The original membership included Billy Strayhorn, Charles Cook, Honi Coles and Cholly Atkins.
The convention became operative in 1961, and its original membership included France, Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, and Yugoslavia.
The original membership of the West Indies Associated States consisted of Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent.
Headquartered in Washington, D.C., its original membership of 31 had grown to about 175 by the beginning of the 21st century.
It should strive for the best council for today, but it cannot start with a clean sheet, because the original membership controls the reform under the original rules.
Because each Virginia settlement was entitled to elect two burgesses (delegates), the original membership of the House of Burgesses was 22.
The original membership was a Who's Who of power brokers, including J. P. Morgan, Nelson Doubleday, Edsel Ford and Harold S. Vanderbilt.
Two of the main opposition groups are the Democratic Convergence, led by former supporters of Mr. Aristide, and Group 184, a coalition of students, businessmen and other professionals whose name is derived from its original membership tally.
