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IPMS Orange County Newsletter IPMS Orange County Newsletter November 2013 Volume 21 # 11 erry Huber Brian Casteel ,Southern Cesiden California’s Premier Model Club USMC Edition From the President By Terry Huber – Newsletter Editor By Brian Casteel That’s right. The United States Marine It’s November and you know what that Corp. Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children as means at IPMS Orange County... Election some call it. Jarheads, Boneheads, Warriors, Month! As I stated at the last meeting I will you name it. Probably the most intimidating be stepping down so that I can have a little military force in the world. Can do more time to play with my trains... I MEAN anything, anytime, anywhere. THE 911 BUILD MORE MODELS! But seriously, force. serving as your President has been a wonderful opportunity and has allowed me to What a history of the Corps. Originally grow personally and professionally as a conceived as a security detail for Navy ships person. But most of all it has given me the that continues to this day, and then as the opportunity to get to know so many of the spearhead of the assault. You probably amazing people that make up IPMS Orange don’t want to mess with the Devil Dogs. County. I think there are several people that In this issue we present some Marine Corps would be wonderful in the roll of IPMS history past and present, plus all that other President. So don’t be surprised if I or stuff you like. Hope you enjoy the someone else call upon YOU! I have also November Edition as it looks like we are been informed by our esteemed secretary Jeff good-to-go. ~ Semper Fi ~ Hunter that he too will be stepping down. Please don’t just gloss over this and give the Meeting Agenda idea of serving your club some serious Date: November 15, 2013 thought. Mine and Jeff’s positions have Theme: Semper Fi different responsibilities but both are vital to Doors Open: 7:00 p.m. this clubs month to month operation. Please Meeting: 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. see inside this newsletter for a breakdown of Location: La Quinta Inn the various positions and their 3 Centerpointe Drive responsibilities. La Palma, CA 9062 IPMS OC Newsletter November 2013 From the President honors. David won first place with his giant motorized sub and what would a contest be On a lighter note, I was able to head out of without some controversy? David also won town one more time this year for another Best Out of Box in the Sub category as model show. This time to Mesa Arizona for well... GO FIGURE! But congrats to David! the Craig Hewitt IPMS’s annual show Modelzona. My traveling companion for this trip was David Frederick. So, on the morning Club Themes for 2013 of November 1st we loaded up the back of 2nd Half my Mini with 17 models and headed east. August 16th – My Dream Machine The show was the next day on November If your wishes could come true. Build a 2nd but we wanted to arrive fresh in the Fantasy subject you could park in your morning and not all drug out from 6 hours on garage or hangar. the road. We rolled into town around 4pm on Friday and hit a couple of hobby shops September 20th – Out of the Box (nothing to speak of). Then we went to check Back to school with a basic build like you in at our lodgings for the evening. We stayed did when you were a little younger without at a real Mom-and-Pop establishment, and by the after-market or kit included doodads had real I mean MY MOM-AND-POP. After we yet to come. Any subject and scale. checked in with the Parental Units we joined Oktober 18th – OktoberFest up with Mike Budzieka and Mark Glidden Let’s make it a “Modelfest!” Break out the (who brought out another 17-18 models beer, pretzels, Bratwurst and sauerkraut. between them) and broke bread at Black Any German subject. Military and civilian Angus works here. My folks live less than a mile from Falcon th Field where the Arizona Confederate Air November 15 – Semper Fi Force is based and is also the venue for Not much explanation here. 239 years later Modelzona. The B-17 Sentimental Journey is still on call and first to land. Any USMC frequently spotted flying over my parents subject and scale. Oohhhrahhh house as it is based at Falcon Field. And yes December 17th – SOS they flew it while we were at the show! The distressed kit auction build. Complete The contest was surprisingly large with over any kit purchased from the December 2012 500 models on the tables and I don’t think or June 2013 club auction. anyone was more surprised by that than the January 17th, 2014 – Desert Storm 1 Arizona guys themselves. Competition was Seems like ages ago – 1991. Any subject stiff but the OC guys prevailed again with operated by the coalition or Iraqi forces. Mark being the big winner with Best Aircraft Any scale welcome. “May the Sand be with and Best Armor. But with two of the top you.” award winners from nationals at this show it was going to be hard to beat those for top IPMS OC Newsletter November 2013 2013 Chapter Officers New Logo Club T’s and President Brian Casteel Crew shirts [email protected] The easiest way to get a club T-shirt or st 1 Vice President Sean Fallesen Crew shirt is by sending an email to Michael [email protected] Bare, the Club Treasurer at 2nd Vice President David Frederick [email protected]. The shirts will then [email protected] be brought to the meeting for pickup. Only a couple of sizes left on this first go-round. Treasurer Michael Bare The Crew shirts are dark blue and grey. [email protected] Embroidered name optional. Cost is $60. Secretary Jeff Hunter [email protected] Contest Director Darnell Pocinich Volunteers Chapter Contact Nat Richards (949) 631-7142 [email protected] The T-shirts are white with the new large club logo Zacto-girl on the back. The cost is Newsletter Editor Terry Huber $12. Both are payable by check or cash to (714) 544-8908 the Treasurer at the meeting. [email protected] Webmaster Joe LoMusio [email protected] Mail IPMS Orange County P.O. Box 913 Garden Grove, CA 92842 [email protected] www.ipmsoc.org IPMS / USA PO Box 2475 Canton, OH 44720 www.ipmsusa.org IPMS OC Newsletter November 2013 From Our Treasurer Financial Statistics for the meeting in October 2013 Admission Distressed Kits Members 28 Raffle Income $160.00 Non-Members 3 Juniors 0 Total Income $458.00 Paid in Full 9 Total Expenses $(2,935.71) Guests 3 Profit / (Loss) $(2,477.41) Total Attendance 43 $ in Checking $3,976.17 $ in Savings $1,509.90 Memberships / Renewals Total in Bank $5,486.07 Regular 2 Youth 0 Full Year 0 2 V IPMS OC Newsletter November 2013 IPMS / USA Membership Membership is of great importance, both here at the level of the local chapter as well as the National level. Our club is one of the 230 plus local chapters of our parent organization, IPMS USA. As a long time member I can highly recommend the expenditure of the additional dollars to become a member of the national organization. With membership come six copies of the IPMS Journal publication which is better than ever, and the right to participate at the IPMS National Convention contest. The subscription to the Journal alone is worth the cost of joining. A copy of the membership application is below or available on our website, or at the IPMS / USA website address, www.ipmsusa.org. Complete the form and return it to the address listed at the bottom of the form along with your method of payment. IPMS OC Newsletter November 2013 Notice of Election The November meeting of the Orange County Chapter of the International Plastic Modelers Society is designated by our chapter’s Constitution and Bylaws as the time for the annual election of officers for the next calendar year. The Constitution and Bylaws designate the following offices to be filled by vote of the membership present at the regular November meeting: • President • 1st Vice President • 2nd Vice President • Secretary • Treasurer • Contest Director Who may run for office? There is one formal requirement and one that is a practical requirement. The formal requirement is that you must be a current member of IPMS Orange County. If you are a current member, you are eligible to have their name placed in nomination. The informal requirement is that you must be willing to expend time and effort each month, as these offices bring with them real responsibilities. In the event that you are elected to office you must join, if you are not already a member, our parent organization – IPMS/USA. If you are interested in standing for office, please approach the current president, Brian Casteel or the secretary, Jeff Hunter and they can tell you what is involved in the various jobs. At the November meeting, nominations will be made and votes cast. Only current members of IPMS/OC may cast a vote. All members should plan on bringing either their name badge or membership cards. There are also a number of positions appointed by the E-Board. These include Assistant Contest Director, Sergeant at Arms, Contest Photographer, Web Master and Newsletter Editor. If interested in one of these positions, speak to the E-Board.
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