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.

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

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.

Dear IPMS/USA members,

Due to privacy regulations on credit card data, IPMS/USA cannot accept credit card payments over the phone, by mail, or via email or text message. We want your data to remain private and safe, so we can only use payment processes that are encrypted and don’t share card data with us. 

You can make any payments to IPMS/USA in the following ways: