1. NOTOS 2015 International Philatelic Exhibition

2. Exhibitions - current situation:
Considerably fewer

3. Exhibitions - current situation:
Considerably fewer
More expensive

4. Exhibitions - current situation:
Considerably fewer
More expensive
More difficult to support financially

5. Exhibitions - current situation:
Considerably fewer
More expensive
More difficult to support financially
and worst of all:
Sky-high entry fees

6. Exhibitions - current situation:
Considerably fewer
More expensive
More difficult to support financially
and worst of all:
Sky-high entry fees
Everybody is concerned

7. Exhibitions - current situation:
Considerably fewer
More expensive
More difficult to support financially
and worst of all:
Sky-high entry fees
Everybody is concerned
Solutions desperately needed

8. How we worked it out (I):
Set out exhibition format:
is it going to be primarily a dealers’ bourse?
…or part of a bigger festival?
…or just the philatelic exhibits?

9. How we worked it out (I):
Set out exhibition format:
is it going to be primarily a dealers’ bourse?
…or part of a bigger festival?
…or just the philatelic exhibits?
In our case:
it is the philatelic exhibits themselves

10. How we worked it out (I):
Set out exhibition format:
is it going to be primarily a dealers’ bourse?
…or part of a bigger festival?
…or just the philatelic exhibits?
In our case:
it is the philatelic exhibits themselves
plus to have a good time!

11. How we worked it out (II):
Understand own comparative advantages
is it manpower?
…or expertise?
…or a strong philatelic community?
…or healthy finances?
…or a suitable and free-of-charge exhibition hall?

12. How we worked it out (II):
Understand own comparative advantages
is it manpower?
…or expertise?
…or a strong philatelic community?
…or healthy finances?
…or a suitable and free-of-charge exhibition hall?
In our case:
manpower + expertise + exhibition hall

13. How we worked it out (III):
Make cuts but draw the line:
“IS IT BETTER TO HAVE AN EXHIBITION
WITHOUT a, b or c
THAN HAVE NO EXHIBITION AT ALL?”

14. How we worked it out (III):
Make cuts but draw the line:
“IS IT BETTER TO HAVE AN EXHIBITION
WITHOUT a, b or c
THAN HAVE NO EXHIBITION AT ALL?”
A simple question many times asked
Say YES to some
NO to others

15. Main ingredients in NOTOS 2015:
Exhibitors willing to exhibit

16. Main ingredients in NOTOS 2015:
Exhibitors willing to exhibit
A strong team of qualified volunteers

17. Main ingredients in NOTOS 2015:
Exhibitors willing to exhibit
A strong team of qualified volunteers
A suitable exhibition hall

18. Main ingredients in NOTOS 2015:
Exhibitors willing to exhibit
A strong team of qualified volunteers
A suitable exhibition hall
Are these sufficient?

19. Main ingredients in NOTOS 2015:
Exhibitors willing to exhibit
A strong team of qualified volunteers
A suitable exhibition hall
Are these sufficient?
Yes, they are!

20. Principal targets: High exhibition standards
Good to very good exhibits
FIP accredited jury
Expert Team
GREX, FREGEX observed
FEPA Consultant

21. Principal targets: High exhibition standards Low exhibitor’s fees
Good to very good exhibits
FIP accredited jury
Expert Team
GREX, FREGEX observed
FEPA Consultant
Low exhibitor’s fees
At 20 euro per frame or per Philatelic Literature entry

22. Principal targets: High exhibition standards Low exhibitor’s fees
Good to very good exhibits
FIP accredited jury
Expert Team
GREX, FREGEX observed
FEPA Consultant
Low exhibitor’s fees
At 20 euro per frame or per Philatelic Literature entry
Reasonable budget
This should not be a one-time project

23. Reasonable budget:
Free-of-charge exhibition hall

24. Reasonable budget: Free-of-charge exhibition hall
No publications or printings except Certificates
Instead: updated website, on-line forms etc.

25. Reasonable budget: Free-of-charge exhibition hall
No publications or printings except Certificates
Instead: updated website, on-line forms etc.
No exhibitors’ medals
Certificates, SP, GP etc. as per GREX, FREGEX

26. Reasonable budget: Free-of-charge exhibition hall
No publications or printings except Certificates
Instead: updated website, on-line forms etc.
No exhibitors’ medals
Certificates, SP, GP etc. as per GREX, FREGEX
No remuneration to Jury and Commissioners
Travel and accommodation as per GREX, FREGEX

27. Reasonable budget: Free-of-charge exhibition hall
No publications or printings except Certificates
Instead: updated website, on-line forms etc.
No exhibitors’ medals
Certificates, SP, GP etc. as per GREX, FREGEX
No remuneration to Jury and Commissioners
Travel and accommodation as per GREX, FREGEX
Lots of man-hours contribution

28. This concludes the philosophy behind NOTOS 2015

29. Let us move on to more practical details

30. Dates: We 11.11 Arrival of Commissioners/Jury
Th Exhibition open to the public
Fr Exhibition open to the public
Sa Exhibition open to the public
Su Exhibition open to the public
Mo Departure of Commissioners/Jury

31. Hellenic Philotelic Society
Organizers:
Hellenic Philotelic Society
main contributor in Olymphilex 2004

32. Hellenic Philotelic Society
Organizers:
Hellenic Philotelic Society
main contributor in Olymphilex 2004
organizers of 3 big nationals
with international participation
in 2005, 2009, 2013

33. Hellenic Philotelic Society
Organizers:
Hellenic Philotelic Society
main contributor in Olymphilex 2004
organizers of 3 big nationals
with international participation
in 2005, 2009, 2013
publishers of “Philotelia” journal since 1924

34. What is “NOTOS”?
“Notos” is Greek for “South”

35. What is “NOTOS”? Participation: “Notos” is Greek for “South”
21 countries of the European South with Commissioners’ privileges

36. What is “NOTOS”? Participation: “Notos” is Greek for “South”
21 countries of the European South with Commissioners’ privileges
The rest of Europe and the World with exhibits related to the European South

37. European South

38. European South
Portugal

39. European South
Portugal
Spain

40. European South
Portugal
Spain
France
Monaco

41. European South
Portugal
Spain
France
Monaco
Italy
Malta

42. European South
Portugal
Spain
France
Monaco
Italy
Malta
Slovenia

43. European South Portugal Spain France Monaco Italy Malta Slovenia
Croatia

44. European South Bosnia-Herz Portugal Spain France Monaco Italy Malta
Slovenia
Croatia

45. European South Bosnia-Herz Montenegro Portugal Spain France Monaco
Italy
Malta
Slovenia
Croatia

46. European South Bosnia-Herz Montenegro Serbia Portugal Spain France
Monaco
Italy
Malta
Slovenia
Croatia

47. European South Bosnia-Herz Montenegro Serbia Romania Portugal Spain
France
Monaco
Italy
Malta
Slovenia
Croatia

48. European South Bosnia-Herz Montenegro Serbia Romania Moldova Portugal
Spain
France
Monaco
Italy
Malta
Slovenia
Croatia

49. European South Bosnia-Herz Montenegro Serbia Romania Moldova Portugal
Spain
France
Monaco
Italy
Malta
Slovenia
Croatia
Albania

50. European South Bosnia-Herz Montenegro Serbia Romania Moldova Portugal
Spain
France
Monaco
Italy
Malta
Slovenia
Croatia
Albania
FYROM

51. European South Bosnia-Herz Montenegro Serbia Romania Moldova Portugal
Spain
France
Monaco
Italy
Malta
Slovenia
Croatia
Albania
FYROM
Bulgaria

52. European South Bosnia-Herz Montenegro Serbia Romania Moldova Portugal
Spain
France
Monaco
Italy
Malta
Slovenia
Croatia
Albania
FYROM
Bulgaria
Greece

53. European South Bosnia-Herz Montenegro Serbia Romania Moldova Portugal
Spain
France
Monaco
Italy
Malta
Slovenia
Croatia
Albania
FYROM
Bulgaria
Greece
Turkey

54. European South Bosnia-Herz Montenegro Serbia Romania Moldova Portugal
Spain
France
Monaco
Italy
Malta
Slovenia
Croatia
Albania
FYROM
Bulgaria
Greece
Turkey
Cyprus

55. European South Bosnia-Herz Montenegro Serbia Romania Moldova Portugal
Spain
France
Monaco
Italy
Malta
Slovenia
Croatia
Albania
FYROM
Bulgaria
Greece
Turkey
Cyprus
Israel

56. European South Bosnia-Herz Montenegro Serbia Romania Moldova Portugal
Spain
France
Monaco
Italy
Malta
Slovenia
Croatia
Albania
FYROM
Bulgaria
Greece
Turkey
Cyprus
Israel
Egypt

57. Peristeri Exhibition Centre, Athens Greece
Venue:
Peristeri Exhibition Centre,
Athens
Greece
“Peristeri” is an Athens suburb
“Peristeri” is Greek for ”dove”

58. Athens city centre
Exhibition venue

59. Travel time to the exhibition grounds:
13 min metro ride from Athens city centre
plus 3 min walk

60. Metro station
Exhibition entrance

61. Athens metro: Direct metro line from Athens city centre
Metro tickets will be provided

62. ANTHOUPOLI
Exhibition venue
SYNTAGMA
Athens city centre

63. Size of the exhibition:
800 (16-page) exhibition frames
rich Philatelic Literature

64. Size of the exhibition:
800 (16-page) exhibition frames
rich Philatelic Literature
Competition:
all FIP classes plus Open Philately
“Classe des Champions” (1 FIP or FEPA LG)

65. Size of the exhibition:
800 (16-page) exhibition frames
rich Philatelic Literature
Competition:
all FIP classes plus Open Philately
“Classe des Champions” (1 FIP or FEPA LG)
Jury: FIP accredited judges

66. Size of the exhibition:
800 (16-page) exhibition frames
rich Philatelic Literature
Competition:
all FIP classes plus Open Philately
“Classe des Champions” (1 FIP or FEPA LG)
Jury: FIP accredited judges
Entry fees: 20 euro/frame

67. Final points:
One copy only for each Philatelic Literature entry

68. Final points: One copy only for each Philatelic Literature entry
No Bin Room, no inventory lists
Commissioners will deliver and collect directly on the frames
Each frame, once mounted, it will be photographed

69. Final points: One copy only for each Philatelic Literature entry
No Bin Room, no inventory lists
Commissioners will deliver and collect directly on the frames
Each frame, once mounted, it will be photographed
A FIP GPH -> Cannot compete

70. Deadlines: end of 3/2015 -> Receipt of entry forms
end of 4/2015 -> Notification to applicants
end of 5/2015 -> Confirmation by the participants
Payment of fees

71. See you in Athens!

72. See you in Athens!
Thank you