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OCTOBER 2013 DEVOTED TO THE PHILATELY OF THE HOLY LAND VOL LXIV NO 5 A Network of Salvation: The Role of HIAS in the Years Surrounding WW¤ 186 IN THIS ISSUE Biblical Mountains 166 Impressions of a Philatelic Trip 180 Sara/Israel 184 A.R. = Avis de réception 192 ENDOWMENT FUND 2013 Society of Israel Philatelists From Generation to Generation King David Level Queen Esther Samuel Adicoff Reynold & Betty Paris Sid Morginstin with thanks to Vicki Galecki & David Michael & Faye Bass Gregg Philipson Kaplin Bernard Friedman Kenneth Horner Dr. & Mrs. Samuel & Marlene Halperin Ed Kroft Moses Sydney Bash Lawrence Goldman Stephen Olson Dr. Nachman Brautbar Harvey Greenstein Stanley Raffel John Brinckloe Brian Gruzd Zeev Revitch Melvin Chafetz Barry Kaiman Howard Rotterdam in honor of Don Chafetz Bernard Kattler Dr. Zachary Simmons Howard Chapman Sheldon Katz Fred Strauss in honor of Mike Bass’ Rabbi Aaron Koplin Yacov Tsachor service to the SIP Alfred Kessler Robert Verna Doris Dreyfuss Michael Landau Robert Waldman Harriet Epstein David Matlow Amy Wieting Uriel Paul Federbush Thomas Nelson Anonymous – 2 Miriam Daniel Askin Hank Gardner Colonel George Miller Dr. Steven Baron Leonard Gelblum Meier Miller Chaim Bendicoff Ray Getsug Fuad Mosden Rachel Braun Harry Greenwald R.A. 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Tamiami Trail By-Laws Update Sarasota, FL 198 Candidates for SIP Board of Directors 200 Society of Israel NDEX OF DVERTISERS Philatelists Inc. I A Constitution and By-Laws American Israel Numismatic 179 211 Ed Fund Announcements Briar Road Company 179 192 Classifi ed ads 169 Doron Waide 175 Mandate Education Fund 2013 190, 195, 212 Inside Back Cover 192 A.R. = Avis de Réception Nathan Zankel, Palestine Back Cover Study Group Endowment Campaign 2013 Inside Front Cover House of Zion 190 HYCO Enterprise 183 Ideal Stamp Co., Inc. 191 170 Israel Philatelic Agency 169 of North America Holocaust Mosden Trading Company 175 170 A Postal History Perspective of the Negev Holyland Stamps 179 Holocaust – Part 2 180 Ottoman & Near East 175 Jesse I. Spector M.D. & Philatelic Society Edwin Helitzer D.M.D. Regency Superior 191 184 Sara/Israel Mail Israel Larry Nelson 176 Israel Foreign Postal Romano House of Stamps Ltd. 175 186 HIAS Rates – Part 5 France Tel Aviv Stamps 169 William Velvel Mosko˜ Ed Kroft 180 Impressions of a Website Archive Library Project 194 Philatelic Trip Thomas Schubert William M. Rosenblum 190 Rare Coins The Israel Philatelist - October 2013 www.israelstamps.com 161 SIP Leadership 2013 Research Committee Dr. Arthur Groten Treasurer FFICERS E-mail: [email protected] O Stanley H. Raffel E-mail: [email protected] Library President, Convention Manager Volunteer needed Edwin G. Kroft Assistant Treasurer E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Executive Secretary Slide Programs 1st Vice President Howard S. Chapman E-mail: [email protected] Michael A. 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SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL 3. Only access to the journal on the society web site, no mailed copy. If this issue of The Israel Philatelist feels a little heavier than normal that is because there are 12 extra pages On the attached ballot you will find these options and a tear off mail ballot. For the first time in many years, listed. We are trying to determine what our members the Constitution of the society has been updated and would prefer, so when you return your ballot, please modernized through the efforts of Howard Chapman. check one of the boxes. Constitution American philatelic society (APS) On page 197 you will find Howard’s summary of the I am a life member of the American Philatelic Society reason for the changes and how the Constitution and the largest American stamp society. I just received the By-Laws have been restructured. I know it is 10 long October issue of their journal the American Philatelist. pages of “technical discussion,” but it provides the I was fascinated by the new president, Stephen guidelines for how the society operates. Please read Reinhard’s column. What first intrigued me is the fact it over and if you have any questions or concerns let that the society membership has gone from 57,000 Howard know. His e-mail address is: stampareme@ members a few years ago to a current membership of aol.com. The adoption of the revised Constitution will around 31,000. They are losing 1,000+ net members occur at the February convention. per year! In contrast, the SIP has been fortunate in being able to maintain our membership at around Officers and directors 1,000 through the years. If you look at the preceding page you will see a list of the volunteers who work as a team to “run” the society. The big discussion at the APS’s recent convention It is this team which sets the society’s long term was the hiring of an Executive Director whose main goals and does the fund raising to pay for our many focus would be fund raising and recruitment. A activities. We are fortunate to have a very dedicated vote on creating that position was defeated by the group. Under the revised Constitution we are moving membership, but will be looked at again. from a chapter centered management team to a more general member centered team. To accomplish So what does this have to do with the SIP? While this, we are going to elect 4 Directors to the society’s we have been fortunate to be able to maintain our management team. Four experienced members of the membership level and financial position, we need to society are running for the Director positions.