April 2007
1.) The first issue of business for this meeting was our show. The show committee updated everyone on the progress of the website, the awards and the current level of sponsorship (about 30%).The theme awards were unveiled as being clocks, based on a background of suitably themed retro box art!! These are certainly original, and are a perfect way to commemorate our 1970’s themed even! Congrats to the show committee for not only dreaming up this unique idea, but for getting it implemented as well.
In addition, it was announced that all ‘best of’ awards would be black marble slabs with laser etching, and that all first, second and third place awards would be medals. The only ribbons will be for Honourable Mention. Clearly, the show committee has taken the feedback from our last show seriously. There will be plenty of hardware for the taking come the end of the day on September 15!
Head judges were announced as well:
Armour: Don
Aircraft: Duncan
Cars: Mario Morello
Ships: Tom Drysdale
Sci-Fi: Peter Fay
Figures/Others: Tom SmartEach head judge requires a team of at least three people to help with each category, although armour and aircraft will require two three-man (Sorry, not politically correct, so sue me!) teams, due to the higher numbers of entries traditionally seen in these categories. In addition, the Figures will also be judging the “other” category, including What-Ifs and Dioramas. Be warned!
There are junior categories for each of the major categories as well, and these will be judged by the same team as for the non-junior version of the category.
All club members are needed to help out with the judging and other positions on show day. For judging, people should contact the head judge in the field they want to help with as soon as possible. In addition, we will need table guards, people to man the registration desk (should be easier than last time due to the simplified payment schedule), gofers and other ‘day of’ assistance.
Members should also be ready to help vendors unload and set up their displays. This was a big positive of our last show, and I’m sure that everyone will come through again!
For more details, go to the club website and follow the link to the show site. It is now up and running, and has all the current information on it.
In addition, mention was made about the club getting a vending table. This sounds like a good idea, and if anyone wants to do this, then they should forward the President their names at adam.rehorn@gmail.com so he can co-ordinate the effort, and determine the cost per person. Right now, the cost is $20 per table for the first table, with additional tables being a less.
2.) The second topic for the night was the demonstration at the Westmount Library. The date has been set as Saturday May 12, from 10:00am until 2:00pm. According to Doug Booth, the Library has given us a very nice room to do our demo in, and will be heavily promoting our presence both in written form (ads posted in MANY branch libraries) and on radio/TV if possible.
This is a great opportunity to interact with the public and get more people aware of and interested in the hobby. Members are encouraged to come out, bring some kits to display, as well as some to work on. Bring a tool box as well, so we can show people how it is we do what we do!
Doug expressed concern with an over-militarization of the event, so if you have anything civilian bring that out as well.
Apparently, there will also be a display case available for a few weeks beforehand, so we can display some of our models in the library and get people excited about what’s to come. Doug will inform us of the availability of the case as we get closer to the day.
Anyone who wants to participate should contact Doug and let him know.
3.) The final order of business dealt with the new club website, located at www.ipmslondon.ca. The current site is being migrated over, and should be done in the next couple of months, it’s figured.
4.) This month’s presentation was done by Adam Rehorn and Peter Fay, and covered Sci-Fi models, with a very distinct slant towards Japanese and Anime-based kits. A PowerPoint presentation was given, and lots of built and unbuilt kits were on display to show people exactly what this side of the hobby is all about.
5.) The show and tell table was very full this time, due to a large number of kits brought in for the Sci-fi presentation. However, there were also some tanks, a DUKW, a trio of DH.88 Comets and some Tigers, among others. We need a show and tell table like that ALL the time!
Next Time: Doug Booth will enlighten us on the use of Stretched Sprue for rigging!