United Pipe Clubs of America
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Hello Andre. I do not believe that The Hartford Reading Society is a member of UPCA. We are an informal group, no dues or officers. How would our group benefit by joining UPCA ?
Goodness that sounds ominous. Had to look up the UPCA. Appears to have been founded years after I started smoking, what do they do?
Here is the link to their website that explains their history and purpose:
Home - United Pipe Clubs of America
UPCA promotes and protects the interests of the American pipe smoking community by encouraging and assisting in the formation of local pipe clubs and actively supporting their activities.
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It isn’t meant to be ominous. There could be a good reason. One that we are overlooking and can fix on our end. Not all reasons are bad. Maybe an organization has a good reason not to be a part but is no longer valid? Maybe they didn’t like the board at the time they considered joining. Something like that.
Hey Tony. Believe it or not I’ve been waiting for this discussion. I’ve got your number. Why don’t I give you a call some night soon.
Didn't the Hells Angels start that way? United Pipe Clubs of America sounds way to organized. How does it work if you pipe club is organized as a group of Anarcho Syndicalist Pipe Smokers or worse still how would the National Socialist 3rd Shock Brigade Pipe Group of Brooklyn fit in? I wonder if Lou from the NY Pipe Club has had any contact with you. Well good luck with the whole thing and I'll mention you to our Florida group when we get together.
As far as I know, there are no pipe clubs in Maine to become a member club. Got a couple of UPCA emails recently.
No worries. Text can at times be so dry that I tend to err on the side of caution perhaps a bit too much.That was me just being facetious.
Ah I recently sent out some emails. You must be on the mailing list. Feel free to reply to them. I would be happy to give advice in starting a group.
Isn't Rangeley a fair bit to the northwest of Greene? (Greene is the first town up-river from Lewiston)
I believe KC was a member of this organization at one time. Seems like as some of us "Old Heads" lost interest none of the new guys had any interest in it.
I had been mulling this over for a while... decided to go ahead and become a due paying(individual) member. Not sure I will use it for any particular reason, but wanted to support financially. Did the same thing with the GKCPC. My thoughts on what the UPCA could do better? Update your website? If I were merely judging by my first visit, I would assume it's abandoned. Have a bigger presence on facebook and possibly discord? I don't do facebook, but discord seems to be a place for growing tobacco discussion and camaraderie. GPC has really done a lot in this arena, but if there were an overall US club, that had the local clubs/members broken into channels, would be pretty cool. IDK just spitballing here. Possibly more support for rural clubs? I am taking a shot at starting one in my area later this month... do you offer any tools/guidance for getting it off the ground?