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Mr. Ripley announced that flags were to be flown at half-mast from the day of Dr. Carmichael's death to after this Memorial Meeting.  In further discussion it was proposed that the January 1974 meeting of the Executive Committee convene in the National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT) and be preceded by a ceremony to dedicate the NMHT auditorium in memory of Dr. Carmichael.  As plans develop for this ceremony, the Board of Regents will be kept advised.

[[underlined]] National Board of the Smithsonian Associates [[/underlined]]

The Executive Committee welcomed Lewis A. Lapham to the meeting indicating, in reaction to the discussions held at the July 6 meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents, there was enthusiastic support for much closer relationships between the Board of Regents and the National Board of the Associates.

Mr. Webb reported that the Executive Committee had reviewed the proposed bylaws of the National Board and after careful examination had made a few suggestions for appropriate revisions which were concurred in by Mr. Lapham as well.  He stated that he believed the bylaws were completely adequate.  These revisions, copy attached, were endorsed and recommended to the Board of Regents for approval.  It is to be noted that these bylaws have been patterned after existing bylaws of other boards and commissions of the Institution.  For convenience, a brief summary of the principal provisions of the bylaws precedes the complete document.  (Attached)

The Executive Committee discussed the Institutional Development Committee of the National Board of the Associates as an excellent means to involve the National Board in the affairs of the Smithsonian and further discussed the funding needs of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum as an urgently needed first effort for the Institutional Development