• Attended 50 ALPCA annual conventions in a row; and hundreds of regional meets throughout North America
• Is responsible for hundreds of members joining ALPCA and always helps to mentor new collectors
• Donated thousands of plastic sleeves to ALPCA every year to protect the club's souvenir plates
• Is one of the most active members in ALPCA attending/supporting many regional meets each year
• Introduced hundreds of thousands of plates into our hobby through his extensive connections (many of these plates would have otherwise been destroyed)
• Michael was the New Mexico DMV's Public Information Officer in 1977/78 and he authored the feature article about New Mexico Plate history for the June 1987 ALPCA Newsletter
• He also created and designed the official New Mexico Diamond Jubilee "1912 - 1987" series of Statehood Commemorative plates
• Michel Wiener is the only ALPCAN to ever serve in a State Senate; only one of five ALPCA Members ever elected to their respective state legislature).
• His political service also includes election to the Albuquerque City Council and Bernalillo County Commission (where he represented 160,000 people).
• In 2013, Michael was awarded the "Outstanding Leadership" Award by the Mid-Region Council of Governments in honor of his many accomplishments as an elected official over a thirty-year career.
• Michael's collection was featured on HGTV's television show "Offbeat America" and he has appeared on MSNBC with Brian Williams, where he debated the proposed Florida "Choose Life" License Plate.
• Nominated seven times by his peers to the ALPCA Hall of Fame

Three Former ALPCA Presidents