How Can You Help?

We're Glad You Asked!  Read on....

This organization only lives and grows by how active the membership is in IPMS Canada. The National Executive does not work in a vacuum, and the membership's active participation is vital to IPMS Canada's health and future growth. 

We hear rumours of IPMS Canada members doing some very fine work on their latest modelling projects, but the flow of material we receive to publish in RT is a comparative trickle.  These can be submitted to us at anytime for consideration.  The Webmaster is always trying to improve this website; equipment photos, photos of your models, Internet threads you've collected, and interesting links can be a great help.

RT Articles?  Why Not?. . . 
The IPMS Canada Branch publication, RT, is always in need of new articles from the membership.  Although Canadian content is always preferred, the Editorial team can always use modelling articles, historical material, reviews, and other subjects that you see in the magazine.  If you've got an idea or a project that you think might be worth sharing in RT, please feel free to contact the Editor and ask for more information.  Current submission criteria are:

• Text must be in electronic format (by disk or e-mail), with no indents, tabs or text enhancements.
• Good quality digital imagery (not retouched, manipulated or enhanced, please) is preferred (ideally 300 DPI, 19cm/7.5" wide), or photo prints.  All imagery should include detailed captions
• Artwork may be computer generated (300 DPI, maximum of 19cm/7.5" wide), or black ink (no pencil, please)

Website Material, sure thing! . . .
This site should be 'live' and growing.  Contact the Webmaster for details.  Here are some areas when anybody in IPMS Canada can help to keep the website fresh:  

• Local Chapter information - keep the Chapter Liaison Executive member informed and aware of changes that need to be made. En anglais or french.
• Reference Photos - If you've got nice photos of Canadian military equipment in operation, current or past, please consider sharing them with your fellow IPMS Canada members.  Photos may colour or black & white. Scanned material should be a minimum of 1024 x 768 pixels, high quality JPEG, ideally with no colour corrections or retouching done to the imagery.  Please include some descriptive information if known (the W5 stuff: who, what, where, when, why)
• Members' Model Gallery - send in your JPGs and caption material.  Tell us something about yourself and the models you're submitting.
• Threads - Canadian content or context only please!  For now, the Webmaster will post up the things that he's downloaded because they've been of interest to him. You are all invited to help out.  If you come across something that you think should be preserved here for posterity, by all means get it here!
• Fun Page - Got a real thigh-slapper or something else that's appropriate to this medium?  Send it in for consideration.  Even better if it's modelling and/or Canadian.

Help us with Special Projects.  Really, I can do that? . . .
When we are getting ready to start work on the next special project decal sheet, we always send the call to the field to ask for your ideas.  The response is usually abysmal.  We are trying to promote Canadian subjects in the modelling hobby, be it aircraft, armour, ships, cars, or whatever.  If you've got an idea, especially if you can assist with the research (photos, drawings, etc.), then please get in contact with us.  We want to hear from you!

Steve Sauvé,
Webmaster
IPMS Canada

Steve Sauvé, Website Custodian for IPMS Canada