The time for organized endeavor on a large scale had evidently arrived. Von Schenckendorff therefore invited a number of prominent men—leaders in the German _Turnerschaft_, pioneers in the games movement, and persons of influence—to meet in Berlin on May 21, 1891, and then and there the “Central Committee for the Promotion of Games in Germany” (_Der Zentral-Ausschuss zur Förderung der Volks- und Jugendspiele in Deutschland_) was formed. The thirteen in actual attendance included Director Bier of the Dresden _Turnlehrer-Bildungsanstalt_, _Unterrichtsdirigent_ Euler of the Berlin _Turnlehrer-Bildungsanstalt_, Goetz and F. A. Schmidt of the Committee of the _Deutsche Turnerschaft_, Koch and Hermann from Brunswick, Raydt from Ratzeburg, von Schenckendorff, and teachers or public officials from Hamburg, Hannover, Magdeburg, Rendsburg, and Stralsund. After an opening address by von Schenckendorff, and a general exchange of views it was agreed that the committee type of organization, with great freedom of action, was preferable to an association bound by a constitution and a fixed program. Three sub-committees of seven members each were decided upon, and the chairmen of these together with the officers of the Central Committee were to constitute a board of directors. Von Schenckendorff was the unanimous choice for chairman of the Central Committee, Schmidt of Bonn was elected vice-chairman, Raydt corresponding secretary or business manager, Koch treasurer, Eitner of Görlitz chairman of the sub-committee on games for boys, Hermann of Brunswick chairman of the sub-committee on games for girls, and Schmidt of Bonn chairman of the sub-committee on games for older persons (_Volksspiele_). The Central Committee itself, in its original form, was composed of thirty-five men, whose names are attached to the formal summons to the German people (“_Aufruf zur Förderung der Jugend- und Volksspiele in Deutschland_”) prepared at the Berlin meeting.[105]