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...

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...

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...

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...