1964 BUFORA Publicity notice

From; Lionel Beer - Publicity Officer

A memo to you from our Chairman, Mr. C-.N.P. Stephenson, dated 6th
February, 1964, confirmed that on 25th January, 1964, The London UFO
Research Organisation (LUFORO) amalgamated with The British UFO Associa¬
tion (BUFOA) to become The British UFO Research Association (BUFORA).

A new constitution (kindly prepared by Mr. J. Cleary-Baker) came into
being, which included some practical modifications. Therefore I shall
take this opportunity to amplify certain points, which seem to have
caused some misunderstanding.

MEMBERSHIP FORKS

The new BUFORA membership application form , published May 19&4,
automatically cancels all preceeding forms published by either BUFOA
or LUFORO. A further supply of forms will gladly be sent to you when
requested, by either myself or the Hon. Secretary, Mrs. A. Lloyd.

All new membership application forms should be sent direct to the
Hon Secretary, Mrs. A. Lloyd, 9 Guilford Street, London, W.C.I., with
an annual subscription of one guinea.

The Hon Secretary anticipates changing her address in the near
future, and when this happens you should make a special effort to amend
application forms in your possession.

SUBSCRIPTIONS

All individual member’s subscriptions and subscription renewals
should be paid in full to The Association, and sent to the Hon. Secre¬
tary. (Member-Societies, under the terms of the present constitution,
may not deduct ten shillings from any subscription, which belongs to The
Association.)

Each Member-Society shall pay a minimum annual subscription of one
guinea to The Association, which should be sent direct to the Treasurer.

At present, Branches of The Association are not liable to pay any
subscription to The Association, but it must be remembered that the
secretary of a Branch is a subscribing member of good standing.

EXPENSES

Member-Societies and Branches may claim for legitimate expenses
(e.g. postage, stationery, etc.) incurred in the work of The Association.
While it is realised that no one would abuse their claim, please remember
that reimbursements cannot be guaranteed unless prior authorisation has
been obtained from The National Executive Committee.

urgent ;i

In order to assist the Hon, Secretary, each Member-Society and
Branch is asked to send a typed list of the names and addresses of all
Association members.they know to be in their area, together with the
date at which their membership becomes due for renewal. (BUFOA appli¬
cation forms should provide the bulk of these names.)

N.B. The subscription renewal date for individual members who joined
only The Association, is being extended until a fourth Journal has been
published.

ADMINISTRATION

The Association has no wish or intention of interfering with the
way in which Member-Societies administer their internal affairs.
Member-Societies may use The Association’s headed note-papier for
Association business (e.g. correspondence with Association members,
following up sighting reports). However, it is probable that they
will wish to use their own note-paper.

ADVERTISING

Member-Societies who wish to claim expenses for advertising the
Association locally, are first asked to contact me personally, as the
allocation of funds for this purpose largely depends on such funds
being available.