What's New in BNAPS! (2003, 2002)
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December 19, 2003 The annual summary of Awards, submitted earlier by Bob Dyer, are finally posted - sorry for the delay. A very impressive showing! December 19, 2003 Two new messages in the Commentary Page. Remember, all members are invited to send comments! November 18, 2003 Pete has also kicked off a new feature: Stories and Jokes. Enjoy, and send in your own. November 18, 2003 Secretary Pete Jacobi has provided the Minutes of the 2003 Annual General Meeting November 16, 2003 Norm Wagner has tossed in his first entry to the Cover Challenge. Who is next? November 6, 2003 Bob Dyer has provided the awards lists for the Peach State exhibition, and also for Vanpex, held just last week. Fast work, Bob! October 30, 2003 Enjoy the new feature - BNA Cover Challenge October 28, 2003 Pete Jacobi has provided updated "lists" of Officers and regional and study group contacts. October 27, 2003 Mike Street's information about this year's Order of the Beaver awards is now a main page feature. October 18, 2003 Bob Dyer has provided the latest international award summary. October 14, 2003 Dean Mario has provided an item about this year's Toop Award. October 11, 2003 Some photos from BNAPEX 2003 are available. Let me know if any captions need correcting. October 11, 2003 Robert Lemire has provided the latest newsletter for the ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY REGIONAL GROUP. October 10, 2003 Viewers will have noticed a new main page. Additional changes are planned - if anyone finds a bad link due to these changes, please let the webmaster know. Also, please check out Bob Dyer's reference to an extraordinary Canadian Cover. October 7, 2003 Bob Dyer has provided award listings for several recent shows, including AIRPEX XXVIII, APS (Columbus), Minnesota Stamp EXPO, MILCOPEX 2003 and, of course, BNAPEX 2003. October 5, 2003 The newest addition to Specialized Philately comes courtesy of the Perfins Study Group. Thanks, Michael Behm. October 4, 2003 The Webmaster has just returned from BNAPEX 2003 - a wonderful and highly successful convention! Huge congratulations to Peter McCarthy, Mike Street and their many hard working volunteers. Watch for much more information in the next few days. September 11, 2003 Edmonton is the latest Regional Group to add a web page. Check it out! Thank you David Piercey. September 8, 2003 Publicist Dean Mario has released a statement regarding the BNAPS 60th anniversary. August 30, 2003 David Handelman has issued the latest edition of TOPICS. Click here for the Table of Contents. Non-members should check this out to see one of the benefits of joining BNAPS. August 26, 2003 The Schedule of Events for BNAPEX2003 in London is available in more detail. August 26, 2003 Secretary Pete Jacobi is moving back to the Winter Palace by end of week. Members and potential members can reach him there. August 24, 2003 Ed Harris has provided a revised schedule of the Calgary Regional Group meetings. July 25, 2003 Ed Harris, on behalf of the Calgary Regional Group, has provided 3 more cover exhibits. Thanks, Ed. July 21, 2003 Bob Dyer provides this note: "One BNAPS member recently won FOUR GOLD AWARDS at one recent APS show! That must be a record. Two other members have also won recent Golds". See AWARDS. July 21, 2003 Doug Lingard has provided the current status of the annual Study Group seminars for BNAPEX 2003 in London. July 1, 2003 Happy Canada Day, Canadians; and Happy 4th of July, Americans !! June 20, 2003 Bob Dyer has provided the latest of awards to BNAPS members exhibiting BNA material, including the Royal. June 16, 2003 Robin Harris has just provided a photo of members and guests of the Regional Group meeting in Winnipeg, taken this May by Don Fraser. Thanks to both. June 12, 2003 Congratulations to Dean Mario, for winning the prestigious "Pratt Award". And thanks again to Bob Dyer for the feed. June 11, 2003 A new Webmaster's Newsletter is now posted - click the above link. June 9, 2003 Ed Harris has provided the latest in the Calgary cover series. Maybe other regional groups see a similar opportunity? June 3, 2003 Secretary Pete Jacobi is off for his annual stay at the Summer Residence: 146 Lakeview Road, Libby, MT, 59923 USA; telephone: 406-293-6930; e-mail beaver@libby.org. He plans to return on or about the end of August. May 29, 2003 Chris Ryan has provided 3 new images for the marvellous "Introduction to Canadian Revenue Stamps". Can you find the 3 new ones? I hope the other Study Groups are paying attention!. May 28, 2003 The obituary for William Bailey has now been posted. May 28, 2003 Go HERE to see the latest "cover of the month"; this one from Chris Ryan. Then, run to your collections and dig out something just as intriguing for us! May 14, 2003 Bob Dyer has provided a tonne of new award information. Check it out!. May 14, 2003 Ed Harris has provided another in the series of Calgary Group covers. May 13, 2003 The Society notes with sorrow the passing of Bill Bailey on Thursday, May 1, 2003. Bill was the chairman of the Military Study Group. An obituary is in preparation and will be posted soon on the new obituaries page. April 26, 2003 It was recently announced that the Order of the Beaver of the British North America Philatelic Society will be making a rare "lifetime Achievement" award to Mr. Lionel F. Gillam, F.C.P.S., in England this June. April 24, 2003 Bless his heart, Bob Dyer has contributed to the Cover of the Month - c'mon folks, jump in!! April 18, 2003 The Table of Contents for the first 2003 issue of Topics is now available. Good work, David! April 17, 2003 BNAPS breakfast photos from the recent Edmonton Spring National are now posted. Send any caption corrections to me. April 15, 2003 President Bob Lee has provided an obituary for Harry W. Lussey, a Past-President of BNAPS, who passed away earlier this month. April 15, 2003 Ed Harris has updated information re the Calgary Group meetings. March 31, 2003 The Edmonton Stamp Club Annual Spring National show was very successful and featured a BNAPS breakfast with Norm Wagner and Donald Thompson as guestspeakers, speaking about their new book "Emerging Saskatchewan". President Bob Lee welcomed the many BNAPSers attending. March 31, 2003 Bob Dyer has posted the first list of 2003 BNAPSer award winners. Check it out! March 31, 2003 Check out what the Golden West folks are up to !!!! March 22, 2003 Mike Street has provided much new and important information regarding the London BNAPEX 2003 Convention. February 13, 2003 Several BNAPS executives have warned about a scam involving the offering for sale of BNA material by email. Evidently, the material is taken from copying images on this website. The webmaster also received one such offer, apparently from Switzerland. Evidently, the source has a changing email address. Be on your guard! February 8, 2003 The Calgary Regional Group has updated its program page. Thanks, Ed. January 24, 2003 Thanks to Ed Harris, the Calgary Regional Group now has a regular feature on covers from Calgary. January 1, 2003 A New Year's Message From The President Fellow BNAPS members and guests, on behalf of the Board of Directors and Officers may I take this opportunity to wish you all the very best for 2003, good health, good friends and may you find that philatelic treasure you have been seeking. For those visiting who are not members, I urge you to consider joining. As you tour this site you will see the many advantages of becoming a member, the BNAPS Journal, numerous study groups newsletters, yearly conventions to mention only a few. Have a question about BNAPS? Feel free to e-mail me, if I can't help you I will steer you in the right direction.
Bob Lee December 31, 2002 Mike Street has proved some updates for the BNAPEX - 2003 in London, Ontario. December 23, 2002 The webmaster wishes everyone a very happy Christmas and New Year Season. David Handelman's gift arrived today. December 18, 2002 The name of John C. Butters has been added to the growing list of those honoured by Her Majesty. Please keep telling us of others we might have missed. December 9, 2002 Bob Dyer's annual summary of BNAPSers awards is now posted. Go green with envy!! December 9, 2002 As requested by us, an additional name has come forward to be added to the list of those honoured by The Queen. Norm Wagner was inadvertently missed in our first listing - sorry, Norm and congratulations. If anyone knows of other omissions, please let us know. December 2, 2002 Steve Friedenthal has reminded me that the Slogans Study Group has previously supplied material appropriate for the Specialized Philately page. It has been posted on the Study Group page but is now also added to the other. Thanks for that and also the announcement that the Slogan Study Group will continue to publish its newsletter "Slogan Box" on the website and that there are no longer any dues for this group. December 2, 2002 Thanks to our Secretary for a poetic contribution, and to Bob Ingraham for leading me to it on the Robert Service web site. I think it deserves a place on our main menu. You will find it there. December 1, 2002 Our intrepid Secretary, Pete Jacobi, has forwarded an announcement: "The British Columbia Philatelic Society is pleased to announce that it will be hosting Vanpex 2003 between Friday, Oct. 31 and Sunday, Nov. 2, 2003 with set-up on Thursday eve Oct. 30 in the Minoru Grand Ballroom of the Best Western Richmond Hotel & Convention Centre, 7551 Westminster Highway, Richmond, B.C., V6X 1A3." For more info, contact Pete. November 30, 2002 The website has launched its new feature on Specialized Philately. Special credit to Christopher Ryan and Basil Burrell for getting this started. November 20, 2002 Bob Dyer has forwarded Dean Mario's announcement regarding awards to BNAPS members from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in her Golden Jubilee year. November 20, 2002 Charles Livermore will accept donations of memorabilia from earlier BNAPEX, such as special covers, for the official BNAPS Archives. His address is on the Officers page. November 12, 2002 Another stamp THEFT has been reported to BNAPS. November 8, 2002 Bob Dyer has provided information about winners of 2 prestigious BNA awards. To find out more, look HERE. October 29, 2002 The latest edition of Topics is out to members, thanks to editor David Handelman. Non-members can see what they are missing and then rush to join BNAPS HERE. October 21, 2002 Pete Jacobi's "labour of love" - the Minutes of the BNAPS AGM and the officials' reports - are almost all contained in his report found HERE. October 20, 2002 Mike Street has provided the first description of BNAPEX 2003, in London, Ontario. October 19, 2002 Pete Jacobi found time in his busy post-Spokane work to offer an interesting cover. October 15, 2002 Roger Boisclair has provided this advertisement for Kershaw's "Plating the Canadian Christmas Map Stamp of 1898". October 14, 2002 A new "links" service is underway, beginning with Railway-related links for the RPO Study Group. October 13, 2002 There is a new Webmaster's Newsletter. Click the link above. October 11, 2002 Jim Hansen has provided an obituary for Horace Harrison. October 10, 2002 There is a new Commentary message - this one from the new Chairman of the BNAPS Board of Directors, Art Klass. October 10, 2002 Four BNAPS members have won awards at an international show. One of those awards was in the "Youth" class. How could that be? See Awards. October 10, 2002 Norm Wagner, of Auxano Stamps, in Calgary, has informed us that the transfer of the BNAPS book sales from Saskatoon Stamps is finalized. For more information about BNAPS publications, go here. October 9, 2002 Hey, Texans - will y'all check this out! October 8, 2002 Bob Dyer has provided us with a long list of awards to members from six recent shows, including BNAPEX 2002. October 8, 2002 Thanks to Secretary Pete Jacobi, the lists of officers, officials, regional groups and study groups are now up to date. Please report any errors to the webmaster. October 4, 2002 With great sadness, we report that Past President Horace Harrison "El Supremo" passed away last evening.
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