Linda has served at Club level as a Committee member of the Philatelic Society of NSW. Her long-term service at Club level was as a founding member of the Thematic Society of Australia in 1978 and as Secretary from 1980-1985 and as journal editor from 1995-2002

In 1995 she accepted an invitation to join the NSW Stamp Council where she has served as Vice President and has been Secretary since 2002. She has been a member of various subcommittees of the Council - awards, policy development, judges' training. She was also part of the team that organised and carried out the amalgamation with the Philatelic Association of NSW (Philas) which resulted in the Stamp Council becoming the Philatelic Development Council. From 1995 to 2001 Linda was a member of the APF Executive covering the portfolio of Youth Development. As an educator she brought vitality to this area. During her tenure a number of initiatives were undertaken. State Youth leaders were brought together biennially to discuss future directions. A full colour magazine aimed at young collectors was developed and continues to this day. Support of youth exhibitors was undertaken by supporting selected young people to travel to International Youth Exhibitions. A Youth Leaders Kit and a Youth Exhibitors kit were developed and distributed to State Youth Officers. A Youth exhibitors mentoring program was started.

In 2000 Linda led a committee to develop criteria for a new APF national award which became the SPAN (Special Achievement at National level in Philately) award. The SPAN award is the only one rewarding outstanding service at the national level in a specific philatelic area. The first were presented in 2002.

In 2001 she developed, organised and conducted a national youth stamp design competition for the APF to celebrate the Centenary of Federation. Starting at local level this moved on to State and finally National level. The winning designs were displayed at the Brisbane Centennial Stampshow 2001.

Linda's collecting base is Thematics. Her major exhibit "Women in Society" celebrates the many roles of women in society. Linda's other interest is gardening and it was no surprise that her second thematic exhibit was "Flower Magic". Linda participated in the APF's French Colonies Challenge with an entry on "Algeria" and the Dot Com with an entry on modern Australian stamps - both continue to be developed. She has also successfully tried her hand at One Frame exhibiting with a traditional entry, "Pioneer Life". Linda's expertise in the exhibiting classes Thematics and Youth has meant that she has been part of these national judging teams. She also successfully apprenticed as an International judge in the Youth Class at Bangkok 2000.

In 1999 and 2000 she was Secretary to Olymphilex 2000, an exhibition of Olympic collectibles held in conjunction with the Sydney Olympics. Linda had to co-ordinate a team whose members were based in Lausanne, Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney.

She has given seminars on thematic exhibiting and judging in Australia and in 2001 in New Zealand and regularly gives displays of her collections to NSW clubs and societies.

Linda Lee has shown what an educationalist with a feminine touch can achieve in Australian Philately. She has pursued her interest in Thematics in collecting but has been willing to look at other areas such as Traditional Philately. Her vitality and innovation reinvigorated the area of Youth Development.

[ Source:  APF News, August 2004 ]