The President's page

by Tay Peng Hian, RDP, AMN, President FIP                                                                           October 10, 2011

How time flies, we have experienced two hugely successful stamp exhibitions this year, INDIPEX 2011 in February and PHILANIPPON 2011 in July.  I wish to congratulate once again, the organizing committees of the respective exhibitions for having successfully hosted the exhibitions. Their efforts were exemplary and we were all able to enjoy the fruits of their labour.

One of the important roles that the FIP Board members and I undertake is to make regular visits to many countries in order to meet face to face with our members from all over the world. We feel that it is important for us to establish a firm friendship in order to work well together.  We have decided to visit EXFIME 2011 (with FIP Recognition), October 19-25, 2011 in Medellin, Colombia which will give us an opportunity to meet all our colleagues from FIAF. We will be able to attend the FIAF Assembly where we will keep them abreast of our latest activities and we will have the opportunity to listen to their comments which will help us progress together.  

Some of us will go to Wuxi, China in November to attend the CHINA 2011 (with FIP Recognition), FIAP Asian International Stamp Exhibition, and we shall have the opportunity to meet our fellow members from FIAP.

In December, we will move over to Prague, Czech Republic to meet up with the members of the FEPA Board.  We aim to be as transparent as possible with our processes and to receive first hand information from them.  Through these face to face meetings with our continental partners and friends we hope to create a better understanding among ourselves  and also to encourage active participation from both sides.

The 72nd FIP Congress will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia on June 24, 2012. We have started our work preparing for this event and we look forward to the active participation of all our 90 member federations.

PROGRAM OF THE MEETINGS DURING INDONESIA 2012

ANNOUNCEMENT

The 72nd FIP Congress will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia on June 24, 2012 (Sunday).

There will be election during the Congress to

1) the FIP Board of 2 Directors and 2 Vice-Presidents

    and

2) the 11 FIP Commissions, each Commission is to elect 1 Chairman,

    1 Secretary and 3 Bureau Members.

Please take note of the closing dates of nomination :

1) Nomination forms will be sent out from the FIP Secretariat to the member

    federations on October 24, 2011.

2) Closing date: January 24, 2012, Tuesday (that means the last day the

    nomination form is to be received by the FIP Secretariat)

ANUNCIO

El 72° Congreso de la FIP se sostendrá en Jakarta, Indonesia, el 24 de junio de 2012 (domingo). 

Habrá elecciones durante el Congreso a: 

1) 2 Directores y 2 Vicepresidentes de la Junta de la FIP

     y 

2) en las 11 Comisiones de la FIP, en cada Comisión se eligirá a 1 Presidente,

    1 Secretario y 3 Miembros de la Junta de la Comisión.  

Por favor tomen nota del cierre fecha de las nominaciones: 

1) los formularios de las nominaciones se mandarán desde la Secretaría de FIP a las

     federaciones miembro el 24 de octubre de 2011. 

2) la fecha de cierre será el 24 de enero de 2012, martes (eso significa que es el

     último día para que el formulario con la nominación sea recibido por la

     Secretaría de la FIP) 

AVIS

Le 72ème Congrès de la FIP aura lieu à Jakarta, Indonésie, le dimanche 24 juin 2012.

Au cours de ce Congrès les élections suivantes auront lieu pour :

1) le Comité Directeur de la FIP de 1 Directeur et 1 Vice Président

     et

2) les Commissions de la FIP, chaque Commission devant élire 1 Président,

    1 Secrétaire et 3 Membres de Bureau

Veuillez prendre note de la date limite pour la remise des nominations :

1) Les formulaires pour les nominations seront envoyés par le Secrétariat Général

     de la FIP aux Fédérations Membres     le 24 octobre 2011

2) Date limite : 24 janvier 2012 (mardi), c'est-à-dire que les nominations devront

     impérativement parvenir au Secrétariat au plus tard le 24 janvier 2012.

BEKANNTMACHUNG

Der 72. FIP Kongress wird sonntags, den 24. Juni 2012 in Jakarta (Indonesien) stattfinden.

An diesem Kongress werden folgende Wahlen abgehalten für :

1) den FIP-Vorstand, 1 Direktor und 1 Vizepräsident

     und

2) alle FIP Kommissionen, je 1 Vorsitzenden, 1 Schriftführer und

     3 Vorstandsmitglieder.

Bitte, beachten Sie den Abgabetermin für die Ernennungen :

1) Die Formulare werden vom FIP Sekretariat an alle FIP Mitgliedsverbände am

     24. Oktober 2011 verschickt

2) Letzter Termin : 24. Januar 2012 (dienstags), d.h. dass die Kandidaturen

     spätestens an diesem Datum im Sekretariat ankommen müssen.

Seminars

Forthcoming FIP Recognized Seminars :

 7 NATIONS CUP, Perth, Australia, May 2012

Class :    Postal Stationery                           Speaker : Bernard Beston

SALON DU TIMBRE 2012, Paris, June 2012

Class :    Traditional Philately                         Speaker : Jussi Tuori, RDP

Class :    Postal History                                 Speaker : Dr Peter P. McCann, RDP

INDONESIA 2012, Jakarta, June 23, 2012

                         Class :   Traditional Philately     Time : 13:00-15:00       Speaker : Brian Trotter

                         Class :   Thematic Philately       Time : 15:00-17:00       Speaker : Jonas Hällström

Paypal

           Any payments can now be made to FIP in Swiss Francs for annual dues or other fees

           including Championship Class fees. Please use the following e-mail address for PayPal

           payments : ats@f-i-p.ch and add 4% to the amount for costs.

Minutes of the 91st meeting in Yokohama

for the minutes, Peter P. McCann, Vice-President

President Tay Peng Hian opened the meeting by welcoming the Board members and asked for a minute of silence in memory of Board member Paulo Comelli who passed away on May 9th, 2011.

 For more details Click here

GREX and related guidelines

The following amendments to the regulations were decided and take immediate effect, subject to the final approval of the 2012 FIP Congress, where needed :         

                                                        GREX   Click here

•                 Jury Guidelines  Click here

     Qualifying exhibits for commissioners 2011

          For more details Click here

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