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Posted on: April 19, 2022
Officer/Staff Reports & Discussion
Dave Lockhart – President
- DL called the meeting to order at 7:06PM, EST
- DL requested a tally of which Executive Board members will be attending the National Convention in Omaha this summer. All board members confirmed that they will be in attendance.
- MO/DL/RB confirmed that we had received IRS required Conflict of Interest from all but one board member, and one RC. (Both individuals forms have been received and posted to the archives in the interim.) Dave indicated that future policy requires these forms to be turned around within 30 days.
Phil Peterson – 1st Vice President
- PP indicated that the Ukraine situation is affecting our acquisition of review items from...
Posted on: April 5, 2022
To All IPMS/USA Members,
Many of us are shocked and saddened by the conflict in Ukraine. Just over a month ago Ukrainians were living their lives in peace and suddenly their cities are being destroyed, fellow citizens are dying, and many are fleeing for safety in bordering countries. Truly tragic and unnecessary.
Ukraine is the home of many great model companies. I’ve received several emails from IPMS/USA members asking how they can help not only these modeling companies but also those in need in Ukraine.
How can we help? There are many ways. You can contribute individually, as a chapter or in the case of the folks from Red River Modelers, at their RiverCon-2022 show from which they donated 10% ($532) of their proceeds to Samaritans Purse (...
read more... Posted on: January 24, 2022
Officer/Staff Reports
Dave Lockhart – President
- Called the meeting to order at 7:04PM, EST
- Dave is going to research where our IPMS/USA charter document is located
- Kudos to Mike Oberholtzer for spearheading the Wild Apricot integration efforts with the National Convention registration team.
- Asked for concerted effort to get the membership records updated to help keep the Journal going out to the membership on time.
- Dave initiated a discussion regarding IPMS/USA’s liability insurance. We need to re-evaluate our coverages to include major catastrophe (i.e. covid, etc.) Rob to work with Dave to research the requirements.
- Dave asked John to research the cost IPMS/USA sponsoring a light meal for the judges...
Posted on: January 15, 2022
Make sure we have the right email address!
IPMS/USA Members, our new membership system is off to a good start, but like everything new, there are some new things to be aware of. Here are a couple of things that have come to our attention:
- When you visit IPMSUSA.org and follow the links to our "Membership Home" page, or if you see a link in an email from us, you might notice that the address ipmsu28.wildapricot.org sometimes appears. This is a legitimate address. Wild Apricot is our partner for the new membership and event system, so you will see their address often. You might also notice “Powered by Wild Apricot Membership Software at the bottom of the new pages.
- The old...
Posted on: December 31, 2021
Fellow modelers, today we roll out a new member and event management system that will bring IPMS/USA into the 21st century. With over 4,500 members, IPMS/USA is much too big and complex to manage on an Access database any longer! The new system brings automated processing to many of the repetitive tasks involved in keeping track of our memberships and will improve turnaround time on renewals, new memberships, convention registrations and more.
Some of the features you can take advantage of now:
- Online Renewals: You will now begin to receive emails notifying you when your membership renewal is due. No more wondering or checking the Journal cover for your expiration date- you will get a few reminders...
Posted on: December 1, 2021
The November 2021 Executive Board Meeting Minutes have been posted.
Posted on: December 1, 2021
Officer/Staff Reports
Dave Lockhart – President
- Initiated a “meet and greet” discussion in which each member of the board introduced themselves to the others and gave brief summaries of their modeling lives and ideas for IPMS.
- IPMS Board email addresses assigned to each e-board member.
- Working on a new website that will be interactive with the Wild Apricot system. Target launch is 1st of the year.
- Working on some updates to the Journal and its distribution.
- We have just under 4,500 “active” members.
- Would like to broaden the number of chapters to increase membership.
- John and Rob working to grow the National Convention.
- Board meetings are held quarterly. Dave to...
Posted on: November 18, 2021
The New IPMS/USA Membership and Convention Registration System is coming January 1, 2022!
That may not seem like an exciting announcement, but it means a big change for the better in the way IPMS/USA manages our member database and registers members for the National Convention. Here are some of the highlights of the new system, and how it will improve the way you as a member will interact with IPMS/USA.
- Membership, Convention Registration and Payments combined into one system. Because everything is in one system you won’t have to re-enter your information into separate systems or have different passwords to remember.
- Online access to your own profile data that you can update yourself. Want to know if we have your current address or when your membership...
Posted on: October 22, 2021
The October 2021 Executive Board Meeting Minutes have been posted.