International Plastic Modelers' Society / USA

International Plastic Modelers' Society / USA

IPMS/USA

IPMS/USA

Posted on: October 9, 2017

Just an FYI to all members, the September/October Journal has not been sent out yet due to the amount of information that will be in this next issue as well coverage from the National Convention.

Thank you for your patience!

Marie Van Schoonhoven - Office Manager, IPMS/USA

Posted on: September 9, 2017

Total Active Membership - 3848
Percentage needed - 15% or 577

  • President - Ron Bell - 631
    • Mail In
      • Yes - 235
      • Abstain - 0
    • Online
      • Yes 396
      • Abstain - 15
  • 1st Vice-President - John Noack - 621
    • Mail In
      • Yes - 229
      • Abstain - 6
    • Online
      • Yes - 392
      • Abstain - 19
  • 2nd Vice-President
    • No Candidates - Write Ins not legal - No Votes
  • Director of Local Chapters...
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Posted on: August 17, 2017

Here are the winners lists for the 2017 IPMS/USA National Contest.

Posted on: August 8, 2017
  • Mike Rastiello Chapter of the Year Award
    • IPMS/Mid-Michigan Model Makers
  • Ralph Forehand Website of the Year Award
    • Mike Blohm, Albuquerque Scale Modelers
  • Newsletter Editor of the Year
    • "IPMS/Orange County Newsletter", IPMS/Orange County, Editor - Terry Huber
  • Regional Coordinator of the Year
    • David Schwab, Region 1
Posted on: August 7, 2017

Here is a PDF of the IPMS/USA Business Meeting Slides from the 2017 National Convention.

Posted on: July 24, 2017

If you are going to the National Convention and are on Twitter, use #ipmsnats to tag your tweets.  Also, we'd love to see any videos or images you take!  Please let us know via the official IPMS/USA twitter account @ipmsusa

Posted on: July 19, 2017

The Reviews site will be offline during the National Convention for a major update.

Posted on: July 6, 2017

We 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 have not sponsored a package yet, please consider that the trophy package is one of the major contest expenses. Convention chapters work to provide quality awards, but that costs money. As with other conventions, we do not want trophies to be a "profit" item, but we do need them to break even. Only a little over half of the trophies are currently sponsored and, like so many past conventions, we will find the other half unsponsored and the general convention fund will have to make up...

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Posted on: June 20, 2017

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.

Posted on: May 17, 2017

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.

We hold an Annual Conference in the fall at various locations around the US - mostly in coastal locations near maritime attractions with links to maritime history.  We often hold our conferences with or at local Maritime Museums.

We have a 7 member Board of Directors, elected by the membership at large, to serve 3 year terms - without limit on the number of terms.  The board...

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