These are the first lines of a column by Rex Murphy for the National Post about Canadian politics:
"Given the chance to address, say, the local numismatics society, or even the rotary club, the wise citizen would gladly choose either of these over the opportunity to speak in front of the ill-named United Nations. The stamp collectors and the Rotarians at least have the virtue of being what they say they are, and when they offer the podium to an outsider, they do so with the honest belief that the speaker will have something interesting or useful to say, and that he or she will actually be listened to."
Given that he makes a parallel between rotary club─Rotarians, it sounds like he's making a similar parallel between numismatics and stamp collectors ...