International Plastic Modelers' Society / USA

International Plastic Modelers' Society / USA

IPMS/USA

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Gateway Chapter IPMS Donates $560 to Toys for Tots

Posted on: December 20, 2016

December 16, 2016—FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact: Bob Delaney — 314.835.7480 (cell); rsdelaney@sbcglobal.net

GATEWAY CHAPTER IPMS DONATES $560 TO TOYS FOR TOTS

ST. LOUIS — The Gateway Chapter of the International Plastic Modelers’ Society (IPMS) donated $560 to the United States Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) Toys for Tots campaign in Metropolitan St. Louis today. The club presented its contribution at a Toys for Tots toy drive held at Commerce Bank, 300 North Kirkwood Road in Kirkwood, Missouri. Radio station Y98 (KYKY, 98.1 FM) broadcast live from Commerce Bank during this event.

IPMS/Gateway raised the money primarily through a kit...

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E-Board Nomination Petition

Posted on: October 13, 2016

Links to the E-Board Nomination Petition Form have been posted on the IPMS website.

2017 IPMS/USA National Convention Website

Posted on: August 17, 2016

The website for the 2017 National Convention is now online.

IPMS/USA Executive Board Responses to Region 11 Questions

Posted on: August 8, 2016

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.

The resulting document covers a lot of territory, but for those unable to attend the annual meeting of the Society at the upcoming National Convention, it serves as a good overview of what your E-board is working on.

Regards,
John Noack DLC

Date: 6/19/2016

  1. Can we see the latest financial audit...
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Server Update

Posted on: June 7, 2016

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.

March/April V28J2 - Missing Journal Pages

Posted on: May 21, 2016

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.

Our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused if you are one of the few affected by this, but please allow me to correct this for you as soon as possible.

Thank you for your membership,

Marie Van SchoonhovenOffice...

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New hobby shop mapping project in the works

Posted on: May 11, 2016

We have begun a project that will hopefully become a useful tool for our members. We are compiling a list of hobby shops to incorporate into an online, graphic database (much like the one we now have for upcoming contests and shows) containing all the pertinent data for local hobby shops recommended by our MEMBERS. Ideally, this list will consist of more than just the locations of local Michaels or Hobby Town franchises and will provide members with info about what makes the store of interest to our hobby, hours of operation and a description of what the store carries. The goal is to create a new, updated database for members that can be accessed via any Internet device.

For this to work, we need you to “nominate” any hobby store in your area that you feel other IPMS/USA members...

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New IPMS/USA Treasurer

Posted on: April 8, 2016

IPMS/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.  He is currently a Senior Vice President and Senior Director of the Project Management Office at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, uses accounting software daily and is very comfortable working with auditing and accounting firms large and small.  We feel Mike is a good addition to the IPMS/USA organization and look forward to working with him.

New IPMS/USA Mailing Address

Posted on: March 31, 2016

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.

Elimination of the IPMS/USA Make and Take Program

Posted on: February 24, 2016

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.

However, recent changes by our suppliers of Make and Take kits have severely limited the selection of kits, placed restrictions on their distribution, and significantly increased our costs. In fact, for the past several years, these costs have averaged around $10,000 annually, or looking at it another...

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