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   Fisher To Chair 2009 AFDCS Nominating Committee   
      
   American First Day Cover Society president Chris Lazaroff has   
   appointed Mary Kay Fisher of Niles, Mich., to chair the 2009   
   Nominating Commitee. Joining Fisher on the panel are Helen Fowler,   
   also of Michigan, and John Cropper of Richmond, Ky.   
      
   Five seats on the AFDCS Board of Directors are elected each year for   
   three-year terms, beginning Jan. 1 of the following year. In addition   
   to the 15 elected directors, the president, the editor of the official   
   journal, First Days, and the general counsel serve on the board ex   
   officio, if not elected to the board themselves.   
      
   The three-year terms of Tom Foust, Betty Hundley, Doug Kelsey, Julian   
   Pugh, and Cynthia Scott expire at the end of 2009. All five incumbents   
   are eligible for re-nomination.   
      
   AFDCS directors are not compensated, nor reimbursed for their travel   
   expenses. The board meets annually at Americover, the society's annual   
   show and convention, which this year is being held July 31-Aug. 2 in   
   Boxborough, Mass., and via mail ballots as needed.   
      
   Results of the elections are announced in September. The board   
   subsequently elects some of the operating officers of the AFDCS:   
   president, executive vice president, first vice president, and   
   recording secretary, as well as its chairman. (Other officers are the   
   chairs of the Membership and Education departments, the editor,   
   general counsel and immediate past president.)   
      
   All three members of the nominating committee are well-known   
   cachetmakers. Fisher has won the Earl Planty Award for hand-drawn   
   hand-painted covers. Fowler and her husband Fred are seen at shows   
   throughout the Upper Midwest, while Cropper has served on the   
   committee before.   
      
   Anyone wishing to run for the AFDCS Board should contact Mary Kay   
   Fisher at 110 N Philip Road, Niles, MI 49120 or marykfisher@att.net.   
      
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