International Plastic Modelers' Society / USA

International Plastic Modelers' Society / USA

IPMS/USA

IPMS/USA

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Posted on: January 24, 2024

Fellow IPMS Members:

I am pleased to announce the appointment of Scott Hackney to fill the role of 2nd Vice President, IPMS/USA. ;Scott brings years of experience running National Conventions to the position, having chaired three successful Omaha Nationals. Scott is a 40+ year member of IPMS and served in the USAF as a Tactical Coordinator/ Electronic Warfare Officer on RC-135s with over 5,000 flying hours and 450+ operational reconnaissance missions. Please join me in welcoming Scott to the 2VP role.

Phil Peterson
President, IPMS/USA

Posted on: January 16, 2024

We are very excited to announce the new IPMS/USA Director of Social Media, Mrs. Eugenie Ray.

Eugenie has developed a unique skill set and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this new position. She spent 18 years leading content and knowledge management initiatives at Cisco Systems, including writing and editing content and managing the design and structure of over one thousand internal websites. She led the team that set design and content policy, but also documented structure and knowledge sharing.

Eugenie is  an administrator of several Facebook groups. She has experience in managing user bases, moderating posts and comments, and all advanced user/post statistics. She is proficient in the creation of YouTube videos, Instagram posts, working within other...

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Posted on: January 16, 2024

Phil Peterson – President

  • Significant interest and response to 2VP and Secretary call for candidates.  Interview teams established and Zoom calls to start next week

Membership System – Nancy Kennedy-Hackney

  • Table sales count up significantly this week, email blast underway

Office Manager – Marie Van Schoonhoven

  • Membership list sent out to printer for next mailing – 5082 issues, 212 expiration reminders
  • Member/Chapter Affiliation project underway

Website – Eric Aitala

  • Currently working on assembling the web team - we have a number of folks who are interested in helping out in a number of ways. For the moment we are working on setting up roles and strategy going forward. I...
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Posted on: January 10, 2024

Fellow IPMS/USA Members

This week I accepted the resignation of Len Pilhofer from the Second Vice President position, and Rob Booth from the Secretary role.  Each left for their own (and different) reasons and I will respect their decisions to do so.  We have begun the process of finding and appointing replacement officers to fill these two roles for the remainder of the term and as a member you should see an email inviting you to indicate your interest in being considered.  In the short term, I have asked John Noack to temporarily fill the Secretary position (in addition to his 1VP duties) as we start that search.

The fact that the Board is in some degree of transition may be a subject of speculation, but I want to assure you that IPMS/USA remains solid...

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Posted on: December 26, 2023

Phil Peterson called the meeting to order at 6:05PM, CST.

 

First Discussion Item – The Editorial by Chris Bucholtz in the Sep/Oct Journal

 

After significant discussion, it was agreed by vote of 5 to 2 that the Editor has a right to offer his own opinions (the definition of an editorial) and that no further action would be taken.  PP agreed to respond directly to those who had written in voicing their concerns over the editorial as published.  The Board's reasoning was based on the fact that Chris’ opinion was based on what he observed on the IPMS/USA Facebook page.  In fact, his suggestions as to how this should have been handled were really close to how it...

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Posted on: December 17, 2023

Ralph Forehand (1932-2022) was a long time IPMS-USA member (member #1592) and he formed many lifelong friendships during his many years with IPMS.

As a former high school dropout, he enrolled in the Air Force and served as a flight line mechanic at Laughlin Airforce Base during the Korean War. During his service, he worked to attain his GED and then after serving he first attained an Associate Radio Engineer degree, and eventually a BS in Industrial Engineering from Virginia Tech. He strongly believed in the benefits of a higher education.

He served IPMS in several key roles:

  • Historian / Publications Director 1968-1970
  • Update Editor 1968-1971
  • First Vice President 1970-1972
  • Webmaster 1996-2002
  • Named as Life Member 2016...
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Posted on: December 4, 2023

As you probably know, IPMS/USA is a volunteer based organization. All of our Executive Board members, Regional Coordinators, Webmasters, and Convention Chairs and teams are volunteers. We often hear from members that they want to be more involved in the Society and help improve it. This is your chance to be a part of the future of IPMS/USA and make it better for everyone!

The only compensation package offered is knowing that as part of an all-volunteer organization and leadership team, you are helping to grow the IPMS/USA footprint and reach out across multiple generations of current and future members.

As IPMS continues to explore the use of social media to expand our outreach to new and existing members, we have identified a number of new volunteer opportunities in...

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Posted on: November 28, 2023

The 2024 IPMS National Convention Team has been working tirelessly to bring what we hope will be the biggest spectacle in IPMS National Convention history! This mission brief provides you with all the information we have available at the time of this writing. It is our sincere hope that you will join us in Madison this summer!

Posted on: November 19, 2023

Meeting Minutes

Phil Peterson called the meeting to order at 6:05PM, CST.

Committee/Staff Updates

Membership System – Nancy Kennedy-Hackney

  • Working with Wisconsin team for the 2024 convention: I attend the weekly meetings
    • created vendor registration
    • created pre-registration form
    • answer questions on previous conventions
    • will work with Mark S. for badge prints...
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