International Plastic Modelers' Society / USAInternational Plastic Modelers' Society / USAIPMS/USAIPMS/USAIPMS/USA is proud to announce that Mike Oberholtzer has accepted the position of Treasurer. He has been an IPMS member since the late 1980’s, served as treasurer for the IPMS Chicago Sprue Stretchers for more than 15 years, and is a senior national judge. Mike has worked in all areas of banking from the teller line to Information Technology and at banks both small and gigantic.
The new IPMS/USA mailing address is:
PO Box 56023St. Petersburg, FL 33732-6023
Mail sent to the North Canton, Ohio address will be forwarded to the new address but that may cause delays in replies or processing of membership forms.
As any member who has attended the past few Business Meetings at the National Convention could tell you, the Make and Take program has been an ongoing item of discussion in terms of cost and benefits to the Society. While the intent of MnT has always been to recruit new/young members, no correlation has been established between participation in a MnT and subsequent enrollments. In spite of this, the program was continued because of the local goodwill it was perceived to generate.
This is an appointed position that serves on the Executive Board with duties that center around collecting and disbursing all monies, keeping detailed accounts of any and all transactions, publishing in the Journal an annual financial report and working with our accountant in the preparation of annual tax returns. Applicants should have a good working knowledge of accepted book keeping practices, literacy in computer accounting programs such as QuickBooks and the ability to be bonded by the society.
The 2016 National Contest Rules and Categories have been updated on the NCC web pages.
Mary Jane Kinney, the IPMS/USA Office Manager, passed away on October 14.
MJ was the face of our organization to our members and to those outside our organization. We will miss her sense of humor, willingness to help our members, and her tolerance of the uniqueness of our members.
Our condolences to her family and friends on their loss.
A remembrance page has been created on the forum for those who would like to share a story.
Dick Christ
President
IPMS/USA
The results from the 2015 IPMS/USA Executive Board Election have been tallied and are as follows:
The Executive Board Election has closed - the web site has been taken offline, the votes tabulated and sent to the main office. The physical ballots will also be tabulated and the results announced as soon as possible.
From Larry Randal in https://forum.ipmsusa3.org/index.php?/topic/15451-news-make-n-take-program-suspended/?p=83277
Thanks to the generosity of Dick Christ, he will order through his hobby shop (Hobby Depot in Tempe, AZ) and we are able to resume the program at least temporarily. I also note many great ideas being generated on the IPMS Facebook page and thank everyone for their suggestions that we will look into.
Videos from IPMS Borinqueneers Model Expo 2015 held March 1st, 2015