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Editorial
February 1, 1954
The Echo
Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi
What is this article about?
An editorial complains about local presidents' haste in filling out membership application forms, causing extra office work, and urges them to use the correct blanks for new members, duplicates, renewals, and back renewals, with a call to improve in 1954. General President G. D. Cotton is mentioned as assisting.
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TOO BIG A HURRY
We are kindly asking the local presidents to please take time off and read the application blanks before filling them out. We have one in that is used for new members only, one kind for duplicate policies, one kind for renewals for the current Quarter and another kind for back renewals. By "Back" we mean members who have been out of the Association ninety days and more.
It is really expensive to have to write two and three times to a local president about a matter that could have been adjusted in the first place, had the president taken time to read the blank before filling it out. I think the proper thing to do is to have a few of each kind of application blanks on hand.
It is nothing new to fill out renewal blanks for members who fail to pay on or before the date of the Board, but we have some presidents who invariably send in the names of the applicants and the money and when we send the blanks back to them to fill out, they will not return them. I am sure if some of the local presidents knew the tremendous amount of unnecessary work that some of them cause us in the office that they would stop right now and make a New Year's Resolution to do better in 1954.
Some of you complain about the trouble you have with your members, but you have not seen anything yet. If you were to work one day in the office, you would become alarmed just as the General President, Mr. G. D. Cotton, who assisted us in checking a few report blanks. He became so utterly disgusted with some of the presidents that he "gave up." Presidents, you are so nice and understanding and yet I believe that you are in so big a hurry to do what you have in mind to do that you "do things wrong." Please take your time and especially so when filling out your report blanks. If you were to have your Secretary or someone who writes a little hand, to put all of your members' names on your report blank when you first receive it would eliminate some of the trouble.
We are kindly asking the local presidents to please take time off and read the application blanks before filling them out. We have one in that is used for new members only, one kind for duplicate policies, one kind for renewals for the current Quarter and another kind for back renewals. By "Back" we mean members who have been out of the Association ninety days and more.
It is really expensive to have to write two and three times to a local president about a matter that could have been adjusted in the first place, had the president taken time to read the blank before filling it out. I think the proper thing to do is to have a few of each kind of application blanks on hand.
It is nothing new to fill out renewal blanks for members who fail to pay on or before the date of the Board, but we have some presidents who invariably send in the names of the applicants and the money and when we send the blanks back to them to fill out, they will not return them. I am sure if some of the local presidents knew the tremendous amount of unnecessary work that some of them cause us in the office that they would stop right now and make a New Year's Resolution to do better in 1954.
Some of you complain about the trouble you have with your members, but you have not seen anything yet. If you were to work one day in the office, you would become alarmed just as the General President, Mr. G. D. Cotton, who assisted us in checking a few report blanks. He became so utterly disgusted with some of the presidents that he "gave up." Presidents, you are so nice and understanding and yet I believe that you are in so big a hurry to do what you have in mind to do that you "do things wrong." Please take your time and especially so when filling out your report blanks. If you were to have your Secretary or someone who writes a little hand, to put all of your members' names on your report blank when you first receive it would eliminate some of the trouble.
What sub-type of article is it?
Administrative Efficiency
Membership Management
What keywords are associated?
Application Blanks
Local Presidents
Membership Renewals
Administrative Errors
G. D. Cotton
Association Office
What entities or persons were involved?
Local Presidents
General President, Mr. G. D. Cotton
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Urging Careful Use Of Membership Application Forms
Stance / Tone
Frustrated Plea For Accuracy And Patience
Key Figures
Local Presidents
General President, Mr. G. D. Cotton
Key Arguments
Read Application Blanks Before Filling Them Out To Avoid Errors
Use Specific Forms For New Members, Duplicate Policies, Current Quarter Renewals, And Back Renewals
Keep Multiple Kinds Of Blanks On Hand
Returning Incomplete Blanks Causes Unnecessary Office Work
Make A New Year's Resolution To Improve In 1954