Accreditation of National Exhibitions and Judges (CANEJ)

Responsible for all matters pertaining to philatelic and literature judging and those philatelic exhibitions conducted under the auspices of the American Philatelic Society (APS), or qualifying as APS World Series of Philately (WSP) shows.

Stephen Reinhard, Chair sreinhard1@optonline.net P.O. Box 110, Mineola, NY 11501

Thomas Lera, Vice Chair frontier2@erols.com

Wade Saadi, APS President Ex-Officio: Peter McCann, Senior U.S. FIP Representatives David Percey, Royal Philatelic Society Canada Ann Triggle, CANEJ Immediate Past Chair Ken Martin - Staff Liaison

WSP Shows Task Group

Tom Lera, Team Leader Al Kugel and Bill Schultz

Exhibiting Task Group

Phil Stager, Team Leader Jim Graue and David McNamee

Judging Manual Revision Task Group

Tim Bartshe, Team Leader Darrell Ertzberger and Kent Wilson

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Affiliate Coordination

Works with APS staff to promote national specialty organizations affiliated with the APS and encourages communications among the groups and with the APS.

James E. McDevitt, Chair cwouscg@aol.com 3561 Country Ct. N., Mobile, AL 36619-5335

Diane D. Boehret, Deane R. Briggs, John Cali and Guy Dillaway Wendy Masorti - Staff Liaison

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Awards

Promotes, solicits nominations and makes recommendations for the Hall of Fame, Kehr, USSS Barbara Mueller and Volunteer Recognitions awards.

Joann Lenz, Chair Ken Martin - Staff Liaison

Hall of Fame

For deceased philatelists who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of national or international philately.

Herbert A. Trenchard, Chair npmlib@yahoo.com 6909 40th Ave., Hyattsville, MD 20782

William Bauer and Alan Warren

Ernie Kehr Future of Philately Award

For the living philatelist who for at least five years has made the hobby attractive to newcomers.

MaryAnn Bowman, Lead Joan Bleakley and Steve Rod

United States Stamp Society Barbara Mueller Award

For the best annual article in The American Philatelist

Peter Butler, Lead Cheryl Ganz and Kent Wilson

Nicholas G. Carter Volunteer Recognition Awards

National/Promotion Service - For outstanding service/innovation to the hobby on the national level. This might involve work with an affiliate or an APS committee.

Jim McDevitt, Lead Michael Dixon and Ken Martin

Local Promotion/Service - For outstanding local or regional service/innovation to the hobby. Efforts on behalf of a chapter, federation or a show would all qualify.

Tom Fortunato, Lead Wendy Masorti and Robert Odenweller

Outstanding Young Adult Philatelist - Award for outstanding service/innovation by an individual age 25-40.

MaryAnn Bowman, Lead Peter Mastrangelo and Steve Rod

Outstanding Young Philatelist - Award for outstanding service/innovation by an individual age 15-24.

Cheryl Edgcomb, Lead Janet Houser and Denise Stotts

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Bylaws

The Committee provides the necessary language, tools and advice to the Board of Directors in regards to periodically updating the APS Bylaws.

Daniel J. Siegel, Esquire dsiegel597@aol.com P.O. Box 336, Broomall, PA 19008-0336 Phone: 215-735-6538

Virginia Eisenstein Peter Mastrangelo - Staff Liaison

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Campaign for Philately

Created to develop a successful fundraising program, create awareness of ways to contribute, and develop and administer a donor recognition program.

Charles Peterson, Chair

Roger Brody, Michael Dixon, Ken Grant, Ken Martin and Peter Mastrangelo.

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Chapter Activities

Acts as a conduit of ideas by and for the nearly 600 local clubs that belong to the APS.

Thomas M. Fortunato, Chair stamptmf@frontiernet.net 28 Amberwood Pl., Rochester, NY 14626 Phone: 585-225-6822 Visit their HomePage

Alan Barasch, MaryAnn Bowman, Jane King Fohn, Don Schilling, Denise Stotts, and Vera Felts Wendy Masorti - Staff Liaison

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Election Policies and Guidelines Review Committee (Ad-Hoc)

Responsible for reviewing the current election policies and making recommendations to the Board for any changes that may be needed.

Dwayne Littauer, Chair Hank Berthelot, Virginia Eisenstein and Steve Rose Peter Mastrangelo - Staff Liaison

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Entry Level Collectors

To provide assistance to the APS Education Department to enable it to broaden its reach and effectiveness to youth and entry-level adult stamp collectors .

Mrs. Carol J. Edholm, Chair youth.stamps@verizon.net Gretchen Moody - Staff Liaison

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Ethics in APS

Responsible for the promotion and interpretation of the APS Code of Ethics by providing advice to the APS Board, officers and members.

Gordon Morison, Chair Arlene Dunn, Cheryl Ganz, Kalman Illyefalvi and Edward Jarvis Peter Mastrangelo - Staff Liaison

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International

Acts as a liaison between the APS and international philately.

Stephen D. Schumann, chair sdsch@earthlink.net 2417 Cabrillo Dr., Hayward, CA 94545 Visit the FIP Postal Stationery Commission website

Michael Dixon, Richard E. Drews, Darrell Ertzberger, David L. Herendeen, Yamil H. Kouri Jr., Ronald E. Lesher Sr., James P. Mazepa, Peter McCann, Robert P. Odenweller, Daniel C. Olsen, Charles J. Peterson, Reuben A. Ramkissoon, Stephen Reinhard, Wade Saadi, Ann M. Triggle, W. Danforth Walker and Patricia Stilwell Walker

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Joint Finance and Audit

Monitors APS/APRL finances, reviews and makes recommendations on the APS/ARPL budget and investments, and supervises the annual audit.

Dan Walker, chair dan@insurecollectibles.com P.O. Box 99, Lisbon, MD 21765

Roger Brody, Jack Flannery, Ken Grant, George Kramer, Steven Rod, Wade Saadi and May Day Taylor Rick Banks - Staff Liaison

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Luff Award

The highest award given by the Society. The committee recommends worthy candidates to the APS Board.

Alan Warren, Chair alanwar@worldnet.att.net P.O. Box 39, Exton, PA 19341-0039

Tom Alexander, John Hotchner, Randy Neil and Steve Schumann Peter Mastrangelo - Staff Chair

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Membership Promotion and Recruiting

Considers and recommends ideas to promote APS membership and to recruit new members.

Wade Saadi, Chair

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Personnel Committee (Ad-Hoc)

Serves as an advisory committee to the Executive Director with regards to personnel and staffing issues.

Janet Klug, Chair Wade Saadi and Ken Grant

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Preservation and Care of Philatelic Materials

Provides in depth information to philatelic community and assists members with their needs.

Roger Rhoads, Chair Visit their HomePage

William Souder and Alan Warren Mercer Bristow - Staff Liaison

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Publications Committee

Selects, reviews and recommends literature to be published by the APS that generates sufficient sales to cover all costs and a measurable profit to the APS, publicizes the APS and provides an incentive to join, increases the value of membership, and fills gapes in the current body of philatelic literature.

Peter Martin, Chair pmartin2020@aol.com P.O. Box 463, Naugatuck, CT 06770

Barb Boal, Ken Martin, Bob Odenweller, Charlie Peterson, David Straight, Bill Welch and Wayne Youngblood Barb Boal - Staff Liaison

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Stamp Theft

Assists APS members in the case of any theft of philatelic materials.

Duke Day and Nick Lombardi, Co-Chairs 8605@comcast.net Help prevent stamp thefts

Tom Horn - Staff Liaison

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Technology

Reviews and evaluate technology-based opportunities that might allow the American Philatelic Society and American Philatelic Research Library to better serve their membership and to make the hobby more attractive to new members.

Larry D. Fillion, Chair malariastamps@yahoo.com Brian Krasinski - Staff Liaison

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Translation

Provides translation services to APS members.

Bobby Liao, Chair P.O. Box 2052 Los Altos, CA 94023 aps-translation@7xmedia.com Website - aps.7xmedia.com

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FIP Representatives

Delegate - Darrell Ertzberger Alternate - Robert Odenweller Aerophilately - Stephen Reinhard - (Commission Chair) Astrophilately - Reuben A. Ramkissoon Fight Against Forgeries - Rich Drews Literature - Michael D. Dixon Maximaphily - Daniel C. Olsen Postal History - W. Danforth Walker Postal Stationery - Stephen D. Schumann Revenues - Ronald E. Lesher Thematics - Ann M. Triggle Traditional Philately - David L. Herendeen Youth - Patricia Stilwell Walker

FIP Vice President - Peter P. McCann (elected by FIP) FIP Director - Charles J. Peterson (elected by FIP)

FIAF Representative (and FIAF President) - James P. Mazepa FIAF Alternate - Yamil Kouri

Board Committee Liaison - Denise Stotts

Historian - Herbert A. Trenchard

USPS Liaison - John M. Hotchner

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