Ralph Forehand Website of the Year Award

1. This annual award is presented to the chapter webmaster whose chapter website best exemplifies the goals and spirit of IPMS/USA.
2. Documentation for this award may include, but is not limited to, such information as:
   1. The webmaster is a current IPMS member and will be so at the time of the presentation of the award.
   2. Maintenance of an accurate and working url which is routinely checked and authenticated by the local chapter.
   3. No broken links within the chapter website and evidence of routine maintenance within the website.
   4. Ease of navigation and a design that can be termed “user friendly”
   5. Support for IPMS/USA as evidenced by the prominent inclusion of a link to the IPMS/USA website, and as evidenced by a positive representation of IPMS/USA in general.
   6. Inclusion of fresh content as well as archival information related to the history of the chapter.
   7. Features which encourage modelers to visit the website and encourage modelers to join the local chapter and join IPMS/USA.
   8. Evidence of support for other IPMS chapters within their region and geographic area.
3. Process - Submit the url of the website (no write-up required) to your Regional Coordinator (RC) for your regional award. The selectees for the regional awards are automatically nominated for the national awards. Work with your RC early to determine when they need the nomination submission. The RCs need time to process and select the regional awardees and submit those nominations for the national awards, to the Director of Local Chapters, no later than March 15 of the year following the award year (i.e., March 15, 2022 for the 2021 awards). Therefore, each RC will set a deadline for submission of the awards nominations for their own region.

Recipients

2022-2023
Mario Fernandez
Alamo Squadron
San Antonio, TX

 

2023-24
Nate Jones
Missouri Ozark Scale Specialists
Branson, MO

 

2021-2022
Casey Rupley
Albuquerque Scale Modelers
Albuquerque, NM

2020-2021
Alan Welch
IPMS Eastern Carolina Plastic Modelers
New Bern, NC

2019 - 2020
Will Kuhrt
IPMS Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH

 

2018 - 2019
Ethan Idenmill
IPMS San Diego
San Diego, CA

 

2017 - 2018
Albert Divetta
IPMS Livonia Chapter
Livonia, MI

 

2016 - 2017
Mike Fleckenstein
IPMS NoVa Modelers
Fairfax, VA

 

2015- 2016
Mike Blohm
Albuquerque Scale Modelers
Albuquerque, NM

 

2014 - 2015
John Ratzenberger
IPMS/Eastern Carolina Plastic Modelers

 

2013 - 2014
Chris Bumgarner
Wright Field Scale Modelers

 

2012 - 2013
Chris Bumgarner
Wright Field Scale Modelers

 

2011 - 2012
Gideon Garcia
IPMS/Anchorage

 

2010- 2011
Michael Blohm 
Albuquerque Scale Modelers
Albuquerque, NM

 

2009 - 2010
Mike Gilbach
IPMS/Austin Scale Modelers
Austin, TX

 

2008 - 2009
Jose Rivera
IPMS Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR

 

2007 - 2008
Chris Mobley
IPMS/Georgia Mountain Modelers
Cumming, GA

 

2006 - 2007
Mike Gilsbach
IPMS/Austin Scale Modeler's Society
Austin, TX

 

2005 - 2006
John Heck
IPMS/Silicon Valley Modelers
San Jose, CA

 

2004 - 2005
Michael Tsoumpas
IPMS/Aces Wild
Spokane, WA

 

2003 - 2004
Ron Grasmick
IPMS/Fresno Scale Modelers
Fresno, CA

 

2002 - 2003
James Woody
IPMS/Orange County
Orange CA

 

2001 - 2002
Bob Hester
IPMS/New Jersey
Garwood, NJ

 

2000 - 2001
Paul Cotcher
IPMS/Northmen
Atlanta, GA

 

1999 - 2000
Matt Bittner
IPMS/Ft. Crook
Omaha, NE

 

1998 - 1999
George Ellis
IPMS/Florida
Manatee Scale Modelers
Bradenton, FL

 

 

1997 - 1998
Michael Benolkin
IPMS/Albuquerque
Albuquerque, NM

 

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