About 70 people attended the NBS general meeting on August 11th. The meeting was called to order by President Wayne Homren. After the attendees introduced themselves, Vice President Tom Sheehan presented the following awards:

BEST ASYLUM ARTICLE OF 1999: The winner was Joel Orosz, for "Ad Hominem Ad Nauseam: The "Great Debate" Between Michael Hodder & Theodore Buttrey", published in the No. 3 issue. Balloting was neck-and-neck this year - the runner up by a single vote was "The Numismatist: The First Six Volumes: Where Are They Now?" by David J. Sklow, also in the No. 3 issue. Congratulations and thanks to our winner and all our Asylum authors.

JACK COLLINS AWARD: The Jack Collins Award for Overall Contribution to Numismatic Literature, established in 1998, is given on an occasional basis to an individual deemed to have made an important, lasting contribution to the body of numismatic literature. This year the award was given to William Malkmus, for his long-running efforts to index our journal, The Asylum. Congratulations, and thanks again for a job well done.

An informal auction was held to raise funds for our Society's treasury. About $1,000 was raised from donations by John W. Adams, George Frederick Kolbe, Tom Sheehan, Bill Swoger, Wayne Homren, Eric Newman, and Myron Xenos. Many thanks to all our donors and bidders, as well as to Brad Karoleff, who volunteered his auctioneering talents to call the sale in professional fashion. (More details on lots and prices realized next week).