On behalf of the members of the Olympin Committee on Unauthorized NOC pins, I’d like to welcome you to our blog. My name is Steve Robie. I am the chairman of the committee – this was my punishment for saying out loud that someone should do something about all of these fake NOC pins.   😉   Joining me on the committee are (in no particular order): Pete Wade, Sid Marantz, Mohan Banerji, Bud Kling, John Kinnaman and Daniel Beniston. Between us, we have more than 150 years of experience collecting Olympic memorabilia. We all share a love of the Olympics and a desire to clean up one of the uglier areas of the Olympic movement. It is our hope that by making it a little safer for new collectors, we can continue to grow the hobby that we love.

We encourage you use the Background, Glossary of Terms and FAQ links on our website. These documents will help to explain how our committee was formed, what we are trying to do and explain the terminology that we are using.

We also encourage you to contact us either by posting comments to our blog or by email at Illegal_Pin_Comm@comcast.net. Who knows, we might even figure out these Facebook and Twitter things!

Best regards,

Steve Robie