Duff Malkin, President
Telephone 604-738-7979 / e-mail edm@telus.net

Duff was elected BC Phil president at the Society's annual general meeting in 2008. He collects world-wide used aerogrammes and often contributes articles to the Society's newsletter. He is a long-time member of the BC Phil, and has previously served as Secretary.

Trevor Larden, Vice President
Telephone (604) 224-5836, e-mail nanbellcan@netscape.net

Trevor was elected as BC Phil Vice President at the Society's annual general meeting in 2008. He has previously served as President and on various Vanpex committees, and is a Life Member. Trevor collects only used stamps: Canada to 2001; Australia, New Zealand, and Switzerland to 2000; GB commemoratives to end of Millennium series; Israel (first 50 years), Hong Kong to Communist takeover.

Derren J. Carman, Treasurer
Telephone 604-465-7515 / e-mail verdraco@uniserve.com

Derren was elected BC Phil Treasurer at the Society's annual general meeting in 2008; he served in the same position several years ago, and is the Immediate Past Vice President. Derren also maintains the Society's library of philatelic books and catalogues, and has been the prolific designer of Society and exhibition souvenir covers, labels, and posters, and is currently exhibits chair for the BC150 Exhibition planned for June 21, 2008.

Derren collects Manchuokuo stamps and postal history, postcards and other memorabilia associated with the world's first jetliner, the Comet, and is a specialist collector of German civil-censorship postal history.

Tim Woodland, Recording Secretary
Telephone 604-929-8167 / e-mail twoodland@telus.net

Tim was elected BC Phil Recording Secretary at the Society's annual general meeting in 2008. He has been in charge of logistics at several recent VANPEX exhibitions and as a speaker and exhibitor. He collects postcards and postal history of the British Columbia coast forest industry.

Bob Ingraham, Immediate Past President
Telephone 604-694-0014 / e-mail b.ingraham@shaw.ca

Bob has served as chairman of the VANPEX exhibits committee and VANPEX itself, and is the Society's webmaster. He also chairs the program committee. Bob collects stamps and covers related to WWII, the Vietnam War, early airmail, and propeller-driven airliners, particularly the early Douglas airliners.

Several volunteers of the Society perform key jobs:

Eric Ranger is the Society's Archivist, Auction Committee Chair, and has served as chair of the VANPEX Awards Committee.

Leslie S.S. Upton coordinates the sales circuits from the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada.

Keith Lowe edits the newsletter. Contact him at lowelyscribe@yahoo.ca, telephone 604-940-0809. Bob Ingraham is assistant editor.

Mike Strachan, Trevor Larden, Tim Woodland, and Leslie S.S. Upton help with our auctions.

Roger Packer takes charge of our need for snacks by faithfully providing tea, instant coffee, and cookies at most meetings, excepting those where philatelic material is passed around for inspection and might be damaged by a spill.

Fritz Graf, our "handyman-on-call," is always prepared to lift, carry, deliver this or that here or there, drill a hole, mount a bracket, pound a nail, wield a screwdriver, or repair an exhibit frame. Fritz often serves as a generous "taxi driver" for members who no longer drive.

Bob Ingraham is webmaster and maintains the Society's membership database.

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