Mark, Merrill, Chip, Winston, Bernie, Gary, Ed, Sean, Chris, Curtis, Larry, all three Scotts, Mike, both Dons, and Kyle were present at the July meeting.

We also had a visitor named Michael D. Michael is just getting into the hobby and is currently interested in aircraft. Welcome, Michael!

-Because of the rapid growth of the club in recent months, Merrill suggested that we nominate club officers to keep the meetings from getting out of hand. The vote passed unanimously, and nominations for the officer positions were quickly made:

After his nomination as President, Merrill was heard to mutter something about "Ein Volk, ein Seig, ein Fuhrer." There were no other nominations this month.

-Mike pointed out that the club has drifted away from holding monthly seminars. The club agreed that these demonstrations are helpful, however nobody signed up to do a demo. If you would like to share a skill or technique with the club, talk to Kyle Nelson or Mike Bedard.

-Don Haney brought up several new ideas on how the MMFS could attract some new members from the wargaming community. He called it "cross-pollenation"... I'm not sure what this implies. We agreed that posting brochures in wargaming stores like Tower or the Source would help bring in new faces.

-Winston has contacted vendors, but we still have no solid commitments. Several vendors have shown interest, however.
-Tim has placed show announcements on various model websites and calendars.

-Dave is working on contacting the Ft. Snelling museum to check on the availability of the M3 Half-track.
-Chip will discuss the possibility of having a Boy Scout troop provide food and beverages.
-Tim suggested the theme of saluting Minnesota's veterans be opened to models of ships and aircraft, but the consensus was that we would get a large enough turnout without expanding the eligible models. Show attendees will vote to award a People's Choice prize to a theme model.