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March 2017 Meeting Minutes

Action Items

  • Our banking relationship with Huntington Bank is over. Funds were successfully transferred to Chase Bank.
  • A future Journal will be upsized to include expanded election info and the proposed amendment up for consideration.
  • Fifty and twenty-five year Membership recognition pins are ready for distribution.
  • IPMS membership recruitment inserts have been created for inserting in future Sprue Brothers' shipments.
  • Approval was given to upgrade the service plan for our online store to accommodate increased traffic and usage.

Discussion

The board discussed updating the IPMS/USA website with the goal of making it a bit more user friendly but...

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February 2017 Meeting Minutes

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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January 2017 Meeting Minutes

Highlights

  • Election calendar set, petitions online and with OM
  • Recognition pins moving along
  • Postage update made
  • Two new review items from Tiger Models and AMK
  • Work continues with Sprue Bros. on insert flyers
  • Chapter rechartering at 59%
  • Liability policy renewed for 2017
  • Financial switchover to Chase complete
  • PayPal added as new payment choice
  • Hobby shop submissions for the website are on the upswing

Officer/Staff Reports

Ron Bell, President

  • We've set the election calendar and the nominating petition is now available online as well as from the Office Manager.
  • The membership list for 2016 is now set, so I can move ahead...
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November 2018 Meeting Minutes

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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September 2018 Meeting Minutes

Action Items

  • Unanimous approval for our new Advertising Manager, Bill Whipple, to receive free membership as long as he serves in this role.

Officer/Staff Reports

Ron Bell, President

  • Working with John Emery to get more emphasis on our "support the troops" program including a guest column in the Journal from him explaining the functioning of the program and a possible outside sponsor.
  • Due to a slow down in business needing attention and the ability to handle a lot of it via the internet, we have changed the E-board meeting schedule to a bi-monthly update and meeting via conference call every four months. That means updates will only be posted on the...
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