September 2006

1.)   The first piece of business to be discussed was the show.  Since the last meeting, the Show Committee has gone great guns and has already decided upon the following:

a.     Location: Carling Heights Optimist Community Centre

b.     Date: September 15, 2007

c.      Admissions

d.     Theme

In addition, an early release version of the flyer was presented.  Amazing work! The flyer can also be found on the website , so any members going to any hobby shops or shows in the next little while are encouraged to print one off and take it in! 

2.)   Due to a scheduling SNAFU, this month we were located in the assembly hall/auditorium at the Kiwanis Senior’s Center.  This was a very nice room and got a number of us thinking about finding a bigger place to meet.  The current room, while passable, is crowded at times.

Investigations are currently underway to determine the possibility of using the assembly hall for next year’s meetings, as well as seeing about the use of other facilities.  However, any move will be dependeant on several factors, including: 

a.     Cost increase due to moveb.     Accessibility of location c.     Availability of location on feasible day

A discussion was opened up and the membership agreed this was something worth pursuing.  A report of any findings will be made next month.  Any member who may know of a suitable meeting locale is encouraged to find out details and forward them to the President at agrehorn@uwo.ca.  

3.)   Next this month was shirts.  As discussed over the last months, the club will provide a subsidy for a T-shirt (or equivalent money towards a golf shirt) to all club members who are fully paid.  However, there was a considerable increase in price over the $11.50 originally quoted.  T-shirts are now $16.50.

Thus, the club will cover $11 of the T-shirts for all members who have signed up.  This money will be due at the next meeting when Bobby will take the signup sheets away.

A .pdf spreadsheet has been made up for members to check their order.  It was emailed to everyone on the 14^th of September.  If you did not get it, email the President at agrehorn@uwo.ca for a copy.  Please make sure you request any changes before the next meeting.  Also, please bring the amount of money you owe to the next meeting.

4.)   There was also discussion about the registration of a new domain name for the club website and show website.  A suitable domain for the club was found by Stuart Clark; however this involves an additional cost of approximately $25 a year.  To offset this for the first year, the President and Vice President both agreed to redirect their T-shirt subsidies towards covering this cost.  Thus, the impact on the club will be negligible.

5.)   As always, there was a good show-and tell table with an eclectic mix of kits on it.  There were mecha, aircraft and ships, and even a 1/72 T-26.  The high standards of IPMS London’s members were in full evidence, as the pictures from this month’s meeting show!

6.)   Our monthly seminar series this time was on aircraft.  Because so many of IPMS London’s members build aircraft, it was decided that this month’s seminar would be of a round-table type.  Questions regarding decals, aftermarket, tools and the value of internet reviews all came up.  The apparent demise of Airfix was also discussed.  (No love lost on the President’s behalf!)  

Next Time:  Our monthly seminars will continue with a presentation on the use of various media as references, with attention paid to Canadian subjects.  Dennis Glas will be in the driver’s seat, so be sure to be ready!  Also, themes for next year’s meetings will be discussed, so think ahead and come with some ideas of what you’d like to have us talk about. Coming as no surprise, we’ll also have our usual show-and-tell, 50/50 and post-meeting get together at Kelsey’s West. 

See you then!

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