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RECENT NEW MEMBERS OF ABPS COMMITTEES & WORKING GROUPS
Nigel Gooch: Company Secretary and Treasurer
John Baron: Executive Committee & PR Committee
Brian Moorhouse: Executive Committee Dealer Representative
John Pearce: Advertisement Manager, PR Committee
COMMUNICATIONS
Secretaries are asked to circulate ABPS News and the E-Bulletin to as many members as possible. Please e-mail Geoff Longbottom abps.phil@elics.co.uk with the e-mail address of your newsletter editor and web site manager so they can also receive a copy direct.
Copies of the new leaflet WHAT DOES ABPS DO FOR ITS MEMBERS? for distribution to your members are also available on request from Geoff.
Can Secretaries please take along the Handbook & Directory and Philatelic Lecturers & Displays to all meetings to make them available to members for reference.
CONGRESS 2008
This is being held at Stratford on Avon from 24th to 27th July at the Holiday Inn. Further information can be found in ABPS News and a booking form is available from:
Ian Crane, 15 Springbank, Everley Park Road, LONDON N21 1JH.
HARROGATE 2008
Plans are well advanced and this promises to be an exciting event. There will be some 60 dealers and 20 Society tables. There are 418 competition frames on display with judging based on FIP rules. Other invited displays include items from the Royal Philatelic Collection and Yorkshire Postal History. The entries for the Stamp Active Youth Competitions will also be displayed.
Regrettably, it will not be possible to hold the InterFederation competition at Harrogate and this has now been deferred until 2009.
Further information can be found on the website: www.harrogate2008.org.uk
NATIONAL COMPETITIONS 2009
These will be back at Autumn Stampex in 2009.
FESTIVAL OF STAMPS 2010
BPMA are the driving force behind many planned events over several months in 2010.
These will include: the Guildhall, London: The Life and Times of King George V;
Freeling House, London: Special events including children’s activities; and British Museum: Coins.
Others will be at Lords, Wimbledon, Twickenham, the National Portrait Gallery, the National History Museum and The British Library.
Federation events are planned in Thames Valley, Essex, South Wales, East Midlands, Somerset, Hampshire and the North West.
STORAGE SPACE REQUIRED
The existing facilities for storage of containers may soon be lost. ABPS would like to hear from anyone with space to store up to four containers in their car park or elsewhere. Offers or suggestions please to Mike Brindle.
AGM
This will be held on Saturday 12th July 2008 at The Royal Philatelic Society, London at 2pm.
ABPS NEWS
Please remember to send in your reports to our Editor, Hugh Feldman, prior to the copy deadlines. The next deadline is 15th July. Send by e-mail to hugh@feldman.f9.co.uk, or typed in a clear format and sent to him by post at Juniper House, Ashdon, SAFFRON WALDEN, CB10 2HB.
The personal subscription cost of ABPS News for members of affiliated societieshas been reduced to £3.00 for a one-year subscription of four issues. Orders please to Geoff Longbottom, ABPS Publicity & Publications Officer, 13 Mill Close, Hickling, NORWICH, NR12 0YT.
CAN YOU DO MORE TO SUPPORT ABPS PERSONALLY?
Why not do more to support ABPS and its efforts to promote philately by becoming a Patron (minimum donation £50) or Friend of Philately (minimum donation £20)? Please send your donation to our Membership Secretary, Alan Godfrey, 8 Gerard Road, ALCESTER, B49 6QG, or ask him to send you further details.
HANDBOOK & DIRECTORY
Our 2007 edition has been awarded a Silver Bronze medal at the New Zealand Philatelic Literature Awards, a remarkable achievement for a directory. Congratulations to Geoff Longbottom for his efforts. The next Directory will be issued early in 2009, and all affiliated clubs or societies who are members in 2008 will get prominence. So, please make sure that you that you renew your affiliation in 2008 to promote your club or society.
STAMP ACTIVE NETWORK
ABPS continues to support and promote youth philately through the Stamp Active Network. They are launching a NEW E-MAIL NEWSLETTER with activities for leaders of school and junior stamp clubs. If you are a club leader register by e-mail at stampactive@btinternet.com
WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS
Workshops for existing judges are being planned for later this year to update judges with new rules. If Federations would like to have workshops on any subject, please contact John Sussex at johndc.sussex@btinternet.com
NPS 15th April Exhibiting Postal Stationery, at Royal Philatelic Society, London
28th August Forgeries, at Phoenix Centre, London
INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
Entries are now invited for Bulgaria 2009 (27th to 31st May). The UK Commissioner is Alan Griffiths, e-mail alanjgriffiths@btinternet.com. Great Britain is now ranked number 3 in the world for international exhibiting!
THE ABPS UK COLLECTORS CLUB
Exhibitors are being invited to register for participation in FIP/FEPA events. For more information, contact Brian Sole, e-mail brian.sole@btinternet.com or write to him at 3, Stockfield Close, Claygate, ESHER, KT10 0QG.
USING E-BULLETIN INFORMATION
Any information contained in this e-bulletin can be reproduced in any society publications, but please acknowledge the source as the ABPS E-Bulletin. You are also welcome - and encouraged - to read any of the information to members at your meetings.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR TO GIVE YOUR COMMENTS on any of the above, please contact the ABPS General Secretary, Mike Brindle, on 01842 648727, at mikebrindle@talktalk.net , or write to him at 6 Nunnery Drive, THETFORD, IP24 3EN.
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