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From the Secretary - Jerry Lebo
(Summer 2010)
Our 71st Anniversary Convention in Milwaukee is now history. The bourse was sold out and public attendance seemed to be above average, especially on Friday.
As most of you know, I am bourse chairman in addition to my duties as secretary. A good number of dealers voiced concern about the Thursday schedule, which allowed only booth holders and early birds on the floor. There were no public hours that day - just on Friday and Saturday.
This schedule was developed because of some complaints last year that we were not providing sufficient "dealer only" time. Public attendance Thursday afternoon of last year was weak, so we came up with the dealers-only plan for Thursday in Milwaukee.
We will have a combination of booth-holder hours, early-bird time and public admission for Thursday next year in Rosemont. Details to follow.
The Milwaukee event produced many admirable educational seminars. Congratulations to Governor Bruce
Benoit for a fine YN program that included a treasure hunt‚ and Boy Scout merit badge clinic.
Fran Lockwood's exhibit area included nearly 300 display cases.
Congratulations to Brett Irick for winning "best of show".
Each year we mail 1,800 or more postcards to CSNS members and others who have filled out registration cards in the past. The mailing goes to people living within driving distance of our convention.
More than 100 cards were turned in at registration in Milwaukee. From them we drew two cards for quarter-ounce gold coins and 20 for silver dollars.
Dan Freeland and Zach Beasley won the gold. Silver dollars were mailed to Jerry Baumle, Richard Hoesterman, Joseph LeBlanc, Andrew LeBlanc, Robert Fattore, Richard Zell, Bruce Bartelt, Anatol Mevch, Dany Rothfeld, Steve Butler, Ivan Lephart, Greg Lewis, Joseph Boling, Robert Conrad, Gerald Bankman, Leo Schmidt, Steven Bieda, Don Cerny, Greg Houzenga and Tom Rogers.
Our governing board met as usual during the convention. Minutes of the meeting appear elsewhere in this issue.
Also elsewhere in this issue are the names of individuals scheduled to be dropped June 1 from the membership roster for non-payment of dues. If your name is on the list and you believe your dues are paid up, please contact me (574-753-2489).
Remember: possession of a dues card is not proof of dues payment. The cards were sent to everybody in the original dues mailing last November. On the positive side, we have 195 new membership applications. Many of them were filled out during our Milwaukee convention. The list appears elsewhere in this issue.
Incidentally, there were three applications I couldn't process. One listed only a name but no address. Two others were illegible.
Sometimes I have to make educated guesses as to names and addresses on
membership applications because of nearly illegible handwriting. And I've been known to make a typing mistake (rare occasion, of course.) My point is please make sure your name and address is spelled correctly on our correspondence. Please advise me of any fixes that might be necessary.
And finally, there was the "pickle incident"
A patron of the concession booth in the rear of the bourse became irate after finding sliced pickles on his hamburger. He claimed he didn't order them.
He grabbed the pickles and hurled them at one of the concession booth workers. He was subsequently cited by security. Don't know what happened after that and don't know if he went ahead and ate the burger.
Jerry Lebo
Secretary
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