On 21st November 2020 the FEPA Board held a Zoom meeting with its Members, the national Federations, Associations and Unions. The meeting was joined by representatives from 31 Members and by the members of the Board. The FIP President, Bernie Beston, also joined the meeting by invitation.
The meeting was called because it has proved impossible to organise the annual FEPA Congress meeting this year due to COVID restrictions. However, the FEPA President, Bill Hedley, emphasised at the outset that it was not a Congress meeting, but rather an opportunity to bring the Members up to date with developments during 2020 and to discuss current questions with them. These included the current review of the FEPA Statutes and the shift into on-line communication and exhibiting that has been such a major development forced on philately by circumstances during 2020. Many useful contributions were made during the discussion, especially on the subject of virtual exhibiting, that will help the Board to carry forward its studies on these topics.
The Board also took the opportunity to invite contributions from Members for the next FEPA NEWS, due to be published at the end of January 2021, and to outline the timetable for nomination of candidates for the next round of FEPA Awards. The date and place of the next FEPA Congress were also confirmed – it will be held in Athens on 23 November 2021 (the day after NOTOS ends).
Finally, the President informed the meeting that Ari Muhonen had decided to step down from the Board at the end of the year. He thanked Ari for his magnificent contribution to FEPA as Webmaster and Board Member over the last few yearend said that we looked forward to continuing to work with him as Finland’s representative at the FEPA Congress.
In conclusion Bernie Beston brought good wishes from the FIP and everyone wished each other a Happy Christmas and New Year. It was also universally agreed that everyone fervently looked forward to meeting each other again in person.
The record of the meeting will be published in the next FEPA NEWS issue.
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The Deutsche Philatelisten-Jugend e.V. have issued a press release about the novel approach being taken by one group in South West Germany to prepare for the Christmas period in this year of COVID restrictions on meeting and travelling. The press release is attached.
The idea, created by Roman Machauer for the Young Philatelists’ Group in Bruchsal-Hambrücken, is to provide young people with Christmas motifs through its website that they can download, print, cut and paste to form postcards. They can then send the cards to the Christ Child setting out what they would like for Christmas. Apparently, an answer is guaranteed!
MONACOPHIL 2021 will be held at the Terrasses de Fontvieille in Monte Carlo from 3rd – 5th December 2021. As usual it will include an exhibition on specific themes, a display of 100 iconic items provided by members of the Club de Monte Carlo and an opportunity to meet postal administrations and international stamp dealers in the Espace Léo Ferré.
The themes for the 2021 exhibition are ‘India‘ and ‘Napoleon Bonaparte‘.
MONACOPHIL 2021 has FEPA Patronage.
The Press Release announcing the exhibition (in English and French) is at:
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FEPA’s Board holds virtual meeting with its Members
On 21st November 2020 the FEPA Board held a Zoom meeting with its Members, the national Federations, Associations and Unions. The meeting was joined by representatives from 31 Members and by the members of the Board. The FIP President, Bernie Beston, also joined the meeting by invitation.
The meeting was called because it has proved impossible to organise the annual FEPA Congress meeting this year due to COVID restrictions. However, the FEPA President, Bill Hedley, emphasised at the outset that it was not a Congress meeting, but rather an opportunity to bring the Members up to date with developments during 2020 and to discuss current questions with them. These included the current review of the FEPA Statutes and the shift into on-line communication and exhibiting that has been such a major development forced on philately by circumstances during 2020. Many useful contributions were made during the discussion, especially on the subject of virtual exhibiting, that will help the Board to carry forward its studies on these topics.
The Board also took the opportunity to invite contributions from Members for the next FEPA NEWS, due to be published at the end of January 2021, and to outline the timetable for nomination of candidates for the next round of FEPA Awards. The date and place of the next FEPA Congress were also confirmed – it will be held in Athens on 23 November 2021 (the day after NOTOS ends).
Finally, the President informed the meeting that Ari Muhonen had decided to step down from the Board at the end of the year. He thanked Ari for his magnificent contribution to FEPA as Webmaster and Board Member over the last few yearend said that we looked forward to continuing to work with him as Finland’s representative at the FEPA Congress.
In conclusion Bernie Beston brought good wishes from the FIP and everyone wished each other a Happy Christmas and New Year. It was also universally agreed that everyone fervently looked forward to meeting each other again in person.
The record of the meeting will be published in the next FEPA NEWS issue.
Young philatelists in Germany prepare for Christmas
The Deutsche Philatelisten-Jugend e.V. have issued a press release about the novel approach being taken by one group in South West Germany to prepare for the Christmas period in this year of COVID restrictions on meeting and travelling. The press release is attached.
The idea, created by Roman Machauer for the Young Philatelists’ Group in Bruchsal-Hambrücken, is to provide young people with Christmas motifs through its website that they can download, print, cut and paste to form postcards. They can then send the cards to the Christ Child setting out what they would like for Christmas. Apparently, an answer is guaranteed!
This advertising poster gives more details:
Further information is available here:
https://www.jbf-hambruecken.de/2020/11/13/weihnachtspost/
and at the DPhJ website:
https://www.dphj.de
The Bruchsal-Hambrücken group is a member of the Landesring Süd-West of the DPhJ.
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MONACOPHIL 2021 will take place from 3 – 5 December 2021
MONACOPHIL 2021 will be held at the Terrasses de Fontvieille in Monte Carlo from 3rd – 5th December 2021. As usual it will include an exhibition on specific themes, a display of 100 iconic items provided by members of the Club de Monte Carlo and an opportunity to meet postal administrations and international stamp dealers in the Espace Léo Ferré.
The themes for the 2021 exhibition are ‘India‘ and ‘Napoleon Bonaparte‘.
MONACOPHIL 2021 has FEPA Patronage.
The Press Release announcing the exhibition (in English and French) is at:
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For further details, have a look at:
http://www.monacophil.eu
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