WALTHAM STAMP CLUB

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.

     Spellman Museum news:

          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