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Welcome to ALPCA! |
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Since 1954, our organization has been
dedicated to the promotion of license
plate collecting and research, the exchange of information and plates,
and the fraternal benefits of sharing a common
interest with others throughout the world.
We are the largest license plate collectors organization in
the world. ALPCA currently has 2,686
members from 50 states and 19 countries.
Our annual international conventions
are typically attended by nearly 500 collectors.
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IMPORTANT: Widespread "Heartbleed" software vulnerability - FIXED |
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The Heartbleed bug
has affected many organizations and companies, and has been
mentioned in the news.
We have confirmed that ALPCA's server was vulnerable to this bug.
We fully addressed the Heartbleed bug issue on April 9th,
when we patched our server, and also reissued our SSL certificate with a new private key.
(You can verify ALPCA.org's status here,
including verifying the April 10th (UTC/GMT) "Valid From" date of our rekeyed certificate.)
All members should
request a new password,
and remember to not share passwords among web sites.
For your security when using other sites, we strongly recommend the
Qualys SSL Labs Server Test
to check for vulnerability to Heartbleed.
You can also check
this Mashable.com list of significant sites' Heartbleed status.
If you have trouble remembering your many passwords (and who doesn't?), we recommend
the KeePass Password Safe
software.
(Side tech note: in our Qualys SSL Labs test results, you may notice that IE6/XP, Java 6u45, and YandexBot are broken for ALPCA.org. This is by design. We no longer support the older encryption protocol required for these clients.)
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Support for Windows XP ended April 8, 2014 |
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Both Microsoft and ALPCA ended support for Windows XP on April 8, 2014. If your computer came with Windows XP, it is very likely time to upgrade hardware.
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Join ALPCA |
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Do you collect plates? Learn about
the benefits of membership
and then
join today!
Already a member?
Renewing is easy - click here!
Share your latest finds with other members on Facebook
(ALPCA members only).
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IMPORTANT: Mailing list issues |
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The mailing list is having significant issues, due to
a change made by Yahoo on April 8:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2141120/yahoo-email-antispoofing-policy-breaks-mailing-lists.html
If you are an ALPCA member subscribed with a @yahoo.com, @yahoo.com.au, or @yahoo.ca email address to the ALPCA-discuss or ALPCA-announce mailing lists, there is a significant thing happening in Internet land right now that you need to be aware of.
Due to something that Yahoo has enabled that is intended to fight spam, many traditional (non-Web) mailing lists will be automatically rejected by AT&T, Comcast, Hotmail, MSN, Outlook, SBC Global, Shaw Cable, and others.
Unfortunately (and this is terrible, but I have no other choice), the only fix for this right now is to temporarily suspend all folks using Yahoo mail for ALPCA lists. This is breaking mailing lists all over the place and is not just an ALPCA issue.
As a workaround, affected members can subscribe to the list using a non-Yahoo email address, using these
alpca-discuss
and
alpca-announce
links.
Please include your ALPCA member number so that we can map your address.
Members in other domains using the feature that Yahoo enabled
(@att.net, @comcast.net, @hotmail.com, @live.com, @msn.com, @outlook.com, @sbcglobal.net, @shaw.ca)
may see messages indicating that they have been automatically unsubscribed, and including a password.
(This password is not the same password used for ALPCA members-only site access.)
We think that the initial storm is over, but there may be stragglers.
If you get such a message, please forward it to webmaster@alpca.org and we will diagnose the issue.
We apologize for the trouble. You may want to consider bringing this to Yahoo's attention. So far, they have been publicly silent about the issue.
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ALPCA News |
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2013 Best Plate of the Year
The Best Plate of 2013, as voted by ALPCA members, is
Michigan's Mackinac Bridge plate.
2014 Election Run-Off Results
Results of
2014 ALPCA election run-off are in!
(member access only)
2013 Hall of Fame inductees announced
The 2013 Hall of Fame inductees are
Corb Moister,
George Sammeth,
and
Rick Schofield.
Congratulations!
Conventions
The upcoming ALPCA International Conventions will be:
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Upcoming Meets
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Upcoming regional plate meets (next 60 days):
• Apr 26 - Gahanna, OH
• Apr 26 - Joliet, IL
• Apr 27 - Acton, ON
• Apr 27 - Flint, MI
• May 3 - Great Falls, MT
• May 3 - Greensboro, NC
• May 3 - Santa Rosa, CA
• May 3 - Security, CO
• May 3 - West Greenwich, RI
• May 10 - Cheyenne, WY
• May 10 - Marietta, GA
• May 10 - Okawville, IL
• May 17 - Kentwood, MI
• May 17 - St Petersburg, FL
• May 31 - Grossolbersdorf, Germany
• May 31 - Phoenix, AZ
• Jun 7 - Trexlertown, PA
• Jun 7 - Weldon, IA
• Jun 14 - Madison, SD
Click here for more meet listings.
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