WALTHAM STAMP CLUB

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

o        Dealers were happy - a letter from one of them was read

o        550 attendees

o        100 attendees were new to WALPEX

o        Bruce Bolduc’s youth program had 19 attendees

o        Exhibits were well received

o        6 bags of Hershey kisses were consumed leaving 3 bags that were sold to the Museum

o        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.

·         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 Argentina began to assert ownership of pieces of the Antarctic and the Falkland Islands. These assertions were supported by stamps and Mark showed a number of them on covers and how they changed starting in 1933. The invasion of islands about 25 years ago was illustrated by covers of soldiers’ letters, and the use of both Argentine and Falkland stamps. The invasion was repulsed and one of the sad aftermaths remaining today is the widespread presence of plastic land mines. 

 

Minutes submitted by Richard Spencer