4. Smaller villages have chairman and committee. ORGANIZE 1. Enlist leaders and all workers in this division with care. Scattered popu¬lation means more work in this division. 2. Home demonstration clubs, granges, farm bureaus, churches, parent-teacher associations, county office holders, and forest rangers are good sources for workers. 3. Have speakers at county gatherings. 4. Appoint leaders to cover their own parts of the county. In organizing the county, consider such divisions as villages, townships, school districts, and roads. 5. Gather workers together in their own neighborhoods for information and plan¬ning meetings. 6. Be sure that workers' supplies are adequately distributed. 7. Arrange central points for reporting. Issue clear instructions. SOLICIT 1. Begin solicitation on opening day. 2. Urge the placement of window emblems. 3. Check closely with leaders to speed up reports. Staff aides can help here. V. THE CAMPAIGN OFFICE The campaign office should be accessible, centrally located, and readily identified. A competent volunteer fund secretary should be in charge of the office, which should be staffed daily. The volunteer secretary should serve from the planning period until the campaign has been completed and reviewed. The work of this office is divided into six main functions: 1. Preparation of all card files and lists. 2. Requisition, packing, and distribution of supplies; maintenance of stock control. 3. Accepting and issuing receipts for contributions brought to the office. 4. Reporting and accounting for contributions. 5. General clerical assistance with telephone, correspondence, notices, and records of meetings. 6. Clean-up tasks: posting, recording, collection, and storage of used and un¬used supplies. -12- It may be wise to have one person in charge of each of these departments of work. These duties can be assigned to capable volunteers. VI. A SCHEDULE OF OPERATIONS All campaign activities should be given a definite time limit. Deadlines provide the only insurance of a proper coordination of committee work, preparation of lists, publicity, and solicitation. In addition, nothing is more productive of campaign momentum than faithful adherence to the deadlines and time limits fixed for all steps in the campaign. It is a truism among experienced campaign directors that swift, spirited appeals succeed. Slow campaigns leave the community as well as the workers weary and generally fail. Thorough preparation makes possible rapid goal attainment. A sample of a brief suggested schedule of operations follows. It contains essential campaign steps. The chapter should set a definite date for the comple¬tion of each task. SCHEDULE OF OPERATIONS PLANNING PERIOD 1. Choose fund campaign planning committee.- 2. Planning committee selects fund chairman. 3. Clear with civic authorities on chief campaign dates and events. 4. Chairman and planning committee analyze last campaign to discover weak spots. 5. Prepare written plan, organization and publicity chart, and time schedule of events. Decide on victory date and gear all division operations to this date. 6. Prepare list of prospects for advance gifts, industrial, and special groups divisions. 7. Begin card file of prospective workers. 8. Plan and define division tasks; set division quotas, adjusted to any new conditions. 9. Plan early organization of advance gifts, and industrial divisions. 10. Plan general public relations program: interpretation, emphasis, theme, questions and answers. 11. Appoint division chairmen; plan with them enlistment of their workers. 12. Get out preliminary story, with pictures and write-ups, on fund chairman and division leaders; plan stories of chapter activities. 13. Plan information meetings for workers, preferably by divisions. -13-