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Kenneth Krieger, CHP

Since the garage sale at the Health Physics Society (HPS) annual meeting a few years ago was a success, we are going to do it again at the HPS annual meeting in Spokane, Washington. If you have an interesting item, a historical item, or any other item that you want out of your house and you think that other health physicists might like, bring it to the meeting. You will receive a tax deduction for your donation. HPS will auction the item 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 2022 HPS Annual Meeting in Spokane 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 am, winners will pay for the items via a special PayPal account set up for HPS and pick them up or arrange for shipment. If the winner of the auction is 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 that are too large to bring to the meeting can also be entered in the auction. Pictures and descriptions of items can be brought to the meeting and then arrangements for shipping items can be made between the owner and the bid winner. Please help make this an interesting, fun, and profitable event for HPS. Bring your old or interesting items to be auctioned off at the annual meeting. See you there!

The 67th HPS Annual Meeting will be held 17–21 July 2022 in Spokane, Washington. More information can be found on the meeting website.