Regina Philatelic Club
PO Box 1891, Regina, Sk. S4P 3E1
22 August 2005
I am sure you are as shocked as I to realise that the summer is nearly over, and that it is back to the grind all too soon. Happily, one aspect of the ‘normal’ routine is the start of another year at the Regina Philatelic Club. I hope you are all looking forward to it as much as me.
Our first meeting of the 2005-06 stamp year will be on Wednesday, 7 September 2005, at the Sheldon Williams Collegiate Library. The meeting will start at the usual time, that is to say, at 7:30 p.m. and wrap up at around 9:00 p.m. We will have a business meeting to start things off, as well as discuss what we’ll be up to throughout the year to come. An auction will round things out as per tradition.
The following people are your RPC Executive for the upcoming year. As ever, please don’t hesitate to contact any of them on any questions you might have with respect to club operations or any comments or suggestions to improve things.
President Ian Yeates
Vice-President Mark Dyck
Secretary Al Goudie
Treasurer Steve Porter
Library Vik Kaczkowski
Programmes David MacDougall
Directors Keith Foster
Helen Morrison
Anne Hoffman
Our meetings are held every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month that the school is open. We may lose the occasional meeting date due to those fairly frequent occasions when the school is closed for a variety of reasons (e.g. teacher sanity breaks). These will be identified ahead of time and all will be informed closer to the date.
The Annual Banquet Night is our last meeting of the year and is on June 21st. More details on that event will be passed on next year.
The Annual Show is a definite highlight of our year. This year it has been booked for February 18th and 19th at the Seven Oaks Inn. The one Executive position that we did not resolve by the end of last year’s season was that of the Stamp Show Co-ordinator. I will assume that role. In order to get things going I will organise a meeting of the necessary volunteers in September or early October.
I would like to encourage everyone to give some thought to a potential display that they may wish to put together. Each frame can take 16 sheets, or pages, and the number of frames available for a particular display is up to three, albeit more can be arranged as necessary. I think this an important part of the hobby and would like to see more participation in this area. No pressure, of course.
There will be no change from the $10 per year that we’ve charged from time immemorial – please bring exact change for Steve, our Treasurer.
The conduct of our meetings won’t change from current practice – we’ll commence with a bit of socialising. At 8:00 p.m. we’ll conduct the business end of the meeting – e.g. President’s Introduction, Members News and Views, Secretary/Treasurer Reports (once a month), Meeting Programme event (as arranged), and close off with the auction.
We have a number of ideas for programme events. These include:
I have a number of things to note and will discuss further at our first meeting. These include seeking access to the library that avoids stairs (some of you, I know, are finding the stairs a bit much), auction procedures, and investment in the RPC library – Vik has noted some appalling gaps that need filling. Finally, Steve has made a start on a website for the Club. I know I’m impressed. You can check it out at
http://nonprofits.accesscomm.ca/reginaphilatelicclub/
If you need to contact me about anything, don’t hesitate. My co-ordinates are as below:
Ian Yeates
546-4123 or isyeates@accesscomm.ca