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History of MAPS Membership Listing MAPS Members' MAPS receives occasional e-mail inquiries. Can you help? In The Groove article index Membership Application In The Groove advertising Go to TOP
MAPS Phonovention The MAPS Phonovention occurs each year in the fall. This serves as the MAPS annual meeting and also features a competitive show, swap meet, sales, and other activities. Check the links here to see what the Phonovention is all about. |
In The Groove Highlights in the December 2008 IssueIn The Groove is the newsletter of MAPS and is mailed on a monthly basis to all MAPS members. Look down below on this page for more information about becoming a member and about In The Groove.
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What is the Michigan Antique Phonograph Society?The Michigan Antique Phonograph Society (MAPS) is registered with the State of Michigan as a non-profit corporation. To become a member of MAPS and receive the monthly newsletter, In The Groove (ITG), you must fill out a membership application and have a member of MAPS in good standing sponsor you. Your first year's dues must be included with your membership application.A MAPS membership application is available on-line. A membership information package is also available by mail from Phil & Eileen Stewart at the address below. Membership dues are $25.00 per year for United States residents and US$32.00 per year for Canadian residents. Membership dues are US$37.00 per year for European residents. Membership dues are US$40.00 for Asia residents. (According to the U.S. Postal Service, MAPS members living in the following countries are in Asia: China, Japan, Korea, Israel, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and United Arab Emirates (UAE). All dues paid in U.S. currency. Former members of MAPS who left in good standing may rejoin at any time without filling out a membership application by paying their dues for the current year. NOTICE: There will be a dues increase for 2009. Check the renewal information in the October ITG. There will be 12 In The Groove publications per calendar year. Important, if your dues are RECEIVED before January 1, 2009, pay at the existing 2008 rate (see paragraph above). If your payment is received after January 1, 2009, you need to pay at the 2009 rates as follows: These rate changes are due to increased costs. All payments must be in U.S. funds only. Please address your membership form to:
MAPS If you are interested in the new membership and resource directory, contact Phil & Eileen Stewart at the address below. Members are encouraged to submit material for inclusion in the newsletter. All material submitted will be considered the property of In The Groove unless the sender requests its return. Members in good standing are entitled to one classified ad per month, up to 50 words, including name, address and telephone numbers. Members may not "bank" free ads from month to month. See an issue of ITG for a detailed explanation of the ITG classified advertising policy or check this advertising rate page.
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Upcoming EventsThe upcoming MAPS meetings and other events are as follows:
Check your In The Groove for other future events, auctions, and sales. If your phonograph, record, or other antique mechanical music society, would like to have its event listed here and in In The Groove, send your item to the editors. Go to TOP MAPS Chapters around the country!There are MAPS chapters in Michigan, Oregon Territory, Wisconsin, Alabama, Indiana, the Carolinas, Colorado and surrounding states area, California, Iowa, Kentucky, Georgia, and now Massachusetts. Check the prototype chapters page now at: New Chapter Page.
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MAPS Members On-line!Here is a LIST of e-mail and WWW links of some of MAPS members. If you are a MAPS member and want to be added to this list, just send the pertinent info to the MAPS Webmaster.Go to TOP
Links and Links!The Oregon Territory Antique Phonograph Society (a MAPS chapter) has a fantastic list of phonograph and music oriented links. Check it out at http://www.proaxis.com/~settlet/record/links.html.Go to TOP
Index of In The Groove Newsletter ArticlesLook here for an index of principal articles of the In The Groove newsletter of the MAPS. This excellent index was created by Tim Brooks and includes all issues from November 1976 to September 1999.Go to TOP
In The Groove AdvertisementsIf you are interested in advertising to MAPS members, check the display ad rates for the In The Groove newsletter of the MAPS. MAPS members are entitled to one free Swap Shop ad on a space available basis every month. Check any In The Groove issue on the Swap Shop page.Go to TOP
In The Groove Regular ColumnistsThere are several regular columnists for the In The Groove newsletter of the MAPS. This is further information provided by the columnists, including contact information in some cases.
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| In The Groove is the MAPS monthly newsletter sent to all members in good standing. Each monthly issue is composed of about 24 pages with articles and ads about antique phonographs, records, recording artists, and related advertising. Notices of auctions, helpful hints, wanted to buy, for sale, advertisements, and a swap shop (about four two-column pages!) are all a part of the ITG. The ITG editors are Phil & Eileen Stewart. You can email them at ITG@michiganantiquephonographsociety.org or send them a note at the address above. |
Phil and Eileen do a fantastic job on ITG each month! I don't know how they get anything else done! They are valuable constituents of MAPS. |
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NOTICE: This is the home page for The Michigan Antique Phonograph Society. This material is used with permission. Most of this material is copyrighted by the Michigan Antique Phonograph Society.
Comments or question regarding this website should be directed to the MAPS WebMaster.
The URL for this page is http://www.michiganantiquephonographsociety.org/
This page was last updated on December 31, 2008 .
These pages are maintained using a Mac G4, a MacBook, MS Word (text mode), Apple Safari, and Fetch. The PC-format bitmap MAPS graphic was courtesy of MAPS, the color was added by KidPix on an old Mac IIcx. The ITG logo was scanned with a Umax 2100U scanner and the color added with KidPix.
