American Topical Association Chapter 5
APS Chapter #1550
Room 150 in the basement of Mayfair Mall, Hwy 100 (Mayfair Road) and North Ave. in Wauwatosa, WI at 7:OOPM, second Wednesday.
Contact:
Officers:
MaryAnn Bowman, President
Robert M Ulatt, Secretary
Ray Sullivan, Treasurer
ATA Chapter #5 meets on the second Wednesday of the month, except December, when we have our Christmas/Holiday Party. Dues are $2.00 per year except the first year of membership when they are $5.00. Visitors are welcome-free. After business meetings, activities and programs are "thematic" in nature, usually a member will give a program on whatever their topical collection is.
Latest Meeting Minutes
ATA #5: Minutes Official meeting # 72
Mayfair Mall, Community Room G 150
08 February 2006
Members Present: Mary Ann Bowman, Frank & Ann Moertl, Bob Ulatt, Ray Sullivan, Adriana Kori-Graf, Wayne Redlinger, Rob Henak, and Norton Zaren
The meeting of ATA #5 started at 7:04PM, President Mary Ann Bowman presiding. The Treasurer's Report was received, subject to audit.
The Secretary's report was accepted as corrected. The correction is that KIDSFest will be held on April 8&9, 2006.
Old Business: Bob Ulatt reported that our club website information was E-mailed to Ted Gifford to be put onto the Wis. Federation of Stamp Clubs website. It is on the "net".
New Business: We need a Milcopex 06 club representative to attend the Wisconsin Federation of Stamp Clubs annual meeting on March 11 at approximately 1:00PM in Rockford. The important subject of a dues increase will be brought up.
Bob Ulatt gave a report on WISCOPEX 07 as pertains to the topic of finding space for the show. Several venues were possible. More work to be done. Host club might be Waukesha County Philatelic Society.
Announcements: There will be a stamp symposium for youth at the Wauwatosa Library on 2-28-06 at 7:00PM.
Stampfest will be held at Gonzaga Hall on the first weekend in March. WISCOPEX will be held March 11-12 at Forest Hills Lodge, Rockford, IL.
The Distinguished Philatelists Dinner will be on April 2. KIDSFest will be held on April 8-9, 2006 at State Fair Park. The March 8th program will be "Dead Countries" by Art Schultz. The April program will be the WFSC Trivia Contest.
The September program will be "Horsing Around" by Rob Henak Adjournment at 7:39PM
Activity: Winter Olympics"show & tell" by members.
Latest Newsletter
February 26, 2006 Waukesha, Wisconsin
Dear ATA Chapter 5 member,
The March meeting of ATA Chapter 5 will be held at 7:00 P.M. on Wednesday, March 8, 2006 in Room G150 in the lower level of the Mayfair Shopping Mall at 2500 N. Mayfair Road (Highway 100) in Wauwatosa.
Art Schmitz will be putting on a program about "Dead Countries" for us at this meeting. Art is a member of the Wisconsin Federation of Stamp Clubs (WFSC) Speakers Bureau and has put this program on for other groups. His presentation has been well received and we think that you will find this to be an interesting program. If you have an item from a dead country in your collection bring it along for a show and tell for the enjoyment of the other members.
This is a reminder to a couple of members who have not paid their 2006 membership dues that their names will be dropped from the membership roll and they will no longer be receiving notices of the club meetings unless the dues are paid before the end of March. At just $2.00 we hope that you are getting your moneys worth from your membership and hope that we can continue to count each and everyone of you as members for 2006. If you cannot make the meeting to pay your membership in person, please send payment to Ray Sullivan (ATA Chapter 5 Treasurer) at 125 N 123rd Street, Wauwatosa, WI 53226.
Once again I want to remind you that the deadline for reservations for the Distinguished Philatelist Appreciation Dinner is March 21, 2006. This is a great opportunity to show our appreciation for all that the honoree has done for our hobby. Thus far we have been able to show this appreciation and enjoy the camaraderie for the past 19 years and this year should be no different. Plan now to attend this luncheon at12:30 P.M. (Cash bar) and 1:00 P.M. (Lunch) at the Venice Club at 1905 N. Calhoun Road in Brookfield. Mail your reservations with $20.00 (Check payable to Kurt Albrecht) to Dona Fagan at W140-N7470 Lilly Road, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051-4608. We really would like to see YOU there.
I am including a piece that came across the intemet even though it has absolutely nothing to do with philately, but it really hit my funny bone and I thought that you might get a chuckle from it too. I suppose we could tie it in with philately by saying that the guy was a stamp collector, but I think that most stamp collectors are smarter than this.
With best wishes,
Robert J. Mather