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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jason Hoffpauir, post: 2485590, member: 67527&quot;]Greetings.&nbsp; For whatever reason I have not gone to the coin club meeting in this town.&nbsp; First of all, I didn&#039;t even know the city I live in had a coin club until about a year ago.&nbsp; I had been invited about a year ago...well Life got in the way.&nbsp; I finally decided to make time and went.&nbsp; O.O&nbsp; My oh my how times have changed and unfortunately not for the best.&nbsp; First of all the meeting was held in a senior-citizen&#039;s home (Not that this was a real issue to me with the exception that you could actually smell death lingering around the corner).&nbsp; Second, let&#039;s just say that more than half the members were probably over the age of 80...but once again this is just fine with me as they are the treasure troves of knowledge and expertise for me.&nbsp; Let me tell you what I didn&#039;t like the most about it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; The meeting lasted 45 minutes and at the end of the meeting I heard the secretary say that this was a first in a long time as the meetings last only 30 minutes.&nbsp; We did NOT discuss anything about NUMISMATICS at all.&nbsp; We only have a meeting once a month.&nbsp; So basically that means we have a total of 6 or 7 hours of total time to talk or discuss Numismatics in a YEAR!!!&nbsp; The President was trying to give away his title to anyone that wanted it and it included the Vice President who politely declined the position.&nbsp; The lady secretary was horrible to the older generation there as she did not raise her voice so that the older members could hear her and when they asked she was very bothered.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; She had a lot of attitude and her position was like more of a hassle to her than a joy.&nbsp; We discussed 5 min of old and new business and then proceeded to give away very CHEAP door prizes where most of the winners were not even present.&nbsp; And that my friends was it!!!&nbsp; Oh yeah they did welcome me and immediately wanted to collect membership fees (LOL).&nbsp; It was a total disappointment.&nbsp; To say that some new blood was needed was the understatement of the millennium.&nbsp; I decided that after a few more meetings I would try to go for the Presidency and try to revive this old and in effect useless coin club meeting where when new people came to the meetings they don&#039;t run for the doors after just one meeting.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; It is sad what I witnessed, but instead of quitting I have decided to try to do something about it.&nbsp; Wish me luck guys...from what I can tell I am going to need TONS of it!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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