Convention 2009

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CURRENT MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND ALL COIPS FUNCTIONS.***********</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Hotel is conveniently located at </B><B>I-74 Exit 88 or 89</B></div> <div> Please make reservations early at phone (309) 686-8000</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="5f952010.jpg" border=0 width="338" height="257" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div>       Please VISIT the Peoria <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.ramadapeoria.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ramadapeoria.com/"><U><U>RAMADA INN Website</U></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >      and for your directions see</FONT>   <A HREF="http://www.ramada.com/Ramada/control/Booking/check_avail?mq_map_width=350&mq_map_height=350&mq_map_zoom=4&mq_zoom_in=&mq_zoom_out=true&mq_setzoom=&mq_delta_x=&mq_delta_y=&mq_recenter=&id=15233&propBrandId=RA&bmInSession=true&tab=tab4" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ramada.com/Ramada/control/Boo"><U><U>Interpretive MAP</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>From:</B></div> <div> <B>North</B></div> <div> I-55 or I-39 South to I-74 West to Exit 88. Turn right on Sterling Ave. Then go 1/2 mile, Turn right on War Memorial Drive. At 1st traffic light, Scenic Drive, turn left, and then immediate right turn onto Brandywine - go two blocks to hotel on left side of road </div> <div> <B>South</B></div> <div> I-55 or I-39 North to I-74 West to Exit 88. Turn right on Sterling Ave. Then go 1/2 mile, Turn right on War Memorial Drive. At 1st traffic light, Scenic Drive, turn left, and then immediate right turn onto Brandywine - go two blocks to hotel on left side of road </div> <div> <B>East</B></div> <div> I-74 West to Exit 88 Turn right on Sterling Ave. Then go 1/2 mile, Turn right on War Memorial Drive. At 1st traffic light, Scenic Drive, turn left, and then immediate right turn onto Brandywine - go two blocks to hotel on left side of road </div> <div> <B>West</B></div> <div> I-74 East to Exit 89/150 War Memorial West, go 1/4 mile to first light, Scenic Dr., turn right and then immediate right turn again onto Brandywine - go two blocks to hotel on left side of road <B>Airport</B></div> <div> Exit Peoria Airport onto 474 North to I-74 East to Exit 89/150 War Memorial West, go 1/4 mile to first light, Scenic Dr., turn right and then immediate right turn again onto Brandywine - go two blocks to hotel on left side of road</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><U>Preliminary Convention 2009 Agenda </U></B></I></div> <div> Friday Night </div> <bR> <div> Evening Registration packet and Commemorative Pickup<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> 7:00PM Business Meeting<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Silent Auction of COIPS Past/Present Commemoratives<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Friday Evening Social<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Room Hopping<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> 50/50 Tickets<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Saturday<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Show Display Tables<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Rare Finds Table<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Convention Show and Sale<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Dealers set up 8:00AM to 9:00AM<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> PLEASE NOTE THERE IS NO EARLY ENTRY INTO SHOW & SALE<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Free entry to all COIPS members from 9:00AM to 10:00PM<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> General public is admitted at 10:00AM<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Afternoon SPECIAL SEMINAR ----- <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >To Be Announced</FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Evening Banquet and Slide Show </div> <bR> <div> Evening Annual Auction - members may cosign up to 5 items with a 10% </div> <bR> <div>  </div> <div> <B><U>REGULAR AUCTION ITEMS</U></B> - members may cosign up to 5 items with a 10% commision rate (only 3% charge on buy-backs). <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >*</FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>PREMIUM QUALITY AUCTION ITEMS</U></B> - members may cosign unlimited number of items with a flat $10 entry fee, each item. <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>*</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>*</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > Exact stipulations for the Club Auction 2009 are being finalize and are to be announced. </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Special Thanks and recognitions for last years convention: </B></div> <div> <B>The event entailed a Friday night social, silent auction, room hopping buying-selling-trading, 50/50 tickets to win convention prizes, and the award of the COIPS 25nd annual commemorative. Special thanks was given to all current and past board members for all their hard work and dedication to COIPS. Saturday entailed four excellent show displays, the COIPS Show and Sale, informative History of Peoria seminar, by Dr. Peter Couri, a great banquet dinner, an outstanding stoneware slide show presentation by Tom O'Hare assisted by Jim O'Hare, and the evening major auction. Each day a large selection of stoneware was offered for sale by show dealers, and several very rare and unusual stoneware items appeared for sale, both in room sales and the Saturday morning sale and confab. An impressive set of excellent show displays!</B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>  </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B> </B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Saturday SHOW & SALE 2008</B></FONT></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="5be80540.png" border=0 width="640" height="340" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="5bf809d0.png" border=0 width="640" height="413" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="5c080300.png" border=0 width="640" height="304" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="5c1809d0.png" border=0 width="640" height="413" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="5c2805d0.png" border=0 width="640" height="349" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="5c380290.png" border=0 width="640" height="297" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="5c480c40.png" border=0 width="640" height="452" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="5c580d50.png" border=0 width="640" height="469" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="5c680ec0.png" border=0 width="640" height="492" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>************************************************************************</B></div> <div> <B>Saturday SHOW & SALE 2007</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4ee6d920.jpg" border=0 width="877" height="658" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4f080a00.jpg" border=0 width="896" height="672" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4f275980.jpg" border=0 width="885" height="664" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4f46d920.jpg" border=0 width="877" height="658" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4ec75980.jpg" border=0 width="885" height="664" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4f67c9d0.jpg" border=0 width="892" height="669" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="50a85a40.jpg" border=0 width="901" height="676" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="50f7d9e0.jpg" border=0 width="893" height="670" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="517a1390.png" border=0 width="417" height="313" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="519c8390.png" border=0 width="456" height="313" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="51bbb4c0.png" border=0 width="443" height="332" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="51d9b4d0.png" border=0 width="411" height="333" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="51f20980.png" border=0 width="544" height="408" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="52133990.png" border=0 width="307" height="409" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="52358cb0.png" border=0 width="344" height="459" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>COIPS Sideshow Production Mgr. Jim O'Hare and President Donna Lagual.</B></div> <div> <B>Special presentation commemorative and ovation of thanks by entire membership.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>*******************************</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>COIPS CONVENTION SHOW & SALE 2006</B></div> <div> <U><IMG SRC="447203d0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="573" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <U><IMG SRC="44820580.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="600" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></div> <bR> <div> <U><IMG SRC="44aac090.jpg" border=0 width="428" height="777" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></div> <div> <U><IMG SRC="44b58200.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="800" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <U><IMG SRC="44c20580.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="600" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <U><IMG SRC="44e20580.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="600" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <U><IMG SRC="45caf3f0.jpg" border=0 width="431" height="575" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <U><IMG SRC="45020580.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="600" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></div> <bR> <div> <U><IMG SRC="451aa200.jpg" border=0 width="682" height="800" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></div> <bR> <div> <U><IMG SRC="45220880.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="648" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></div> <bR> <div> <U><IMG SRC="45658200.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="800" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Collectors of Illinois Pottery and Stone"><U><I>return to COIPS HOMEPAGE</I></U></A></div> <div> <I><B>www.coips.org</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>