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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 3277613, member: 57463&quot;]How is your local club?&nbsp; What do you all do?</p><p><br /></p><p>When I got interested in numismatics in 1993, I joined the ANA, the Michigan State Numismatic Society, and the local club in Livingston County. Over the years, I have been a member of local clubs in Albuqueque, Traverse City, Columbus (Ohio), and now, Austin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, a typical club meeting consists of some business such as planning for the next local coin show and maybe some community outreach.&nbsp; There&#039;s a PowerPoint presentation or maybe a Show and Tell, sometimes a coin swap.&nbsp; Often, they hold auctions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here in Austin, we have structured our meetings a couple of different ways over the past eight or ten years. For one thing, we got away from and then back to &quot;theater seating.&quot; For several years, we set up the room as open circle or horseshoe. With theater seating, you get bunch of passive listeners. Open seating allows for more interaction, sharing information. The problem with that is that the actual presenter is fighting for attention as people talk to each other during the show.</p><p><br /></p><p>Our meeting place is the local library and they have strict rules about money: they do not want to provide meeting rooms to flea markets, basically. So we do not have auctions. OTOH we are pretty good at giving out door prizes. We also give thank-yous to presenters. We have a &quot;Three Legged Buffalo&quot; drawing: win three times to get a American Silver Eagle. (It can take years...)</p><p><br /></p><p>We have had many monthly challenges. One was to find in circulation 11 different Federal Reserve Bank $1 A-L, Boston to San Francisco. Another was to collect all of the 21st Century Lincoln Cent types, and then the Jefferson Nickel commemoratives. Winners get prizes, of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for presentations, PowerPoints are pretty easy, but we also have show-and-tells for those who do not like to lecture.&nbsp; PPT topics run a range from US to ancients but saying that does not shed light on the details. Under &quot;US&quot; were the First Coin of the Denver Mint and the Buffalo on US Coins and Paper among many other topics.</p><p><br /></p><p>In most places, you will find that your actual meeting attendees are about half of the enrolled, dues-paying members. To keep everyone engaged, different clubs have used newsletters, post cards, and, of course now, websites and Facebook pages. Here in Austin, we keep pretty close track of the roster. If you make three meetings a year by September, you get a free ticket for you and a Plus One to the annual Winter Dinner in December. (The attendance sheet is numbered and we draw chits for winners of door prizes.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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