posted 03-10-2005 02:40 PM               

As of March 10, 2005, the UACC Ethics Board has a new member,Steve Zarelli.
Steve will be helping Chairman Al Hallonquist and fellow members Robert
Palazzo and Gary King. Steve Zarelli is well know for his Pen and Quill
articles and his long time activites as a collector. Thank you for taking on
his job,Steve.

Michael Hecht-UACC President
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As an aside, please let me be the first to publically welcome, and congratulate Steve for his appointment the Ethics Board. Steve is a long time friend who will be the biggest boost to this board yet. His passion for the hobby, integrity and desire to eliminate the bad guys is unmatched.

So to all you fraudster, scammers and etc, be aware, theres a NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN!

A tip of the mad props beanie Steve!

posted 03-11-2005 08:59 PM               

Since I joined as an Ethics Board member, I am averaging about 5-7 complaints a WEEK. I and Garry King (from Autographica) split the Internet complaints (eBay etc) with him taking Europe and me the US. I have since been promoted to Chairman of the Ethics Board, and the caseload just keeps increasing. There are 2 other fine EB members who handle some internet and all other complaints.

But as we all know with the explosion of fraud on eBay and elsewhere on the net, its become quite overwhelming. Hence the addition of another. And who better?

Heck within an hour of being notified and accepting his appointment, SAZ DUDE managed to handle 2 UN solicited eBay violations! <LOL>

Jeff, as for the mad props beanie, its a saying that developed on the astronauts yahoogroups. My kids would use an expression "give him props for that" slang for "give him PROPER RESPECT". We got silly over the years, and someone suggested a beanie as an identifier for group members (a la GEEKS) so the phrase finally became "a tip of the mad props beanie".

posted 03-12-2005 06:59 AM               

Sounds to me like a full time job! It's ridiculous that the field of autographs has gotten to this point. Bring back the good old days when the autographs only value were sentimental and the odds that you had a legitimate autograph were much higher! The thrill of autograph collecting for me is NOT the so called "investment" factor because the reality is that there are much better places to "invest" your money.

Good luck Al and Steve!

posted 03-12-2005 10:03 AM               

And I hear ya. Especially with the new fees some are charging, thats totally taken away the investment factor. It used to be they charged due to others making money off of them so this leveled the playing field, but any more?

And yes it has to be the sentimental factor these days.

Best,

posted 03-12-2005 10:02 PM               

Hope you got the email I sent.