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CO-OP A jVIATANU
VOL. 7 iALFFIi ALASKA.
CO-OP MEETING POSTPONED
Owing to the incliment weather, the
Annurl Fo . tin^ of the Matanuska
Valley Farmers Cooperating Assn,
was nostpone'1 to meet at 1C oclock
/.]H, Tucsea.y, Febuary 1st 1941.
C.C.Prix, Sec-Treas.
Thirtyfive votoing members of the
I/;. V. F. C. A. met at the Comuhity Fall
last Tu 'ay, for the Annurl Mect*
ing of tv o Association. However the
storm v (_..ing outside cause'4 many
of those assemble''1 to believe that
it woul'’ be best to postpone the
me ting until a more favorable time
so that ' ll of the members coul'1 be
present. motion to this effect 1
v/cs marc ant1 Aarriec1 unamously.
However for the bonifit of those
present, who felt that they coulr1
stay,reports were given for the
information of the membership.
The Officers of the association
hope that • 11 members v.ill be pres
ent n^xt Tur-s,1ry r nr' remember that
this m. ting will be crUe4 at 10
oclock in the morning inston''1 of
2.CO . .F.
FIRST
HEAVY STORM OF '.IUTFR.
About 24 inches of snow foil this
week nnr’ the mercury went Rown to
between 20 nnr’ 30 below zero. Ror^s
were filled with snowbanks r.nR the
. Ror-d Comission has been very busy.
The Highway to Anchorage has been
cleared • nr1 most of the ror.Rs in
" the Valley,but It will take some
more time to get all of the siRe ;
ror/’s cleaned out.
YUKON •RFSRYTERY MEETS,
The Yukon Tresbvtery hart a very
interesting and successful meeting
last week in i'nlner, the session
enr’ed bef re the bad weather set in
and was enjoyed by the members.
JaNU/.RY 28 1944 No 4.
Equally as important is the atti
tude of members of the board of
directors toward the association
and the position which they occupy.
A manager may be ever so M cooper a*
tively minded0 but, if he has a few
influential beard members who serve
for personal objectives :'f one kind
or another, his role is indeed a
(difficult one. He can’t be too ag
gressive in condemning the n-mcr -
operative conduct or self-seeking
political objectives of beard mem
bers, lest ho lose his job and play
right into the hands of board mem
bers whose objectives would bo harm
ful to the assf elation. He must
lone5 without (jetting too.far ahead
of the thinking and the idealism
of his board, he must present now
standards without appearing to
lecture his board of directors on
their own follies and weaknesses.
Like a minister of the church, he
must deal tactfully with those s.lf
seokers occupying official positions
who woulr1 use the organication to
protect vested interests or to pros
titute honors and leadership to sel
fish ends at the expense of the
organization they pretend to "serve?
1. Do you take seriously your re
sponsibility to represent the in
terests of the members and to direc^
the association for their maximum
welfare? Do you loyally market or
purchase through it?
2. Do you think it is desirable to
have the members feel that they own
an'* control the association? II' so,
do you resent it when they exercise
that control by holding the ^ir ctm^
responsible to them?
3. Do you believe the members are
entitled to any information about
the association for which they may
ask.
4. If you had no mere information
than the average member, hr-w in
telligently would you support the
association.