SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 1049 Title : Minutes of Caledonian Philatelic Society meeting 2136 Author(s): 907 Copyright holder(s): Name withheld Text The Caledonian Philatelic Society Minutes of meeting 2136 held on Thursday 14th December 2000, Room327, John Anderson Building, University of Strathclyde. In the absence of The President (in Holland on business) the Senior Vice-President, [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] opened the meeting by welcoming those present. He especially welcomed all visitors – members’ spouses and partners and [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname]. Apologies were received on behalf of President [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] and [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] who sent his best wishes to all. Minutes: were on the table President’s Intimations: Nothing to report Secretary: Auction lots were still required, the Tea and Barrier Rotas for the new year were circulated and the date for the Social Evening, 2nd March. was announced. Treasurer: Absent Packet Secretary: The PS asked that members be much more vigilant regarding their accounting! Librarian: Nothing to report Delegate to Congress: Nothing to report Display: Member’s Night sponsored by [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] 1st Round: [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] – Christmas Stamps; [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] South African Postcards; [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] Misc Irish P.H.; [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] My Millennium Journey; [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] Pot Pourri; [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] Covers from Afar; [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] Lanarkshire Postmarks; [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] Sempre Idem (Always the same!). 2nd Round: [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] Albert – Town of; [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] Scottish Place Names Abroad; [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] Roumania (A Christmas Carol); [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] Airmails – England to Australia; [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] Scottish Postcards; [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] Air Letters; [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] Family Heirlooms and East Retford (his birth-place) Election Acts of Parliament; [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] Latvian Booklets. Vote of Thanks: Since he hadn’t shown anything the honour of giving the vote of thanks fell to The Senior Vice-President. He warmly congratulated everyone who had shown for giving the others such an interesting evening. The diversity of subjects was amazing. Next Meeting: Thursday 11th January 2001, Displays by the Committee sponsored by the President. Tea Rota: [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] Barrier: [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] The Senior Vice-President closed the evening by wishing everyone a Happy and Joyous Christmas and a Very Good, Peaceful New Year. This work is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The SCOTS Project and the University of Glasgow do not necessarily endorse, support or recommend the views expressed in this document. Information about document and author: Text Text audience Adults (18+): Specialists: Audience size: 21-100 Writer knew intended audience: Text details Method of composition: Wordprocessed Year of composition: 2000 Word count: 282 Text medium Other: Circulated at meetings Text publication details Part of a longer series of texts: Name of series: Series of minutes of Caledonian Philatelic Society Text setting Leisure/entertainment: Text type Written record of speech (e.g. hansard, legal proceedings, minutes of meetings): Author Author details Author id: 907 Gender: Male Decade of birth: 1930 Educational attainment: College Age left school: 15 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Protestantism Occupation: Computer assistant Place of birth: Glasgow Region of birth: Glasgow Birthplace CSD dialect area: Gsw Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Bearsden Region of residence: Dunbarton Residence CSD dialect area: Dnbt Country of residence: Scotland Father's occupation: Insulating Engineer Father's place of birth: Glasgow Father's region of birth: Glasgow Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Gsw Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: Tailoress Mother's place of birth: Cambuslang Mother's region of birth: Lanark Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Lnk Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: General life