Action Items

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Officer/Staff Reports

Ron Bell, President

• It will be announced in the next Journal that we are looking for candidates to fill the 2nd VP position and the new Recruitment/Retention Secretary position. It has already been posted on the Forum. We will wait about a month after the announcement is out and then select from the candidates we have at that time.
• The 50/25 year pin project has been completed for this year. Thanks to the help of some of the RCs and some Chapter Contacts, we have distributed all the pins.
• The E-board is discussing a possible "Member of the Year" program to continue our efforts to show appreciation to our members.

David Morrissette, 1st VP...

Action Items

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Officer/Staff Reports

Ron Bell, President

• Our Omaha business meeting went well. The presentation is now posted on the web site.
• We distributed over 100 twenty-five year membership pins at the National Convention.
• Prepared and mailed packages for some Regional Coordinators to help with the distribution of membership pins in their regions.
• For the first time in several years, we will publish a financial report in the Journal as soon as space is available..

David Morrissette, 1st VP

• The Reviewer Corps is doing well and I’m keeping up with late reviews. We’re at 43 and all are being worked on. The one very late reviewer was contacted at the...

Action Items

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Officer/Staff Reports

Ron Bell, President

• Voting is now under way. Ballots are due by Sept. 1. We need to have an ample supply of ballots and a ballot box at Omaha. I will also make some signs telling people they can vote at the convention to post around the venue. We will also bring a supply to the banquet and have the ballot box available there as well.
• There is no candidate for 2nd VP, so the new E-board will take over down one man. Please put on your thinking caps for possible candidates for appointment as this will be one of the first orders of business in Nov. when the new board takes office.
• We need to put together our annual business meeting presentation, Last year...

Action Items

• 50 year membership pins mailed out to eligible members.

Officer/Staff Reports

Ron Bell, President

• Finalizing arrangements for the election and amendment voting with the Journal and web site.
• Distributed about ninety 50 year membership pins via USPS. From the feedback I've received, they were very much appreciated. We will start distributing the 25 year pins at the convention in Omaha to reduce postage as there are around 700 of them. We may look into alternate shipping methods as well.
• Spent some time thinking about and discussing from where the next generation of IPMS/USA eboard members will come from.

David Morrissette, 1st VP

• Late reviews are at 48...