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Minutes of the 1091st Meeting

The 1091st meeting of the Chicago Coin Club was held November 11, 2009 in the Chicago Bar Association Building, 321 S. Plymouth Court, Downtown Chicago. President Jeffrey Rosinia called the meeting to order at 6:45 PM with an attendance of 22 members and 1 guest, Teresa Thompson. President Rosinia called asked members to stand for a moment of silence in observance of Veteran’s Day.

The October Minutes printed in the Chatter were approved as published. Treasurer Steve Zitowsky reported October receipts $150.00, expenses $962.98 and total income -$776.98, leaving total assets of $13994.08 which is in Life Memberships $2,390.00 and Members’ Equity $11,604.08. Steve also called for members to submit annual dues of $20.00, December banquet reservations of $35.00 and donations for hor d’oeuvres.

Following the second reading of the applications for membership of Martin Aguilera and Syed Yousef, separate motions were made and passed to accept them into the Club.

Robert Leonard, General Chairman of the 2011 ANA Convention, reported the appointments of Phil Carrigan and Michael Gasvoda as Co-Chairman of the Numismatic Theatre, David Simpson as Chairman of the Medals Committee and Carl Wolf Chairman of the Volunteers and Scheduling Committee. Robert took a minute to describe the responsibilities of the Activities Chairman which he had neglected to list in the recent issue of the Chatter.

The evening’s program was the annual auction which exceeded 85 lots made up mostly of numismatic books. President Rosinia served as auctioneer.

Adjournment was at 8:30 PM with the annual banquet as the next meeting to be held Wednesday, December 9th at Marcello’s Restaurant, 645 W. North Ave., Chicago. Cash bar opens at 6 PM and family style dinner at 7 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Carl Wolf, Secretary

Call for Medal Designs

Although the ANA convention in Chicago is 20 months away, our local committee has to submit designs for the convention medal by February 1.

The Medal Committee is looking for drawings and ideas suitable for a medal about 1.5 inches in diameter. Please mail them to:

Dave Simpson
PO Box 176
Western Springs, IL 60558

or email to chatter_editor@yahoo.com. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, January 19, 2010.

Now would be a great time to submit a great idea for the convention’s theme!

Final Reports from the
90th Anniversary Committee

Here are the final reports from the club’s 90th anniversary committee; they had arrived some months ago, but are included in this last issue of 2009. Sorry for the delay.

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Income Statement for CCC 90th Anniversary

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90th Anniversary Committee Minutes May 20, 2009

Steve Zitowsky passed out a detailed financial breakdown of the event showing receipts $15,490.11, expenses $14,993.62 and net income $496.49. The expense figure included extra medals that would convert into sales and increase the net income.

Overall the committee felt satisfied with the event, but in retrospect, everyone agreed some improvements could be made.

• The banquet room was warm and crowded. If the room were larger, then members would have room to mingle, take group photographs, etc.
• The medal design was decided in time for production to meet our event date, but too late to get a trial strike photograph into some publications which would increase pre-orders. Had the committee made a final decision earlier, then trail strike photographs would have accompanied the press releases.
• The Anniversary Committee worked well together and consistently met every month. If sub-committees were formed earlier and met between regular committee meetings, then work on some projects could have started sooner and some decisions might have been reached earlier.

At the conclusion the committee thanked Mark Wieclaw for his leadership and gave him a warm round of applause.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:35 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Carl Wolf, Secretary

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Final Secretary’s Note &mdash June, 2009

At this weekend’s MidAmerica Coin Expo, collectors bought 4 bronze and the last sterling silver Lincoln medals commemorating our 90th Anniversary. During the show, additional orders arrived via e-mail and we set aside more medals.

Yesterday morning, our last medal sold. Currently, we have five bronze medals on hand for collectors who committed via e-mail to send their checks immediately. As checks arrive, the medals will ship.

Congratulations everyone for making this project a great success!

Respectfully Submitted,
Carl Wolf, Secretary

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Auction Results
November 14, 2007

These are the realized prices for the lots listed in the November Chatter; some additional lots were consigned just before the auction.

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