International Plastic Modelers' Society / USA

International Plastic Modelers' Society / USA

IPMS/USA

IPMS/USA

News

San Diego's Joel Hendricks

Posted on: March 6, 2025

The San Diego Chapter was saddened when long-time IPMS member Joel Hendricks passed away unexpectedly on Jan 14, 2025 at the age of 64.  As club secretary, Joel was predeceased by his dear wife Rosann.  He is survived by his two sons, Joel and Matt and their families, including a granddaughter.

The club secretary for years, Joel was also an enthusiastic volunteer behind the scenes.  Always involved, he managed the kit opportunity drawings at the annual Model Expo and was the lively auctioneer for our kit auctions.  Joel also took on the exacting task of ordering and managing the club's custom T-shirts, Hawaiian shirts, and hats.

Joel led an exciting life as a firefighter for over 30 years with the California Department of Forestry and Fire...

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Election Update

Posted on: February 28, 2025

It is election time for IPMS/USA! The following nominations have been successfully made for their respective positions.

  • John Noack, President
  • Dave Morrissette, 1st Vice President
  • Scott Hackney, 2nd Vice President
  • Bob Delaney, Director of Local Chapters
  • Joe Terry, Secretary
  • Chris King, Secretary
  • Ro Annis, Publications Director
  • Chris Bucholtz, Publications Director
  • David Knights, Retention Secretary
  • Tim Kirkland, Retention Secretary
  • Mike McFadden, Retention Secretary

Biographies for each of the candidates will be published in the March/April Journal, which will also contain paper ballots...

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2024 State of the Society

Posted on: February 23, 2025

IPMS/USA Members,

As I write this, we are about halfway through the 60th year of IPMS/USA, and there are several ways we are celebrating.

  • Have you taken advantage of the 60th anniversary special membership option?  This is a chance to get 3 years of membership for the price of 2.  If you haven’t done so yet, you only have up until the day before the upcoming Nationals in Hampton, VA. Once the show starts the option will no longer be available.
  • Have you won one of the 60th Anniversary prizes?  Several companies have donated kits and books to our drawings.  All you have to be is a current IPMS/USA member and you are in.  We have given away several awesome prizes and there are still more so watch your email and if you see one from John, our 1st VP. Maybe...
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February 2025 Executive Board Meeting Minutes

Posted on: February 23, 2025

Call to Order

The meeting was called to order on February 16th, 2025 at 7:00pm EST by Phil Peterson.

Roundtable/Action Item Updates

PP – No updates at this time other than the State of the Society draft has been sent to the Eboard for review and feedback.

JN – New suppliers added for the reviewer corps. Still having difficulty giving away 60th anniversary prizes and may start calling winners to get them out. The Industry Appreciation Dinner will be a little different this year, it will consist of heavy hors d’oeuvres and will include sponsors as well as vendors....

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January 2025 Executive Board Meeting Minutes

Posted on: February 23, 2025

Call to Order

The meeting was called to order on January 19th, 2025 at 7pm EST by Phil Peterson.

Roundtable/ Action Item Updates

MVS- Working on cleaning up the spreadsheets of addresses before sending to spectra print for billing. 5,080 total journals are going out for the Nov/Dec issue. 4,790 mailed within the USA, 78 to foreign addresses, and 212 are being sent with expiration notice. Should be mailing out pins this coming week now that envelopes and labels have been handled. Has also been helping members take advantage of the 60th anniversary membership option.

EA- 2025 National...

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December 2024 Executive Board Meeting Minutes

Posted on: February 23, 2025

Call to Order

The meeting was called to order on December 15th, 2024 at 7:00pm EST by Phil Peterson.

Roundtable/Action Item Updates

EA- The review site theme is in need of an update and will work on re-building the theme but this will result in the site being offline for a day or two. A message will be posted so the members are aware.

MVS- Working on getting the 60th anniversary pins out to members. Envelopes have been purchased and now working on the labels. Due to increasing costs of postage, the cost of purchasing additional copies of the Journal will increase from $5 to $7....

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October 2024 Executive Board Meeting Minutes

Posted on: February 23, 2025

Call to Order

The meeting was called to order on October 20th, 2024 at 7:00pm EST by Phil Peterson

Special Presentation

Toni, Director of Nautical Research Guild, joined to discuss ways that NRG might work with IPMS, no action taken at this time.

Round Table/Action Item Updates

MVS – Working on disseminating pins to the local chapters, needs to order bubble mailers for shipping them. 60th Anniversary membership deal...

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Welcoming Our New Director of Local Chapters (DLC)

Posted on: January 21, 2025

 

John Figueroa had resigned his position as the IPMS/USA Director of Local Chapters (DLC) to concentrate his efforts as the Chairman of the IPMS/USA 2026 National Convention. The Executive Board would like to thank John for his exemplary service as DLC, and know he'll continue to bring his exceptional skill set to preparing for 2026 in Fort Wayne.

The IPMS/USA Executive Board has appointed Bob Delaney, currently the IPMS/USA Region 14 Coordinator, to fill the remainder of John's term. Please welcome Bob to your Executive Board.

Phil Peterson,
IPMS/USA President

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SPAM Alert! A Note From Your President

Posted on: January 20, 2025

Hi IPMS/USA Members,

I have been getting notified by several members that a spam email is out there supposedly coming from me.

Hey XXX,

 I hope you are doing well. Do you have some free time today? I would greatly appreciate it if you could let me know. Thank you.

Phil Peterson

If you bite on the initial email, they then ask you to buy some gift cards to award to members.  IPMS/USA is never going to ask members to make a purchase for us.  This is a typical fraud scam and you probably get similar ones on a daily basis.

When getting such an email please check the address of the email that sent it.  It definitely won't have me listed.  Please report these to...

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Treasurer Spreadsheets

Posted on: December 19, 2024

John Figueroa, the Director of Local Chapters, has collected suggestions from chapters on their best practices. Chapters can adopt these practices as is. In no way are these practices meant to be a directive from IPMS/USA.

The attached Best Practice is a spreadsheet giving chapter treasurers ways to track revenue and expenses. A member listing spreadsheet is also included.

For questions with the Treasurer Spreadsheet contact David Mason at dmason67@msn.com or Mark Norman at marknorm@hotmail.com. An introduction YouTube is available at https://youtu.be/ZC8KxOOGcLM.

If a chapter has practices in use they would like to share, please send them...

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