How to Join
Welcome to JAPOS! You may use this PDF membership application to join and begin receiving our quarterly news bulletin.
Dues for each calendar year beginning in January 2025 is $10 (ten USD) to receive both the PDF and a printed hard copy. You may elect to receive it in just one format, or both.
Upon completing your application choose one of these options to make a payment:
​1.) Mail your check and the completed form to our Secretary-Treasurer, OR
2.) Email a scanned copy of the form to the Secretary-Treasurer and use this PayPal Donation link to make your payment.
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The Secretary-Treasurer will assume from the amount submitted whether it is meant for dues (in increments of ten) or if it is an odd-number donation above normal dues. Email instructions to study.japos@gmail.com as necessary to clarify.
Download a recruiting brochure to share with friends who might be curious about our group.
History
Our By-Laws (see larger image) have not been changed since formation in 1974. That would take some discussion and a vote, which in a normal club would happen in a meeting. (We have never had a meeting.) If we want to make changes without meeting, we could do it via regular mail. That is how we have conducted elections of officers in the past and how we picked our favorite articles.
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We offer a one-page, 512-word summary of our history in PDF document, created in 2024.
For a few years, Gustav Detjen Jr. produced first day covers for new author stamp issues, with this style of text cachet.