Northeastern Federation of Stamp Clubs Minutes of the October 21, 2007 meeting held during WALPEX 2007 at the Minuteman Regional High School, Lexington, MA.

REMINDER OF NEXT MEETING: The next meeting will be held at 1:00 PM on January 13, 2008 during the 2nd Sunday Bourse at Spellman Museum of Stamps and Philatelic History, Weston, MA.

President Jack Miller called the meeting to order at 1:06PM.

Attendees:
Len Andexler - Chelmsford Stamp Club
Norm Shufrin - Waltham Stamp Club
Bruce Bolduc - Wachusett Philatelic Society
Mark Butterline - Philatelic Group of Boston
Rene Duval - Clara Barton Stamp Club
Jack Miller - Waltham Stamp Club
Peter Pierce - Clara Barton Stamp Club
Wayne Rindone - Needham-Newton Stamp Club

There was a quorum of the BOD.

Secretary's Report:
The Secretary's Report from the September 9 meeting was accepted as distributed.

Treasurer's Report:
Bruce Bolduc reported that the cash balance for the federation (including the Philatelic Show accounts) is positive as of 9/30/07. A surplus was reported for the past reporting year ending 9/30/07.

Old Business:
Bruce Bolduc reported that Youth Activities were still picking up new members. Recently did 4 summer sessions at the Clara Barton Camp for Girls with Diabetes for ~50 girls.

Wayne Rindone (PS Treasurer) reported that Philatelic Show 2007 resulted in a surplus.

Mark Butterline (Webmaster) reported that the new website became operational on August 20. In the two months since there have been ~2,500 visits by real people with ~7,500 page views. In the past week there had been ~500 page views of Walpex related pages. Mark requested permission to purchase the domains philatelicshow.org and philatelicshow.com at a cost of $6/year. This was approved unanimously.

Norm Shufrin reported that 330 people attended the first day of Walpex. Also noted that facility expenses had risen from ~$1900 to ~$2900 in just two years, resulting in rent increases for the dealer booths. However, there is still a large dealer wait list.

Len Andexler said that he had talked with a number of dealers at Walpex who said they would be interested in participating at next year's Chelmpex.

New Business:
No Philatelic Show 2008 business as Jeff Shapiro was not present.

President Jack Miller adjourned the meeting at 1:30PM.
Respectfully submitted by Mark Butterline, Secretary.