Action Items

• None

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...

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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...

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Action Items

• The board reviewed the National Contest Committee's proposed rules changes for the 2017 contest and gave feedback to Chief Judge Mark Persichetti.
• Membership pins have been ordered for 25 and 50 year members.
• Conversion to PayPal for credit card processing is complete.

Officer/Staff Reports

Ron Bell, President

• Membership recognition pins have been ordered.
• Upon suggestion from member, approved a program for sale of discounted memberships at local model shows.
• Progress is being made on the survey planned by the Marketing Committee. A revised draft was shown to the Eboard for comment and the committee is going to further refine the questions and get back to us....

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Action Items

• None.

Officer/Staff Reports

Ron Bell, President

• Starting to gear up for elections next year.
• Working on a booklet/hand out to give to new members with modeling tips.

John Noack, 1st VP

• Nothing to report.

T.J. Misiolek, 2nd Vice President

• Nothing to report.

Mike Oberholtzer, Treasurer

• Our October financial reports show us with an income of almost $50,000 year to date. Keep in mind that we will be paying out about $11,000 of that to Phoenix when convention reporting is complete. After...

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