Miniature Book Society Newsletter, Number 77, January 2008 Page: 3
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President's Report to MBS
This is your new captain speaking!
Writing for this report began on the airplane back from a very full and active
Twenty-Fifth Conclave. More on the Seattle Conclave elsewhere in this issue.
Briefly we had some 75 attendees from the USA and several other countries.
The Board met on Friday to receive a financial report and discuss several issues.
These matters, including future Conclave locations, whether and how to continue
the traveling library, were brought up for discussion at the membership meeting on
Saturday.
On Friday afternoon Sandra Kroupa, rare book and special collections curator
at the University of Washington Library, hosted a large group of members with
an interesting talk and display of beautiful books. On Saturday afternoon Artist/
Designer Michael Jacobs gave an enthusiastic talk about his "Evolution of A
Miniature Book Artist", with interesting photo slides. On Saturday evening, Father
Joseph Curran used his wit and wisdom to wheedle bidders out of $3,700 at the
annual auction!
At The Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair, held on Saturday and Sunday, our
traveling library, reinvigorated by Edward Hoyenski, was on prominent display. The
splendid MBS exhibition and competition catalogues, produced by Neale Albert,
were available for interested visitors.
Seattle is a very energetic city and members found time to visit the new ultra
modern, still controversial downtown Public Library, designed by Rem Koolhaus,
the world-class outdoor Sculpture Park, and of course the top attraction: the Pike
Place Market where the fish vendors throw salmon and king crabs back and forth.
Surprisingly the weather was perfect, without any of the rain that we had been
cautioned about.
Many members contributed to this successful Conclave. Special thanks are due
Lynne Kelly. Since I began as sole host but had never been to Seattle, Lynne, who
lives outside Seattle, volunteered as co-host. Her untiring dedication to help make
the arrangements proved invaluable.
We wish to thank Eileen Cummings for her two years as MBS president, served
under difficult personal circumstances. We also wish to thank Neale Albert, Stephen
Bryne and Phil Morrison for their service on the Board. Coming onto the Board are
Peter Thomas as Vice-President and Kimberly Molitor and Jill Timm as members at
large.
Special recognition should be accorded Neale for his nine year MBS tenure
that included one year as Secretary and 4 years as President. Neale has also been
very generous in making several personal contributions to the MBS which include
donating the proceeds from the sales of his book on designer bindings. After
producing the splendid exhibition and competition catalogue this year, he has
graciously offered to continue doing this job.
At the Board and membership meetings we discussed future Conclave locationsmbs newsletter january 2008 1 3
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