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0ctober 1997 NATIONAL BUTTON BULLETIN 207

L997 Minutes of the
Annual Meeting of

The National Button Society
The fifty-ninth annual meeting of the National Button Society was called to
order by President Jane Leslie at 8:15 a.m. on Friday, August 15, 1997 at the
Holiday Inn Madison West. Middleton, Wisconsin with a quorum present.
President Jane Leslie extended a welcome to all in attendance and a "big
thank you to cl.rairpersons Ruth Southey and Peg Hewitt and all who worked so
hard to put on this wonderful show." Those in attendance agreed with great
applause for the l.rost state.
Moved to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the last Annual
Meeting as they were pLrblished in the October, 1996 bulletin and to accept the
minutes as printed. Seconded and carried.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Bulletin "Frcddic" Speights stated that the December issue will feature
color plates ofbirds.
Membership: Lois Pool, secretary, reported 686 new merrbers, 244 Lrfe
members. 3492 renewals for a total gain over last year at this time of I 19 and a
new record as of this date of 4438. We have l0 new or reactivated clubs.
Second Vice President: Mary Doyle announced that Debra Wisniewski of
Michigan had donated a copy of her recent published book to the library. A
donation was also made by a member of a 1943 National Button Society favor
button to be added to the display.
Exhibits: Denver Elliott, chairman, reporled the fcrllowing "We have on
display in Div. I-383 trays, Div.Il-24, Div. III-295, Div. IV-43, Div. V1-6, Div.
VII-34, Div. VIII-27, Div. IX-1164 and 79 more in r,rpen competition for a total
of 2055 excluding the 36 in the Wisconsin display prepared by Bruce and Jane
Beck. That is second only to Springfield, Illinois in t98 I with 2123 and that was
belore the limit ol l0 in operr competition.
I 3 8 1 trays were checked in before 4 p.m. Monday and another 67 4 before 9
a.n,. Tucsday. I suggest that, depending on tbe availabiiity ofthe space, that the
Monday check-in be changed to 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with Tuesday 7:30 a.m. to 9
a.m. be scheduled as a late check in. The last tra)'was hung at 6:15 p.m.
Wednesday. There were I I awards with no entries and 13 with only one entry."
Advertising: Cathy Lindauer requested that rf any one wishes to advertise in
the bulletin they should contact her at the show or at ttre address listed on the
inside front cover of the bulletin.
Entries: Norma Camp reported a total of 2850 tray slips sent out, 480
entered in open competition and less than 100 were hung. She stated that she felt
many did not understand the meaning of open competition. She further stated she
had a new format for tray slips due to current confusion and errors by entrants.
Awards: Mary Johnson reported that the 1998 awards must be submitted by
the first ofOctober. She requested that you do not send in awards until after the
first of March and urged members to "try the awarci yourself before you submit it
to National".