MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 2004 MEETING (# 382)
OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL PLASTIC MODELLERS SOCIETY
OF CANADA

MEMBERS

Jamie Leggo
Sid Arnold
John MacDonald
Randy Lutz
Debbie Lutz
Steve
Sauvé
Bob Migliardi
Jean Gratton

POSITION

National Director
Random Thoughts Editor
Treasurer
Archives / Back Issues / Marketing
Membership / Circulation
Secretary / Webmaster
Graphic Artist / Advisor
Chapter Liaison / Co-Editor RT

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In order to get the latest RT stuffed and mailed this evening, an abbreviated Exec meeting was called to order at 1945 hrs, 25 February 2004 at the home of Jamie Leggo.

Item

1.1

Old Business

The question of our sponsorship cheque to IPMS Ottawa for our table at CapCon is still open.  John to finalize this matter.

Action by:

John MacDonald



2.1

National Director

Enquiries were received from the Foreign Liaison Office of IPMS/USA.  They would like to exchange articles with us for cooperative re-publication.  Our basic thinking is - sure, why not?, as long as everything's attributed properly.



Jamie



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3.2

3.3

RT Editor

RT 28/5 will start mailing out tomorrow and should be concluded by the weekend.  There was some sort of glitch in the labelling software that generated only a partial set of mailing labels.  Who got temporarily stiffed for a timely mailing will remain a closely guarded secret.


RT 28/6 is planned for mailing by the end of April 2004.

Due to some ongoing QC issues with the current printer, we will be taking a look at getting better service for the same or comparable money for producing RT.



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Jean Gratton
Bob Migliardi



4.1

4.2

Treasurer

Apparently we're in good shape.


A member wrote in a queried if his membership cheque had been received or not. John to investigate and action as needed.



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John MacDonald



5.1

Membership/Circulation

For the next issue of RT, a new database setup is needed.  Our crack IT team will be tasked to deal with the situation as expeditiously as possible.



John MacDonal
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6.1



6.2

Marketing

The new letter to retailers is ready for mailing.  It is planned to be out there within a week.

Bob Migliardi showed a detailed list of potential advertisers for IPMS Canada, consisting of Airforce magazine, Canadian Military Museums, and the Air Cadets.



Jamie Leggo



Jamie Leggo



7.1


7.2

Archivist

In an historic moment, the last available hard-bound copy of RT was sold in the last month.


We have no more copies printed of our Luftwaffe Weapons publication.  Bob Mig to check availability for electronic files of this document for new orders..



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Bob Migliardi



8.1

8.2

Chapter Liaison

Absent.

Jean sent out letters to those Charter Chapters who are not in compliance with the rules, i.e., their
Chapter Presidents and Contacts are not members of IPMS Canada.  We are getting feedback from some of the groups, and steps are being taken to rectify the situation.



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Jean Gratton


9.1

Webmaster

Nothing to report this month.



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10.1 

Secretary

Nothing to report this month.



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11.1 

Back Issues

Another purge of really old and excessive quantities of some back issues has taken place.  If the membership isn't interested in buying them, then we're frying them.



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12.1


12.2





12.3

Special Projects

Decal sales have been brisk this month:  Aces-12; P-40s-7; 1/72-2; and 24 copies of the new Mustang IV sheet have gone out in the past month.


As we are getting close to the end of combined 1/48 & 1/72 RCAF Aces Decal Sheet, Randy noted that there are some registration problems in the C and C1 roundels (four in total) on the 1/72 portion of the sheet.  Several options were discussed, to be implemented after the current stack of 50 pristine sheets is exhausted.

The Mustang IV sheet will be reviewed in the March 2004 issue of SAMI.  We're making enquiries with SAM to find out if/when they'll be doing us the kindness of a similar review.



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The meeting ended at 2130 hrs.  The next meeting will be in March, date and time to be determined, at a location to be named later.  

Steve Sauvé
Secretary
IPMS Canada
28 February 2004

 

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