With the hearty support of the Board, I declare Jim Daggs a Tramp Printer. This means Jim will receive bundles without the printing requirement. He may, if able, continue to print for the bundle.

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In addition we are dedicating the November bundle to honor the achievements of Jim Daggs. Among the many items in the large bundle, I would love to see many “reprints” of Jim’s bundle pieces. If Jim has a special place in your thoughts, produce a bundle piece and share. Jim is a former President of APA, mailer, and VP. The Printers Hall in Mt. Pleasant IA owes Jim a great debt. Many have benefited from Jim’s Heidelberg Windmill manuals. Other helpful references Jim has produced include literature on the Linograph as well as Linotype. Jim also produced letterpress printed directories for the APA for many years.

Let’s make an effort to show Jim our appreciation.

Joe Warren
APA President

Let’s welcome our newest member:

977: Val Lucas
Bowerbox Press
Monkton, Maryland

Dropped from the membership roster:
964: Katherine Taylor

We are pleased that our membership is concerned about meeting our activity requirements. There is in our constitution a way for members to plead their case for an exemption from printing four items. At the end of the year (December 1) contact Vice President Mark Barbour if you need to be exempt from the printing requirements. Whether you can’t be in your printing location or need to care for elderly or ill, or become ill yourself, we will grant exemptions. Please do not let our requirements add to your stress. We are not removing the printing requirement for all. While our times are unprecedented, we are not yet through the third month of 2020. Many of us will have more time to print in the month ahead than we have had in a long time.

Our mailers have wisely had reasonable precautions in place (wearing gloves, disposing of packaging) even before this pandemic.

Please do not take risks or disobey civil authorities in order to print.

Wishing you all health and peace,

Joe Warren
President

I have been “out of the loop” for awhile with the changes at Yahoo Groups and the apparent collapse of the Yahoo Groups of late….  I don’t think Yahoo even notified me of the group changes via email, I just realized it when I went to check the site.  I had seen a few messages in the San Jose History Park Letterpress group about a new group site at groups.io, along with SFLetterpress.

So, I have set up a new APALetPressGroup at groups.io

This group may be subscribed to at the link below. However, be aware that any non-active members will be removed, as the group is for active members only.  I still have to figure out approvals, etc. for new members.

I will also be sending out an invitation email to all active members as soon as I get an updated list of email addresses from our secretary-treasurer.

The website for the 2019 APA Wayzgoose in Nashville, TN is now online.  The hosts still have some additional work to do on the site, but keep checking the website as things develop.

2019 APA Wayzgoose Website