International Plastic Modelers' Society / USA

International Plastic Modelers' Society / USA

IPMS/USA

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June 2015 Meeting Minutes

Posted on: July 21, 2021

Officer/Staff Reports

Dick Christ, President

  • No new items to report.

David Morrissette, 1st VP

  • There have been 419 new reviews posted through the end of May.
  • The Manufacturers' Dinner at the convention has been arranged and invites have been sent.
  • There are sixty late reviews in the system.

Ron Bell, 2nd Vice President

  • The convention numbers update:
    • 350 Pre-registrants
    • 170 Banquet tickets sold
    • 83 Signed up for the AFM tour
    • 59 Dinner at Schmidt's restaurant
    • 160 Convention shirts sold so far
  • Las Vegas dropped out of bidding for 2016, leaving Omaha and Phoenix. I have...
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May 2015 Meeting Minutes

Posted on: July 21, 2021

Old Business

  • Ad Manager position still unfilled. Jim Pearsall hoping to find a candidate by the convention. If not Jim will do the job until he can find a worthy candidate.

New Business

  • None.

Officer/Staff Reports

Dick Christ, President

  • No new items to report.

David Morrissette, 1st VP

  • The Convention Manufacturers dinner has been set up. So far, a half dozen or so manufacturers have responded that they'll attend.
    Late reviews are at 65.
  • I have received a test shot of HK Models new 1:32 Mosquito....
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April 2015 Meeting Minutes

Posted on: July 21, 2021

Old Business

  • So far, one person has expressed interest in the position of Advertising Manager of the Journal. Jim Pearsall will be interviewing him in the next week about the job, duties, etc.
  • President Christ has spoken with Don Schmitz about setting up a marketing committee to promote the IPMS/USA. He has directed him to choose a committee and establish a budget for fiscal 2016. Schmitz will present a report on his progress and goals at the board meeting in Columbus later this summer.

New Business

  • Following Webmaster Eric Aitala's recommendations, the board approved switching e-commerce vendors for our Web site. The new site will not go "live" till after the...

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March 2015 Meeting Minutes

Posted on: July 21, 2021

Old Business

  • We continue to look for replacements for the volunteer positions of Advertising Director, Forum Administrator and Director of Foreign Liaison. Ads will be placed online or in the Journal.

New Business

  • Following a suggestion from Don Schmitz (#35303) that the Society create an internal group to plan and coordinate marketing-related activities across the organization, the board passed, by acclimation, a motion to create a new standing committee to focus on marketing. President Dick Christ will contact Schmitz to get the ball rolling.

  • DLC Larry Randel made the motion to appoint Jim Stepanek as the new Regional Coordinator for Region 11. Sec. Dennis Tennant seconded the nomination and the motion...

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February 2015 Meeting Minutes

Posted on: July 21, 2021

Old Business

  • Ongoing discussion about our electronic shopping cart. Webmaster Eric Aitala is test-driving new shopping cart software to see if it will suit our needs. Eric: working on playing with new software to see how it works. So far, no conclusions. Eric will continue testing and will give the board an update next month.
  • The Director of Foreign Liaison and Journal Executive Editor / Advertising Director positions need to be filled after recent resignations. An invitation for applicants will be printed in the next Journal along with job descriptions for both.

New Business

  • Tony Ivone, Regional Coordinator for Region 11 (Florida) has resigned. DLC Larry Randel will be interviewing two candidates for the job and will give his...
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January 2015 Meeting Minutes

Posted on: July 21, 2021

Old Business

  • Ongoing discussion about improvements to our online shopping cart.

New Business

  • We will begin the process of finding a replacement for John Ratzenberger as Director of Foreign Liaison as soon as possible. John is stepping down and we'll need to replace him in this position. We plan to start the search with an announcement in the Journal. Interested parties can find the job description in the bylaws posted online.
  • A motion was made by Bruce Briggs to accept the 2014 convention report from IPMS Tidewater and to cut them a check for their half of the profits. Jim Pearsall seconded the motion and the executive board voted 9-0 to approve the report and cut them a check as soon as possible.
  • In response to a...
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December 2016 Meeting Minutes

Posted on: July 21, 2021

Action Items

  • No motions made or voted upon.

Officer/Staff Reports

Ron Bell, President

  • Membership pin design is done. Need to wait until January 1, 2017 so we can get an accurate number of each that we will need so I can then go to supplier to place the order.
  • Have established the time line for the election/vote on amendment.
  • I’m working with the Journal editor to format the amendment info for publication since it is so extensive.

David Morrissette, 1st VP

  • Posted 100 reviews in October; yearly total is 814. Should finish close to last year’s total.
  • New Supplier include Miniart directly & Tiger Model, Squadron has dried up as a source of Hobbyboss kits...
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November 2016 Meeting Minutes

Posted on: July 21, 2021

Action Items

  • Marketing team head Don Schmitz explained his team's new membership survey and what's planned for the data. The survey will attempt to get a better picture of our membership. Schmitz said Bruce Newsome is working on the survey and has tried to keep the survey short and useful. They hope to have an online version of the survey ready in the next month or so. They will send President Ron Bell a copy of the final survey questions for board input and the board will put it on the website or distribute it directly to the membership via Survey Monkey or Google forms. The next step will be for the committee to polish the survey and give Ron B. a copy for mass distribution.
  • Discussion continued on the possibility of including IPMS/USA membership info in...
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October 2016 Meeting Minutes

Posted on: July 21, 2021

Action Items for September

  • Creation of new nomination petition forms for new officers — Ron and Marie
  • Membership recognition pins — Ron
  • Amendment review underway — CRB
  • Membership survey in the works — Don Schmitz
  • National Office planning to have a table at the First Coast chapter show in February — Marie
  • National Convention coverage appearing in November issue of Airfix Model World magazine — Marie
  • Chapter re-chartering season is underway — John N.
  • Financial report updated through September 2016. Taxes filed, payments made. Working on a way to use our web store to renew memberships — Mike O.
  • Working with Fred Horky to add more chapter newsletters to his distribution list — Jim P.
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September 2016 Meeting Minutes

Posted on: July 21, 2021

Action Items for September

  • Member recognition project.
  • Officer candidate petition updated.
  • Constitution Review board formed.
  • Work on membership survey continues.
  • National Convention vendor follow-up complete.
  • Looking into automatic membership renewals via credit card.
  • Nationals presence at Modelpalooza.
  • The board voted to pay our CMS consultant an additional $250 bonus and will see if he is willing to serve on an hourly basis as needed for tech support.
  • Ron has okayed increasing our website hosting plan as suggested by Webmaster Eric.

Officer/Staff Reports

Ron Bell, President

  • I continued work on the membership recognition project. I've...
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