Eric Aitala

The news was posted on the main site Sept 1 - https://ipmsusa.org/news/statement-forum-closure - and was picked up in the Forums news section - https://forum.ipmsusa3.org/topic/27742-news-statement-on-the-forum-closure/#findComment-126441 - the same day. I copied that article to this post on the 4th. Eric

I published it as soon as I got it. E

From https://ipmsusa.org/news/statement-forum-closure

Hi, I would also like to shoutout David Willis who has been behind the scenes for the last several years handling the account registration requests. His work has been largely been un-recognized, but its been a great help... Eric

The IPMS/USA Executive Board has decided to close the Forums during the July 20th, 2026 EBoard meeting. The Forums will be disabled on September 14, 2026, please wrap up any personal messages or discussions before that date. New user registrations have been disabled.

Here is Vlad's excellent gallery from the Nats: https://www.svsmgallery.com/Top-level/Contests/IPMS-USA-Nationals-2026-Fort-Wayne-IN

The fluorescent paints act a little odd sometimes...

https://spraygunner.com might have some E

Mine has not.... E

Oddly, I dont seem to remember mine arriving.. What was the cover? Eric

Buuuut now.... https://ipmsusa.org/page/national-awards-winners E

Hi, I dont think the main IPMS site goes back that far in terms of articles. But because I am a digital pack rat, so to speak, try https://ipmsusa.org/sites/default/files/Nats2008/AutoAwards/AutomotiveAwards.pdf Eric

Can you forward the bounce to me at webmaster@ipmsusa.org.... ? Our SPF record should be correct so.... Thanks, Eric

Their site says - Upcoming closure: We will be closed for business November 29, through December 5th, 2025. Ordering will be shut off in that time. Michael has been sticking to his vacation schedule to keep a good work-life balance. Eric

I found the issue - it has been fixed. Eric

It is a Google Maps API issue - I've got a ticket in so I can figure out what the issue might be. They keep changing their TOS which complicates things. E

Not sure - I'm looking but I dont see anything yet Eric

For whatever reason, Google does not like the webcal:// prefix. I've changed it, so... E

Should be the same data... as the Forum calendar pulls in the same .ics feed. E

Works for me...

News - https://ipmsusa.org/news2.xml Reviews - https://reviews.ipmsusa.org/reviews_rss_feed2.xml Forum - https://forum.ipmsusa3.org/rss/1-ipmsusa-forums.xml/ Events - https://ipmsusa.org/calendar/event-calendar.ics Eric

Hmmmm. .. I think if you copy it you get webcal://ipmsusa.org/calendar/event-calendar.ics which Google might not like. Try https://ipmsusa.org/calendar/event-calendar.ics

Four new videos have been posted to the IPMS/USA YouTube Channel. See https://reviews.ipmsusa.org/video or https://www.youtube.com/@Official_IPMSUSA Eric

Here is Vlad's Gallery of the 2025 Nats... https://www.svsmgallery.com/Top-level/Contests/IPMSUSA2025 Thanks much Vlad!

You can find the links to the articles with the Nats Awards Winners at: https://ipmsusa.org/news Eric