Each year the work of this office increases a little, as we are growing slowly but surely. Most of the work is routine, for example, handling most of the money which is received, recorded, and deposited. There is also the job of handling sales and records of the Study Aids for Part IV and the Concordex, which we hope to be selling again in August. Some of the work. including the mailing list, is now being put on the computer, which takes it out of my hands.

Letters to be answered consist primarily of requests for names of people in the writer's vicinity, which quite often we are able to give, thus putting readers in touch with each other. The second category of letters is how to get the book and other material about the book and the organizations.

No new societies have been chartered this year. The total now stands at 14. As of December 31, 1984, there were 741 society members and 213 members-at-large - a total of 954. Thirty-one of the members-at-large are international.

We have four paid employees (two full-time, one part-time, and one retired). They are John Hales, June Fain, Beth Surface, and Anna Rawson. Gloriann Harris, our accountant, is an independent contractor. There are two regular volunteers, Marian Rowley and Helen Carlson. There are also other volunteers who help occasionally in getting out large mailings, such as the Bulletin and solicitation letters.

The mailing list increases steadily and now numbers about 4,025, up about 175 from last year. The subscription slip for the Journal which was enclosed with the Spring Bulletin brought in a large number of new subscriptions, but it also brought about 150 renewals from people who already had paid-up subscriptions. In those cases, we simply extended the subscriptions. Almost all were for 3 years so a lot of people are paid up to 1988, 1989, and one even goes to 1990. The figure now stands at about 700 subscriptions.

As- you know, a solicitation letter was sent out November 19, 1984, by the Finance Committee for operating expenses for 1985. A report was made and presented to the Executive Committee as of March 31 showing responses. Following is a brief summary of the results:

98 (13%) of society members pledged $43,743 44 (21)) of members-at-large pledged 12,750 $56,493 Total members367 (12%) of non-members pledged 39,873 Total pledged $96,366

All figures were down from last year - both the number pledging and the amount pledged. The total was divided, giving 53% to the Brotherhood and 47% to the Foundation. Last year the two were exactly even. The Brotherhood figure of $50,973 amounts to only 32% of our 1985 budget, which was also less than last year. A follow-up letter was sent May 22, 1984, and returns are now coming in as a result of that.

This has been a stressful year for several reasons, but we have managed to survive, as always - and look forward to the future!

MTR 5/9/85

Marian Rowley, Secretary-General