International Plastic Modelers' Society / USA

International Plastic Modelers' Society / USA

IPMS/USA

IPMS/USA

Posted on: July 15, 2021

Action Items

  • Motion made and approved to give a free year’s membership to any NEW active military or veteran membership request. This expands on our earlier, previously approved, motion to extend a free year’s membership to disabled vets. Prospective members need to provide either their current MOS or dates of service to National Office Manager Marie to get the discount. She’ll handle the coding in the database. Tennant to contact the Journal to get something included in the next issue to inform the membership. Motion made by David Lockhart and seconded by David Knights.
  • Motion made and approved to provide $100 to chapters who host a Make N Take event at their shows. To qualify for the money, chapters should provide info about the event and include photos...
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Posted on: July 15, 2021

Action Items

  • None

Officer/Staff Reports

John Noack, President

  • Nothing to Report.

Phil Peterson, 1st VP

  • Nothing to report

T.J. Misiolek, 2nd Vice President

  • Working with Las Vegas crew almost constantly.
  • I've sent reminders to Convention Chairs Scott (Omaha) and Len (San Marcos) about their updates for the bid session and awards ceremony. 
  • Also, there shouldn't be any bids this year, as we've awarded the next two, since San Marcos got pushed back a year. 

Mike Oberholtzer, Treasurer

  • We continued our positive trend again in May. Convention revenues and membership dues are both up over last year,...
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Posted on: May 17, 2021

The online voting for the 2021 Executive Board Election is now open at https://voting.ipmsusa3.org.

Biographical information about the Executive Board candidates is online at https://voting.ipmsusa3.org/page/2021-candidate-biographies

If you have any questions or issues, please read the Voting Instructions and/or send email to webmaster@ipmsusa.org.

Posted on: April 5, 2021

Action Items

  • A motion to extend election nomination petition deadline by two weeks made by Secretary Tennant. Seconded by Treasurer Oberholtzer. Motion passed and the deadline has been extended to April 15. Members interested in running for board office must file a nomination petition with signatures by that date.

Old Action Items

  • A consultant has been hired to help with work on updating our operating systems. We're aiming to unveil the new website by the end of the year or early 2021.

Officer/Staff Reports

John Noack, President

  • Nothing to Report.

Phil Peterson, 1st VP

  • Nothing to report

T.J. Misiolek, 2nd Vice President

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Posted on: March 25, 2021
  • Dick Christ, President
    • iHobby Expo Contest update
      • club in Cleveland is leading the IPMS presence
    • 50th Anniversary Celebration – inquiry to Aris Pappis regarding progress
       
  • Steve Collins, 1st Vice President
    • The Reviewer Corps has 91 active reviewers.
    • 237 review items since Nov 1, on pace for about 900 reviews for the year.
    • Special Thanks to Dave Morrissette and Paul Markezich for their work in making the Reviews process successful.
       
  • Mike Ronnau, 2nd Vice President
    • National Convention Update
      • 2,919 room nights are...
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Posted on: March 25, 2021

General Activity

  • Discussion regarding the 990 IRS requirements for IPMS were conducted and are continuing.

Dick Christ, President

  • Adjustments in Auto Categories will be rolled out at the Loveland Convention. Rules and Categories will be provided to Loveland within two weeks.
  • The search process for a Chief Judge is ongoing and the new Chief Judge will be announced within two weeks.

Steve Collins, 1st Vice President

  • Not Present
  • A copy of the old IPMS/USA membership flyer that was included in model kits will be updated and sent to the manufacturers who have agreed to include it in their kits.

Mike Ronnau, 2nd Vice President

  • Not Present
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Posted on: March 17, 2021

Dick Christ, President

  • Plans for I-Hobby are progressing nicely and Dick C expressed appreciation to the Cleveland group who are acting on behalf of IPMS in this project.

Steve Collins, 1st Vice President

  • Review Corps process is moving forward
    • 161 published reviews
    • 3 persons have recently joined the Reviewer Corps bringing the total number of reviewers to 94.
    • A new post on the forum inviting interested persons may attract additional reviews.
    • 2 Manufacturers have joined to list of those that provide items for review.
    • IPMS is a leader in providing high quality reviews due to the "Build" policy.

Mike Ronnau, 2nd Vice President

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Posted on: March 17, 2021

Dick Christ, President

  • Plans for I-Hobby show are moving forward. Club in the area will be encouraged to provide manpower for the IPMS portion of the event.

Steve Collins, 1st Vice President

  • Review Corps process is moving forward
    • 57 reviews in 30 days
    • 116 published in 2012
    • And "IPMS" reviewers build the models as part of the review process!
    • IPMS has made contact with new companies, and will begin reviewing items from those suppliers.

Mike Ronnau, 2nd Vice President

  • 2012 Convention Update Received from Orlando?room nights in convention hotel are full, 316 vendor tables, request for trophy sponsorships will be distributed again...
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