- RMS CONVENTION
2022!
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- Hotel:
August 14-21, 2022, at the Doubletree
Westlake, 1100 Crocker Rd., Westlake, OH 44145. (440-871-6000)
Click here for hotel
booking. Rooms: $90+tax.The hotel will honor the same
price 3 days ahead of Aug 14 and 3 days after Aug 20, 2022
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- Airport Shuttle Info/Reservations:
Hotel does not provide
transportation. Airlines that serve the airport: American, Delta
and United.
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- Travel Information:
Theme:
RMS Rocks
Convention Schedule:
Nancy
Smith, 3810 Edinburg Dr., Murrysville, PA 15668-1060
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- Pre-Registration
Form: Mitzi Mantz,
1198 Spring Valley Rd., Bethleham, PA 18015
Banquet: Bill
Gigantino, 3232 Whitney
Ave., #902, Hamden, CT 06518-2147
Tours/Scheduled Events: No tours this year; no
dining excursion.
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- Silent Auctions: Denise McKinney, 3681 Sunnyside
Dr., #2862, Riverside, CA 92506; Nancy
Smith, 3810 Edinburg Dr., Murrysville, PA 15668-1060
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- Penny Auction: No
penny auction this year.
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- Auction Lots:
Any paid-up RMS member may enter up
to 15 lots in the convention auction. Send a list (2 copies)
w/SASE of what your lots will be to
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- Convention Program Book: Denise
McKinney, 3681 Sunnyside Dr., #2862, Riverside, CA 92506.
I need your ad by June 1st. Ad rates are the following:
Full page (8.5 inches tall, 5.5 inches wide) - $35
Half page (4.25 inches tall, 5.5 inches wide) - $20
Quarter page (4.25 inches tall, 2.12 inches wide) - $10
If you need help with designing your ad, please e-mail me with
what you would like to say and any ideas for the artwork. If
you are sending a print ready ad, please send it to me in
the PDF or PNG format.
If you would like to use the same ad from the previous program
booklet (2019) and just need it updated, please let me know.
Please make checks out to: RMS.
Display Entry Rules: (need TIPs on
making displays?)
1. Anyone entering
a display must be a paid up member of RMS.
2. Displays can consist of used or unused matchcovers,
full books, matchboxes or labels. (Salesman's samples, flats,
mutilated covers, loose labels and loose pages are permitted
ONLY in category #13 - Display.)
3. There are no restrictions as to title size, title placement,
or other added material on a display, as long as the entire display
is no more than 720 sq. inches in any dimentional combination
- e.g., 24" x 30". 20" x 36" (not including
the frame). Any display exceeding 720 sq. inches shall be charged
as two (2) displays. No display may be larger than 1440 square
inches.
4. Each display shall bear the name and address of the
entrant on the back of the display. This information shall be
covered with opaque paper or a card. The number of the category
in which the display is to be entered shall be on the outside
of the opaque paper or card. This must be done prior to entering
the display.
5. Each display SHALL be covered with transparent material
to inhibit removal of covers. (The chairperson wishes it to be
known that all reasonable care will be taken to safeguard displays,
but neither the chairperson nor RMS assumes any responsibility,
either legal or moral, for their integrity).
6. Displays shall adhere to the criteria of the category
in which they are entered.
7. Entrants may enter no more than two (2) displays in
any category. A maximum of ten (10) displays per membership can
be entered.
Display Categories:
- 1 Single .............................Two
(2) of same may be shown to illustrate inside
2 Sets & Series
3 Military & Political ..........Army; Navy; Marines;
Air Force; Coast Guard; Military Camps and bases;
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Military and Veterans Hospitals; no Credit unions;
Major and Minor Political |
4 Sports
5 Transportation
6 Lodging............................Hotels; Motels; Inns;
Cabins
7 VIPs & Entertainment.......Movie stars; Movies; Theme
Parks; Casinos etc.
8 Thematic...........................Bears; Fairs; Gaming;
Top Hats; etc.
9 Businesses, Products........All Financial institutions;
Department and Drug stores; & Services Funeral
10 Eating & Drinking..........
Restaurants; Bars; Grills; Drive-ins; etc.
11 Open Entry to any display
12 Foreign
13 Display only....................No RMS award given but
displays are eligible for non-RMS club, individual and
- 14 People's
Choice...............voted on by members attending the convention.
Club/Individual/Organization Awards
to be Presented:
-Angelus: Best Combo display
- -Connecticut MC: Best
Rock & Roll display. (cash award)
- -Denver Strikers MC:
- -Forest City MC:
- -Girlie Club: best
Girlie display
- -Huggable Bears Club: Best Bear display
- -International MC: best
Hotel display
- -Jewelite Club:
- -Keystone-Lehigh: Best
Transportation display
- -Liberty Bell MC: Best
Political display
- -MARVA:
- -Mermaid Club: best
Mermaid displayt
- -New Moon (gives two): Best Box display; Best Label display
- -Penn Ohio MC: Not
this year
- -Southeastern MC: best
Military display
- -Tobacco Club: best
Tobacco display
- -Tri-State MC: Best
Outstanding Sets (no albums; $25 award)
- -Trans Canada MC:
- -Keystone-Lehigh (Harry Stump Mem. Award):
- -Mary Ross Memorial Award: Judges' Choice
- -Pat Flynn Memorial Award:
- -Ward Chase/Evelyn Hovious Memorial Award:
- -Empire (Manny Phillips Award):Most Estheetically Pleasing display
- -John Williams Memorial Award: Not this year
Hall of Fame and Outstanding
Collector of Year Nominations:
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- Hall of Fame Nominations: It's now time
to start thinking of those people who deserve a place in the
RMS Hall of Fame. This is a means of honoring those individuals,
either living or deceased, who have made significant contributions
to the hobby. The plaque containing the names of inductees is
a permanent tribute to those who have helped to make our hobby
what it is today.
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- PLEASE FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES OR YOUR
VOTE MAY BE INVALIDATED
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- Individuals nominated for the 2022 RMS
Hall of Fame may be living or deceased. If living, they should
be RMS members in good standing with twenty or more years of
membership. Deceased individuals considered must have joined
RMS at least 10 years prior to nomination.
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- The nomination should include a resume
of the individual's contributions to the hobby along with a statement
by the nominator as to why the person should be considered as
a member of the RMS Hall of Fame. Be sure both the name and RMS#
of the nominator and the nominee are included. Send names, with
the qualifications of the candidate(s) to the chairperson below.
By mail, they need to be received by --
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- Chairperson - RMS Hall of Fame Committee
- Bill
Gigantino, 3232 Whitney
Ave., #902, Hamden, CT 06518-2147
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- Outstanding Collector of the Year Nominations:
Nominations for the 2022 RMS Outstanding Collector of the Year
Award. Send nominations to Chairperson. Denise McKinney, 3681 Sunnyside
Dr., #2862, Riverside, CA 92506
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- PLEASE FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES OR YOUR
VOTE MAY BE INVALIDATED
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- NOMINATIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING:
An Outstanding Collector shall be selected from RMS members in
good standing and based on his/her achievements in the Hobby
and the Society during the 5 years immediately prior to the award
(2022-2017). Nominees must have contributed to the advancement
of the hobby in a manner far above the average in one or more
of the following ways:
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- 1. Promotion, publicity, or public relations
on a national or international scale.
2. Organizational efforts in connection with the advancement
of the hobby.
3. Author of books, pamphlets, articles, check lists, and similar
material which have been circulated to a large number of collectors.
4. Creation of good will among old and new collectors.
5. Sustained performance of above average work for the hobby
in one or more of the above or other helpful categories.
- Any member in good standing may nominate
a candidate for this award by sending in their name with a full
resume of the candidate’s achievements. DEADLINE: By mail
or e-mail, -- . Consideration for the award will be based on
the information and qualifications contained in the resume. Mail
to - Denise
McKinney, 3681 Sunnyside Dr., #2862, Riverside, CA 92506
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- People To Contact For:
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- -Convention Chairperson:
Bill
Gigantino, 3232 Whitney
Ave., #902, Hamden, CT 06518-2147
-Airport Pickup:
-Auction Lots: Shirley
Sayers, 1290 Corporation St., Beaver, PA 15009
- -Awards: See
Convention Chairpersons
-Banquet: Bill
Gigantino, 3232 Whitney
Ave., #902, Hamden, CT 06518-2147
- -Club Meetings: Nancy Smith,
3810 Edinburg Dr., Murrysville, PA 15668-1060
-Cover Donations:
- -Day Trips/Tours - Pre-Registration
Form:
- -Dealer Tables: Marc
Edelman, 8822 Hargrave St., Philadelphia, PA 19152-1511
-Dining Excursion:
- -Display Room: Loren Ross, 2743 Flangel Street, Lakewood, California
90712-3730
- -Freebie Tables: Greg Wolf,
4647 36th St. South A, Arlington, VA 22206
-Games & Prizes:
- -Hall of Fame Nominations: Bill Gigantino, 3232 Whitney Ave., #902, Hamden,
CT 06518-2147
- -Hospitality:
-Outstanding Collector of the Year Nominations: Denise McKinney,
3681 Sunnyside Dr., #2862, Riverside, CA 92506
- -Penny Auction:
- -Program Book: Denise McKinney,
3681 Sunnyside Dr., #2862, Riverside, CA 92506
-Publicity: Rich
Greene, 1001 W Collings Ave., Collingswood, NJ 08107
- -Raffle & Game Prizes:
- -Pre-Registration: Mitzi
Mantz, 1198 Spring Valley Rd., Bethleham, PA 18015
-Registration Bags: Bill
Gigantino, 3232 Whitney
Ave., #902, Hamden, CT 06518-2147
- -Schedule: Nancy Smith, 3810 Edinburg
Dr., Murrysville, PA 15668-1060
- -Silent Auctions: Denise McKinney,
3681 Sunnyside Dr., #2862, Riverside, CA 92506; Nancy
Smith, 3810 Edinburg Dr., Murrysville, PA 15668-1060
- -Thank you Bags:
- -Travel Info:
convention chairpersons (see above)
- -Trophies, plaques, etc.:
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- Please direct all other inquiries
regarding committees, or to volunteer to help, to the Co-Chairs.
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