THE Y.M.C.A.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 1449, 3 October 1910, Page 6

THE Y.M.C.A.

SOME SUGGESTED REFORMS. [BY TELEGRAPH.PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Sunday. The chief item on the order paper of the Y.M.C.A. Convention yesterday, was the deliverance of an address by Mr. W. H. George, a vice-president of the Wellington Association, on "Finance Problems of the Australasian Associations." The speaker emphasised the fact that the associations did not want mere figureheads on their directorate. He advocated the adoption of certain reforms in management. One of these was that the finances of an association should be handled in the same manner as those of a joint stock concern. A board of, say, 21 directors, should be elected, seven to retire annually, and no more than seven of the number to be members of one denomination. Ministers were too busy to take seats upon the directorate, and it was entirely a laymen's movement. No department of the work should be allowed to appeal to anybody for help at all. either for trophies or by way of concerts of any kind, before first obtaining the consent of the Finance Committee. In the case of large gifts from firms, or companies, special tickets for membership should be handed to them for distribution amongst their employees. Each member of the board should also take the names of the merchants from whom he should personally solicit subscriptions for the coming year.