ABPS News
September 2007
The magazine of the Association of British Philatelic Societies (a company limited by guarantee), published four times a year, in February, April, September and December. Copies are sent to Secretaries of ABPS member societies. For more copies, please contact the ABPS Secretary. Address below.
Material from ABPS News may be freely reproduced, but acknowledgement of the source would be appreciated.
To contact the ABPS by post, please send to
General Secretary, 6 Nunnery Drive, Thetford IP24 3EN
or
email:
This includes information such as changes of details of society secretaries
However, items to appear in ABPS News should be sent directly to the Editor: Hugh Feldman, Editor ABPS News, Juniper House, Ashdon, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 2HB. Copy dates.
items to appear in other ABPS publications should be sent to the Publications Officer, and annual subscriptions should be sent to the Membership Secretary. To join the ABPS
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Speakers’ list
ABPS Philatelic Lecturers and Displays. This is a vital tool for all those in societies who have to arrange the annual programme of meetings, giving details of those prepared to give displays, together with details of the talks offered.
The editor will be glad to hear from anyone who offers displays but whose details are not presently included. Please contact Geoff Longbottom, ABS Publicity and Publications Officer, Mill Close, Hickling, Norwich NR12 0YT tel: 01692 598844; e-mail
abps.phil@elics.co.uk
Model Constitution
Earlier this year ABPS published ‘A Model; Constitution for Societies’ as a printed leaflet. It has been prepared to help in the setting up of a new society as well as for those whose constitution was written some time ago and may now need updating. This model constitution can be used in its entirety or extracts can be utilised as needed. For those who want to avoid lots of keyboard time and proofing, the Model Constitution can also be made available as a floppy disk, or on a CD-Rom, at a cost of £1. For a copy of the leaflet, or a disk, please contact Geoff Longbottom, ABPS Publicity and Publications officer, Mill Close, Hickling, Norwich NR12 0YT tel: 01692 598844; e-mail: abps.phil@elics.co.uk
Small Grants Scheme
The aim of the Small Grants Scheme is to enable individuals, societies and/or Federations undertake initiatives that require additional funding. Its purpose is not to ‘balance the books’, nor to meet a deficit that becomes apparent after an event. Nor is it simply to promote the name and activities of ABPS. To this end, applications for a small grant must be received no later than three months prior to the staging of the event.
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Spreading the word
The information stands at Stampex and Philatex, as well as at Federation events across the country, need a further supply of up-to-date information leaflets about the activities of the specialised societies affiliated to ABPS.
Please send a limited supply (50 leaflets is suggested) to Dane Garrod, CAB International, Wallingford OX10 8EE.
Copy dates (back)
The copy dates for ABPS News are as follows:
The dates by which material must be received are:
February issue: December 15
April: February 15
September: July 15
December: October 15
Material for publication in ABPS News should be sent to Hugh Feldman, Editor ABPS News, Juniper House, Ashdon, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 2HB, preferably as a Word document by email to hugh@feldman.f9.co.uk, on disk or CD-Rom or typed hard copy. Photographs are welcome, and again can be submitted on disk or CD-Rom. (Please enclose a stamped, addressed envelope if photographs are to be returned, but please note that photographs are normally retained for about two months after publication, just in case any queries arise.)
However, please don’t leave it to the last minute to send in your items — as soon as they are ready, do submit them. Items for the ‘Diary’ in particular should be sent in as soon as known: this can be a help to others who may be considering holding another event in your area around the same time.
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