Old Business

• The search continues for a new treasurer. An ad about the position will appear in the next issue of the Journal and once that ad appears in the Journal, we will wait a few weeks to make sure it has been seen and then move on the candidates we have.
• Following several months of discussion, the board unanimously decided to discontinue funding the Make And Take program. This decision was deemed necessary due to a number of factors including increasing costs to the Society, little or no results (i.e. new members) from the program and the fact that our main source of kits, Revell, was moving toward dropping the program based on the fact they also see this program as providing little or no return on their investment.

New Business

Action Items

• David Knights has been appointed as our new Recruitment and Retention Secretary.

Officer/Staff Reports

Ron Bell, President

• I am in the process of briefing our new Recruitment and Retention Secretary on our existing programs and how the Eboard functions.
• Next task is to appoint a 2nd VP, which will happen shortly.
• Have tasked Sec. Tennant to get the management of SIGs in order so that the info in the Journal is up to date.

John Noack, 1st VP

• The 1st VP transition is complete. We will post slightly over 600 reviews for the year, not bad at all. Reviews are flowing in on a regular basis. Several new manufacturers are lined up, and we are awaiting samples...

Action Items

• None

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

• None

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...