International Plastic Modelers' Society / USAInternational Plastic Modelers' Society / USAIPMS/USAIPMS/USAWe are only 3 weeks away from another great IPMS Convention. The contest features almost 200 competitive categories plus unique theme awards for 2017. A picture of our incredible trophies is attached.
For those that have already sponsored trophy packages: Thank you all for your support.
If you joined IPMS/USA between the years 1967 and 1995 inclusive and have never had a lapse in membership, you qualify for a 25 Continuous Years Membership Pin. The first stage in the distribution of these pins will be at the National Convention in Omaha. If you are at the convention and qualify for one of these pins, come to the IPMS/USA National Table at the convention to collect your award. The rest of the pins will be distributed after that.
We have a new Chapter in Region 13 - IPMS/ Nautical Research Guild.
The NRG was formed in 1948 and is a 501 (c)(3) organization.
The current membership of the Nautical Research Guild is approximately 1,100 members from the US, Canada, Mexico and 27 other countries.
We publish the Nautical Research Journal on a quarterly basis. It is mailed to all members.
An error was published in the IPMS/USA Journal concerning the Atlanta Con 2017 Show. The correct date is March 11, 2017.
See the Calendar entry or the PDF flyer below.
Get discounted rates for new or former members when you sign up at an IPMS/USA show. Please see the Program page for more information.
Links to the E-Board Nomination Petition Form have been posted on the IPMS website.
The website for the 2017 National Convention is now online.
Dear IPMS-USA Members:
As a result of a dialogue between the newsletter editor of a Region 11 chapter, the R-11 Region Coordinator, and John Noack, Director of Local Chapters, a very comprehensive list of questions coming from Region 11 members was submitted to the entire E-board. The board committed to a written response, with the understanding that the questions and answers would be shared with the general membership.
There will be a server update to ipmsusa3.org tonight at 8PM Eastern time - this will affect the Forums, the Gallery, and the Calendar/News/Member web sites. It should only take 30 minutes or so.
Valued IPMS/USA Members:
It has been brought to our attention that a handful of copies of the last Journal (March/April V28J2) may be missing pages due to a printing error.
Please contact me directly at manager@ipmsusa.org if you are missing any pages from the last Journal so I can mail a replacement to you right away. Our printer has been notified and is working to find the cause and will provide us with credit for the journals we are replacing as well as the postage to mail them.