Discussion on “local organizations,” at Milwaukee, Wis., May 30, 1906

President Wheeler: The Institute has given a great deal of attention to the interests of the members who are located at a distance from New York. The proposed revised Constitution which was recently put before you, and which was not adopted, principally because a large proportion of the members did not think to send in their ballots, made some additional provisions for local organizations. I hope that in another year or two this Constitution, or something similar to it, will be adopted by the Institute. The summer conventions of the Institute are, as you know, held outside of New York, to bring us into closer contact with the members who live at a distance from that city. Our meeting held in Milwaukee this week is with that object.