REMINDER:


The next meeting of the Pan Pacific Pen Club will be February 20, in San Jose.

This will be a special meeting, with extra 
goodies ­ so please read on (with my apologies for the long message):

1. Meeting time, date, location
2. Special guest lecture and demonstration ­
             Dr. Osman Sümer, expert in vintage 
Montblancs and vintage pen repair.
3. Elections ­ we need people to run the club or nothing happens
4. Dues ­ we also need money to run the club.


1. MEETING DETAILS:
The next meeting will be on February 20 at 1741 
Technology Drive, Suite 260, San Jose, right by 
the San Jose Airport. This is an office building, 
and private space which is donated for this 
meeting courtesy of Dave and Joanna Snyder (and thanks very much…)

Our normal meeting times are 11:00 to 2:00. But 
because of our special repair seminar, we will have the space until 5:00 or so.

The meeting schedule will be:
1. Buy, sell, or trade for the pen(s) of your dreams (our normal meeting).
2. Elections.
3. Special session with Osman Sumer.


2. SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE:
Here is some information from club members Joyce 
Levy and Rick Propas, who have arranged the session with Dr. Sumer:

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On Saturday, February 20, 2010, the Pan Pacific 
Pen Club will host Dr. Osman Sümer, widely 
acknowledged as the leading expert in vintage 
Montblancs, and also expert on  Pelikan and other vintage German pens.

In conjunction with the club meeting Dr. Sümer 
has agreed to put on an afternoon pen repair 
colloquium.  He will demonstrate both basic 
repairs, and the use of lathes for major 
projects, such as repairing cracks in cap-lips 
and replacing cracked inkview windows.

Osman will have some interesting German pens to 
show and sell. He will also bring copies of Jim 
Marshall's pen repair book with the chapters he 
authored on repair methods for German pens. There 
will be a free handout for attendees on the 
repair of vintage piston filling and safety pens.

Dr. Sümer may even be able to accommodate some 
repair projects on-site. If you are at the Los 
Angeles Pen Show (the week before) that would be 
a great time to get him a pen that you want to 
ask questions about at our meeting.
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Thanks to Joyce Levy and Rick Propas for 
arranging this session. If you have questions on 
this part of the meeting, please contact Joyce 
(jlevyesq@...) or Rick (rickpropas@...) directly.

I can tell you that as a long time member of the 
club, this is the first colloquium we have ever held…

3. ELECTIONS:

The club has three officers:

President ­ arranges for the meeting location, 
signs the contracts (all fees are reimbursed by 
the club from our dues.) Arranges for food at the 
meeting. Some of our past presidents have done 
all of this by themselves, and some have asked other members for help.

Our current President, Greg McKinney, has said 
that he cannot do this next year due to time 
commitments at work, so we need another person to 
run. Please contact Greg directly if you have any 
questions about the job or the time required.

Treasurer ­ Manages the money. Our current 
treasurer, Syd Saperstein, said he is willing to serve for another year.

Secretary ­ Keeps the mailing list updated, and 
mails out and posts meeting and other 
announcement. I am willing to do this for another 
year, unless someone else would like to take over.

We need all three officers for the club to 
continue to meet ­ no officers, no meetings.

4. DUES:
Dues are $30/year. This pays for 3 to 4 meetings 
a year, and food at the meetings. Most of our 
meetings are in space that must be rented, and of 
course food isn't free. The club has no “formal” 
organization (we are not a corporation, etc...) 
so dues checks should be made payable to our treasurer, Syd Sapperstein



Looking forward to seeing you all there….

Mark Helfen (pppc@...)

Greg McKinney (gergyor@...)

Syd Saperstein (tcsyd@...)