Minutes of the meeting of
February 19, 2008
President
Shufrin opened the meeting at 8:02 with 22 in attendance.
The
Treasurer’s report showed a positive as well as an escrow.
The
minutes of the meeting of February 5, 2008 were approved.
A
second reading was had for Mary Gorman and she was welcomed into membership.
Old
Business
James Hencke,
our bourse manager, reported that Frank Fernandez, the overall bourse book
manager, will be retiring and a replacement is needed. Anyone interested in
this opportunity should contact James.
Steve Tauber
provided a follow-up to the Mystery Night having found identification of his
Italian overprint, it having resulted from Italian occupation of
Larry Cohen’s exhibit, the “Two Cent
Harding”, won at WALPEX 2007 and he received a $25 gift certificate for the
Museum Store.
A second vote to make Marcia Storkelson a life member was unanimously approved and she
is now a Life Member.
New
Business
Len Andexler reported that he had heard
from a reliable source that no more official stamps will be issued.
Peter Lenk
reported that he has found a new reentrant and showed an enlarged image of the
stamp.
The members were reminded that the Annual
Meeting and Banquet will be May 6th at the Dandelion Green.
The Museum’s Bazaar will be on March 1st.
The next meeting will feature “Secrets and
Wonders of the Museum Vault” by George Norton.
The
meeting closed at 8:35 and was followed by a presentation overseen by Chris
Brouady of Philatelic web sites and he used his computer and a projector to
take the audience to a sampling of the sites including those from his list as
well a several suggested by members. Included in the tour were the following:
Minutes
submitted by Richard Spencer