2005 IPMS Nationals

General Discussion General Modeling Discussion
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A couple things and a question or two:

  1. Just went to the IPMS USA site to check on progress and found that the Renaissance Waverly Hotel is ALREADY at or above 75% capacity for this event. I made my reservations this morning, as well as registering for the contest. If anyone is thinking of staying there, consideration should be given to getting reservations soon… Just a heads-up…

  2. Also found out there is the expectation of at LEAST 300 vendor tables! Woohoo!! [8D]

The questions:

I know this is early, but…

  1. Any of you folks out there planning on attending?

  2. Has any thought been given to having a place/time where the forum members can check-in, get together, meet, and just chat? I’m all for it. Any chance that maybe Kalmbach/FSM could set it up since its their forum and they’re gonna be there anyway… Bad idea?

Thanks
Gip Winecoff

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Actually, as of Monday, there was a thread on the IPMS Forums indicating that they’ve just crossed 390 vendor tables.

Not planning on attending myself as I just cannot afford those prices for 4 (or even 3) days.

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I hope to attend this year. I have family in Atlanta, so I’ll likely stay with them.

Regards, Rick

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Seeing how I pass right by the place it will be at on a regular basis at work, I will be taking some vacation days to be there. Will be nice though not haveing to worry about getting a room or a plane ticket. Just jump in the car and drive 45 minutes down the road.

If it does fill up though, there are plenty of places to stay with in a short drive, probally cheaper too.

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I’m toying with the idea of going, since my brother (who lives in the Atlanta area) has offered to let me crash at his place. We’ll see what the wiife says.

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My wife has a good friend in Atlanta who wants us to visit, this might make a good excuse eh?

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Gip, I’ll be emailing my “to get list”. [:D]

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Yeah. I plan on going. Plans change though. I’m in NY so it’s quite a trip for me. I plan on entering in the juniors category. Is there a juniors category?

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Of corse there is.

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Hey, I’ve got a couple questions about the IPMS USA nationals.
First: What does it take to enter the convention? Do you have to register yourself? Become a member?
Second: Are there any perks for members attending the convention, or is everything open to everybody who comes?

Thanks for any info you can tell me.

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You have to be an IPMS member to enter anything. You can sign up at the time of entry though.

Not sure if you have to be a member for any of the seminars and stuff though.

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is there an area finescale members can gather at to meet each other for the first time?

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At regionals last year a group of us just decided to meet at a certain vendors table at a certain time, coarse we had allready run into each other int he model room anyway.