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Announcement from Region 9 Coordinator Chris Bucholtz
April 13, 2009
Next Contest: Kickoff Classic, This Saturday!
I hope you're all getting your entries ready for the Kickoff Classic this Saturday, the largest show in our region and one that promises to be memorable this year. As always, we expect visitors from southern California and parts east; there are a mob of special awards and 52 regular categories. The show's at the Santa Clara Convention Center; all the details can be seen on the website, www.svsm.org. Vendors can still contact Greg Plummer [...] if they'd like a table or two.
The club plans to contact past judges via e-mail and get their early commitment to judging; as anyone who judged last year can attest, the club gets this done quickly and efficiently - and with minimal hassle to the judges! Before the emails go out, you can respond to me and I'll make sure you're on the list come Saturday.
2008 Chapter of the Year Race ends - 2009 Race starts
I'm very enthusiastic about presenting the 2008 Hugh Silvas Award for the Region 9 Chapter of the Year. The winning club set a record for points and, I think, will have an inside track for national chapter of the year. Which chapter is it? Find out Saturday when the award is presented!
Now, the race is on for 2009. Chapter contacts, your job is to put your bid together and get it to me by Feb. 15, 2010. Just list what your club did in 2009, accrue the points to that list as seen below, and send it my way. Our system is designed to even out the big club-little club differences between our various chapters. Essentially, the hardest-working club, regardless of its size, wins! Here's how we score it:
1. Host a contest: four points.
2. Organize a public display: two points
3. Conduct a make-and-take: two points
4. Organize a charitable event (model drive, benefit, etc.): three points
5. Host a guest speaker: one point
6. Publish a monthly newsletter: 3 points
7. Produce a website: 3 points
8. Re-charter before Dec. 1: 5 points
9. Re-charter before Jan. 1: 3 points
10. Have a member gain R9 Qualified Judging Status: 1 point per member
Again, for the 2009 award, chapter contacts must track their clubs' performances and report their results to me no later than Feb. 15, 2010. Anything submitted after that date will be disregarded and disqualified. The reporting year goes from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31. The winning club's name is inscribed in perpetuity on the Hugh Silvas Region 9 Chapter of the Year Award. Winners then get a chance at the IPMS National Chapter of the Year award.
IPMS Elections coming up - Vote!
The IPMS is electing a new slate of officers over the next few months; the ballots will be in your Journals, as will candidate statements. This year, it seems that candidates will also explain their ideas on the IPMS/USA discussion forums, so we'll have an unprecedented opportunity to weigh their ideas and cast our votes based on knowledge. But the key here is to cast your vote - we typically pick our leadership with less than 25 percent of the membership being involved! Please encourage your fellow members to put a few minutes of time into this extremely important function of membership - it is literally the least they can do!
Contest Calendar
Here's what's coming up:
April 18, 2009: Silicon Valley Scale Modelers present the 2009 Kickoff Classic at the Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, California. This year's theme is "Summer of '69: 40 Years Later." For more details, contact Chris Bucholtz [...] or visit the club website at www.svsm.org.
June 6, 2009: IPMS/San Diego hosts San Diego Model Expo 09, the Region 8 Regional, at the San Diego Air and Space Museum, Gillespie Field, 335 Kenney Street in San Diego, California. For more information, contact Gary Williams [...] or visit the club website at www.ipmssd.org.
June 20, 2009: the North Olympic Peninsula Modelers' Society presents the Peninsula Model Show and Contest 2009 at Fort Worden State Park, Building 204, Port Townsend, Washington. For more information, contact Larry Speelman [...] or visit the club website at www.nopms.net.
June 20, 2009: IPMS/Ontario hosts the Ontario IPMS Mini-Con 2009 at the Ontario Senior Center, 225 E. "B" Street, Ontario, California. For more details, contact Farlan Clutters [...] or visit the club website at www.ipms-ontario.org.
July 25, 2009: IPMS/Dragon Lady hosts the 2009 IPMS Region 9 Contest at the First United Methodist Church, 3101 Colusa Highway in Yuba City, California. For more information, contact Harold Osburn [...] or visit the club website at www.myspace.com/impsdragonlady.
August 9, 2009: The San Diego Model Car Club hosts the Lower Left Coast NNL at Al Bahr Shrine Auditorium, 5440 Kearny Mesa Road in San Diego, California. For more information, contact Darryl Gassaway [...].
September 12, 2009: The Reno High Rollers present their annual event at Desert Heights Elementary School, 13948 Mt. Bismark in Reno, Nevada. For more details, contact Doug Summers [...] or visit the club website at http://renohighrollers.com.
October 17, 2009: The Fremont Hornets host Tri-City Classic VI at the Newark Community Center, 35501 Cedar Boulevard, Newark California. This year's theme is "From Russia With Love." For more information, contact Lou Orselli [...].
October 17, 2009: IPMS/Orange County presents OrangeCon 2009 at the Conference Center at 800 North State College Boulevard on the campus of California State University, Fullerton. For more details, contact Nat Richards [...] or visit the club website at www.ipmsoc.org.
February 20, 2010: The Santa Rosa and IPMS/Diablo Valley host Hobby Expo 2010 at the Petaluma Community Center, 320 North McDowell Boulevard. For more details, contact John Admire [...] or visit the club website at www.ipmssantarosa.org.
That's it for now! Back to building! Hurry!
--Chris
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