Thanks to Jim & Sandi Steffner for a wonderful convention! To Len Cipkins for all the great publicity he generated for the Club and the Convention. To Wayne Thompson for a superb banquet. To Belinda Hixon for an excellent Convention Program. To Jim Follis for his work on the OTY awards. To Jim Kruse for another wonderful speaker, for handling the auctioneer duties again and his Building Fund work throughout the year. To Tyrus Mulkey for his help during the auction and his work with UNLV. To Barry Weintraub for chairing the Auction under difficult circumstances. To Barry’s Auction Gang - Howdy and Kregg Herz, Alex Cilanto, Sunday Silverman, Marc Shapiro, Rich Klabacha, Tony Tricoli, Carey & Pat Burke, Jay Sands, Steve Zacchi, Kent Hedberg, Bob Bickford and last but not least, Marce Herz and her skates. To Dick Covington for the excellent visual presentation at the auction and for chairing the Educational Seminars. To Jill Bitner and the Building Fund Table Gang for manning the table throughout the convention and for the work on Saturday night. To Brenda Black for Chairing the Convention Registration and Archie for his able bodied assistance. To Art & Muriel Sanderson for Co-Chairing the Registration all of these years. To Jim Reilly and Glenda for their help at the registration tables. To Bruce and Mary Ann Massey for being in charge of the pre-registration packages. To Paul Bender for overseeing table set-up and tear down. To Will Knight for his help and his enthusiasm. To Pam Focazio for all of her work with the Club Promotional materials. To Joe Shaw for handling the Convention Exhibits. To Ralph Myers for always being at the Club Membership table. To Mike “Captain Q” Quinlivan for making it through his first convention as Treasurer and keeping track of all the revenue streams. To Bob Pardue for his fine work with the Poker and Blackjack tournaments. To Gene Trimble and the entire staff at the Palms for hosting our tournaments with such warm hospitality. To Greg Susong for once again broadcasting the Convention webcam for those not in attendance and for his ChipBoard shindig on Tuesday night. To Jim Perlowski for the many convention photos he took (and ID'd) and posted on Greg’s BB. To Andy Hughes for his help during the auction and for his work with the Building Fund throughout the year. To Mark Lighterman and John Yee for taking untold hundreds of pictures during the convention.To Ms. Claudine Williams for gracing us with her presence during our banquet. To Dr. David Schwartz of UNLV for his presentation. To Sandra Harris of Neon Museum for the tours of The Boneyard. To Doug Saito, Archie Black, Chris Colangelo, Dick Covington, Tyrus Mulkey and C.T. Rodgers for their participation in the Educational Seminars. To Eric Rosenblum for his advice and counsel. To the Chapter Presidents or the reps who attended the CPC meeting. To outgoing BOD members (Nate Pincus, Tyrus Mulkey and John Zoesch) who made the transition so seamless. To all the dealer members who purchased tables. To the unnamed volunteers who donated one or two hours to assist the many Chairmen, a Special Thank You! To all the members who consigned and/or purchased lots during the Auction. And finally to all the members who attended the Club’s 11th Annual Convention! WELL DONE!!

The sheer number of folks it takes to put this convention on each year is amazing! And the fact that they do it on behalf of their fellow Club members is what makes this a great organization to be involved with. The unselfish giving of their time is to be applauded by each of us.