Old Business

• Make and take developments (discussed in DLC's section below).

New Business

• Dick Christ: We need to start working on next year's budget. We need projected costs
  from everyone. We need to start the process and I would like to have it completed when the new administration starts on November 1.

Officer/Staff Reports

Dick Christ, President

• No new items to report.

David Morrissette, 1st VP

• Late reviews as 60 and declining. This is normal for the summer months.
• The Manufacturers' Dinner was held during Convention week and went well with Eduard, Revell, Werner Wings, Academy, Yellow Wings, Detail and Scale, Kittyhawk and Aires...

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...

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...

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...