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Newsletter |
| The first meeting of Federation was held on March 20 this year and, as usual, there was a
lot of business to get through.
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| New Zealand Post News |
| New Zealand Post has indicated its stamp issuing programme for the year, and no doubt readers
will already have received some information about most of the issues, but one
is of special interest. 2005 will be the 150th anniversary of the
issue of N Z’s first postage stamp. N Z Post intends to mark the occasion with
three series of stamps, one relating to each of the 50 year periods, and has
asked Federation to nominate some people who could usefully contribute ideas
about each of the issues. Nice to have collectors involved again!
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| Federation Meetings 2004 |
| Upcoming Federation meetings will be held on June 19 and November 19-20, the latter also being the annual general meeting. If you have
any issues or ideas, please contact your local Federation representative.
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| Judging/Exhibiting Seminar |
| The Association of N Z Philatelic Judges is holding a seminar for judges, exhibitors and any others interested on the
weekend of July 24/25 this year. The first day will be looking at one-frame
exhibiting, and the second will be led by Michael Blake from Australia, who
will be dealing with a range of traditional philately topics.
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| Exhibition News |
| There is an interesting programme of upcoming
exhibitions in NZ over the next few years, so for those of you who like
exhibiting or just looking, or adding to your collections, get out your
diaries. F.I.P. Exhibitions ESPANA 2004, 21 - 30 May, Valencia, Commissioner - Don Richardson Singapore 2004, 28 Aug - 1 Sept, Commissioner - Ross Marshall Pacific Explorer 2005, 21 - 24 April, Commissioner - Keith Griffiths Washington 2006 Commissioner - Don Richardson F.I.A.P. Exhibitions Taipei 2005, 19 - 24 August, Commissioner Keith Griffiths Vitenam 2005 August (to be confirmed), Commissioner Jeff Long National and Accord Exhibitions Swan River 9-12 September 2004 Freemantle Commissioner - Rob Hunt Baypex 29 - 31 October 2004 Napier NZ Philatelic Literature Exhibition, 25 June 2005, Palmerston North New Zealand 2005, 17 - 20 November, North Shore Kiwipex 2006 29-31 Oct 2006 Christchurch NZ Interclub Exhibition 2004 will be hosted by the North Shore society and will be held on 21 August 2004. |
| Tax problem heading your way? |
| The Inland Revenue Department seems to be reviewing the status of all sorts of
organisations currently enjoying non-profit status. This essentially means tax exemption on
the first $1,000 of interest. Usually, if this status is revoked it is because the
winding-up provisions of the organisation’s constitution are not sufficiently specific.
Perhaps you should review your society's?
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| Frame Fees – a change. |
| Federation decided to simplify and extend the $6 frame fee to all
frames erected at national exhibitions from 1 January 2005. This includes frames used for invited
displays, youth entries, and frames used for philatelic or non-philatelic material not eligible
for the national philatelic exhibition classes. Exhibition organisers can, if they wish, recover
the frame fee from youth exhibitors, but no more than this amount. This is increasingly in line
with overseas exhibitions.
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| Polar and Postcard Classes |
| The Polar class has been added to the schedule of national exhibition classes, and Postcards may be
added to the schedule later this year, depending on some work to complete on
membership and judging. Good news!
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| Federation web pages |
| The Federation web pages continue to be updated by most member clubs and societies. If you aren’t keeping updated information provided to webmaster Bob
Gibson, then I presume you aren’t interested in people coming to your meetings?
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| Those Australians! |
| ... beat us again at the Australasian Challenge. This involved 5 entries in
different classes from each of the States in Australia and the North and South
Islands competing in the exhibition held recently in Canberra. Last year, the
North island was runner-up, and the South Island was just one point further
back! This year, ACT won and the North Island did well to retain their second position. |
| Silent Auctions |
| Silent auctions are an idea for a future club night. Have a small number of lots
(say up to 12-15) and make them interesting. They can have reserves if desired. Place a sheet
of paper beside each and at any time during the meeting, members can place their name and bid
on the sheet beside any item they wish to bid on. Members can bid as many times as they wish
during the evening. At the end of the evening, or at a specified time, the auction closes and
the highest bidder for each lot pays his/her money and takes the lot home. This is a fun
activity for a night when you are having a number of different activities with short breaks in
between, rather than when you have a major speaker for the bulk of the evening.
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| Want More Info? |
| Further details on any of the above topics are available from Jeff Long at:
160 Soleares Ave, Mt Pleasant, Christchurch 8008, or at jeff.long@paradise.net.nz
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