themselves for positions on the executive, what can one say
except that there must be a blockage in an artery of communication.

Ido not say that all of these things have happened as definitive
things upon which you can put your finger, They happen in modi-
fied form from time to time. As this last year when we had a slate
of officers proposed and accepted with no questions. When there
is a feeling of being left out and not consulted about what to you
and me are important matters. What do we do about it, you and
me? We let George or Helen do it because they want to do it.
We then hope they can manage and forget it. The ones handling
the jobs ask for help and one of their fellow members on the
executive helps out. After a while the numbers of working mem-
bers and helping members is reduced to a bare minimum. If you
will think back, as ordinary members, you and me, to what has
been done in the last 10 years you can see that while much was
accomplished by few people there had grown a feeling that the
ordinary member did not care and would not help and the position
of a member of the executive was not to be envied.

My object in doing the work, was to build a channel of communi-
cation between all the members, to aid in the thing, that we
belong to the Guild for.

I have made changes in executive and responsibilities of execu-
tive and have suggested several changes in thinking about the
Guild and the function of a Guild. Newsletters and meetings
every month are building lines of communication. Questions
asked by interested members lead us to our future members of
executive. We will be doing things that some members will not
agree with. I expect to hear from these members. I expect to
hear from them by voice and by letter and I would like to hear
from them in the pages of the WESTERN POTTER. Do not keep a
gripe to yourself or just to your friends, but let me know about it
too. If it is valid then something will be done about it. If it is
not valid then watch out. I would keep a weather eye out for
squalls if I were the members.

We are going to be trying out a number of new things from time
to time and asking for the comments of members. Let your
opinions be known. From year to year the WESTERN POTTER
Les