b"C H A P T E R T H R E EKimball staked out what its role should be:to do research and find out about issues;to be broad-based to reflect the uses and cares of all;to serve as a means for peoplewinter/summer, town officialstoknow each other; andto learn how the town works, and how we can work with it.Her conclusion: We can have a positive and active role in protecting our natural resources for our use and for our future. The chapters that follow will show over and over how resolutely the organization has carried out that broad aim.Among items of business, the assembled group considered the freshly drafted bylaws. One of Mrs. Kimballs early proposals as president had been to form a separate sub-committee to write them. As she explained recently, I have seen far too many groups stagnate over the (boring) details of creating bylaws. So she had turned to Batchelder and Douglas Rhodes to take on the task. After hearing their report, the members voted unanimously in favor of their draft, including a stipulation that FSHW have a 21-member board, made up of seven officers and fourteen directors. Thereupon, Lew Kimball and Spencer Grey presented the slate:President: Joan Kimball Vice President: Richard BatchelderAs owner and operator of the Sail Vice President: Spencer GreyLoft store on Stage Harbor, Corresponding Secretary: Lew KimballSpencer Grey was one of two vice Recording Secretary: Libby Motturpresidents on the first board of Treasurer: Sue Wilmotthe Friends.Gordon ZelherAssistant Treasurer: Judy HoytThe designated directors: Dr. Bea Barrett, Martha Batchelder, George Douglass, Prescott Dunbar, Barbara Gryska, Francis Jones, Lynn Landy, Douglas Rhodes, Martha Stone, and Douglas Wells. In this group, the one native was Fran Jones, a Class of '47 graduate of the Main Street School and a fisherman. Participants were urged to come up with candidates to fill the four remaining board vacancies.3As research chairman, Martha Stone laid out a prospectus that still resonates two decades later:41"