Other projects: A Hopkinson Literature Award plaque was procured and
presented at Washington. We also purchased a
Remington bronze that was one
of the special awards for Washington 2006.
A Remington Bronze was purchased on behalf of the USSS and
has been donated to the Washington 2006 committee. It is
expected that it will be used for one of the major awards. An
article and picture have been sent to The Specialist for
publication (see July issue, p. 293).
Projected purchases between now and the next annual meeting will be the usual
office supplies and postage, as well as the Hopkinson and Southgate awards for
the 2005 meeting. This year we are using the "left-over" Hopkinson forwarded to
me by Kirk Nichols and I have purchased the Southgate award. I would like to
have input on whether we wish to continue with the trays in the future or look
at some alternatives. This year's Southgate Award is a 12" tray that cost $25
(engraving included). A match for the Hopkinson Award (14") could not be found
and any 14" tray would have to have been ordered: there was not enough lead-time
this year to do this. I personally think the smaller tray might be a better
alternative anyway. I can look into bulk purchases if there is a price break
available once we have decided on what award we want to use.
Awards sent so far this year: 17 gold Statue of Freedom medals have been sent to
WSP shows to date; this is for shows through July. I have sent 14 silver
President's awards so far this year; some of these shows will take place as late
as September. I fill these requests as they come in. I have also offered it to
many shows that did not know about it when they were requesting the AAPE pins.
Most have accepted. I think that we have sufficient medals to last until
Washington 2006 and probably a bit beyond.
Other projects: I will be attempting to compile a complete list of past
Hopkinson and Southgate winners, both exhibitor and exhibit title. This should
make it easier in future years to determine who is eligible. We have written
new criteria for the Statue of Freedom and President's Awards that are being
sent to the shows. I am also preparing a new criteria sheet for the Hopkinson
and Southgate Awards as well as an instruction sheet for the judges for the
Annual Meeting show, as well as a guideline document regarding the duties of the
awards chairperson.
