Hello fellow modelers!
This is the first “Notes From the President” communications for
2013.
The Central Missouri Scale Modelers held our annual after
TigerCon celebration pot luck dinner and officer elections for the next year
back in December 2012. The pot luck was
great but the elections did not bring in any new talent to the club leadership.
It was proposed that a new position of “Outreach Coordinator”
be created and everyone seemed to be happy with me taking on that role full
time. The Secretary and Treasurer
positions were easy to fill because T.Mike Curry offered to continue his work
as Secretary and Scott Adams offered to continue his work as Treasurer. These wonderful guys were reelected quickly
and unanimously. Colin Smialek was easily
reelected to the TigerCon Coordinator role.
No one accepted the bribes or offers of being the President for 2013 so
at this point that responsibility will be shared by Colin and me.
In the role of Outreach Coordinator I will try to focus on
increasing club public visibility as well as try to increase our club membership. Colin will start coordinating TigerCon 2013 activities
and we will jointly manage the direction and presidential duties as
needed. I am pleased and thankful that
Colin offered to share this responsibility with me.
I was not at the January meeting due to work and family commitments. However with the change in the meeting date for February to be the 21st (because of Valentines day) myself, Colin, Scott and T.Mike have it
covered for February!
This year we really need your help to identify meeting
topics that will give our other members a reason to come to the monthly
meetings. Even I don’t like spending
more than 10min doing the business portion of the meetings – I would much
rather learn a new technique or share my experiences with others. Without everyone’s ideas and willingness to
step forward and help Jack Andrewson set topics for the meetings we will have
fewer and fewer members continue with the club.
This club will survive or fail because of member participation.
We will have some incredible opportunities to share our love
of the hobby with others this year so put our meeting schedule on your calendar
and bring your latest project to share!
-Brian | 
