As announced earlier I am running for the office of President of our club. Please read the article below to see where I stand on certain issues. Please contact me if you have any questions or would like more information.

Jim Steffner LM-1508-30
Your Next Club President

Our club has shown substantial growth since its inception. I firmly believe that we can continue this growth in an excellerated path. We need to increase promotional efforts and increase the exposure of our club name and reputation in the collecting community, by recruiting new members and exploring related collecting groups. I would like to develop corporate sponsors for our club by working with corporations, casinos, gaming manufacturers, etc. to establish a relationship, gain exposure, and develop mutual benefits.

We have a great staff of volunteers who devote a considerable amount of time to making sure that everyone enjoys themselves. I will actively cultivate additional members whose talents and areas of expertise can be shared for the benefit of all our members.

At present our wonderful volunteer staff is doing a great job supporting our annual Las Vegas convention. There are many local shows in CA, NV, FL, IL, MI, MS, NJ, and other areas during the year run by our members. I feel that the club should help promote these shows. An additional convention or show put on by the club would interfere with those already planned and tax our volunteer help.

I am in favor of investigating the establishment of a permanent home for our club that would include a museum and archives. This would be a long range plan requiring extensive evaluation, site locations, funding, usage studies, costs, etc., but most important, feasibility.

Our club should consider the acquisition of manufacturing records, artifacts, and other historical and research documents. I am not advocating a blank check approach but would rather first work with those who now hold these documents for a possible non-profit tax based donation to the club. Alternately, I would look for a group who would publish the information in a resale book, or a private collector, who would purchase the information and make the records available to all collectors.

I am NOT in favor of increasing dues just for the sake of having a larger bank account balance. Additional dues should only be necessary if our cost of benefits provided “equally” to all members increase. Dues are meant to cover basic operational costs and our quarterly magazine. We should develop and promote other fund raising projects to build up our treasury to provide additional services such as educational and promotional programs, building funds, or major purchase efforts.

I am in favor of promoting the establishment of regional and specialty chapters such as silver strikes, roulettes, dice etc., and increasing our participation in, and promotion of, our local chapters.

I am not in favor of a formal grading system, changing our club name, or the club participating in an auction site, such as E-Bay.

I promise to improve the communication process between members and board officers for a better exchange of ideas and suggestions, and to provide a fast response to any members concern.

I would promote improvement of our club web site, additional reference material as available for research, links to casino collectible related sites, chat room, trade center, etc.

I bring you 5 successful years of club operation background as your Membership Officer and many years of management experience in private and educational business markets. I have been active in the collecting community for numerous years acquiring chips, tokens, ashtrays, dice, slot cards, and other casino collectibles. As a Life Member of our club and a Charter Member of the Great Lakes Chapter and the Ohio River Valley Chapter, I have a long term dedication and commitment to the betterment of our hobby. I promise to listen and respond to each member’s suggestions, ideas, or complaints. Together we can make our club the great organization it should be. As your President I will represent all members in decisions on club operations. If you share my feelings and ideas, please give me your vote. If you have any questions or concerns, or comments please contact me at casinojim@prodigy.net , call 440-647-4335, or write to me at PO Box 368, Wellington OH 44090.

Thank you
Jim Steffner