{"id":15165,"date":"2023-01-06T18:08:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T23:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=15165"},"modified":"2023-01-06T20:48:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T01:48:58","slug":"aps-asda-merger-off-the-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=15165","title":{"rendered":"APS-ASDA Merger Off The Table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A merger between the largest U.S. stamp collecting organization, the American Philatelic <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aps-over-asda.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14744\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aps-over-asda-300x167.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aps-over-asda-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aps-over-asda-150x83.png 150w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aps-over-asda-500x278.png 500w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aps-over-asda.png 879w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Society, and the major stamp deaer organization, the American Stamp Dealers Association, is unlikely to happen in the near future. Outlining work ahead for the APS Board, executive director Scott English wrote on January 6, 2023:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The APS\/ASDA merger is not our best option to move forward. Looking at the risks and opportunities of a merger, the scale tilts toward the risk side. We\u2019ve spent years getting the APS and APRL fiscal house in order, and a merger with the ASDA will not further what we\u2019ve accomplished.<\/p>\n<p>The APRL is the American Philatelic Research Library, of which he is also executive director and which owns the American Philatelic Center, the headquarters of the APS.<\/p>\n<p>In his <a href=\"https:\/\/stamps.org\/news\/c\/news\/cat\/aps-news\/post\/aps-update-aps-executive-director-outlines-plan-for-board-action\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>, which can be found on the APS website, English said a significant portion of the membership opposed the merger, while a significant majority (85%) felt collectors and dealers should work together to foster more ethical practices in philately.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The APS already has a dealer member program, with hundreds of APS members registered as dealers and a Dealer Advisory Council established by the APS Board in 2016. Both programs should be more effective in serving collectors and dealers.<\/p>\n<p>Our earlier story on the proposal that English and a member of the ASDA board had floated, can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=14741\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A merger between the largest U.S. stamp collecting organization, the American Philatelic Society, and the major stamp deaer organization, the American Stamp Dealers Association, is unlikely to happen in the near future. Outlining work ahead for the APS Board, executive &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=15165\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stamp-societies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15165"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15168,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15165\/revisions\/15168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}