1 P.M.

ROOM 612, WILLIAMS BUILDING

Panel Discussion: Homopbile Organizations and Publications

in the U. S. Today

HELEN SANDERS, President, Daughters of Bilitis, lac.

PHYLLIS LYON, Editor, THE LADDER

DONALD S. LUCAS, President, Mattachine Society, Inc. GONZALO SEGURA, Jr., Public Relations Director, Mattachine Society, Inc.

HAROLD L. CALL, Co-Partner, Pan-Graphic Press, and Editor, MATTACHINE REVIEW.

WILLIAM LAMBERT, Chairman, Board of Directors, One, Inc. JAMES KEPNER, Associate Editor, ONE Magazine. DON SLATER, Manager, Book Department, One, Inc.

3:30 P.M.

Adjournment of Second Day's Session

Following adjoumment of this session, special committees will have an opportunity to meet and prepare for the fol lowing day's business meeting.

5:30 P. M. STUDIO 30, 465 GEARY STREET BUILDING

Informal Reception and Cocktails Host: Daughters of Bilitis, Inc.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 9 A.M.

ROOM 612, WILLIAMS BUILDING

Annual Business Meeting and Election of Officers and Directors

12 / Noon

12:05

P.M.

1 P.M.

DONALD S. LUCAS, President, presiding.

Adjournment of the Convention

First Semi-Annual Meeting, Board of Directors Final Adjournment

Public Relations

ACTIVITIES IN NEW YORK, 1956-1957

I. POTENTIAL MEMBERS

Through personal contact and through correspondence potential members have been encouraged to attend mootings and to feel a part of the Society, Each inquiry received is answered promptly and the reply is cordial. Until the newcomer gets into the habit of attending regularly, he is contacted before important meetings and reminded of them. Efforts are exerted to determine the particular interests of each potential member and to give them special assignments. At meetings, visitors are encouraged to express their points of view. Almost no direct effort has been made up to now to got the se potential members to become official members, however. At present 31 active members, with another dozen or more who will take the pledge in the near future (they are held back now mostly because of financial reasons). Some 30 or 40 more persons participate regularly in society activities and help with the work. Correspondence with the se potential members amounts to an average of 25-30 letters a week.

II. PROFESSIONALS

The first letter to a professional giving information concerning the Society was written barely a year ago. Since that time we have contacted several dozen, and the rate of fresh contacts continues to increase. By now one member concentrates his efforts mainly in this direction. As a result of this phase of public relations work, a Board of Advisors was considered: this will be a WORKING group, not a mere collection of names for the sake of prestige. Its next meeting is scheduled for the second week in September.

III. POTENTIAL MEMBERS IN OTHER CITIES

Work in this direction has been hampered by insufficient manpower. The first group contacted outside of New York has been the one at Washington, D.C. For a number of reasons, matters have not proceeded as smoothly as we had hoped. But during the last two months we have maintained close contact with them. Three New York members have taken Washington as their special project. Several Several "firm" contacts exist in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Boston. In all of these cases, the formation of a chapter, or even of a pro-