Meeting Notes:

The new meeting format seems to be working well, so we will continue with it. Meetings start promptly at 7pm.  The first half includes the Bubble Draw, Door Prize Draw, and any Program Speaker, followed by Show and Tell.  Then there is a break for refreshments, socializing, buying raffle tickets, and last minute auction lot viewing.  The second half of the meeting comprises the Auction and the Raffle.

November 8th was veterans Day Memorabilia, with contributions by  Don Ehlers, Gary Acquistipace, Gordon Donnell, Indy Nelson, Ken Barr, George Preston, Wei Chang, Chuck Call, Briita Ehlers (whose Navy Certificate from her sisters estate is shown opposite).  Many thanks to all contributors.

November 22nd was our Election night and also included selection of the new club medal design (details below) Show and Tell contributors included: Matt Hutchison, Indy Nelson, Wei Chang, Kevin Silva, Don Ehlers, Ken Barr, Alistair Skinner, Jim Barton, Vince Lacariere, Gary Acquistipace, Chuck Call, Alan Douglass, Briita Ehlers.  Thanks all for always making our meetings interesting.

Medal Design Competition:

The winning medal design (shown on front page) was submitted by Matt Hutchison. It displays a coastal/border shape of the city of Fremont (actual city border extends into the SF bay), surrounded by a ring of names for each of the five contributing districts that made the city, namely Centerville, Niles, Mission San Jose, Irvington and Warm Springs. Each name is separated by a five-pointed star. Above the shape are the words "City of Fremont" and "est. January 23, 1956." Below the shape is "50 Years." In the outer circle, "Fremont Coin Club" is to the north, "35th Anniversary" to the south, "1971" to the west, and "2006" to the east.

Other designs depicted Hotel Wesley, which was the runner-up, the Sunderer Home and Hotel Irvington. Congratulations to Matt, and many thanks to him and the other design contributors: Bill Burke, Briita Ehlers, and Don Ehlers.  Shown below are folks from the selection committee discussing how to handle the tie we had in the first round!