Barter Hall of Fame

The Barter Hall of Fame is the highest honor the Modern Trade and Barter
Industry can bestow. The honor recognizes individuals of the highest
professional character and ethical conduct who are regarded as indisputable
leaders of the Modern Trade and Barter Industry. An inductee must have a
minimum of ten years of continuous Industry service and have made
recognizable and specific contributions to the Industry as a whole.

Current members of the Barter Hall of Fame

1997: Paul Suplizio
         Bob Meyer
         Mac McConnel
         Werner Zimmerman and Paul Enz

1998: Susan Groenwald
         Col. Bill Austin

1999: Alan Elkin

2000: Steve Webster

2001: Allan Hackel

2002: Art Wagner

2003: Steve Goldbloom
         Wayne Sharpe

2005: Andrew Federowski

2006: David Wallach

2007: Art Goehring

M. Sirri Simsek Gets Nod
2008 Barter Hall of Fame   
   

M. Sirri Simsek

Today Ron Whitney Executive Director of the International Reciprocal Trade
Association announced that M. Sirri Simsek will be formally recognized as
the 2008 inductee into the Barter Hall of Fame on September 24, 2008
during the 29th annual IRTA Convention to be held at the Westgate River
Ranch near Orlando Florida.

“Sirri Simsek has truly contributed to the Modern Trade and Barter Industry
in a universally recognized manor.” Said Whitney; “The Industry is very
proud to honor him”.

Mr. Simsek is CEO of Turk Barter located in Istanbul, Turkey. The company
has over 10,000 participating business clients that participate in domestic
and international Modern Trade and Barter transactions thru the Turk Barter
system.

As an active global speaker Simsek has addressed and educated audiences
about the economic benefits of Modern Trade and Barter during several
international conferences, including, the Eurasia Economic Summit,
Conference of the Stroheim Foundation, the Kalder International Association
and the ESBAS Conference.

His other Industry accomplishments include:

• Has served on the IRTA Global Board of Directors and Ethics Committee
  for several years
• Was a founding member and is a current active member of the IRTA
  European Chapter.
• Authored an educational Industry related book “Moneyless Trade: Barter"
• First to apply swipe technology to barter transactions
• Working with the Turkish government to secure standards of operation of
  Barter systems for the benefit of all Barter clients.