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HOT NEWS 06-30-08 ------
Publicity & Promotions Chair
Pam Martin can be contacted at: msailfish@aol.com
Thank you,
Ralph Fajardo
President Silver Strikers Club
HOT NEWS 06-29-08 ------
Club Chairs
Thank you,
Ralph Fajardo
President Silver Strikers Club
HOT NEWS 06-25-08 ------
Nomination of officers for the Silver Strikers Club
All Members
It is time for nominations for all club officers positions:
1. President
2. 1st Vice President
3. 2nd Vice President
4. Secretary
5. Treasurer
Applications for nominations
will be in the next newsletter.
Ralph Fajardo
President Silver Strikers Club
HOT NEWS 06-25-08 ------
Annual Convention and Party PICTURES
All Members
The annual
convention and party was a blast. I believe everyone had a
great time. I was able to place many names with faces as well as meet
many new members.
Many issues were discussed as the club meeting. Articles such as the
current trend of the silver strike program, the process of making the new
club coin and the memberships roster and dues.
The enlightening point was given by Mr. Tim Rambo the Slot Manager
of Sam's Town. Mr. Rambo was the speaker for the club forum.
They plan on adding another machine and more strikes to the program.
The palms has also added another machine and plan to have more strikes.
Our annual club party was also successful with many members attending.
We had great food, drinks and door prizes. The trade session following the
dinner was also a great success for the members.
I want to thank all members for their participation and dedication in making
our convention successful. I hope to see all of you first in January 23, 24, and
25 where there will be another silver strike slot tournament at the Four Queens
Casino.
If not I'll see you at our next convention.
Ralph Fajardo
President
Silver Strikers Club
HOT NEWS 06-15-08 ------
Silver Strikers forum Speaker
HOT NEWS 06-09-08 ------
CC>CC CONVENTION
CLUB TABLE COVERAGE SCHEDULE
THURSDAY --- JUNE 19th
10am TO 11:30am Don & Judy Barton // Larry Jones & Caleb
Jones
11:30 TO 1pm Ralph & Judy Fajardo // Leroy & Abigail Rico
1pm TO 2:45pm ----------- CLUB FORUM @ 3pm
Bill & Linda Jollie // Jimmy Mahan
2:45pm TO 4:30pm Tammy & Darrell Lynch
NOTE: The SS club table usually is not covered during the SS
club forum -- however Tammy & Darrell Lynch asked to cover the
SS club table during the club forum.
FRIDAY --- JUNE 20th
10am TO 12pm Jo & Rick Riefer // John Vilsmeier & Don
Nesbitt
12pm TO 2pm Jeff & Sue Bitzer // Bill & Nancy Metten
2pm TO 3:30 pm Dave Giffner & Roosevelt Mosley
SATURDAY --- JUNE 21st
10am TO 12pm James McFadden // Cherley Keppner // Frenchy
Choquette
12pm TO 2pm George & Brenda Langley // Carol & Norm
Chrzanowski
2pm TO 4pm Pete & Carole Ryan // Dan Hanagriff
My MANY MANY THANKS to Jeff Bitzer for the work he did in
getting people to cover the SS club table
during the CC>CC convention. Also my MANY MANY THANKS to all
the persons who volunteered to cover the SS club table during
the convention.
HOT NEWS 05-27-08 ------ CLUB COIN NEWS
At this time the Mint has one strike producing machine down and they are trying to get strikes to the casinos for convention time. Our club coin has been delayed in production and will be ready for delivery sometime during the week of the 23rd of June. I want to thank everybody for their pre-sale buys and also wanted to keep everybody informed as to the coin progress. Due to the convention being early this year we were on a very tight schedule without the problems at the mint. I hope everyone will understand where we’re at and please bear with us. Thanks Jeff Bitzer
HOT NEWS 05-19-08------ Reminder
ATTENTION CLUB MEMBERS 2008 CLUB ANNUAL PARTY
The club will have their annual party in
the Platinum room at the Fremont
Thank you,
Ralph Fajardo
President
Silver Strikers club
HOT NEWS 05-19-08------
FOUR QUEENS APPROVED STRIKES
Four Queens casino has a new $200 strike and a $10 strike approved, both are year of the rat. Link requires Adobe PDF reader. $200 Strike $10 StrikeHOT NEWS 05-18-08------
"New Webmaster for Silverstrikers.com"
Jim Quinn has accepted the position as the new Webmaster for the Silverstrikers.com website. Several individuals offered there help and I would like to sincerely thank each and every one of them for the offer of their time and energy. Jim Quinn will be getting support from Tarl Cooley, Jo Riefer, and Jeff Bitzer. Having these wonderful people as backups and support will ensure the completeness and timeliness of the information on the website. To all the individuals that provided me with support with the development and growth of the clubs website I wish to thank you all for the constant influx of images, web pages, and information. Without your help I could not have gotten the site this far. I would further like to see the same cooperation provided to the new crew. If you have time to create some web pages for the areas that still need developing like Colorado please jump in there and then send them to Jim Quinn. With your help the vision of a complete online listing of all the strikes can be accomplished. Thanks again to all that helped me with the site over the years.Jim Moser Silverstrikers.com Webmaster Retired
HOT NEWS 04-07-08------ ATTENTION CLUB MEMBERS 2008 CLUB COINS ARE ON PRE-SALE NOW
Anyone wishing to purchase the new 2008 club coin please cut and paste the attached order form (LINK TO FORM). Price of the coin is $37.00. There are only 253 coins available for sale. There also are a few 2007 coins available for $30.00 each. Anyone purchasing coins who lives in Nevada please fill in the County you live in.HOT NEWS 03-24-08------ 3rd ANNUAL SILVER STRIKE CLUB COIN CONTEST WINNER AND FINALISTS ANNOUNCED.
Congratulations to Mrs. Jo Riefer, winner of the club coin design contest with her "Silver Strikers Celebrate - 9th Anniversary" design (design #1 on post card)... . . and to these runners-up club members:
Scott Donk, 1st runner up (design #2 on post card)
Patrick Pettit, 2nd runner up (design #4 on post card)
Robert Likes, 3rd runner up (design #6 on post card)
Leroy Rico, 4th runner up (design #5 on post card)
Jamie White, 5th runner up (design #3 on post card)
And congratulations to each of the other 44 strikers who entered this year's design competition and to the 160 strikers who sent in their votes. My heartfelt thanks to Jeff Bitzer for publicizing the contest on the club's website/message center.Jim Moser
The official awards to all winners will be presented at this year's convention in June.
See you there!
Bill Metten, Chairman
2008 Club Coin Design Contest
HOT NEWS 03-21-08------ Looking For WebMaster Replacement.
After creating and developing the Club Website Silverstrikers.com I find that health issues have made it increasingly difficult to maintain and axpand the website for the club. I continue to have heart issues ever since the bypass operation 15 months ago and a few weeks ago I had a pacemaker installed. I still have heart issues and will work through them. But for the clubs interest to be protected and the website to continue to grow and stay current I must ask for volunteers to submit there names to take my place as Web Master. The job is a non paying function for the club. Please contact myself or Ralph.Thanks to all those that helped me with the site over the past years.
Thank You
Jim Moser
Webmaster
Ralph Fajardo
President
Silver Strikers Club
HOT NEWS 03-21-08------ Important reminder to the membership.
All membersUpon auditing the club roster, it was learned that 158 members failed to send in their annual membership fees. Many members have responded to the courtesy card that was developed and sent out to remind them. However, many other members have not responded at all.
The task of developing these cards, logging the information, checking and rechecking the expiration dates and mailing expenses is a continuing and time consuming problem. Some members have been informed more than once about their failure to submit their dues.
If you check your roster, it will give you your expiration date. If you dont have one you may purchase one from VP Leroy Rico.email: ricol001@hawaii.rr.com.
It is only fair to warn all members that two months after the courtesy card has. been sent out to you and there is no response from you, your name and other information will be removed from the club. If you later decide to rejoin the club you will be charged a processing fee like all new members and you will be issued a new number
Should there be extenuating circumstances that prevent you from paying your annual dues, please let one of the staff officers know immediately to avoid having this action taken.
Ralph Fajardo
President
Silver Strikers Club
HOT NEWS 03-09-08------ Tentative schedule for our annual convention in Las Vegas.
Dear membersThis is a tentative schedule for the members of the Silver Strikers Club during the CC>CC;annual convention
1. Tuesday June 17, 2008 Early bird trade session for silver strikers at the Four Queens Casino Between 6pm and 10pm.
2. Wednesday June 18, 2008 Open ( no club activity) If anyone has an activity they wish to conduct for the club, please inform one of the staff officers.
3. Thursday June 19, 2008 Silver Strikers Forum with guest speaker (s) 3pm, Silver strikers club meeting 5pm.
4. Friday June 20, 2008 Silver strikers anniversary party at the Fremont Hotel. From 6pm to 10pm at the Platinum Room. 2nd trade session to be held there also during the party for those who missed the first trade session.
5. Saturday June 21, 2008 Open (No club activity).
The club is asking for any donations that will be used as door prizes during the club party. If anyone has something to donate, please contact any one of the officers of the club.
This is a tentative schedule for the annual meeting of the silver strikers members. If any changes occur, members will be notified.
Ralph Fajardo
President
Silver Strikers Club
HOT NEWS 02-28-08------ Condolences.
The staff and I would like to convey our profound condolences to the family of Mr Larry Trostle who was a great member of the Silver Strikers Club. We will miss him dearly.Ralph Fajardo
President
Silver Strikers Club
HOT NEWS 02-12-08------ NINTH CLUB STRIKE CONTEST.
Go to this link to see your choices to vote for.HOT NEWS 02-13-08------ PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
Message to all club members.The current staff are in office to organize, as well as facilitate the needs and concerns of the membership. None of the staff receives any perks nor do they receive any monetary rewards.
If you're able to write concerns on the strike point site, then you should be able to go to the site of the "Club Officials". On this site you will find all of the staff officials, their e mail addresses, phone numbers, and home addresses. Should you have a club concern, you may contact any one of these officials to remedy your concern.
If you've been a members for awhile, you should know where and when to send in your dues Although there was a delay in reminding members, this was due to the fact that the roster needed to be audited and redone. In doing so, it was discovered that 158 members were late in the dues. Leroy took it upon himself to develop a courtesy reminder card to present to members were late in their dues.
We (the staff) cannot prevent you from grand standing your concerns on the strike point site. However, this will only lead to creating animosity between. members. This should be a club that helps each other reach their goals and not a group to piss and moan.
We're asking the membership to support the club and try to move it forward. If we are failing in certain areas, then let us know a better direction or a better decision we could pursue.
Finally if you feel you are more capable of handling the affairs of this club then you should run for office.
Ralph Fajardo
President Silver Strikers Club
HOT NEWS 02-12-08------ PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
All MembersUpon updating the rosters it was found that there were 158 members that failed to submit their annual dues. Cards were made and sent to members to remind them of their due dates. Just a reminder that efforts should be made to assure that the annual dues are being paid.
If you attended the Four Queens slot tournament, you know that it was very successful. I'm sure that everyone who participated enjoyed it. The token given to all participants was excellent. Hopefully with this success, we may be able to encourage other casinos to hold tournaments.
I believe that the annual convention will be on June 18th to the 21st, and will be held at the Riveira Hotel. We are currently looking into having a table to advertise our club and it's functions. We are also looking for members who could volunteer to man the table. Looking forward to seeing you there.
All activities pertaining to the convention will be handled by 2nd Vice President Dan Hanagriff. If you have any info or suggestions, please notify Hanagriff.
Ralph Fajardo
President Silver Strikers club
HOT NEWS 01-17-08------ A FEW WORDS FROM PAM.
FOUR QUEENS SILVER STRIKE SLOT TOURNAMENT JANUARY 25, 26, AND 27, 2008Look out Vegas, here we come ! Hope ya'll have signed up for this great event. Once again we will be meeting friends, having a great time and playing for strikes.
Talk about playing for Strikes, here we go.
Slots A Fun has a new red cap and its a beauty, this one will look great along side of our 2007 club strike. I know its one Bill and Nancy Metten are looking forward too. Of course Slots A Fun new $200 will be available. These two strikes have been a long time coming but I know there are many of us who will be happy to finally add them to our collection.
Sam's Town has been approved for new strikes and the good news is there is a possibility that two new strikes will be available for play at tournament time. Another great surprise for strikers. Be sure and checkout Sam's Town during your stay.
Fremont does have their $40 strike in play but the $10 strike machine is stored at this time. They are working on new $10 strikes at this time.
Don't forget the Palms has their new Playboy's out. As always the Playboy's are so popular so be sure to get your series of these.
Four Queens will have a new red caps and a new $200 during tournament plus all participants in the tournament will receive a Tournament Token. There will be a welcoming party, trade session, tournament play and awards banquet. What more could be ask for??
Its tournament time again and I am looking forward to seeing everyone, hope you can make it.
Pam
HOT NEWS 01-15-08------ A THOUGHT.
I was just thinking of how much we all say how much the 4 Queens does for us strikers. And I agree, they do. It seems though that we never really give that same phrase to the Slots A Fun Casino and their staff. After all, they did buy the strike machines, they do make sure they have new strikes for us to play for including red caps. And including new $200’s. Heck, the Slots A Fun even made a red cap of OUR clubs strike. I sure would say they are very much our friends and I am only guessing that if we could not do our meetings at the 4 Queens the Slot A Fun people just might help us out.I just wanted to give some phrase to another fine casino who is very strike friendly.
And if you need my permission to post this and I hope you do. You have it.
Dennis SS-094
HOT NEWS 01-12-08------ 2nd VICE-PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
From Dan SS club 2nd vice-presidentIf you do not receive a SS club newsletter eather by e-mail or PostOffice mail. Depending on which way you want it sent to you. Please -- DO NOT -- DO NOT -- e-mail or call Larry or Kathy Archer or me(Dan). And ask us to send you a newsletter, because your request will only be forwarded Leroy Rico. You need to e-mail Leroy Rico at: leroyrico@gmail.com This way Leroy will have the right information to try to get the newsletter to you. As well as update the club roster and any other club records. So that he will have the correct information for future needs including the newsletter e-mailing & Post Office mailing of it.
Those of us who are doing the club newsletter can only e-mail the newsletter to members or furnish information to the printer for the Post Office mailing of the newsletter. According to the information that is recieved by us from the keeper of the club roster & records. At the time the club newsletter is to be e-mailed or Post Office mailed to the SS club members.
Thank you, Dan
HOT NEWS 12-08-07------ PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
Dear MembersI've been reading and hearing a lot of negative comments regarding the silver strikes and would like to comment on it to the membership.
The Four Queens is currently the best casino that has supported and catered to the Silver Strikers program. This casino continues to produce different strikes and give members an opportunity to obtain a new strike. They have also provided a slot tournament that members may enter with a quarter pound strike as an award. They've provided a room so the club may hold a trade session and treated obnoxious members with kid gloves.
This casino has gone out of it's way to design and produce excellent strikes that members could collect. I want to extend a well deserved commendation to Shaun Webster and the Four Queens for their effort in supporting our program.
It has been sad and unfortunate that there are a few people in the program that are self serving. Their only goal is to obtain a strike "immediately" so they may make a profit. If there is a delay, they piss and moan. They continue to gripe about every aspect of the program. They grumble about the design, the color scheme,how it is issued and the safety around the cashier. Yet...they provide no remedy to their gripes.
Apparently some of the casinos have noticed the obnoxious collectors attitudes and for reasons and concerns, decided to end the program. They don't want to put up with these cry babies so they've removed their machines. Without the support and help from these casinos, this program will die. Then the self servers will have nothing to bitch about.
Dear members, I believe that it is time that the attitudes and mind set of some of these people need to change. With IGT's stance, it is time to pull together with each other and the supporting casinos to have this program continue. There is no need for negative comments to be made about any casino that is supporting our silver strike program.
Ralph Fajardo
President Silver Strikers Club
NEWS 10-06-07------ NEWSLETTER EMAIL RETURNS ERRORS/BOUNCEBACKS. NEED GOOD EMAIL ADDRESSES PLEASE.
Dan and Kathy need your help to ensure you get your newsletter. Please check the list of emails below and if one looks like yours please email Dan and Leroy Rico to ensure they get your correct email. Kathy, the new newsletter editor, got a few bounce/error messages when sending out the email newsletters. Here is the list of Bounce-Backs.steenberg@cox.net
jdt1963@verizon.net
rossemarkley@bellsouth.net
kroether@nyforme.com
kenball@comcast.net
kenball@tx.rr.com
ruschgm@foxinternet.com
These folks need to contact danhanagriff@netscape.net and ricol001@hawaii.rr.com with their updated email information in order to receive their email July/Aug/Sept Silver Strikers Newsletter.
Thanks Kathy and Dan
NEWS 10-07-07------ SUPPORT YOUR CLUB! 2007 Club Strike Orders.
Presently there are 101 club strikes remaining (unsold). Once again, they are available to club members for $30.00 each. Anyone interested, please send me a check for $30.00 and I will send one to you.Silver Strikers Club
C/o Ralph Fajardo
95-428 Kamahana Place
Mililani Hi 96789
NEWS 09-25-07------ PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
Effective November 1, 2007 the annual club dues for the Silver Strikers club will be as follows:Annual Membership $15.00
Associate Membership $ 15.00
Processing Fees $ 8.00
Additional Roster $ 10.00
Aloha
Ralph Fajardo
President Silver Strikers Club
NEWS 08-26-07------ 2007 CONVENTION PICTURES.
See the link for Convention Pics by James McFADDEN. PICTURESNEWS 04-12-07------ CURRENT CASINO'S with STRIKES LINK. Jim Quinn has allowed the clubs website to provide the link to his site with current strike information. http://members.cox.net/silverstrikes/CSSWeb/cssMain.htm.
From the Grievance Chairperson
Grievance Filing/Resolution Procedures
The Grievance Chairperson will investigate and determine a rule of finding on matters concerning possible Silver Strikers Club Code of Ethics violations. The Grievance Chairperson will only address Code of Ethics issues which have to do with the Silver Strikers Club and/or members of the Silver Strikers Club and most importantly only items /situations over which the club has any say.
All grievances must be filed in writing to the Grievance Chairperson. The filing must include a complete summary as to what the grievance is, why you believe it to be a grievance and any information to substantiate the claims.
All grievances filings and findings will be part of the club's public records.
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NEWS 10-27-05------ Comprehensive History of NV Strike Approvals Norm Wu reports that he came across this comprehensive 516 page document from the Nevada Gaming Commission which lists the description and exact date that every chip, token and strike was approved through Dec. 2004. It's sorted by city, then casino and date. Here is the Link: http://www.gaming.nv.gov/documents/pdf/chip_token_hist.pdfNEW STRIKES APPROVAL LIST ------ You can go directly to the gaming site and sort out the strikes listed at Strike Approval List Link
WEBMASTER STILL NEEDS 5 IMAGES ------Please help complete this website for the benifit of all. Go to the Silver Strike Images Needed List and see if you can help us out. THANK YOU!!!
Did you know? CURRENT MEMBERSHIP 645!
Participation from all of our members is needed.Here are the guidelines for the drive:
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE 2005-2006.
Our membership drive is off to a great start! We have added 46 new members to our Club since our membership drive started on August 15th. Our goal this year is to sign up 100 new members. Participation from all our members is needed to achieve our goal. We currently have 645 active members in our Club. Let's all get out there and sign up a bunch of new members. This year we will give out awards to the 3 members that sign up the most new members. See below for the awards.
Here are the guidelines for the membership drive:
Dates for Drive Qualification: August 15, 2005 to June 15, 2006
For signing up the most new members, the winner will receive a 2004 and a 2005 SS Club Strike.
For signing up the 2nd most new members, the winner will receive a 2005 Palms NCV Strike.
For signing up the 3rd most new members, the winner will receive a 2005 IGT NCV Strike.
In the newsletter, as in the past, we have inserted a Silver Strikers application for you to pass on to a prospective new member. Make sure to put your name on applications, so we will know you are the sponsor.
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!
Kevin Pyles, 1st Vice President/Membership
NEW MEMBER LIST FOR 2005-2006.
| NEW MEMBER | CLUB # | SPONSOR |
| Nead, Dennis | SS-931 | Silverstrikers.com |
| Slack, James | SS-932 | Silverstrikers.com |
| Emerson, David | SS-933 | Jim Moser |
| Wilson, Robert | SS-934 | Ray Ulinski |
| Wilson, Jerry | SS-934-A | Ray Ulinski |
| Matthews, Diane | SS-935 | Silverstrikers.com |
| Kelton, Todd | SS-936 | Jim Turnbow |
| Urzen, Mark | SS-937 | Silverstrikers.com |
| Behm, Kenneth | SS-938 | Gary Kenyon |
| Barrett, Michael | SS-939 | Pam Martin |
| McElvain, Rod | SS-940 | Randy McElvain |
| Hayes, Sandra | SS-941 | Sharon Pamperin |
| Hansen, Leta | SS-942 | Silverstrikers.com |
| Perez, Becky | SS-943 | William Cohenour |
| Allen, Richard | SS-944 | Silverstrikers.com |
| Erhardt, Richard | SS-945 | Mark Erhardt |
| Ciciora, Neal | SS-946 | Silverstrikers.com |
| O'Neal, Gerald | SS-160-A | Janice O'Neal |
| Yarbrough, Lee | SS-947 | Silverstrikers.com |
| Yarbrough, Laura | SS-947-A | Silverstrikers.com |
| Latkowski, Doug | SS-948 | Silverstrikers.com |
| Holman, Robyn | SS-949 | |
| Smith, Gary | SS-950 | Jamie Martin |
| Stetz, Tom | SS-951 | Ray Ulinski |
| Hora, Frank | SS-952 | Silverstrikers.com |
| Bilan, Peter | SS-953 | Silverstrikers.com |
| Ebert, Ginny | SS-954 | Doug Ebert |
| Biggers, Betty | SS-955 | Silverstrikers.com |
| Biggers, Ray | SS-955-A | Silverstrikers.com |
| Barrett, Michael | SS-956 | Silverstrikers.com |
| Barrett, Naomi | SS-956-A | Silverstrikers.com |
| Gauthier, Richard | SS-957 | Silverstrikers.com |
| Fitzgerald, Gary | SS-958 | Pete Ryan |
| Sawtelle, Philip | SS-959 | Reginald Ikebe |
| Friese, Barbara | SS-960 | Silverstrikers.com |
| Beckdolt, Patrick | SS-961 | Silverstrikers.com |
| Levy, Ralph | SS-962 | Ad in CC>CC Magazine |
| Engel, Joe | SS-963 | Ralph Levy |
| Baxter, Robert | SS-964 | Scott Holmquist |
| Spargur, Cynthia | SS-965 | Silverstrikers.com |
| Fajardo-Horton, Sylvia | SS-966 | Rafael Fajardo |
| Turek, Robert | SS-967 | Silverstrikers.com |
| Jones, Caleb | SS-968 | Larry H. Jones |
| Ettinger, Len | SS-969 | Silverstrikers.com |
| Bergman, Janet | SS-814-A | Robert Crawford |
| McCutcheon, David | SS-970 | Bill Metten |
On our website you are able to print off our application and pass it on to your prospective new member. Make sure you put your name on the application so that we will know you are the sponsor.
Strike Approval List Link
Casinos with Silver Strike Machines – Outside Nevada
STATE, CASINO, CITY
Colorado, Johnny Nolans, Cripple Creek
Colorado, Black Diamond, Cripple Creek
Minnesota, Fortune Bay, Tower
Mississippi, Imperial Palace, Biloxi
New Mexico, Isleta, Albe
Wisconsin, Bad River, Odanah
Wisconsin, St. Croix, Turtle Lake
A big THANK YOU to Christie Gregory for providing this information. As all of you know Christie is the expert on the Non-Nevada strikes. If she wasn't sure if the casino had strikes in play at this time, she called for verification. Again thank you Christie.
This document maintained by Jim Quinn
SilverStrikers@yahoo.com
Material Copyright © 2008 Silver Strikers Club