Good day gents.  The June meeting went very well.   There were many good looking models on the table.  Scott bought several trucks he built in the past including one that was his first gold medal winner.  That particular truck did look good.  Jeff’s purple truck was equally good and John’s tanker truck for one of his clients was superb.  The rusted up front half of theTitanic was very good and will look great when mated up with the stern section and the ocean floor base.

Todd’s discussion on fiber optics was “enlightening” (see that pun there!).  The fact that he put in 1200 (or so) fiber light strands is mind numbingly impressive.  Todd clearly understands this aspect of modeling and is our official subject matter expert on lighting henceforth.

Good news all, it appears IPMS USA liked our article submission so we should be seeing it in an upcoming edition soon.  I sent the IRS the updated packet for the non profit designation, which I hope they accept and grant the request.  That was about 3 weeks ago and I eagerly check the mail each day.

The August meeting will remain at the church.  Dan’s store is too small for us to return to; I need to get word to him regarding that.  While on Dan, the idea to move the rifle range day from the 15th to the 23rd was raised.  As June 15 is next week, everyone who was going needs to chime in asap if they want the range day to stay on 15th or okay with it being moved on the 23rd.  As far as I know everyone agreed to the 23rd.  True?

Good luck to Mark and Randy at Nationals.  If anyone is thinking about going to DownEastCon by Cherry Point NC 30 July let me know. I am thinking to go and it would be good to go with a bud ro two.

Cheers all,

Chris