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Old Business
Welcome to 2005! Jamie noted that our last Exec meeting was in November
2004, not counting the December gathering at a local pub to celebrate the
coming of Christmas.
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National Director
Jamie announced the sad news of the demise of IPMS CanUKS in the UK.
They gave it a good go, but it just didn't work out for them. We wish
them well in their future club activities and hope they are able to continue
under the IPMS UK umbrella.
In the ongoing search for new blood for the Executive, Jamie has contacted
several candidates for several undetermined positions.
In a related story, John
MacDonald is looking at retirement from the National Executive, having served
in various capacities since 1977! John didn't announce any
post-retirement plans yet, and we still have some time to organize a smooth
transition to a new Minister.
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RT Editor
Jamie pointed out that RT 29/2 this was our best-looking RT in a long time, at
least from a quality control point of view. Our proactive approach with the
printer (read as thinly veiled threats) must be working.
RT 29/3 will have articles on an Mustang Mk.IV, the Me 262, and the Vespa SPG.
The Editorial team is looking at having a finished issue printed and ready for
stuffing in the third week of March. Another article for later in the
year may be some material on the Mustang Mk.III in use by 441 Sqn.
The Editors are aiming and hoping to keep to a production schedule which will
put RT 29/6 in the mail in time for Christmas 2005. Although the favourable feedback from members for the idea of
going to a quarterly production schedule for RT,
no decision has been reached yet, but this Vol 29 Production schedule would
put us in a position to possibly launch a quarterly RT starting in the
first quarter of 2006. One major hurdle to the quarterly idea (and indeed
one of the problems with putting out six magazines) is to get more members to
submit more articles for the magazine.
It may be observed that RT 29/2 highlighted the crucial need for a thorough
proof reading of RT before it goes to press. The Editors will have to
work this into their production schedule to allow this to happen at something
less than a hectic pace.
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Jean Gratton
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Treasurer
We're doing well
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Membership/Circulation
With RT 29/1, 104 renewals went out, and we've received back only 75 as of
this writing. To offset the 29 who didn't renew, we did pick up 22 new
members, but this downward trend is not a good thing.
Related to the above, it was noted that RT 29/2 was mailed out to only 556
members.
To see what the members want and expect from membership in IPMS Canada,
another survey is being considered. Steve Sauve will dust off the old
survey and trim it down to what we'd really like to know from the membership.
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Marketing
Nothing to report this month.
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Archivist
Nothing to report this month.
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Chapter Liaison
The new Chapter Charters should be mailed out next week.
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Webmaster
Webpage is up to date, with nothing
else to report this month.
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Secretary
Nothing to report this month.
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Back Issues
Randy would like to lower the minimum order on back issues, and simply
calculate postage costs as a percentage of the value of the order.
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Special Projects
After 15 years on the shelves, the last of our 1/72 decal sheets have finally
been sold off!
A lot of decals have been sold since the last meeting, making a significant
dent in our stockpile.
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