Central States Numismatic Society

Serving the Numismatic Community since 1939

From the Secretary - Jerry Lebo
(Spring '08)

Our 69th Anniversary Convention is at hand: April 16-19 at the Stephens Convention Center in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont.

Patti Finner is scheduled to assume the office of president during the Saturday awards breakfast. Patti becomes only the second woman to hold that office in the history of Central States. Although the previous issue of The Centinel listed Glen Jorde as a candidate for president, he withdrew prior to the printing of the ballots.*

Our convention also features a 300-booth bourse, top-flight exhibits and a number of outstanding educational programs.

There is a schedule of events printed elsewhere in this issue of The Centinel.

Please check our website (www.centralstates.info) for any last-minute changes, additions, etc.

Several years ago Central States inaugurated a program by which 50-year members receive a special medal attached to a ribbon. This year five such medals are being presented to H. G. Spangenberger, John Foster, the Indiana State Numismatic Association, the Michigan State Numismatic Society, and the Milwaukee Numismatic Society. Congratulations to all five! They'll be honored during the Saturday awards breakfast.

CSNS board members have retired their gold-colored sports jackets and now wear cardinal-red shirts. Convention workers also will wear the shirts. The retirement of the gold-colored jackets comes exactly 20 years after they were first used as the CSNS board's official garb.

We'll have a complete report on the convention in the summer issue of The Centinel.

Governor Ray Lockwood has been appointed to the new position of Education Director. He and his committee are working on six projects. These include continuing one-day seminars begun in Iowa and Indiana during the past two years, providing more support for member clubs, among other things. Please contact Ray (765-664-6520) if you have suggestions or questions about educational projects.

Two seminars are planned this year. The first deals with paper money and will be staged May 10 at the Eric Newman Museum on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. The second seminar will be Sept. 26 at Cincinnati.

Several people have asked if our membership dues are tax deductible. As I understand, they are deductible in certain instances, such as a business expense but not as a donation and the like. Individual cases will vary, so a tax professional should be consulted.

Hope to see you in Rosemont!

*( Editor's Note: It should be noted that Glen Jorde not only withdrew his name as a candidate for the office of president, he voluntarily resigned his post on the Central States board of governors, effective January 21, 2008.)

Jerry Lebo

Secretary-Treasurer

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