[rbeach84]

Just to say, per my post under Chris' other related thread, that a SIG might be more appropriate than organizing a Chapter. One, Chapters have an affiliation to a specific National organization, whereas SIGs do not. Two, the activities of Chapters revolve around physical conduct (meetings, shows, public displays, etc.) that doesn't really match to the concept of a 'virtual' organization. Last, Chapters must pay annual chapter charter dues (though minor) and have elections, where all officers must be current members of the national branch, and have at least 5 current members (including the officers.) To me, this "format" doesn't match to what I believe Chris is trying to do - which appears to me to establish a 'formal' link between the paper modeling community and the IPMS organization. Since SIGs are normally organized by IPMS members of common interest, are inclusive in nature, international and virtual in practice, all while being officially recognized by IPMS, this seems a better 'fit'. If 'paper' is to integrate with 'plastic', then an active 'layer' of IPMS members doing paper modeling irrespective of chapter affiliation should do the trick.

What do you think?