Gene; As you know, I felt so strongly about this issue that it was on Christmas Day that Brenda and I decided on the spur of the moment that we HAD to be present at this show to give our support to the anti-slab effort and called American Airlines for our round-trip tickets from Newark to Vegas. You and Andy deserve the lion's share of credit in putting this "happening" together. In fact, I think that Mr. Taylor is also somewhat responsible for the ire that he has raised among chippers everywhere. I'm confident that Mr. Taylor and Mark at Sahara Coins is going to be impressed with our show of solidarity on this issue.

We're looking forward to joining all those other chippers who feel just as we do. I'm still waiting for that first post from a pro-chipper to explain to us what benefits there are to putting chips into sealed slabs at a cost of $10 per slab. In spite of what others may think; our cause is just. Perhaps the club officers may even consider reversing their vote after observing the strong stand taken by such a significant group of club members... but I doubt it.

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