Meeting Minutes, Jan. 25, 2012
Heartland Senior Services Center, 205 S. Walnut Ave., Ames
Officers Present: Tom Beell, President; Merlin Hove, Vice President; Tim Shuck, Secretary/Treasurer;
Scott Nichols, Advisor.
Officers Absent: none
Total number of attendees: 32
Highlights:
• Several adults joined our younger members from 6:30-7:00 for informal discussion and coin
viewing.
• Tim Shuck gave an overview of the Club’s finances. 2012 assets are nearly double those of a year
ago, mostly due to increased Coin-A-Rama fees. Attendees were reminded that there will be no
member dues collected in 2012. Dues collection will resume in January 2013, and will be
calendar-year based.
• There was brief discussion regarding having name tags for the meetings, several speaking in
favor Preference was for paper ‘stick-on’ tags rather than the larger metal buttons with pins that
have been used in the past. Tim noted that many of the existing buttons are for people who no
longer attend meetings.
• Scott Nichols provided several coins for the raffle, which were giving away in quick order as
names were drawn by both youth and adult attendees.
• Sergei Antropov presented on Russian coins, talking about denominations, metal content, Russian
pronunciation of coin names vs. English/American pronunciation, the four generally recognized
eras used by Russian coin collectors, and coin imagery. The presentation was well-received,
evidenced by the many questions during and after the presentation.
• The presentation at the next meeting, which will be after Coin-A-Rama, will be by Thomas Beell
on Roman coins.
• Scott discussed the upcoming Coin-A-Rama coin show at Gates Hall, February 25-26. All dealer
tables are sold, and Scott’s requests for volunteers for specific tasks (such as setup and tear down,
roadside sign placement) were quickly filled. Tim asked those who were willing to help man the
table for visitor name tag distribution and raffle ticket sales to contact him at the email addresses
shown on the printed reminder card and email notices.
• The meeting adjourned at 8:30 pm but, as has become a pattern, many members stayed for
additional interaction and coin viewing.
