IPMS Region News

From the email:

Marketing Committee forming
Greetings Plastic Fans and welcome to another installment of my useless blather.

We are well into our fall show season ArmorCon is in the books and though the vendor room was missing several of our usual vendors owing to family commitments, the show was quite a success.

• HVHMG in Poughkeepsie is this coming Saturday 10/17
• GraniteCon in Nashua, NH is 10/18
• SyrCon in Syracuse, NY is also 10/18
• BayCon in Smithfield, RI is 11/1
• LIARS in Freeport, NY is 11/14

Re-Charter will be starting soon.

The following is from the National Office.

IPMS is forming a Marketing Committee to help with promoting the society and events at the National and Chapter levels. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Don Schmitz by email at marketing@ipmsusa.org for more information.

See you at the shows.

Happy Modeling,

Doc

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Bulletin: November 2011

THE MINUTES

by Bobby the Blue

October was a great meeting with an amazing showing for the Model Pledge. We had 31 members and 1 guest who brought in a total of 18 models. More details below.

October Meeting

NOMINATIONS: What?!?!? Fuhgettabouttit! These guys only put in one year so far! They have another year before we let them go!

2011 MODEL PLEDGE: Not bad. The majority of members who signed up for the 2011 Model Pledge came through with a finished product. We have 13 pledges on the tables and the guys told us a couple words about getting it done. Looks like we should be bringing this activity back for 2012.

DINNERS AND ANNIVERSARIES: Who likes Czech food? Looks like we’ll be at Sweik again for the holiday dinner. The date we’re looking at is December 6th. It’s a good time as it shouldn’t interfere with other holiday parties at work, etc. Details will be available at the meeting and the BPMS Blog. Stay tuned.

REGION TWO: The club sponsored a trophy package for the Region 2 will be held in NJ on 10/21-22. We should have members reporting about the show during the next meeting.

You can see pics from each meeting either at the Club Website or on the Photo-Blog: http://gmobile17.blogspot.com/

On the agenda November

CONTEST NIGHTT 4Q11: This is the final installment of the BPMS Annual contest, so it’s your last chance to amass votes! (This is the quarterly contest that the votes are all combined and tallied for the DECEMBER MEETING.)

SUPER RAFFLE: It’s that time of year again. The prolific model builders get rewarded for their labors over the year by getting one ticket per model, and five additional for getting their pledge done. If you want to donate anything to the raffle, feel free to do so!

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A HALT TO TROOP SUPPORT

Currently, we do not have any active Points of Contact to whom we can mail the donations made by the club. I've been in contact with the IPMS-USA lead for troop support and he also is lacking any current contacts. With the rapid draw-down in Iraq by the end of this year and the long-standing difficulty in establishing contact with troops deployed to Afghanistan, I am reluctantly suspending the collection of donations at the monthly chapter meetings in anticipation of a continuing lack of POCs. Should any members have any contacts or can suggest a worthwhile recipient of the remaining store of kits and supplies, please email me at shuvlboy [at] gmail [dot] com. I have the notebook of thank you emails and certificates of commendation we received and can make it available at any meeting. In closing, I would like to commend the membership for their sustained and generous support over the past six years. We know that we have had a positive impact on the lives of many deployed servicemen. Thanks for your support. ~ Hugh

Our next meeting will be on

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

See you at the Bergen Beach Sports Complex!

Bulletin: October 2011

T H E

M I N U T E S

by Bobby the Blue

September was a busy meeting with news and the Aurora Theme. We had 28 members and no guests who brought in a total of 38 models. More details below.

September Meeting

DAWN OF MODELING THEME: In the beginning, there was AURORA! Members brought in 22 Aurora models, including 16 unbuilt, for this theme. We had an informative stroll down memory that night.

SWAP NIGHT: Members brought in items to swap and sell. I saw a lot of goodies changing hands. Outstanding!

DINNERS AND ANNIVERSARIES: We briefly discussed dinners and the 40th Anniversary of the BPMS. That should be in the second quarter of 2012. If you have any ideas for the celebration, feel free to present them at the next meeting.

REGION TWO: The club voted to sponsor a trophy package. The package will be a Joe Turner memorial and will be for the Civil Aircraft Category. The Region 2 will be held in NJ on 10/21-22. Show details will be available at the meeting.

You can see pics from each meeting either at the Club Website or on the Photo-Blog: http://gmobile17.blogspot.com/

On the agenda October

NOMINATIONS: What?!?!? Forget that! These guys only put in one year so far! They have another year before we let them go!

HOLIDAY DINNER: It’s that time of year again. The October meeting is upon us and before we know it, the end of the year. We need to iron out details for a Holiday Dinner ASAP. It’s usually the first Tuesday of December after the first Monday. We kicked around the idea of going back to Sweik again. The members seemed fine with that idea. If you want to try something different, please do some research and report to the group at the next meeting.

2011 MODEL PLEDGE: It seemed that we kept the concept entirely too loose for members tastes last year so we tightened them up a little in 2011. You SHOULD’VE brought in an unbuilt model between January and March to declare as your pledge model. Please have it finished for THIS MEETING, OCTOBER, for a display. After October you may bring back your pledge for the November meeting for the last contest of the year. For your efforts you get an additional FIVE Super Raffle tickets for completing your pledge! Sweet! Easy enough? Now go have fun with it!

Meeting date: October 21, 2011

Same Time,

Same Place!

IPMS Region 2 Show JerseyCon 2 - October 21 & 22 2011

From Mike at NJIPMS:

On October 21 & 22 NJIPMS will be hosting our second Region II show - JerseyCon 2 !! Only about 3 weeks away!

We are very excited because of the outstanding venue he have for the show. The Wyndham hotel right off Exit 4 of the NJ Turnpike on Rt. 73 in Mt. Laurel, NJ. We'll have more space than ever before for models and vendors.....and we have lots of vendors lined up!!

We invite you to visit our website, www.njipms.org for more information about the show. Just click on the JERSEYCON link.

BPMS Bulletin: September 2011

We hope everyone made it through the hurricane okay!

THE MINUTES

by Bobby the Blue

August was a jam-packed meeting with the quarterly contest AND pizza night! We clocked in 29 members and 1 guest who brought in 26 models, for a busy meeting.

August Meeting

BPMS ANNUAL CONTEST – 3Q2011: I’m looking at the paperwork and it looks like we had a pretty good showing of about 20 models for the contest. It also looks like it was a good scattering as there are votes in all categories. Good show!

PIZZA NIGHT: This is the biggest event of the year, and I MISSED IT! As a result the club was able to cut back by two pizzas. Well done, the night ended with only three left over slices!

REGION TWO: The club voted to sponsor a trophy package. We held a special raffle for the cause. The show is coming up in October in New Jersey. More details will be available at the meeting.

NEW MEMBER: She attended three meetings and builds models, therefore, Kamilla L. was voted in as our latest member! You may also know her as Konstantin’s daughter.

Welcome to the fold!

You can see pics from each meeting either at the Photo-Blog:

http://gmobile17.blogspot.com/

On the agenda: September

DAWN OF MODELING THEME: In the beginning, there was AURORA! Please bring in any Aurora models you may have, (built or unbuilt) and please be prepared to tell the group a couple words about them. It’s just a display, not a contest. No worries!

SWAP NIGHT: Bring in stuff to trade or sell. It would also be a good idea to bring a little cash with you. You never know when that elusive kit might show up, and there’s no tab at this bar!

2011 MODEL PLEDGE: How's your progress? Your Model Pledges are due in OCTOBER! Better get things in gear!

MONOGRAM THEME CONTEST: Build a Monogram Model. Easy as that! More HERE:

http://bpmsclub.blogspot.com/2011/06/monogram-theme-contest.html

Our next meeting will be on

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Same time, same place!

See you at the Bergen Beach Sports Complex!