Northwoods Philatelic Society

APS Chapter #1477

IRON MOUNTAIN, MI
First Lutheran Church, 1210 So. Stephenson Ave., 3rd Tues., 7:00 pm
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Officers:
Michele Basal, President
Tom Pleyte, Vice-President
Mark Pleyte, Treasurer
Jim Stearns, Secretary/Bulletin Editor

The August meeting of the Northwoods Philatelic Society will be held on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at the First Lutheran Church, 1210 S. Stephenson Avenue. The meeting will feature our usual stamp club auction including member lots and Sedona lots. Bring along your money and a philatelic friend.

Important Note: The August meeting is usually the meeting at which we plan for our September Harvest Dinner. Jim and Millie will be happy to obtain the cake from Super One or EconoFoods. We usually need Al to check on availiability of the Fellowship Hall, and two volunteers, one to handle preparing a garden salad and the other to bring soft drinks, milk, ice, and cups. This is a bring-your-family fellowship night, and everybody brings a dish to pass, hot, cold, or otherwise. If we do have the Harvest Dinner, we usually convene at 5:45pm for dinner, and have our regular meeting at 7pm.

July Meeting Minutes: The July meeting of the Northwoods Philatelic Society was convened at 7pm by president Michele Basal. Many thanks to Al LeBlanc for forwarding the minutes to me. According to his notes there were two new members in attendance, Cindy from Michigamme and Steve from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. Steve collects stamps from Norway and Sweden, and also reportedy exhibits on a national level. We welcome both these members. We will add them to the mailing list and know that whenever they can, they will be in attendance.

Under old business, the minutes of the June meeting were approved as submitted in the July stamp club bulletin. The treasurer's report was submitted by Mark and also approved.

Tom gave a report on the Rhinelander show which apparently only had one stamp dealer and was disappointing philatelically.

Under new business, Milt brought interesting information from the American Philatelic Society summer seminar and discussed how to remove gum from peel and stick stamps. He also reviewd his exhibit on Christmas seals.

Al volunteered to bring treats for the August meeting, and the fifteen members in attendance adjourned at 7:12pm to treats, as well as the usual, lively stamp club auction.