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6 WASP NEWS
REPORT ON BY-LAWS AMENDMENT VOTE
Helen Cannon, Secretary
Number of ballots sent to active members
Two-thirds of 847 needed for passage
Article XIV - 2nd paragraph
Number of ballots received postmarked
November 5th or prior
Number of ballots postmarked after
November 5th and not counted
Article V, Section 2In favor
OpposedArticle IV, Section 1
In favor 436
Opposed 52
Ballots counted November 19, 1990.
At the general business meeting in Seattle on September 1,
1990, a majority of those members present voted in favor of
submitting the above amendments to the WASP by-laws to all
active WASP members for their consideration and vote.AS I SEE IT
(This editorial column is a new feature. WASP are invitied to
send signed comments to the Editor who will publish as space
allows.)
We sincerely hope that Jacqueline Cochran will be inducted
into the Nation Women's Hall of Fame in 1992. However, the
nomination of Jacqueline Cochran for a United States
commemorative postage stamp was not accepted by the
Stamp Advisory Committee!!!
We can think of only two reasons why the nomination of our
nation's most outstanding woman pilot failed to be chosen:
1. Members of the Stamp Advisory Committee were too young
to be aware that the name of Jacqueline Cochran was
headlined across newpapers and magazines as she won air
races, set record after record, tested aircraft and aeromedical
equipment, and received acclaim from one foreign nation after
another.2. The other reason
to keep her memory
public as other
founders/heroines.is the fault of the WASP. We have failed
alive and her name familiar to the general
organizations have done with theirREPORT FROM BY-LAWS COMMITTEE
Lucile Wise, Chairman
847 Last October the WASP voted on two proposed bylaw
amendments. One amendment would have added a paragraph
to Article IV to provide for life memberships at a cost of
565 $200.00 each, and would have reaffirmed the present policy of
the Board of Directors. The other amendment would have
eased the restriction on the number of terms a person may
494 serve as an officer (Article V Section 2). Both amendments
failed to receive the required two-thirds approval of the active
membership. In fact, less than two-thirds of our active
7 members returned their ballots.
This demonstrates the importance of each member's vote, and
we would like to encourage all our members to participate in
the balloting process. It is hoped that more information can be
435 given to members prior to the biennial business meeting
64 regarding future proposed amendments, explaining the
amendment.We would like to assure you that our present by-laws are
continuing to serve us well.
On another note, our committee has recommended that
standing rules be adopted. Standing rules relate to details of
administration, and can be adopted by majority vote at any
business meeting without previous notice. They cannot
contradict by-laws. An example of a standing rule would be the
vote taken at the last biennial business meeting requiring th4
ballots be sent by first class mail.
We also recommend that more complete guidelines be drawn
up for Board members and committees, to assist new Board
members as they assume their duties.
Recognizing our failure is half the battle. The other half is to
reverse our practice. We repeatedly "tell the WASP story" via
speeches, interviews, and articles. Too often, we talk about our
own personal experiences, the planes we flew. The WASP
would have existed just as well without any one of us; without
Jacqueline Cochran there never would have been the WASP.
Henceforth, let us tell that we are WASP because of the vision
and determination of Jacqueline Cochran; that WASP in
addition to ferrying airplanes, performed almost every non-
combat flying assignment in the Air Force, because Jacqueline
Cochran opened wide these opportunities to us and to the
women who have followed us in the Air Force.
Granted, we were a bunch of good pilots who flew fantastic
airplanes, but let's henceforth play down personal
accomplishments and re-create a national awareness of the
name and achievements of Jacqueline Cochran. She is the
protagonist of the WASP story. When we have gained gener
recognition of her through a successful educational-an
publicity campaign, then we will again approach the Stamp
Advisory Committee and get the Jacqueline Cochran
commemorative stamp. -- Inez Woods1
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