Action Items

• None

Officer/Staff Reports

Ron Bell, President

• Notice about pin delivery at convention posted and will be in Journal
• Election info ready to go in next Journal
• Computers with registration program delivered to Omaha
• Category sign bases used in Columbus shipped to Omaha.

David Morrissette, 1st VP

• The Sprue Brothers ads revised. Will pass by Gordon Kwan too.
• I revised the Reviewer Corps Operating Procedures and included all the updates like the database, posting guys, putting the new product announcements on the Forum, etc. I also...

Action Items

• Our banking relationship with Huntington Bank is over. Funds were successfully transferred to Chase Bank.
• A future Journal will be upsized to include expanded election info and the proposed amendment up for consideration.
• Fifty and twenty-five year Membership recognition pins are ready for distribution.
• IPMS membership recruitment inserts have been created for inserting in future Sprue Brothers' shipments.
• Approval was given to upgrade the service plan for our online store to accommodate increased traffic and usage.

Discussion

The board discussed updating the IPMS/USA website with the goal of making it a bit more user friendly but...

Highlights

• Election calendar set, petitions online and with OM
• Recognition pins moving along
• Postage update made
• Two new review items from Tiger Models and AMK
• Work continues with Sprue Bros. on insert flyers
• Chapter rechartering at 59%
• Liability policy renewed for 2017
• Financial switchover to Chase complete
• PayPal added as new payment choice
• Hobby shop submissions for the website are on the upswing

Officer/Staff Reports

Ron Bell, President

• We've set the election calendar and the nominating petition is now available online as well as from the Office Manager.
• The membership list for 2016 is now set, so I can move ahead...

Action Items

• Unanimous approval for our new Advertising Manager, Bill Whipple, to receive free membership as long as he serves in this role.

Officer/Staff Reports

Ron Bell, President

• Working with John Emery to get more emphasis on our "support the troops" program including a guest column in the Journal from him explaining the functioning of the program and a possible outside sponsor.
• Due to a slow down in business needing attention and the ability to handle a lot of it via the internet, we have changed the E-board meeting schedule to a bi-monthly update and meeting via conference call every four months. That means updates will only be posted on the...