Functions of technical committees and operational procedures discussed at Forum

THE FORUM of Technical Committee Chairmen held in Chicago, III., on October 3, 1957, was educational in nature as is customary for the first meeting in the administrative year. Hendley Blackmon, chairman of the Technical Operations Department, conducted a panel comprised of the six Technical Division chairmen, each of whom presented an important aspect of committee procedure. The sights for the meeting were set by President W. J. Barrett, the first speaker, who outlined in five points the functions of technical committees and the aids to the ac complishment of objectives as follows: