1. This annual award is presented to the IPMS/USA member that best exemplifies the spirit and philosophy of IPMS/USA.
2. Documentation for this award may include, but is not limited to, such information as:
   1. Chapter involvement. Examples: chapter officer, newsletter editor, web master, event or committee chairman, does presentations at chapter meetings, attendance at chapter functions, etc. The person is a self-starter. They volunteer and don’t necessarily wait to be asked. They actively recruit new members or make sure any new member feels welcome in the group.
   2. Regional/National Involvement. Examples:  working at regional/national conventions, writing an article for the Journal, being part of the Review Corps, being an IPMS/USA web site moderator, being a 25 or 50-year national member, etc.
   3. Community Involvement. They actively promote IPMS/USA in the community through participation in events designed to present IPMS/USA to the public, such as displays at libraries or museums, working with scouting and/or veteran’s groups, doing instructional programs, etc.
   4. A person cannot win the award more than once and a winner may not come from any given chapter more than once in five years. Current and former national Executive Board members are not eligible for this award.
3. Process - Submit your nomination, as a write-up, to your Regional Coordinator (RC) for your regional award. The selectees for the regional awards are automatically nominated for the national awards. Work with your RC early to determine when they need the nomination submission. The RCs need time to process and select the regional awardees and submit those nominations for the national awards, to the Director of Local Chapters, no later than March 15 of the year following the award year (i.e., March 15, 2022 for the 2021 awards). Therefore, each RC will set a deadline for submission of the awards nominations for their own region. Note there is no longer a requirement to gather signatures for this nomination.

IPMS/USA National Member of The Year Nomination Form

Recipients

2022-23	Dick Davenport Capital Area Modelers’ Society (CAMS) Lansing, MI
2021-22	Alan Welch Eastern Carolina Plastic Modelers New Bern, NC
2020-21	Art Loder IPMS Northeast New York Albany, NY
2019-20	Joe Porche IPMS Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV
2018-19	Mike Moore IPMS Chattanooga Scale Modelers Chattanooga, TN
2017-18	Rob Booth IPMS/USA Alamo Squadron Chapter San Antonio, TX

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