TU WILDLIFE SOCI-ETY 
 
 
Office of the President                                        July 10, 1941

Harrisburg, Penna. 
 
 
      MEMORAJDUM to all Members of the Wildlife Society: 
 
                      RE: TEHICAL SESSIONS 1942 MEETING 
 
              To the American Wildlife Institute, together with its predecessor,

      the American Game Association, goes the credit for the conduction of
a long 
      and outstanding series of annual, international conferences dealing
with the 
      subject of wildlife conservation. 
 
              Many members of the Wildlife Society have long made a practice
of 
      attending these meetings and participating in the various programs
offered. 
      In fact, since 1939, the Institute has granted the Society the privilege

      of arranging the major details of the programs for the Tc6lnical Sessions

      of the Conferences. As a result of this, members of the Society have
become 
      the principal, but, of course, not the sole, participants in these
special 
      sessions. 
 
              That the sessions have always been successful is a fact well
known. 
      It is, however, true that many persons strongly feel they can be appreciably

      improved upon. This opinion is shared not only by members of the Society

      but also by those officials of the Institute who are responsible for
the 
      conference arrangements. 
 
              In an effort to help bring about the desired end, the writer
has 
      already been in contact both with the Secretary of the Institute and
with 
      representatives of the Society. Though next yeari s Conference will
not be 
      hold until early April, it was felt highly desirable promptly to inaugurate

      the formation of plans for the Technical Sessions. Thus, certain pr-.

      liminary steps have already been taken. 
 
              It is the purpose of this memorandum both to inform the membership

      of what has been done and to ask for suggestions and assistance in
the 
      completion of the work. 
 
              As President of the Society, I have asked Dr. J. E. Shillinger
of 
      the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Mr. J. Paul Miller, Secretary
of 
      the Institute, to serve with me on the Societyl s Committee on Arrangements

      for the Meeting of 1942. Dr. Shillinger has been requested to act as

      Chairman because of his experience in helping to arrange the programs
of 
      the past few years. Already we have not individually and collectively

      several times and have discussed from many angles the problems faced*

      The general method of procedure finally agreed upon is briefly outlined

      below. 
 
              First, it has been decided to modify the method previously
followed 
      in preparing the program. By merus of this memorandum, the Society
me1- 
      bership will be polled (ballot attached) in order to determine the
profei' 
      ences of the group for the general msbjects to be treated in each particular

      session (four on game, two on fish) and to solicit their recomnendations