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  Accreditation of National
  Exhibitions and Judges
  Joint Finance and Audit
  Affiliate Co-ordination   Long Range Planning Committee
  Awards   Luff Award
  By-Laws   Membership Promotion
  Recruiting
  Board Committee Liaison   Personnel Committee
  Campaign for Philately   Preservation and Care of
  Philatelic Material
  Chapter Activities   Publications Committee
  Entry Level Collectors   Stamp Theft
  Ethics in APS   Technology
  FIP   Translation
  Historian   USPS Liaison
  International  

Accreditation of National Exhibitions and Judges (CANEJ)
Responsible for all matters pertaining to philatelic and literature judging and those philatelic exhibitions conducted under the auspices of the American Philatelic Society (APS), or qualifying as APS World Series of Philately (WSP) shows.
Stephen Reinhard, Chair
sreinhard1@optonline.net
P.O. Box 110, Mineola, NY 11501

Mark Banchik
Tim Bartshe
Darrell Ertzberger
Jim Graue
Liz Hisey

David McNamee
Wade Saadi
Bill Schultz
Phil Stager
Kent Wilson
Ex-Officio:
Ann Triggle, CANEJ Immediate Past Chair
Peter McCann, Senior U.S. FIP Representatives
David Piercey, Canadian Judging Committee Chair
Ken Martin - APS Interim Executive Director
Affiliate Coordination
Works with APS staff to promote national specialty organizations affiliated with the APS and encourages communications among the groups and with the APS.

James E. McDevitt, Chair
cwouscg@aol.com
3561 Country Ct. N., Mobile, AL 36619-5335

Deane R. Briggs, John Cali and Guy Dillaway
Judy Johnson - Staff Liaison
Awards
Promotes, solicits nominations and makes recommendations for the Hall of Fame, Kehr, USSS Barbara Mueller and Volunteer Recognitions awards.
Joann Lenz, Chair
Ken Martin - Staff Liaison
Hall of Fame
For deceased philatelists who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of national or international philately.
Randy Neil, Chair
neilmedia1@sbcglobal.net
P.O. Box 8512, Shawnee Mission, KS 66208
Herbert A. Trenchard and Alan Warren
Ernie Kehr Future of Philately Award
For the living philatelist who for at least five years has made the hobby attractive to newcomers.
MaryAnn Bowman, Lead
Karen Weigt and Steve Rod
United States Stamp Society Barbara Mueller Award
For the best annual article in The American Philatelist
Peter Butler, Lead
Kent Wilson and Michael Schreiber
Nicholas G. Carter Volunteer Recognition Awards
National/Promotion Service - For outstanding service/innovation to the hobby on the national level. This might involve work with an affiliate or an APS committee.
Jim McDevitt, Lead
Wayne Youngblood and Ken Martin
Local Promotion/Service - For outstanding local or regional service/innovation to the hobby. Efforts on behalf of a chapter, federation or a show would all qualify.
Tom Fortunato, Lead
Nick Lombardi and Judy Johnson
Outstanding Young Adult Philatelist - Award for outstanding service/innovation by an individual age 25-40.
MaryAnn Bowman, Lead
David Straight and Gretchen Moody
Outstanding Young Philatelist - Award for outstanding service/innovation by an individual age 15-24.
Cheryl Edgcomb, Lead
Denise Stotts and Janet Houser
Bylaws
The Committee provides the necessary language, tools and advice to the Board of Directors in regards to periodically updating the APS Bylaws.
Daniel J. Siegel, Esquire
dsiegel597@aol.com
P.O. Box 336, Broomall, PA 19008-0336
Phone: 215-735-6538
Virginia Eisenstein
Ken Martin - Staff Liaison
Campaign for Philately
Created to develop a successful fundraising program, create awareness of ways to contribute, and develop and administer a donor recognition program.
Alfredo Frohlich, Chair
Roger Brody, Michael Dixon, Ken Grant, Ken Martin, Gordon Morison, Steven Rod, and Wade Saadi.
Chapter Activities

Acts as a conduit of ideas by and for the nearly 600 local clubs that belong to the APS.

Thomas M. Fortunato, Chair
stamptmf@frontiernet.net
28 Amberwood Pl., Rochester, NY 14626
Phone: 585-225-6822
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Alan Barasch, MaryAnn Bowman, Vera Felts, Jane King Fohn, Don Schilling, and Denise Stotts
Judy Johnson - Staff Liaison
Entry Level Collectors
To provide assistance to the APS Education Department to enable it to broaden its reach and effectiveness to youth and entry-level adult stamp collectors .
Mrs. Carol J. Edholm, Chair
ysci@comcast.net
Gretchen Moody - Staff Liaison
Ethics in APS
Responsible for the promotion and interpretation of the APS Code of Ethics by providing advice to the APS Board, officers and members.
Gordon Morison, Chair
Arlene Dunn, Cheryl Ganz, Kalman Illyefalvi and Edward Jarvis
Ken Martin - Staff Liaison
International
Acts as a liaison between the APS and international philately.
Stephen D. Schumann, chair
sdsch@earthlink.net
2417 Cabrillo Dr., Hayward, CA 94545
Visit the FIP Postal Stationery Commission website
Michael Dixon, Richard E. Drews, Darrell Ertzberger, Yamil H. Kouri Jr., Ronald E. Lesher Sr., James P. Mazepa, Peter McCann, Robert P. Odenweller, Reuben A. Ramkissoon, Stephen Reinhard, Wade Saadi, Ann M. Triggle, W. Danforth Walker, Patricia Stilwell Walker and Terry S. Watson
Joint Finance and Audit
Monitors APS/APRL finances, reviews and makes recommendations on the APS/ARPL budget and investments, and supervises the annual audit.
Dan Walker, chair
dan@insurecollectibles.com
P.O. Box 99, Lisbon, MD 21765
John Barwis, Roger Brody, Jack Flannery, Ken Grant, George Kramer, Ken Martin, Steven Rod, Wade Saadi and May Day Taylor
Rick Banks - Staff Liaison
Long Range Planning Committee
Wade Saadi, chair
wade@pencom.com
Rick Banks, John Barwis, Jack Flannery, Ken Grant, Kathy Johnson, Janet Klug, Ken Martin, Dan Walker
Luff Award
The highest award given by the Society. The committee recommends worthy candidates to the APS Board.
Alan Warren, Chair
alanwar@comcast.net
P.O. Box 39, Exton, PA 19341-0039
John Hotchner, Alfred Kugel, Peter McCann, Randy Neil and Steve Schumann
Membership Promotion and Recruiting
Considers and recommends ideas to promote APS membership and to recruit new members.
Steven J. Rod, Chair
sjrod@aol.com
100 Match Factory Place, Bellefonte, PA 16823
James Weigant and Judy Johnson - Staff Liaison
Personnel Committee
Serves as an advisory committee to the Executive Director with regards to personnel and staffing issues.
Wade Saadi, Chair
Janet Klug and Ken Grant
Roger Brody and Steven Rod
Preservation and Care of Philatelic Materials
Provides in depth information to philatelic community and assists members with their needs.
Roger Rhoads, Chair
Visit their HomePage
David Herendeen and Alan Warren
Mercer Bristow - Staff Liaison
Publications Committee

Selects, reviews and recommends literature to be published by the APS that generates sufficient sales to cover all costs and a measurable profit to the APS, publicizes the APS and provides an incentive to join, increases the value of membership, and fills gapes in the current body of philatelic literature.
Guidelines     Submission Form

Peter Martin, Chair
pmartin2525@yahoo.com
P.O. Box 463, Naugatuck, CT 06770
Ken Martin, Bob Odenweller, Michael Schreiber, David Straight, Allan Warren and Wayne Youngblood
Stamp Theft
Assists APS members in the case of any theft of philatelic materials.
Duke Day and Nick Lombardi, Co-Chairs
stamptheft@stamps.org
Help prevent stamp thefts
Tom Horn - Staff Liaison
Technology
Reviews and evaluate technology-based opportunities that might allow the American Philatelic Society and American Philatelic Research Library to better serve their membership and to make the hobby more attractive to new members.

Clark Frazier, Chair

Wendy Masorti - Staff Liaison
Translation
Provides translation services to APS members.

Bobby Liao, Chair
c/o American Philatelic Society
100 Match Factory Place
Bellefonte, PA 16823
apstranslations@gmail.com

Website - sites.google.com/site/apstranslationservice/

FIP Representatives

Delegate - Robert Odenweller
Alternate - Darrell Ertzberger
Aerophilately - Stephen Reinhard - (Commission Chair)
Astrophilately - Reuben A. Ramkissoon
Fight Against Forgeries - Wade Saadi
Literature - Michael D. Dixon
Maximaphily - Terry S. Watson
Postal History - W. Danforth Walker
Postal Stationery - Stephen D. Schumann
Revenues - Ronald E. Lesher
Thematics - Ann M. Triggle
Traditional Philately - Robert Odenweller
Youth - Patricia Stilwell Walker

FIP Vice President - Peter P. McCann (elected by FIP)
FIAF Representative (and FIAF President) - James P. Mazepa
FIAF Alternate - Yamil Kouri
Board Committee Liaison - Denise Stotts
Historian - Herbert A. Trenchard
USPS Liaison - Janet Klug

 


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