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Kenneth Krieger, CHP

Because the garage sale at the Health Physics Society (HPS) annual meeting two years ago was a success, we will hold it again at the 2020 HPS Annual Meeting in National Harbor, Maryland. If you have an interesting health-physics-related item—current or historical—that you want out of your house and that you think other health physicists might like, bring it to the meeting. You will receive a tax deduction for your donation. HPS will hold a silent auction for donated items and the money received will be used for scholarships, fellowships, student travel grants, and other benevolent Society activities.

The logistics are straightforward. You bring the item to the 2020 HPS Annual Meeting and deliver it to the Secretariat, who will place it in the auction. The auction will open when the exhibit hall opens, and meeting attendees will be able to view all items. At the end of the auction, Wednesday morning at about 10 a.m., winners will pay for the items and pick them up or arrange for shipment. If the winners of the silent auctions are not present, the second-place bid will win unless previous arrangements have been made. Shipping arrangements, if needed, are the responsibility of the winner—HPS will not take possession of any items. If no one bids on an item, the owner must take that item back—and maybe try again the following year.

Items too large to bring to the meeting may also be entered in the auction. Pictures and descriptions of items can be brought to the meeting and arrangements for shipping the item will be between the owner and the bid winner.

Please help make this event an interesting, fun, and profitable event for HPS. Bring your old and/or interesting items to be auctioned off at the annual meeting, See you there!