01/10/2008 Contact:
Fred Baumann
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Nominations
Open for the First
USSS-Mueller Award and
APS Volunteer
Recognition Awards
Nominations
are now open for the first annual United States Stamp Society – Barbara
R. Mueller Award for the best article to appear in 2007 in
The American Philatelist, monthly magazine of the American
Philatelic Society. The award includes a cash payment of $1,000
and recognition on a permanent plaque in the APS editorial
offices at the American Philatelic Center in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
APS
members can vote by completing and mailing the form available
at the bottom of the inside front cover of the January 2008 issue
of The American Philatelist. Members can also vote online.
A list of the 78 articles by 46 authors in the 2007 American
Philatelist that qualify to be considered for the award
are available in
pdf format.
Votes
for the best article of 2007 must be received by March 1, 2008.
The USSS-Mueller Award Committee will select the winner from
the top five as voted on by APS members and the top five as selected
by the staff of The American Philatelist. The 2007 USSS-Mueller
Award winner will be announced in the August 2008 issue of The
American Philatelist, and at APS STAMPSHOW 2008, on August
14-17, in Hartford, Connecticut.
The
United States Stamp Society founded the award not only to promote
research and philatelic writing, but also to promote the USSS,
its goals and its mission — to
expand the study of and knowledge about U.S. postage and revenue
stamps — to
the more than 43,000 members of the APS, approximately 80 percent
of whom collect U.S. material. The American Philatelist, which
has been the journal of the society for the past 120 years, publishes
articles on the stamps, postal history and collecting specialties
of all nations, and goes to APS members in 110 countries around
the globe. The award is named for the USSS and for one of its
most prominent members, authors and editors, Barbara R. Mueller.
Among her many other honors in six decades of devotion to philately,
Mueller, a member of the Halls of Fame of both the USSS and APS
Writers Unit 30, was the recipient of the APS John N. Luff Award
in 1956 for Distinguished Philatelic Research.
At
the APS General Membership meeting in Riverside, California,
on February 10, 2007, APS President Janet Klug announced approval
by the APS Board of a proposal originally put forward by Nick
Carter to create APS Volunteer Recognition Awards “for
those unsung heroes that serve the hobby at the local and regional
level, as well as awards for outstanding young adult philatelists
and young philatelists ages 15 to 24 who have served philately.
The goal is to motivate potential hobby leaders and reinvigorate
their interest. Those who serve the hobby should not be unsung
and we believe these awards will recognize their dedication.”
Nominations
are now open for these awards in four categories, “to
recognize volunteers that contribute their talents to benefit
stamp collecting:”
-
National
Promotion/Service — maximum
of five recipients each year
-
Local
Promotion/Service — maximum of ten recipients each
year
-
Outstanding
Young Adult Philatelist (ages 25-40) — one award each
year
-
Outstanding
Young Philatelist (ages 15-24) — one award each year
All
these awards require at least five years of service, though APS
membership is not required. APS board members, staff, and Luff
Award winners are not eligible. National Promotion/Service
Award winners cannot subsequently win the Local Promotion/Service
Award, and each award can be won only once. Winners of these
awards will receive a pin and a certificate.
In
addition to providing their name and contact information as
well as those of the nominee, nominators should include details
including length of service and positions the nominee held
with local clubs, philatelic organizations and shows, including
mentoring, promotion and leadership roles, as well as citing
evidence of excellence, initiative and persistence.
Information and
a
nomination
form (in
pdf format) for the APS Volunteer Recognition Awards are available
. You can also send a letter requesting a nomination form to
APS Volunteer Recognition Award Nomination, 100 Match Factory
Place, Bellefonte PA 16823. The deadline for receipt of nominations
is April 1, after which any nominations received too late for
consideration in 2008 will be considered for 2009.
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