This month the date of the first meeting of the Regina Philatelic Club was on the 4th. 15 members attended the meeting in person and four members dialed in via the ZOOM link, some of them due to not having completely recovered from the flu.
President Ian Y. opened the meeting at around 7:30 pm by greeting all present and pointing out that, as dictated by tradition, this is going to be a business meeting.
Treasurer Glen D. verbally presented the financial reports from the beginning of this “stamp” year. The highlights were the encouraging financial position of the club and having already reached 25 paid memberships.
Secretary Al G. presented the minutes of the meeting on October 7th. Both reports were duly seconded and approved.
When President Ian asked for any news or “Show and Tell” items, David MacD. circulated a set of remembrance stamps from UK.
Then it was time for the Annual Quiz, presented by Quiz Master David MacD. who, a few days prior to the meeting, deemed it necessary to issue a hint to the membership to “brush up on the Canadian pictorial definitives up to 1967, and for Great Britain the Penny Black, Penny Red and Two-penny Blue”.
The quiz lasted almost a full hour. 20 questions and sub-sections provided a total of 54 points. Mark D., the sole representative of the Victoria, B.C. RPC branch, collected the highest number of points but generously donated the prize to the runner-ups.
Several items were auctioned off by Mark S. but some items remained for a second attempt to find a “forever” home.. The meeting adjourned around 8:45 pm.
