T h e
M i n u t e s
by Bobby B2
Blue Pokorny
January was an emotional meeting. We had 22 members and no guests who brought in 12
models for the first meeting of 2014.
January
Meeting
FRANK TRIPOLI: Frank passed away on New
Year’s Eve. He was an all around great guy. He was a wise and patient voice
that helped guide the BPMS over many years. So how could we ever possibly repay
all his kindness?
To start, we raised $250 for the Wounded Warriors
Project in the memory of Frank Tripoli. That’s a really nice acknowledgement of
what he meant to us. Thanks!
We voted to rename the annual award for receiving
the most votes in the annual contest from Top Gun, to The
Frank Tripoli Award.
At the end of the meeting Russ Holcomb
volunteered to assume Frank’s old post of Membership Director.
I don’t think we can ever get back to business as
usual without Frank’s kind words, but it’s reassuring that we moved quickly to
make sure that the club properly remembered one the greatest members we had ever
known.
Other Member news: Long time member Phil Benson announced that he’s moving to New Jersey. James Maroney recently moved to Suffolk County. Bob Alforse (spelling?) passed away in May, 2013.
Model Talk: Each member told us a couple words about the model that were
brought in.
Phil benson: Long time member Phil Benson announced that he’s moving to New Jersey.
2014 Model
Pledge: It’s another year! Have you chosen something to build by
OCTOBER so you can ear FIVE extra super raffle tickets? We’re still making the
list. Details below.
KIT SALE: A good assortment of kits were sold.
RAFFLE: We had a nice assortment of kits, books, and supplies up for
raffle.
TROOP SUPPORT: With Hugh in retirement Jimmy Tissot volunteered to take over
the role as Wounded Warrior Project liaison. He’s gotten reports regarding what
models and supplies would be most useful. He was recently advised of a hub to
ship to closer to home, so that’s good. As always, donations of any models and
supplies are welcome.
PHOTO ROSTER: Hugh can
provide the files and write up the process I use in PowerPoint and PhotoManager
to put the pages together. Can anyone take this job over? Hello? Anyone? Contact Bobby or Jeff at the
meeting.
On the agenda: February
Contest NIGHT: This is the first
quarter of the BPMS Annual contest. Feel free to bring in any model that hasn’t
already been in a quarter contest, and you are encouraged to bring in your
entries from the last theme contest!
SHOW US YOUR TOOL: This vulgar sounding activity is more of a simple BPMS
tradition. Once a year we ask members to come to the meeting prepared with a
tool or method they like to use to make their model building life easier. It
could be a new product, something you made yourself, or a different way of
tackling a problem. It’s up to you. Please be prepared to tell the group a
couple words about what you have.
RAFFLE: We may have a monthly raffle with an assortment of items
depending on time.
Meeting Date:
February 21, 2014
Same Time,
Same Place!