Everyone...
Based on the feedback we received thus far I believe we have chosen
the name of our association to be:
Canadian Errors and Varieties Numismatic Association or CEVNA
for short.
I will proceed with trying to register the domain name www.cevna.com
<http://www.cevna.com/> for our future webpage.
I want to thank everyone for their participation!
Henry
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From: cndcoinerrs-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cndcoinerrs-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Fenix
Sent: July 29, 2006 8:31 PM
To: cndcoinerrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cndcoinerrs]: Greetings!!
Hello Everyone
I want to apologize for taking over a week before sending an update.
I have been trying to verify the email address for a number of people
who expressed interest during the founding meeting at the CAN
convention. That is taking a little longer than I had thought; I am
still working on 11 names. Not including these names, our list
consists of approximately 30 members.
Well what happened at the meeting.
I am very happy to report that there were approximately 22 people in
attendance. Bill English gave an informative presentation on minting
errors and their causes. There seemed to be a number of very
interested people. After the presentation there was show and tell
session, where a number of very interesting error coins were passed
around for interested parties to view. Bill has a very comprehensive
collection of planchet punching errors. Fascinating!
Following this we had an open discussion with respect to interest in
forming an Error and Varieties association. I want to say the feedback
was a unanimous YES!
There was a great deal of excitement expressed. A number of very
positive and interesting ideas were discussed.
We talked about the format of the club; either land based or virtual.
The overwhelming majority of the feedback indicated an informal,
virtual club based on a mailing list type approach would satisfy the
greatest number of people. A number of people mentioned successful
clubs that are using that effectively. Some names (the names are not
necessarily accurate) I captured; Bi-Metalic Collector's Club, Cuban
Numis. Assoc., Elongated Collectors Intl, and Numis. Bibliomania Soc..
I have researched some of these.
There was also general interest in a regular (not sure of the
frequency yet) eNewsletter. We discussed a Club website that could be
used to collect and distribute knowledge to the membership. An archive
area might be available for discussion digests and the newsletters. We
talked about trying to share/collect information from the CCRS site as
well.
There was interest express in collecting specific "databases", one
such idea was to collect the statistics (weight, size, alloy) on all
planchet types used at the RCM for both local and foreign coins. This
would be very useful in attributing wrong planchet strikes. An
extension to this would be to include known examples with images.
These are all very exciting ideas... and there is much more that can
be accomplished as well. Let's not start out too aggressive though. I
would suggest starting with this mailing list and then grow into a
website when we have enough material to make it worthwhile. The only
thing that can prevent us from our goal of a successful association is
lack of interest or a lack of contribution. The way to our success is
from membership contribution, there is a vast knowledge base that we
can build on and grow. In my opinion no contribution is too small. I
welcome your feedback. I believe we should start thinking about and
collecting articles for our first newsletter as soon as possible.
The first order business as I see it is to decide on a name for our
association. There have been a few ideas put forth in response to a
questionnaire I distributed.
1. CEVA [Canadian Errors and Varieties Assoc.]
2. CEVCA [Canadian Errors and Varieties Collectors Assoc.]
3. EVEA [Errors and Varieties Enthusiasts Assoc.]
4. CCEVA [Canadian Coin Error and Varieties Assoc.]
5. CCIA [Canadian Coin Irregularities Assoc.]
I know that naming can be a very subjective and personal thing. There
was a very long discussion in the Newfoundland club meeting on this
subject. In order to try and avoid this long debate I would propose
that we choose a name from the above list and ask for your feedback.
I would like to propose the name "Canadian Errors and Varieties
Association" or CEVA which seems to represent the essence of what the
members are interested in. It is short, concise and versatile.
Depending on the level of feedback I would like to limit this
discussion to no later to next Friday, August 4th, and have the name
officially announced on (or before) Saturday August 5th so we can
move on to more details.
I would like to thank everyone for their continued support.
Henry
(fenix@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:fenix@xxxxxxxxxx>)
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