How IPMS Canada Members Can Help
For months the IPMS Canada National Executive has had a number of projects that they would like to develop, but all exec members are too busy with their own portfolios to take on the various enterprises.
So… why not a group of “Beaver Street Irregulars”?
Those of you familiar with the Sherlock Holmes stories may remember the Baker Street Irregulars, a group of street urchins who assist Holmes from time to time. They could move un-noticed along the back streets of London… following a suspicious character, keeping eyes on a particular pub, etc. In similar fashion our Beaver Street Irregulars would, from time to time, be tasked with various projects.
Nothing so exciting as following Professor Moriarty, I’m afraid, but nevertheless tasks which will help IPMS Canada and its members, and at the same time hopefully be fun and interesting.
Here are some possible examples: We’ve been wanting to build a database of Canadian hobby shops,
online retailers, and producers of modelling goods in Canada. IPMS USA has created a listing for US-based vendors, and we think it would be good to have something similar for Canada.
We’d also like someone to come forth and ramrod the long-suffering RT back issue scanning project. Maybe you can think of some projects we haven’t even imagined. Anyway…you get the idea.
Let’s see if we have any dedicated volunteers who would like to be a Beaver Street Irregular.
Oh… we’re also exploring the idea of providing our Irregulars with an amazing token of appreciation (OK, it’s a T-shirt, but one that money can’t buy). So, urchins, contact us at [email protected] if you would like to get involved or have any other ideas on how this might work.
The Beaver Street Irregulars recruiting office is now open.
Credit where it’s due… this idea, along with its name, was the brainchild of our RT editor, Steve Sauvé.
