shaIl be the duty of the Chair-man of Credentials of each chapter to send to the National President at least thirty days prior tothe National Convention the names of the Presi-dent und Advisory Board representatives and

their alternates.

Section 4. The alternates may attend all meet-ings, but shaIl have no vote except in the absenceof the delegate for whom they are alternates.

ARTICLE XII

Amendments

Any proposed amendment or repeal of any part of these By-Laws shall be first considered throu~h a chapter and if can-.ied by a three-fourths majority vote of the entire chapter membership, shall then be sent to the National Sec-retary-Treasurer, who shall be governed as setforth in Article VI, Section 3, of these By-Laws.

REGI STERED PARLI AMENTARI ON ADVI SESAND ATTENDS BOARD MEETI NG

At t he r equest of board member s HaDeat on, Ni chol as and Wyal l , a r egi st eredpar l i ament ar i an at t ended t he Nov. 2 boarmeet i ng i n Tucson ( TR 4) . Par l i ament ar i aLoret t a Kambour i s sai d over one hundr edhours went i nt o prepar i ng, st udyi ng mi nua nd r epor t s a nd byl a ws and pr epa r i ng t heagenda ( TR 92)

. I n her i nt r oduct or y st at ement Kambsai d OOF byl aws and Robert ' s Rul es of Orwoul d gover n t he meet i ng and boar d act i o( T R 5- 6) Sai d she, "Onc e t he c er t i f i c atof i nc or por at i on i s i s s ued, y ou s hal l f oever be gover ned by t he l a ws of t ha t st aand - - anot her pr i v i l ege of our gr eat ct r y - - pay s uc h t ax es , s t at e and f eder ala s a r e appl i c abl e! ' She f ur t her no t ed t a c or por a t i o n may use l ega l pr o cess t o so l ve, but i t may no t f unc t i on whi l e suspended by a st a t e. ( T R 7)

Byl aws, sai d Kambouri s, are t ot al l

bi ndi ng. " E ven i f you as s er t t hat y ou a maj ori t y of t he members hi p and you aret ol d you may do anyt hi ng you want , don' tbel i eve i t . Y ou may do o nl y wha t t he l a nd your byl a ws a l l o w you t o do . " ( T R 8

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ARTICLE XIII

Parliamentary Authority

Roberts Rules of Order, Revised, shall be theliuthority for the parliamentary proceedings of all meetings, except where they may conflictwith any provisions of the By-Laws or Articlesof Incorporation.

KNOW ALL MiEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

.That we, the undersigned, being all of thedIrectors of the foregoing corporation, ORDER O~ FIFINELLA, do hereby assent to the fore-gomg by-laws and adopt the same as the by-laws of this corporation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereuntosubscribed our names this 28th day of June, 1946.

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WASHI NGTON AREA WASP REORG, V1I ZATI ON REPORT

Fol l owi ng i s a r eport of i nf or mat i on col l ect ed by t he Washi ngt on area WASPi n st udyi ng t he var i ous ways i n whi ch WASP can organi ze. We hope t hi s wi l l beof as s i s t anc e and v al ue t o Of f i c er s and t he Board of Di r ec t or s ~s t hey s t udyor gani zat i onal changes.

Af t er t he J une ?Tewsl et t er was r ecei ved, i t was deci ded t o cont act al l WASPi n t he Washi ngt on area t o get t hei r r eact i on t o t he new corpor at i on, Women Ser -v i c e Pi l ot s As s n. , I nc . , and t o c al l a meet i ng t o di s c us s ac t i on t o be t ak en, i f any . We wer e abl e t o c ont ac t 28 ar ea WASP. Of t hes e, 26 wer e oppos ed t o t he new

cor por at i on and t wo wer e undeci ded.A meet i ng was hel d on J ul y 30, 1973, at t ended by appr oxi mat el y 20 WASP, and

a bul l et i n was pr epare d f or al l gr aduzt e WASP, ex pl ai ni ng t he backgr ound of pr e-vi ous WASP or gani zat i ons, r easons we wer e opposed t o WSPA, I nc. , and r ecommenda-t i ons f or t he t ype of organi zat i on we woul d l i ke t o see p. dopt ed. Donat i ons wer emade t o cover t he cost of pr i nt i ng and mai l i ng, ?nd our yel l ow bul l et i n was mai l edt he f i r st week i n August .

More t han 200 l et t er s wer e r ec ei v ed f r om WASP acr os s t he c ount r y i n r es pons et o our bul l et i n, al l but t wo i n compl et e agr eement wi t h us. Unsol i ci t ed donat i onsof mor e t han ~300 wer e Rl so r ecei ved. Because of t hi s overwhel mi ng r esponse, wedeci ded t o hol d a meet i ng at t he conf er ence i n Col orado S~r i ngs t o pr ovi de en openf or um f or di s c us s i on of t he WASP r eor gani zat i on. Howev er , we def er r ed t o t he

wi s hes of t he Boar d of Di r ec t ors of OCF 8nd c anc el l ed our meet i ng i n ord er not t oconf l i ct wi t h a meet i ng t hey cal l ed f or t he same t i me.

NOTE: The t erm " WASP gr aduat e" a. s used i n t hi s r epor t i s r ~eant t o i ncl ude .':111

t hose who ser ved i n t he WAFS.

I . TYPES OF ORGM~I ZATI ONS.

A. A l ar ge, onen or gani z at i on. Thi s or gani z at i on woul d be open t ot he gener al publ i c wi t h no r est r i ct i ons, and WASP and non- WASP al i ke woul d bevot i ng member s. The OOF and WSPA are i n t hi s cat egory. The onl y si gni f i cantdi f f er ence bet ween OOF and WSPA i s t hat , accor di ng t o WSPA byl Ews, 9resentwomen mi l i t ary pi l ot s woul d be el i gi bl e t o hol d of f i ce. Thi s t ype of organi za-t i on woul d sur vi ve t he WAS? and be a per manent or gani zat i on.

B. An or gani z at i on of Women Ai r f or c e Ser v i c e ? i l ot s . I n t hi s t y pe of or gani zat i on, r egul ar vot i ng member shi p woul d be r est r i ct ed t o graduat e ~ASP.

Tr ai nees and admi ni s t r at i ve per s onnel who ar e r ec ogni z ed as vet er ans woul d ol s obecome r egul ar vot i ng member s. Consi der at i on mi ght al so be gi ven t o gr ant i ngspeci al members hi p t o t hose t r ai nees who ser ved honor abl y, r ecogni zi ng t hei rpat r i ot i sm and exposur e t o ~ers onal danger .

Cl ose t i es coul d be mai nt ai ned wi t h ot her per sons connect ed wi t h t he WASPt r ai ni ng pr ogr am, such as p. dmi ni st r 8t i ve pers onnel , t r ai nees, i nst r uct ors , andf ami l y member s, by gr ant i ng t hem associ at e, non- vot i ng member shi p. .Honor ar ynon- vot i ng members hi p coul d be awar ded t o pers ons perf or~i ng unusual ser vi ce t ot he organi zat i on, upon appr oval by t he Boar d of Di r ect or s and t he members hi p.

I t i s bel i eved t hi s t upe of or gani zat i on woul d meet wi t h t he appr oval of our Congr essi onal suppor t er s and t he WASP ~eMber shi p.

C. Vet er ans ' Cr gani z at i on. To or gani z e as a v et er ans ' or gani z at i onunder I RS Code 50l ( c) ( l 9) , 75 per cent of t he member shi p must be war vet er ansAnd t he maj or i t y of t he ot her 25 pe~c ent Dus t c ons i s t of ot her v et er ans , t r ai nees ,s pous e s , et c . I t i s bel i ev ed t hi s t upe of or gani zat i on woul d al s o meet wi t h t heappr oval of our Congr essi onal support er s and WASP member shi p. gowever , i t may bedi f f i cul t t o ~ai nt i an t he 75%- 25% r at i o wi t hout excl udi nc 80me non- ~ASP cur r ent l yi n OOF.

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( Washi ngt on Ar cn WASP Reorgani zat i on He~or t : p. 2)

D. Or der of Fi f i nel l a. I f i t i s dec i ded t o c ont i nue under OCF, wer ecommend t hat f ut ur e member shi p not be open t o t he gener al publ i c, but r at herbe r est r i ct ed t o per sons connect ed wi t h t 1' eWASP pr ogr am. We al so r ecommend t hat

byl ~ws be dr awn up.

The or i gi nal byl aws of OOF, I nc. , as r egi s t er ed i n t he St at e of Cal i f or ni ai n 1946, pr ovi ded f or t hr ee t ypes of member s: ( 1) r egul ar , vot i ng per sonnel ; ( 2)honor nr y, non- vot i ng member s, as appr oved by t he Boar d of Di r ect ors 8. nd r est r i ct -ed t o 40 i n number ; and ( 3) non- vot i ng sponsors ( i ndi vi dual s and busi nessesmpki ng f i nanci al cont r i but i ons) . I nst r uct or s wer e not ment i oned i n t hese byl aws.

I t i s not known whet her t he byl aws wer e ever submi t t ed t o t he member shi p f or~~pr 8v?1. The cor ?or at i on was al l owed t o l apse. I t i s al so not known when t hedeci si on W2S made t o R. dmi t i nst r uct or s and t he gener al publ i c as vot i ng members! ! !

Copi es of cor r espondence bet ween WASP Gayl e Snel l and t he St at e of Cal i f orn-i n pr e at t Ached, r egar di ng susgensi on of OOF, I nc. , and pr ocedur es t o be f ol l owed

i f i t i s wi s hed t o r eac t i v&t e t he c or por at i on.

I I . I NCORPORATI ON. Or i gi nal l y, i t was assumed t hat i ncor por at i on wasnecessar y and desi r abl e. However , t wo of t he t hr ee l awyer s we consul t edr ecommended agai nst i ncor por ati on. AS an uni ncor por at ed, non- pr of i t or gani za-t i on we woul d enj oy t he same mai l i ng pr i vi l eges ( t hi r d cl ass) and most of t hesame I RS advant ages, Ot her advant ages i n not i ncor por at i ng wer e t hat we woul davoi d r ed t ape, per i odi c r epor t s and f i l i ng f ees; and we woul d have gr eat er f l exi -

t i l i t y i f we wi sh t o make changes i n t he pur pose, member shi p, oper at i on, et c. Onel awyer i n t he Of f i ce of The J udge Advocat e Gener al of t he Ai r For ce poi nt ed outt hat i ncor nor at i ng t he or gani zat i on woul d mi ni mi ze t he danger of per sonal l i abi l i t yl awsui t s. However , i t i s bel i eved t hi s r i sk can be avoi ded by pur chasi ng l i abi l i t y

i nsur ance.

I I I . NA~l l iOF THE ORGANI ZATI ON. The AF J AG of f i ce p, dvi sed t hat , as a moralobl i gat i on, t he name of t he or gani zat i on shoul d r ef l ect t he member shi p. I f we wi sht o have an or gani zati on cal l ed Women Ai r f or ce Ser vi ce Pi l ot s, t he member shi p shoul dbe l ar gel y r es t r i c t e d t o WASP. We have r ec ei ved a l et t er f r om L t . Col . Raul F.Bar ber ? of t he AF J AG of f i ce, dat ed 20 Sept ember 1978, s t at i ng t hat t her e i s nopr ohi bi t i on agai nst use of t he name, Women Ai r f or ce Ser vi ce Pi l ot s or WASP f orour orgAni z. at i on <:IS l ong 8.S t he members hi p i s compr i sed pr i mar i l y of VI ASP( coPy at t

I V. FIFPELLA El1BLEl'.I. The Copyri ght Of f i ce i nf or med us t hat Vi alt Di sney Pro-duct i ons r enewed t he copyr i ght on t he Fi f i nel l a i n 1976 f or a per i od of 20 year s .We r ecommend use of t he Fi f i nel l a be st r i ct l y cont r ol l ed by WASP i n compl i ancewi t h r est r i ct i ons i mposed by t he Di sney copyr i ght .

V. HEHBERSHI P PR~FER: SHCE. I n our cont act s by mai l ; md i n pers on i n t he Wash-i ngt on 8r e8. and i n Col or ado Spr i ngs, we f ound over whel mi ng sent i ment of gr aduat eWAS? W2S f or an or gani zat i on t o be c~l l ed Women Ai r f or ce Ser vi ce Pi l ot s, as i ndi ca-t ed by t he ~ol l t aken i n t he summer of 1977 on changi ng t he name of t he or gani zat i o

We f ound l i t t l e suppor t f or t wo or gani zat i ons. We al so f ound l i t t l e suppor tf or a ger manent organi zat i on whi ch woul d sur vi ve t he l ast l i vi ng WASP.

I n r egar d t o t he pr esent Women mi l i t ar y pi l ot s, we quest i on whet her t hey ar ei nt er est ed i n j oi ni ng our or gani z at i on, and have seen no evi dence of any i nt er est

on t hei r pGr t .

VI . REC( ) ~. E. ' ! ENDATI OI \ S.A. That WASP Hemor i al s, I nc. , be di ssol ved, i nasmuch2S t he pur pose f or whi ch i t was f ormed has been accompl i shed.

B. That WSPA, I nc . , be di s s ol ved, ac cor di ng t o t he vot e r es ul t

announced at t he Col orado Spr i ngs conf er ence.C. That oper at i on under OOF be cont i nued unt i l t he Reor gani zat i on

Commi t t ee can compl et e i t s work and submi t choi ces f or members hi p vot e.D. That deci si on as t o t he t ype of or gani z at i on and who shal l com-

pr i se t he vot i ng member shi p be det ermi ned by WASP gr aduat es onl y.

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