IPMS/USA Business Meeting

Aug. 4, 2018

Phoenix, Arizona

Current Officers

President – Ron Bell1st Vice President – John Noack2nd Vice President – T.J. Misiolek

Director of Local Chapters – David LockhartSecretary – Dennis Tennant

Treasurer – Mike OberholtzerPublications Director/Historian – Jim Pearsall

Recruitment & Retention Secretary : David Knights

Support Staff

Office Manager – Marie Van SchoonhovenSupport 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

Online Support Staff

Webmaster – Eric AitalaForum Administrator – David WillisAssociate Webmasters:

• Jim Pearsall• David Wrinkle• Mark Aldrich• Paul Markezich• Rick Jackson

Membership Numbers Data: Journal mailing list, third quarter

3800

3900

4000

4100

4200

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Present

4170 4146 3972 3895 3848 3951

President’s UpdateRon 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. 

TreasurerMike 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.

Comparative Statement of

Activity Jan.-June 2018

2017 Convention Statement of

Activity: 1/1/2017-10/22/2018

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 2017- fastest in 3 years

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

retention 

1st Vice PresidentJohn Noack

Reviewer Corps:• In 2017, we posted 880 reviews. 2018 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.

2nd Vice PresidentT.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 2019. •We have one solid bid for the 2020 National Convention; I will work diligently throughout this year to elicit bids for 2021 - 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.

•Current Chapter Count – 220 (down from 221)•Lost 7, gained back 6 in 2017-2018

•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

Director of Local Chapters Dave Lockhart

Regional CoordinatorsRegion 1 – Northeast

• Dave SchwabRegion 2 - Mid-East

• Tim WardRegion 3 – Southeast

• James CorleyRegion 4 – Great Lakes

• Dave KoukolRegion 5 – Midwest

• Jim CoatneyRegion 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

Events/Shows

There are 168 shows planned for 2018

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.

Newsletters

Thirty IPMS/USA chapter newsletters have been distributed electronically to over 150 member contacts

this year.

SecretaryDennis 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

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.

Publications Director/HistorianJames 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.

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

Webmaster

Next Year:• Reviews site still needs to be updated• Working on tech specs for new IPMS/USA web

site - https://github.com/aitala/ipmsusa• Working on new calendar for Chapter meetings - https://calendar.ipmsusa3.org/chapter-meetings

Questions?