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In Seattle — A Pen Club? Oh Yes! The Seattle Pen Club is
a gathering of fountain pen enthusiasts. We love and collect fountain
pens, roller-balls and even mechanical pencils. A collection of connoisseurs
of writing instruments. A group of garrulous groupies of the stylus. We
meet every third Saturday of the month at 11am in the Friends Meeting
Room at Third Place Commons in Lake Forest Park. If you have an interest
in pens, come on over and join us. We are made up of old and young, new
to pen collecting, veterans of the trade and just those that enjoy the
history of pens and penmenship.
 The June Meeting will be ONE
WEEK EARLY - on Saturday, June 12th at the usual place, the Friends Meeting
Room at Third Place Commons to avoid some conflicts. Please mark your
calendars accordingly. That's the 2nd Saturday of June.
The next Bellingham meeting is scheduled for the October meeting. Mark
that down too!
The May Meeting on Saturday,
May 15th 2010 washeld at the Bellingham
Public Market. We had two themes for this meeting. First, demonstrators
- clear or nearly clear pens, those with widows to their souls. Second,
favorite daily user, the pen that seems to find itself into your pocket
or purse most often.
Not counting spouses and spices, there were about 8 attending from Seattle,
5 from Bellingham, and 3 from Canada. Though the themes seemed to get
lost in the shuffle and buzz, there were a few nice modern demonstrators
displayed. Many thanks to Ann and Aarvin for bringing an interesting display
of Chilton pens and ephemera. Some early birds arrived even before 9:30,
I believe, and I don’t think we fully left the building until after
2:00 PM. Even with some competing events there was enough room for us.
We don't often update the website
but we do meet regularly every third Saturday. Our President George sends
out an email reminder every month. To get yourself on this list, email
George at seattlepenclub dot com. We often take photos of the meetings
and share them via email as well
The February 2010 Meeting
was themed for Love and New Acquisitions. Many members showed off the
pens that their loved ones gave them. This February meeting roughly marks
the 6th anniversary of the Seattle Pen Club. February 7, 2004 was the
date of our first gathering. That first year saw our attendance set records
for lowest (3 in July) and highest (15 in December). We set a new record
this meeting, with 19 members.
At the February meeting, we
also had door prizes to give away. A small sample of paper and inks given
to our club by Karen Doherty, VP of Marketing for Exaclair.
Thank you, Karen.
This WebMiss will try to update
this site more often, and see to setting up a photo-gallery for members.
The key word is... "try" :)
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