• 9:30-10 AM: Swap and Shop or Research
• 10 AM: Business Meeting
  • Welcome
  • Update on the AFDCS Election: Ballots will not be opened until October.
  • Treasurers Report
    Introduction of new Treasurer and Secretary:
    • Bob McDermott
    • Loretta Starr
  • Discussion: Meeting Coordinator
  • Volunteers for April and May 2009 meetings
  • Letter regarding the October 2008 Color issue of FIRSTDAYS
  • Dues for 2008-2009 to provide a donation to UTD
  • December Christmas Party - Suggestions wanted
• 10:45-11:30 AM: Presentation by speaker Marilyn Bearr - report on Americover 2008 and her experiences exhibiting there.
• Available for sale at the meeting:
  • LBJ 100th birthday covers cancelled in Austin in August as well as the remaining Beijing Olympic FDCs.
  • The LBJ covers are $2 each with $1 being donated to the Chapter.
  • The Olympic covers are $3 each with all proceeds going to the chapter.

The Fall Classic - Baseball Covers: Speaker - Paul Benson

• Agenda:
  9:30->10AM Swap and Shop: Use the Wineburgh Philatelic Research Library or simply sit and chat. Coffee is usually available.
• 10AM--Business meeting begins:
  • Minutes from Sept meeting--Loretta Starr
  • Treasurers Report--Bob McDermott
  • Presidents Report--We may be able to announce the winners of the Board of
  • Directors voting--subject to approval by the AFDCS.
  • Christmas Party--any new suggestions?
  • Still need a volunteer for the May 2009 meeting--this is the only slot still available. Share your collection with us.
• 10:30->Noon-- Feature Presentation:
  • Take Me Out To The Ballgame by Paul Benson, 1939-2008 Sights and Sounds.
  • A variety of FDCs will be shown for all the Baseball Stamps issued by the USPS/POD.
  • Some cachets will be brought alive in song or words.
  • We are in the midst of baseball playoffs and the World Series is fast approaching. This is an especially timely topic!

Enjoy the fellowship of other collectors and go home with additional knowledge or even some new covers. Tricia Richmond often brings her latest McIntosh FDCs for you to admire and purchase.

• Agenda:
• 9:30 - 10:00 Swap and Shop; Bring covers to trade or sell. Tricia may have some new covers to show.
• 10:00 - 10:30 Business Meeting:
  • Secretary, Treasurer and President Reports
  • Update on missing FIRST DAYS
  • Open discussion on dues for 2009
  • Need for Program Coordinator
  • Christmas Party
• 10:30 - 12:00 Bob McDermotts Presentation - The Texas Centennial

• Our Mary meeting was held on Saturday May 24 beginning at 9:30AM (note the changed meeting date) at the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, located on Campbell Road in Richardson. Location will be in the McDermott Library, Special collections area, Wineburgh Philatelic Library.
• Agenda:
  • 9:30-10 AM Swap and Shop -- bring covers to sell or trade
  • 10AM Business Meeting
  • Treasurers Report
  • Report on Texpex
  • May Presentation: Tricia Richmond will be our speaker -- her subject is the ACE Cover Exchange.
  • June picnic planning -- June Picnic at at Cliff's home. Our picnic is for members and their spouse/guest. The date is June 14-Flag Day.
  • Noon -- Adjourn
• New members and visitors are always welcome!

• TEXPEX was held April 11-13 at the Doubletree Hotel in Dallas near the Galleria. Chapter 56 had our table set up and manned in the show entry area.
• Images from the show can be seen by clicking here.
• Our April meeting was held on Saturday April 12 at TEXPEX from 2:00 to 3:00 PM in the Acacia room. Our guest speaker was Bob Emrick, a hand painted cachet maker from Texas. His seminar topic was titled "Two Hobbies Collide!"
• To view a copy of the cachet cancel click the TEXPEX 2008 logo at left.
  

• Our March meeting was held on Saturday March 8 beginning at 9:30AM at the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, located on Campbell Road in Richardson. Location will be in the McDermott Library, Special collections area, Wineburgh Philatelic Library.
• Agenda:
  • 9:30-10:00 AM Swap and Shop--bring covers you wish to sell or trade
  • 10:00 AM--Business Meeting
    Treasurers Report
    Planning for TEXPEX in April
    Stamp Calendar
    Raffle for future meetings
    Request from Chris Lazaroff that Chapter 56 handles AFDCS vote count
  • 10:45 AM Cliff Way showed his collection of the 1995 Texas Statehood First Day Covers. Cliff attended the First Day Ceremony in Austin. He even had then Governor George Bush's autograph on a folder. The cachets for this issue were very colorful and reflected the history of Texas.
  • Noon -- Adjourn

• Our February meeting was held on Saturday February 9 beginning at 9:30AM at the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, located on Campbell Road in Richardson. Location will be in the McDermott Library, Special collections area, Wineburgh Philatelic Library.
• Coffee and Donuts.
• Agenda:
  • 9:30-10AM Swap and Shop
  • 10AM-Business Meeting
  • Treasurers Report
  • Update on TEXPEX--Now April 11-13--New layout for Societies.
  • New Issues for 2008
  • Mike Gibson Presentation
• Anyone interested in doing any Philatelic research has access to the Wineburgh Philatelic Library until 12 noon. Paul Oelkrug from the Library was available to help learn how to use the library. The Philatelic Library is open to suggestions as to which materials (books etc:) might be added to the collection.
• If you have not attended one of our meetings, we suggest that you feel free to join us. We look forward to meeting new collectors
• One of our members, Tricia Richmond is a cachet maker (McIntosh cachets) and she often attends with her latest creations which are for sale. Tricia has won awards at the annual AFDCS conventions in recent years.

• Our January meeting is was Saturday Jan 12 at the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson.
  • 9:30 to 10:00 AM: Swap and Shop or use the Research Library
  • 10 to 10:30 Business Meeting: Treasurers Report,
  • 10:30+ Jones McConnell gave a talk about his first day cover collecting and show some of his favorite cachets.
• Chapter covers were available for sale including items planned for our Auction.