4 New Directors Elected To United Fund's Board

Four new directors were elected to the Ann Arbor Area United Fund and Community Services board yesterday at the UF's annual meeting at the YMYWCA. Elected to new three - year terms were Robert Asleson, campaign chairman for 1969, Milton P. Brown, Mrs. Francis E. Ellis and Robert Kehoe, new planning committee chairman. The new officers for this year will be Richard Ware, president; Clarence A. Price, vice president; Chris McKenney, secretary, and James C. Pilchee treasurer. Board members re-elected to three year terms included Albert Coudron, Raymond Wheelock, James Wallace, Wendell Lyons and Ware. Retiring board members are Frederick Chase a n d Dr. George Morley. The UP representatives also heard its outgoing president, Nelson DeFord, make three I recommendations for improvements the Ann Arbor UF might consider. First, he said, the board should consider the formation of a community coordination council. DeFord said such a countywide council could coordínate activities between the UF and other private and public organizations to take the best advantage of the communities resources. Secondly, he suggested a system be devised to expand UF funding to a year-round opera tion. This might allow the UF to reach the "unreachables," he said, those who usually do not give. And finally, he recommended the establishment of an emergency crisis fund. Money from this fund would be administered by the different agencies and be held for use in emergency situations. Robert Kerschbaum, executive director of the Ann Arbor UF, told the group that while welfare organizations alone are not the answer to all of today's problems, "they constitute a most fundamental community betterment resource." Kerschbaum also said that while the UF should try to provide services to people of all economie levéis, the UF dollar should i go principally to help those who can pay none or only part. The UF representatives also approved two changes in the organization's bylaws.One change provides t h a t the immediate past president of the Board will automatically have a seat on the board for the year after he leaves that office. The second change requires the vote of at least 11 board members to authorize disbursement of money which has already been alloted to the reserve fund. The annual meeting ended with the presentation of special service awards to DeFord and the planning cómmittee chairman for the past two years, Coudron. The new board will hold a special board meeting Jan. 30 at the UF's offices.