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JYlJVcA JY£W3 VOL 55 Spring 2001 NO.l NEW HAMPSHIRE QUARTER COMMITTEE EXPERIENCES By Bob Fritsch The President’s Comments By Bob Hewey NENA 2001 Annual Meeting Report 2000 Fiscal Year Treasurer’s Report NENA Classified Ads Club Listings NORTHEAST NUMISMATICS, INC ACTIVE BUYER AND SELLER OF ALL BETTER UNITED STATES COINS Collectors, Dealers and Investors have been dealing with Northeast Numismatics, Inc. for the past 35 years we have been in business. If you are buying, we have an inventory of several hundred NGC, PCGS and ANACS coins that change daily. For a free list and to receive a periodic listing of our current inventory, we request your address or fax number. We also service want lists on an aggressive basis. Visit us at www.northeastcoin.com. We update daily! If you are selling, we would like to be given the opportunity to purchase your material. It does not need to be certified. Single coins or complete collections, we will buy it all! With a high percentage of our business being with other dealers, doesn’t it make sense to deal with Northeast Numismatics, Inc. directly? We invite you to see us at major shows, call, fax or write us today. Authorized dealer in all major grading services. NORTHEAST ^NUMISMATICS ;iyINC* RAFECOiNS PERSONALSERVICE 10 Concord Crossing, Suite 220 Concord, MA 01742 1-800-449-2646 978-369-9155 978-369-9619 (Fax) Email: [email protected] Thomas Visit us on the Web at www.notheastcoin.com Caldwell ANALM #1318 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NEW ENGLAND NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT Bob Hewey P.O. Box 920586 Needham, MA 02492-0007 Email: [email protected] VICE PRESIDENT William Stone TREASURER Robert S. Anderson P.O. Box 920586 Needham, MA 02492-0007 DIRECTOR EMERITUS John Kittredge DIRECTORS George. Bilodeau Ernie Botte Joe Duval Jack Haroian John Kiley STATE DIRECTORS Connecticut Frank Hoerzer Maine Currently Vacant Massachusetts Currently Vacant New Hampshire Robert F. Fritsch Rhode Island Richard Lavimodiere Vermont Russell Easterbrooks NENA NEWS EDITOR Joe Duval P.O. Box 28 Willimantic, CT 06226 Email: [email protected] MEMBERSHIP Robert S. Anderson P.O. Box 920586 Needham, MA 02492-0007 YN ACTIVITIES Larry Gentile Jack Haroian MEDALS COORDINATOR Robert S. Anderson EXHIBITS COORDINATOR Frank Hoerzer HISTORIAN Jan Dyroff The NENA NEWS is the official publication of the New England Numismatic Association (NENA). It is published quarterly and mailed to all members of the association in good standing. For information about NENA of this publication, write to: NENA NEWS, P.O. Box 920586, Needham, MA 02192-0007 PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS Bob Hewey Our 57th Convention and Annual Meeting, held in con¬ junction with the Bay State Coin Show on March 24, 2001, was a success! The Boston location was not a de¬ terrent to an excellent turnout. Parking at the hotel was easy and less expensive than expected ($16 for all day on Saturday). There was a wonderfully varied bourse to meet virtually every collector’s need. Ten new members were added to NENA’s rolls. But the event was not without it’s disappointments, too. While the YN Program was fairly well attended, the turnout for the adult speakers and pro¬ grams and our annual meeting was meager at best. Also, only three exhibits were presented. We believe that edu¬ cation is the key to lull enjoyment of any hobby and nu¬ mismatics is no exception. If you have ideas on how to increase participation I’d appreciate hearing from you. Special thanks are in order for all who helped make this event a success, including: Bob Anderson - Medal Coordinator, Raffle Coordinator and Treasurer, George Bilodeau, Jr. - Exhibits Consultant and Love Token Soci¬ ety Speaker, Joe Duval - Communications Coordinator, Bob Fritsch - “What’s It” Table Coordinator, Jack Har- oian - YN Program Coordintor, Frank Hoerzer - Exhibit Coordinator, Jack Kiley - Display Case Coordinator (and Friday ticket seller). Rich Lavimodiere (Welcomer and ticket/souvenir sales) and Bill Stone - Secretary and Budget Development. Additional thanks go to Bob Kvederas, Sr. for his talk on “Interesting Pairs in U.S. Pa¬ per Money,” Gail Baker, ANA Education Director for her presence and presentation on ANA Educational Seminars and Scott Travers for his entertaining and informative talk. 4 Special mention must also go to Tom Caldwell, on behalf of Northeast Numismatics, for his donation of our Raffle Grand Prize (an Unc. St. Gaudens $20 Gold Piece) and Ed Aleo and his family for their running an excellent bourse and providing NENA with meeting facilities and AV equipment and $500 stipend. This was the first time in my three annual meetings as your President that the Jack and Mary Mullen Presi¬ dent’s Service Award was given. It was my feeling that there should be two such awards this year. The first was for the contributions of Larry Gentile. For the first time in 25+ years, Larry was unable, due to his health, to coordinate our YN Program at our Annual Meeting. The YN Program has been one of NENA’s most important aspects. It helps to create tomorrow’s numist- matists. While Jack Haroian did an able job this year, Larry’s presence was missed and his work over the years is very appreciated. As a wonderful bonus, Larry’s name was drawn as our Grand Prize winner in the Raffle. Con¬ gratulations! The second award goes to Arthur M. Fitts, III. Arthur is currently the ANA Historian and has sponsored NENA members to ANA seminars. By his own account, he is NENA’s first Life Member and has served as a director on the NENA board. But, according to Jack Kiley, his most important contribution to NENA has been the storing of our display cases over these many years! Congratulations and thanks for your many contributions to numismatics. While most of the officers elected were incumbents, we welcome one new member to the NENA Board: Ernie Botte as Director-at-large. He has many new ideas to of¬ fer, including getting NENA on the internet! Jan Dyroff stepped down after many years of service on the Board 5 due to increasing personal commitments. Thanks for your past support, Jan. We will also be replacing our long time NENA News Editor, Bill Jones, who is stepping down after many years in this role. Thanks so much for your efforts as both editor and contributor to the NENA News. We welcome Joe Duval as the new NENA News Editor. Please support him with your contributions. He may be reached by mail at P.O. Box 28, Willimantic, CT 06226 or via email at <[email protected]>. Minutes from the NENA Annual Conference Meeting March 24, 2001 The meeting called to order by Presisdent Hewey at 4:15 p.m. with 13 members present. Officers present were: R. Hewey, R. Anderson, J. Kiley, F Hoerzer, J. Duval, J. Haroian, R. Fritsch, R. Lavimodiere, & W. Stone. Minutes of the previous session were approved as corrected on a motion by R. Anderson, 2nd by R. Anderson and passed. The Treasurer reported an ending balance as of Mar 24, 2001 of, $6,882.04. It was accepted on a motion by J. Duval, 2nd by W. Stone and passed. Copy attached. A new slate of officers was presented by R. Hewey for the upcoming year. B. Anderson, Tres., F. Hoerzer, R. Lavimodiere and R. Fritsch as State Directors, and J. Har¬ oian, J. Duval, J. Kiley, G. Bilodeau and E. Botte as Di¬ rectors at Large. A motion by R. Fritsch and 2nd by J. Du¬ val to elect the named individuals was passed. B. Stone presented a budget for the year 2001-2002. After an explanation of some of the details of the budget 6 an amendment was proposed to add in the receipt of a $500.00 donation from E. Aleo. This incorporated in the Income category and will reduce the expected projected deficit to $212.50 for the upcoming year. A copy of this budget is attached. R. Duval moved and R. Fritsch 2nd the adoption of this budget. Motion passed. J. Duval suggested that a note be included in the Newsletter about gifts to the Association. Pres. Hewey told the assembly that he would be pre¬ senting Louise Aleo with Set 2 of NENA Medals for her work in the design of this medal for the Baystate Show. There were 6 entrants in a blind selection process, and her depiction of the “Big Dig” was chosen as the winner. Pres. Hewey announced the award of the Jack & Mary Mullins plaque, to Larry Gentile, Sr. for his long and dedi¬ cated service to this Assoc, with special emphasis on his YN program. A second plaque was given to Arthur M. Fitts, HI for his service as ANA Historian and our 1st Life member in this Assoc. Awards were presented by Pres. Hewey to NENA Ex¬ hibitors: 1st Place, Bill Jones, 2nd Place G. Bilodeau, and (non-competative award) F. Hoerzer; the Judges Award will be sent to Gail Baker, and R. Fritsch was present to receive his medal. The NENA Committee for the Bay- state Show to receive medals were: R. Hewey, R. Ander¬ son, J. Kiley, J. Duval, G. Bilodeau, F. Hoerzer, J. Har- oian, R. Fritsch, R. Lavimodiere and W. Stone. Presenters to receive award medals were: J. Haroian (YN Commit¬ tee), Gail Baker. (ANA), S. Travers, G. Bilodeau, and R. Kvedras The NEXT meeting of the board will be the 5th of May, in Auburn, MA at the library at 10:00 a.m. This will include the stuffing of the quarterly newsletter. 7 Motion at 4:50 to adjourn by R. Fritsch was 2nd by F. Hoerzer and passed. After the meeting a drawing was held to a door prize, consisting of a 30 year old set of NENA medals. The win¬ ner was Carl Lundquest. Respectfully submitted, °lD<iEuim Stone William J. Stone, VP & Secretary Winners are Announced for the NENA Raffle Numismatic author, Scott Travers, drew the wining tickets for the 2001 NENA Raffle. The winners were: Third Prize, Ed Chubba Second Prize, Rose DiCicco First Prize, Edward Bucken And the Grand Prize winner was Larry Gentile, Sr. Congratulations to Larry and all of the prize winners, and a special thanks to those who participated in this year’s raffle. New England Numismatic Association Annual Treasure’s Report March 21, 2001 Cash on Hand, May 18, 2000: Family Federal Checking $ 6,432.17 Past Presidents’ Fund 1,400.00 $7,832.17 Receipts: Interest 50.23 Dues 785.00 Ads 250.00 Donations 1,189.00 Medals 1,843.00 Raffle 233.00 $ 4,350.23 Cash available $12,182.40 Disbursements: Postage 318.32 Office Supplies (Envelopes) 219.24 Awards 49.95 Bank Service Charge 7.95 Printing (NENA News) 1,404.07 Badge Ribbons 36.00 Logo Punch 150.00 P.O. Box 44.00 ANA Dues 79.00 Medal Holders 576.67 Non Profit Application 15.00 Raffle Tickets 190.00 9 Raffle Permit 30.00 Raffle Prizes 130.00 Annual Meeting Costs 46.00 Annual Meeting Photographs 4.16 Medal Deposit 2,000.00 Total Expenses $ 5,300.36 Total Cash on Hand $ 6,882.04 Cash Balances: Family Federal Checking $3,813.28 Past Presidents’ Fund 68.76 Family Federal CD 3,000.00 Total Cash $ 6,882.04 Robert s. AiA,dersoiA, Robert S. Anderson, Treasurer $uL Xnda/-... 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