Minutes of the meeting of
November 6, 2007
President
Shufrin opened the meeting at 8:01 with 25 in attendance.
The
Treasurer reported that WALPEX income was very good providing a net surplus,
the highest ever. He also noted that dealer deposits for next year are a record
and our balance is positive.
The
minutes of the meeting of October 16 were approved.
Second
time visitor Paul Anderson was welcomed.
Second
readings were made for William Welch and Charles Haas and they were welcomed
into membership.
Old Business
·
WALPEX Report by President
Shufrin showed:
o
Very successful
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Dealers were happy - a letter from one of them was read
o
550 attendees
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100 attendees were new to WALPEX
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Bruce Bolduc’s youth program had 19 attendees
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Exhibits were well received
o
6 bags of Hershey kisses were consumed leaving 3 bags that were sold to
the Museum
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The show cover was popular
·
On a call from the floor, President Shufrin was thanked for his masterful
work in managing the show. He responded by thanking all the volunteers who
helped with the show, noting that it was the largest turnout in his memory. He
paid particular note of the contributions of Jim Warner for his cachet design,
Bruce Bolduc for running the youth room, Chris Brouady
for his work with dealers, Jim Nalbandian for the phish bowl, and Jack Miller,
exhibit manager.
New Business
·
The next meeting will be on Saturday the 17th starting at
9:30 AM.
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A discussion on the merits of buying the current Scott’s Classic
Catalog resulted a vote to do so.
·
The executive committee met to consider new ideas for the coming year
and President Shufrin will explore means to incorporate them in future
meetings.
A
trivia quiz preceded the close at 8:32
The
close of the business meeting was followed by Mark Butterline’s
illustrated talk on the Falkland Islands Invasion and subsequent retaking. He
noted that the prelude to the war occurred as early as 1933 when
Minutes
submitted by Richard Spencer