The August 2010 BESC meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 18 from 6 to 8pm at KENT COMMONS. If you have not yet attended any meetings at this location, ask at the desk to find out which room we are in.
New Club Members
With the club’s decision to leave Boeing Recreation, we have begun signing up new members for the club. Members new this month are the following:
Jim Flynn (Seattle) Donald Anderson (Seattle)
R H Carlson (Maple Valley) Paul Craul (Kent)
All club members should be encouraged to invite their collector friends to join the club, now that we are moving away from the restrictions on membership imposed by Boeing Recreation.
August program
There is no speaker or program for the August meeting. It will be a show and tell meeting – bring something of interest to share with other club members.
Note: Especially now that we are signing up new members to the club, everybody should be thinking about what they can do individually to make club meetings more interesting.
Donated Material
I will no longer be bringing the material to the club meetings that was donated to the club a few months ago. What is left I will be giving to Carol Edholm for her youth collectors the next time I see her.
As reported in last month’s newsletter, proceeds to the club from the donated material (after my compensation for handling the sales) amounted to nearly $700. A bit of additional sales since then brings the total to a bit over $700.
Another large donation was made to the club just before the July show. The primary item is a 6-volume Scott International album set covering the years 1940 to 1970. The albums and pages are in very good shape; but there are not many stamps – probably only a couple of thousand scattered through the 6 large albums.
These would be a great gift to a novice collector. These albums new would probably cost a couple of hundred dollars. If anybody in the club is interested in making a donation to the club of $50 or $100 for these albums, please let me know.
I will bring them to the club for this meeting only – it is a lot of weight to carry around for a small number of stamps.
Future Shows
As noted in last month’s newsletter, club president Bill Geijsbeek has announced dates for next year’s shows to be put on by the club:
Spring 2011 show dates: APR 16-17, 2011
Summer 2011 show dates: JUL 16-17, 2011
Message from the president
BESC JULY STAMP SHOW:
The show was uneventful and was successful. There were 20 dealers which was normal. Two of our regular dealers went to a Minnesota show instead. One was ill and we had one new dealer. Attendance was within normal expectations, but we would also like to see more. We will probably do a little more advertising for the Spring 2011 show.
2010 CHRISTMAS PARTY
There will be a Christmas Potluck dinner at our December meeting. The Parkers have graciously offered to host it again. PLEASE SAVE THE DATE - DECEMBER 15TH.
NEW CLUB
Progress is moving slowly toward getting our new club established. Summer vacations, stamp shows, etc have dampened progress. New club names are being selected.
NEW CLUB NAME: The following names have been suggested for our club.
Please choose your favorite two (or one or three if you prefer). The names with the most votes will be resubmitted to club members for a final decision.
Vote at the next meeting, Ballots will be sent to absentees.
Submit the letters, like “B0”, “K1”, or “N2”, not the names. For names C through N, pick the ending you most prefer (1 or 2).
A0 747 Stamp Club
B0 Philatelic Society of the Cascades
C1 Seattle Philatelic Society
D1 South King County Philatelic Society
E1 Evergreen State Philatelic Society
F1 Lake Washington Philatelic Society
G1 SeaTac Philatelic Society
H1 Kent Philatelic Society
J1 Duwamish Philatelic Society
K1 Evergreen Philatelic Society
L1 Evergreen State Philatelic Society
M1 Emerald City Philatelic Society
N1 Mt. Rainier Philatelic Society
C2 Seattle Stamp Club
D2 South King County Stamp Club
E2 Evergreen State Stamp Club
F2 Lake Washington Stamp Club
G2 SeaTac Stamp Club
H2 Kent Stamp Club
J2 Duwamish Stamp Club
K2 Evergreen Stamp Club
L2 Evergreen State Stamp Club
M2 Emerald City Stamp Club
N2 Mt. Rainier Stamp Club
and for a little humor – McDonald-Douglas Stamp Club of Washington