The formation of the International Bossons Collectos Society (IBCS) began with a request in 1980 by Mr. W. Ray Bossons for Dr. Robert Davis to consider creating a Bossons collectors club. It was in 1981 that Dr. Davis, after some consideration and having been assured full support from the Bossons Co., accepted the invitation to form a society. On October 21, 1981, a document of incorporation was drawn up and approved by the State of Georgia. Beginning with a small number of collectors with who Dr. Davis had been in correspondence, charter membership was initiated in 1981. The first copy of the Society newsletter, a simple photocopied narrative, was mailed on September 30, 1982. Its purpose was to assist collectors in increasing knowledge of Bossons artware and provide a medium of exchange for new and discontinued models.