WALTHAM STAMP CLUB

Minutes of the meeting of September 1, 2009

President Shufrin opened the meeting at 8:00 with 30 in attendance.

Treasurer Mark Butterline reported a positive balance.

The Minutes of the meeting of June 16, 2009 were approved with minor changes.

The President reported the passing of long time member Dan Ladd and he read a note from Dan that thanked the club for the honorary membership that the club awarded him.

The President also reported that member Mike Edwards has a brain tumor.

Old Business

Equipment purchases remain to be finalized.

WALPEX rental furniture and school are now under contract. One table remains open and seven vendors are on the waiting list. Jack Miller has 24 frames available for exhibits by members.

New Business

It was voted to make a donation to the Museum of $50 in memory of Dan Ladd.

Steve Tauber outlined the plan for a fall competition wherein each competitor is given a packet of 25 unrelated stamps and the object is to make an exhibit that shows order.

The meeting closed at 8:18 and was followed by a 237 lot auction. There was vigorous bidding for the 16 lots offered by the Museum including a winning bid by Bruce Bolduc of $3 for a large box of recent on paper US, exceeding by a factor of three what he paid for a similar box at the last auction. The auction included a box of 1000 small windowed envelopes and a pint sized paper cutter. The auction was conducted in a timely manner by Steve Waxer.

For the record, the July 21 meeting had 14 in attendance, some of them preparing bourse book pages and the August 18 meeting was a phlea market with considerable activity by the 30 in attendance.

Minutes submitted by Richard Spencer, approved at a meeting on September 15, 2009.