Minutes of the meeting of
November 15, 2008
This was a Saturday morning meeting and was opened at !0:12 by President Shufrin with 18 in attendance.
Returning
member Charles Schwab and guests Herb Spatz, Emily
Wood, Lee and Julian Cranberg were welcomed.
The
President reported that the treasury is in good shape with a good balance including
deposits for WALPEX 2009. He also showed a spreadsheet detailing all costs and
income for recent WALPEX shows.
The
minutes of the meeting of November 4, 2008 were approved with a minor
correction.
A
second reading was made for applicant Bill Maxwell and he was declared a
member.
Old
Business
There was a discussion of how to get
greater participation in scavenger hunts. The general consensus was that a
smaller number of items and easier to find items would
increase participation.
There was discussion of using an early
admission fee for future shows. It was not clear how easily this could be done
for our show.
New
Business
The club will consider buying the new
issues of Scott catalogs.
March fund raiser
March bus trip to Mega Show
possibility
Next meeting will be informal and will be
a Phlea market.
The
meeting closed at 10:41 and was followed by the last part of a video on
Holocaust philately. It showed examples of the severely limited mail to and
from concentration and death camps. It was a sad reminder of the evil of the
Nazi government.
Minutes
submitted by Richard Spencer- Minutes approved on December 16, 2008