Day 4 (and Day Last) of the Convention featured a farewell breakfast at
which the annual AMICA Membership meeting was conducted.   Among the
agenda items were:

New International Officers:

Linda Bird, President¶
Dan Brown, Vice President¶
Ken Vinen, Corresponding Secretary¶
Roy Powlan, Treasurer (Re-elected)¶
Maury Willyard, Immediate Past President

New Membership Secretary - Bill Chapman

1997 Convention - Sandusky, Ohio, mid-June 1997, Convention Chair -
Robin Pratt.

Locations for 1998, 1999 Conventions not yet determined

Convention for 2001 proposed for Melbourne, Australia

Membership Dues increased by $5 to $32

Notice of De-Activation filed for Philadelphia Area Chapter

To everyone's amusement, the pink "battery" bunny suddenly appeared,
thumping his drum, and just kept going, right through the hall..... :-)

Open Houses followed the formal adjournment of the Annual General
Meeting and I was lucky enough to find a couple of rides, making it
possible to take in 4 of them.    The highlight for me was viewing in
the same room 4 beautifully restored Reginaphones, each different from
each other, surrounded by an eclectic collection of St. Louis World's
Fair memorabilia, early St. Louis engravings, a horn violin, and a host
of fascinating antiques.

Gary Stevenson, someone who made a significant contribution to the
success of the Convention in a number of different areas, such as the
"Melody Museum" display, the Ragtime  display, and frequent use of his
computer during the Convention, kindly drove Angelo Rulli and I to the
airport in the early evening, following his own open house, to catch
our flight to Minneapolis.   Thank you Gary.

Regards,

Terry

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