• Mike Rastiello Chapter of the Year Award
  • IPMS/Mid-Michigan Model Makers
• Ralph Forehand Website of the Year Award
  • Mike Blohm, Albuquerque Scale Modelers
• Newsletter Editor of the Year
  • "IPMS/Orange County Newsletter", IPMS/Orange County, Editor - Terry Huber
• Regional Coordinator of the Year
  • David Schwab, Region 1

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We are only 3 weeks away from another great IPMS Convention. The contest features almost 200 competitive categories plus unique theme awards for 2017. A picture of our incredible trophies is attached.

For those that have already sponsored trophy packages: Thank you all for your support.

If you have not sponsored a package yet, please consider that the trophy package is one of the major contest expenses. Convention chapters work to provide quality awards, but that costs money. As with other conventions, we do not want trophies to be a "profit" item, but we do need them to break even. Only a little over half of the trophies are currently sponsored and, like so many past conventions, we will find the other half unsponsored and the general convention fund will have to make up...

We have a new Chapter in Region 13 - IPMS/ Nautical Research Guild.

The NRG was formed in 1948 and is a 501 (c)(3) organization.

The current membership of the Nautical Research Guild is approximately 1,100 members from the US, Canada, Mexico and 27 other countries.

We publish the Nautical Research Journal on a quarterly basis.  It is mailed to all members.

We hold an Annual Conference in the fall at various locations around the US - mostly in coastal locations near maritime attractions with links to maritime history.  We often hold our conferences with or at local Maritime Museums.

We have a 7 member Board of Directors, elected by the membership at large, to serve 3 year terms - without limit on the number of terms.  The board...