IPMS/USA. Business Meeting. Aug. 4, 2018 Phoenix, Arizona

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1 IPMS/USA Business Meeting Aug. 4, 2018 Phoenix, Arizona

2 Current Officers President Ron Bell 1 st Vice President John Noack 2 nd Vice President T.J. Misiolek Director of Local Chapters David Lockhart Secretary Dennis Tennant Treasurer Mike Oberholtzer Publications Director/Historian Jim Pearsall Recruitment & Retention Secretary : David Knights

3 Support Staff Office Manager Marie Van Schoonhoven Support the Troops Liaison Jon Emery IPMS/USA Journal Staff: Executive Editor James Woody Managing Editor Chris Bucholtz Art Director John Heck Advertising Director Bill Whipple

4 Online Support Staff Webmaster Eric Aitala Forum Administrator David Willis Associate Webmasters: Jim Pearsall David Wrinkle Mark Aldrich Paul Markezich Rick Jackson

5 Membership Numbers Data: Journal mailing list, third quarter Present

6 President s Update Ron Bell Since our last business meeting: The new C&BL was passed. Appointed David Knights as our new Recruitment and Retention Secretary. Appointed T.J. Misiolek as the new 2nd VP. Mailed out the rest of 2017 s 25-year Member pins. Designed and implemented a new Member of the Year award. Started project to re-work and update our web site.

7 Treasurer Mike Oberholtzer The 2016/2017 Financial Report was published in the May-June 2018 Journal. Our financial position is strong and improved over the previous year, coming close to break-even.

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9 Comparative Statement of Activity Jan.-June 2018

10 2017 Convention Statement of Activity: 1/1/ /22/2018

11 Improvements made: PayPal has made it easier for members, advertisers and vendors to make payments New credit card and banking relationships are saving us money. Fees so far this year are $3,100 compared with $4,500 for the first six months of 2017 Providing comprehensive financial reporting to Eboard and convention team Created new budgeting tools for convention hosts Closed out 2017 convention books in fastest in 3 years

12 On the horizon: Continue to improve support for convention staff Investigate auto-renewal option to increase member retention

13 1st Vice President John Noack Reviewer Corps: In 2017, we posted 880 reviews has slowed down a bit, we re on a run rate of approx. 625 reviews at current pace Reviewers Corps headcount is 107, of which 85 are active. Always room for more! We continue to build visibility for IPMS/USA when manufacturers such as Casemate Publishing, Hasegawa, Specialty Press and AMK post our IPMS/USA-branded reviews to their web pages. Working with new suppliers for review items and information. This year we have added Micro- Mir, Master Details, Coastal Kits, Omega Models, Dora Wings, AOA Decals, Furball Aero Design, Coastal Kits, restarted MENG, Airfix and Fisher Models, and have several others in the works. Big News we established a Members-only 15% discount program with Micro-Mark, and they have started sending us review products as well. Supplied the Journal with several build reviews this year.

14 2nd Vice President T.J. Misiolek The 2017 National Convention (Omaha) closed out with a $33,898 total profit, with $16,949 going to IPMS/USA. It was the fourth most-profitable convention to date. I am working with Chattanooga to assure a great National Convention experience for our members in We have one solid bid for the 2020 National Convention; I will work diligently throughout this year to elicit bids for please stay tuned. I am currently working to update the National Convention Bid Parameters guidebook with an eye toward making the process more user friendly for planners to enable them to bid on and produce successful conventions in the future.

15 Director of Local Chapters Dave Lockhart Current Chapter Count 220 (down from 221) Lost 7, gained back 6 in Regional Coordinators see organization chart next slide Goals for coming year Continued streamlining process Better matching of chapter members with database Update IPMS/USA website using Fact Sheet data

16 Regional Coordinators Region 1 Northeast Dave Schwab Region 2 - Mid-East Tim Ward Region 3 Southeast James Corley Region 4 Great Lakes Dave Koukol Region 5 Midwest Jim Coatney Region 6 Southwest Sean Glaspell Region 7 Northwest David Fletcher Region 8 S. California Joe Porche Region 9 Far West Chris Bucholtz Region 10 Rocky Mtn Mike Mackowski Region 11 Florida Jim Stepanek Region 12 Mid Atlanta Dave Corvino Region 13 - Alaska, Satellite, Int l, Cyber Jorge Mustafa

17 Events/Shows 50% of Chapters request show liability insurance through the IPMS/USA at an average savings of $500/event. Money saved by being a chartered IPMS/USA chapter. There are 168 shows planned for 2018

18 Newsletters Thirty IPMS/USA chapter newsletters have been distributed electronically to over 150 member contacts this year.

19 Secretary Dennis Tennant Have absorbed the duties of Director of Foreign Liaison that was eliminated in the new C&BL and am in contact with various IPMS groups worldwide The online Hobby Shop Listing continues to grow (51 shops listed so far) but continues to need more member participation to cover more areas of the country Became the official keeper of the Special Interest Group (SIG) list. Responsible for adding new groups and removing ones that are no longer active

20 Recruitment and Retention Secretary David Knights Membership is up over 4% since this position was established last year. Have reached out to chapter contacts to encourage local recruitment. IPMS/USA recruiting tables have been set up at a number of local and regional shows. Searching for ways to establish additional programs to help with membership recruitment and add to membership value. Looking for and willing to accept any and all help.

21 Publications Director/Historian James Pearsall We have appointed Bill Whipple as Journal Ad Manager. Thank you to Doug Reed, the previous Ad Manager, for his good work. Advertising billing for the last two Journals has been slowed due to the changeover. Hopefully we will be able to get it back on schedule soon. The Journal continues to be an outstanding publication, thanks to the work of John Heck and Chris Bucholz. As historian, I continue to collect newsletters from those chapters that send them to me. I have received about one request per month for articles from the Quarterly and Update.

22 Webmaster Eric Aitala What s New: Gallery migrated to new software Forums updated to new version New Clubs feature in Forums Server updated for new software and HTTPS web security

23 Webmaster Next Year: Reviews site still needs to be updated Working on tech specs for new IPMS/USA web site - Working on new calendar for Chapter meetings -

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