Recognition of Service: Membership Star Program
The Membership Star Program began January 1, 1991, to recognize those members who bring in new members to the Photographic Society of America. A referring (sponsoring) member is sent a "thank you" recognition email by the Director within two weeks of the referral. The referring member's name is listed on the New Member List following the new member's name.
Actual medal star awards are presented at a local meeting for Membership Stars one through four. A presentation box is provided with the Third Membership Star. This box will hold Membership Stars one through four. A plaque with the Membership Star is presented during the PSA Annual Conference to those who earn the Fifth Membership Star, the Ruby Star Award, or the Diamond Star Award.
Beginning with the referral's listed in the January 1991, PSA Journal, data was gathered by Icy Sowards, APSA. In 2008 a database was developed by Stuart Lynn and it is continually updated by the Director of the Membership Star Program. Membership Stars are awarded automatically when a member completes the required number of referrals. Continuous membership is required to receive stars.
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First Star
Second Star
Third Star (presentation box)
Fourth Star
Fifth Star (plaque)
Ruby Star (plaque)
Diamond Star (plaque)
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10 new members
25 new members total
45 new members total
70 new members total
100 new members total
200 new members total
400 new members total
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Those who have earned five Membership Stars and the Ruby Membership Star or more are listed on this webpage.
Those members referring more than five PSA members during the previous year are listed in the May
publication of PSA Who's Who in Membership and at the bottom of this webpage.
| Members who have earned Five Membership Stars |
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| 2012 Li Wang |
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| 2011 David Daduan Deng |
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| 2011 Gia Trung |
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| 2011 Wang Ying |
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| 2010 Jean Timmermeister, FPSA |
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| 2009 Joanne Stolte, APSA, EPSA |
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| 2008 Tony Le Kim Thuan, APSA |
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| 2007 Joseph K.S. Tan, APSA, PPSA |
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| 2002 Bob Gorrill, APSA |
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| 2001 Icy Sowards, APSA |
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| 2001 Peter Phoon Kwong, APSA * |
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| 1995 Jozef Aerts, FPSA, EPSA |
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| Members who have earned the Ruby Membership Star Award |
| 2010 Joanne Stolte, APSA, EPSA |
| 2009 Jozef Aerts, FPSA, EPSA |
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| Who's Who Membership 2010 - Members who sponsored five or more new members: |
| Li Wang |
57 |
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Victor Pizzolato
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11 |
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Charles Burke, APSA, PPSA |
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| Joanne Stolte, APSA, EPSA |
34 |
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Richard Whitley, APSA, PPSA
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11 |
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Lee Cates, FPSA |
6 |
| Jozef Aerts, FPSA EPSA |
31 |
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Wang Ying
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11 |
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Joan Field, APSA |
6 |
| David Daduan Deng |
30 |
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M. Stuart Lynn
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10 |
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Donald Frisque, APSA, PPSA |
6 |
| Lisa Schnelzer |
29 |
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Ondrej Bruncko
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8 |
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Ayman Lotfy |
6 |
| Mary Hall |
24 |
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Michael Rosenbaum, PPSA
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8 |
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Nicolas Berlingieri |
5 |
| Susan Bailey |
22 |
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Dana Vannoy, APSA, PPSA |
8 |
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Kathleen Braun, APSA |
5 |
| Pat Gordy |
18 |
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Dennis Gershick
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7 |
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Christopher Brocious |
5 |
| Trung Thuy Hoang |
18 |
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Elena McTighe, APSA, PPSA |
7 |
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Nan Carder |
5 |
| Denis Whelehan |
18 |
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Ravinder Kumar Paul
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7 |
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Deke Cloyd |
5 |
| Jean Timmermeister, FPSA |
16 |
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Masoud Soheili
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7 |
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Tremaine AO Cornish |
5 |
| Dinh Tran |
16 |
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Margaret Sprott
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7 |
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Bailey Donnally, FPSA, PPSA |
5 |
| Joseph K.S. Tan, APSA, PPSA |
15 |
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Wei Yu
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7 |
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Rafal Kowalkowski |
5 |
| John Gerlach |
13 |
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Nellie Bretherick
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6 |
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Tony Potter, PPSA |
5 |
| Jerry Fornarotto, PPSA |
11 |
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Agatha Bunanta, PPSA
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6 |
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Jianyi Sun |
5 |
| Who's Who Membership 2009 - Members who sponsored five or more new members: |
| Joanne Stolte, APSA, EPSA |
93 |
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Joseph K.S. Tan, APSA, PPSA
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9 |
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Kathleen Braun, APSA |
5 |
| David Daduan Deng |
46 |
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John Baltz
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8 |
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Nellie Bretherick |
5 |
Susan Bailey
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20 |
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Wesley Kirkpatrick
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8 |
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Christopher Brocious |
5 |
Jozef Aerts, FPSA, EPSA
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18 |
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Barbara Miller, FPSA, PPSA
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8 |
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Arabella Dane |
5 |
Mike Brouphy
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18 |
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Ravinder K. Paul
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8 |
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John Davis Jr., APSA, PPSA |
5 |
Thomas Lang, APSA, EPSA
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16 |
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Jerry Fornarotto
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7 |
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Phung Dong |
5 |
Deke Cloyd
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12 |
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Trung Thuy Hoang
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7 |
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Olaf Du Randt |
5 |
Mary Hall, APSA
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12 |
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Syed Javaid Abbas Kazi, FPSA
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7 |
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Lu Genwei |
5 |
Jean Timmermeister, FPSA
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12 |
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Ayman Lotfy
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7 |
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Dennis Hirning, PPSA |
5 |
Victor Pizzolato
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11 |
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Tony Le Kim Thuan, APSA
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7 |
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Carole Kropscot, APSA |
5 |
Lisa Schnelzer
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10 |
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Kathy Wall
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7 |
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Donald Lyon, APSA |
5 |
Denis Whelehan
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10 |
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Susan Cowles, PPSA
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6 |
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Larry McDonald |
5 |
Wang Ying
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10 |
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Gary Farber
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6 |
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Henry Ng, PPSA |
5 |
Janet Bigalke
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9 |
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Louisa Chui King Lau
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6 |
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Florence Robin |
5 |
Pat Gordy
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9 |
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Richard Whitley, APSA, PPSA
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6 |
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| Joanne Stolte, APSA, EPSA, receives the second Ruby Membership Star Plaque from PSA President Fred Greene, FPSA, EPSA, at the 2010 PSA Conference in Charleston, SC. |
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Jozef Aerts, FPSA, EPSA, receives the first Ruby Membership Star Plaque at the 2009 PSA Conference in West Yellowstone. |
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