Fall Meeting:



President Fred Levantrosser called the meeting to order at 2:00 pm.

As is customary, all members introduced themselves. President Levantrosser then called for a moment of silence in honor of a deceased member, Jim Blandford, who passed away in June.

Mike Miley, Jr was announced as the newest member of the Society.

President Levantrosser informed the members of his intention to more closely follow the By-Laws as regards the election of Officers and Trustees. The election is held at the Annual Meeting each April at The Plymouth Show. In recent years the nominating process has been informal. President Levantrosser plans to charge the trustees with the task of forming a nominating committee for the purpose of selecting a slate of candidates. This procedure will be in keeping with the By-Laws. The current trustees are Michael J. Baranoski, Cary E. Johnson, Paul A. Miller, Thomas J. Post, Robert Quintero, David A. Stanbury and Dorothy E. Winter.

Discussion followed on the Society’s participation at the APS Stampshow in Pittsburgh in August. The PSPS had been invited to share a table with some other state postal history groups, but due to some mix-up, that didn’t work out. Charlie Wood managed to find another group willing to accommodate the PSPS.

Mention was made of the ongoing project of updating the Michigan section of the American Stampless Cover Catalog. Cary Johnson and Greg Stone are very active in this area and are calling for any updates our membership can provide. Specific needs are listed in the Fall, 2009 issue of The Peninsular Philatelist.

Harry Winter, Exhibit Chairman for the Ann Arbor Stamp Show, announced that Charlie Wood had been awarded the PSPS Award for the best exhibit at the show by a PSPS member. Charlie’s exhibit, The 2¢ Harding Memorial Issue, also was awarded a Gold medal.

Charlie Wood proposed the several important philatelic libraries be sent a copy of the CD-ROM containing scans of all the past issues of The Peninsular Philatelist through 2008. The motion carried, so the CD-ROM will be sent to the Rocky Mountain Philatelic Library, the Collectors Club of New York, the Western Philatelic library and the Postal History Foundation. The cover letters will mention that Jeff Cole was the PSPS member who took on and completed the task of scanning the journals and then producing the disks.

The meeting concluded with some “show & tell” by Charlie Wood, Cary Johnson and Harry Winter.

Twenty-three members were in attendance. The meeting was adjourned at 3:00 pm.

PSPS CD-ROM Update:

CD-ROMs were sent to the philatelic libraries noted above. To date, letters of appreciation have been received from The Collector's Club of New York, The Postal History Foundation, and the Rocky Mountain Philatelic Library. All major philatelic libraries have been added to the PSPS promotion list.