CONFERENCE AT FIP CONGRESS, SINGAPORE 2004

A conference of the FIP Commission for Traditional Philately wasl be held on Tuesday 31 August 2004 at 8.30am at the Marina Mandarin Hotel in the Taurus Room.

MINUTES OF COMMISSION MEETING HELD AT SINGAPORE 2004.

The following people attended the meeting: 

FIP Tay Peng Hian Director. 

Bureau Members: Michael Blake Australia, Jussi Tuori Finland, R-Dieter Jaretzky Germany. Apologies: R Schnell USA, A Bertolaja Italy, 

Delegates: Hugo Goeggel Colombia, Hector Lattanzio Argentina, Börje Wallberg Sweden, Harry Sutherland Canada, Arne Thurn-Larsen Norway, Allan Berry New Zealand, Enrique Bialikamien Costa Rica, Martha Villarroel de Peredo Venezuela, Pichai Buranasombati Thailand, Liu Yuping PR China, Kahn Yoon-Hong Korea, Abdulla Khoory UAE, Samir Fikry Egypt, M G Pittie India, V T Nathan Malaysia, Raymond Jontis Latvia,  

Alternate Delegates:, Stephen Schumann USA, Jorgen Jorgensen Denmark, Arman Arikan Turkey, Howard Green South Africa, Alan Huggins Britain, Koichi Sato Japan, Horst Horin Austria, Jos Wolf Luxembourg, Nicos Rangos Cyprus, Alessandro Agostosi Italy, Vitor Jacinto Portugal, Francisco Gilabert Spain, Kiellman Lopez Brasil, Malcolm Hammersley Hong Kong, Leo De Clercq Belgium, Bert Goofers Netherlands, Arif Balgamwara Pakistan,   

Observers: Alesandro Grossmann Mexico, Gary Brown Australia, Jenny Banfield New Zealand, Igor Pirc Slovenia, Dieter Hartig Germany, Vispi Dastur India, Song Xuejun PR China, Mitsuhiro Shitara Japan, Se Young Chan Rep Korea, Sammy Chu Canada, Michael Ho Chinese Taipei, Ibrahim Shoukry Egypt, Hussain Al-Ismail Qatar, Ali Dawish Qatar, Chua Eu Tong Singapore, Surajit Gongvatana Thailand, Anil Siri India, S Imitaz Hussain Pakistan.

Commission Chairman Michael Blake opened the meeting at 08.40 am and called the roll. 

19 delegates, 17 alternate delegates and 19 observers attended the meeting, making a total of 55.

 The minutes of the Traditional Commission meeting held in Seoul on 11 August 2002 were read and signed as a true and correct record. 

Chairman Michael Blake spoke briefly to the report on the activities of the commission during the last two years. This report can be found in the Congress papers.

 The elections for the Bureau were then conducted with FIP Director Tay Peng Hian acting as scrutineer.

For the five positions there were only two which required a vote to be taken. Nominations for Secretary had been received for Roger Schnell USA, and Gary Brown Australia. Nominations for the FIAF represenative had been received for Brigette Kaplan Colombia and Aldo Samame Peru. 

After the voting all the new bureau members were invited to speak briefly and were welcomed with applause. 

The new Bureau consists of: 

      Chairman          Jussi Tuori             Finland

      Secretary         Gary Brown              Australia

      FEPA member       Rolf-Dieter Jaretzky          Germany

      FIAF member       Aldo Samame             Peru

      FIAP member       Dr Chua Tiong                 Singapore

 Other Business:

 The new Chairman, Jussi Tuori thanked  Michael Blake for his work as Chairman during the last four years. 

Michael Blake and Gary Brown both spoke about the Traditional website (Traditionalphilately.com). Recognition was given to Australia Post who are sponsoring the site. All delegates were asked to check their personal details on the site and advise any corrections. This information is very important as it is the Traditional Bureau’s official membership record. An appeal was also made for articles to publish on the site.

 There was time for some general discussion. It was very apparent that there is considerable support for The One Frame Class and judging traditional exhibits in the three time phases.

 Mr Alan Huggins UK, asked that the Bureau consider making provision in the guidelines to accept specialised exhibits of a stamp issue which was intended to be used as a joint postal/fiscal issue.

 FUTURE MEETINGS: It was agreed that a full meeting will be held at the FIP Congress in 2006. The venue has still to be confirmed. Delegates felt that seminars should be held at exhibitions sponsored by continental federations if circumstances permitted and it is hoped that a meeting can be held somewhere in 2005.

 The meeting was closed at 10.40 am.