June General Meeting Minutes

TBCC JUNE 2019 GENERAL MEETING MINUTES

June 11, 2019 @ Northdale Community Center

Attendance:  The June meeting had 52 attendees; 48 members, 3 new  members, and 1 guest were in attendance.

6:30PM           Doors Open.

7:00PM          Tampa Bay Coin Club meeting commenced with the Pledge of Allegiance. President Steve Tercyak opened the meeting.

Secretary Report:  Dennis Misiak read the minutes of the May 2019 meeting.

Treasurer Report:  The  Treasurer reported that the club continues to remain financially viable. The May meeting yielded a $384.00 profit to the Club resulting from the proceeds of the 50-50 Raffle, the sale of medals, and Good-Of-The Club donations.

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7:10PM     General Discussion

• Steve Tercyak requested that members provide their birthday date in advance of the next monthly meeting. The members who had a birthday in June received a Brilliant Uncirculated 1955-D Roosevelt dime (1955 was the year which TBCC was founded). Seven (7) members received coins.

• Medal Program Update: Two (2) samples of the 2019 Florida East Coast Railroad medal were received. The bi-metalic finish. Members voted to change the finish to gold since the quality of the bi-metal finish was unacceptable. It was indicated that the Private Mint in Virginia has outsourced all medal production to China. This has resulted in inferior quality medallions which are unacceptable by TBCC standards. Joe Crespo will explore other Private Mints which could be employed to produce future TBCC medallions. The new medals should be received in time for the Summer FUN Show.

TBCC JUNE 2019 GENERAL MEETING MINUTES (Cont’d)

• 2019 Summer FUN Show (July 11-13, 2019):  TBCC has a free table at the show.  The following TBCC members have volunteered to man the table:

Hugh Taggart (July 11,12,13)

Inge Taggart (July 11, 12,13)

Dennis Misiak (July 11,12)

Richard Tiffany (July 11,12)

Steve Tercyak  (TBD)

Joe Crespo (TBD)

Andrew Lydic (TBD)

Alan Lebeda (TBD)

Additional members are still needed to work at the TBCC table. (NOTE: TBCC members who volunteer must have a current membership in the FUN organization.)

• Upcoming Coin Shows:

                             Brandon Coin Club – June 15th

                             West Hernando Coin Club – June 22n

• Grading Seminar: The dates for the TBCC Grading Seminar have finalized. Skip Fazari (ICG) will conduct the class on consecutive Saturdays, July 20th and July27th. Ten (10) TBCC members were selected to attend based upon interest. Ten (10) members have confirmed; One (1) member could not attend due to personal conflict with the selected dates.

An e-mail was sent to all participants that the $25.00 fee for the Grading Seminar needs to be paid prior to the seminar. Payments to be submitted to the TBCC Treasurer.

PAYMENT MUST BE RECEIVED PRIOR BY THE JULY MEETING. OTHERWISE, PARTICIPATION IN THE SEMINAR WILL NOT BE PERMITTED/

TBCC JUNE 2019 GENERAL MEETING MINUTES (Cont’d)

• TBCC Auction: Newly implemented procedures produced positive results at the May Auction. They will be continued going forward. Rules will be reinforced to the attendees prior to the meeting as to the protocol to be followed:

• • • Buyers will pay and collect their winnings first.
    • Sell will be paid and unsold auction lots returned second.
    • Individuals that were sellers/buyers will finalize their transactions last.

7:15PM 50-50 Raffle:  Proceeds of $136 were collected. Richard Lopez was the winner of $68.00

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Monthly Attendance Drawing: Al O’Meara was the winner of the Silver American Eagle in the drawing.

7:20PM- Educational Presentation:  In lieu of the Educational Program, an

7:45PM           Open Forum/Q&A discussion was conducted:

• Andrew Lydic provided an update on the redesigned TBCC website. The new URL for the TBCC website is http://tampabaycoinclub.com
• Richard Arcas has returned to the area from Miami where he completed his Masters degree studies. He has volunteered to apply his new acquired educational skills, i.e. data analytics in helping the Club. Welcome back Richard!
• A spirited discussion involving getting youth interested

in Numismatics was another open discussion. Several members presented excellent ideas during this session. Follow-up e-mails were also received with additional ideas. The Board of Directors will discuss the creation of a committee at the next BOD meeting to discuss developing a YN Program based upon the ideas received. All TBCC members who are interested in attending the BOD meeting are welcome. Those interested may obtain the information by contacting any of the Board members.

TBCC JUNE 2019 GENERAL MEETING MINUTES (Cont’d)

7:45PM- Meeting Break

7:55PM

7:55PM – TBCC Monthly Auction

8:45PM

8:50PM TBCC Monthly Silver Raffle

9:00PM Meeting Adjourned