WHERE THE

MAINSTREAM FLOWS

an account of the exciting, high-quality

1966 Midwinter Sessions, of ONE

traditional top event in the

Homophile Movement since 1955

by Richard Conger, Editor ONE Magazine

A year ago (ONE Confidential, January, 1965) there appeared an extended discussion of ONE's long tradition of Midwinter Sessions and the reasons why they had been omitted in 1964 and 1965. It had been felt that "There no longer exists any necessity for proving that a Homophile Organization can successfully stage such affairs" and that from thenceforth ONE would "reserve such comings together for special occasions, anniversaries and the like."

January, 1966, was just such a special occasion. The Midwinter Sessions, January 28-30 concluded were perhaps the finest ONE has ever held, possibly the highest in quality of any such occasion within the Homophile Movement so far. At least this was the view being heard on all sides from

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those who had attended a good many such affairs in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver and New York during the past dozen years or so. 1966 ANNUAL MEETING

The weekend began on Friday evening as has usually been the custom, the opening event being the 1966 Annual Meeting of ONE, Incorporated. At these Annual Meetings the officers present to the Voting and Non-voting Members and invited guests, an accounting of progress and accomplishments for the twelve months just ended. This accounting comes in the form of reports from each of ONE's four main Divisions and from all the various committees assigned to special duties.

This year's reports and the discus-