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Contact Us Board Members Jeff Cohen - President It all started for me around 1977 when I went to a convention at Loyola University and played in a 15mm Napoleonic miniatures game of Friedland. I started the game commanding a single Russian Cavalry Regiment (Polish Uhlans) and ended the game commanding all the Cavalry on the Russian Right Flank. I met Mike Suszynski that day, and he really introduced me to the hobby, taught me how to paint, and there has been no looking back since.
While Napoleonics will always be my first love, I have managed to collect a fairly large miniatures collection covering Medieval, Napoleonics, Mexican-American War, Civil War, WW II. For now my main efforts have been towards Flames Of War games, putting together some FOW mega games that have been run over the past few years at Little Wars.
As President I have set a few goals for 2008. First and foremost to get firm control of the website, this has been accomplished by Loren and has been updated to reflect the Little Wars 2009 info. To put out a quarterly newsletter that will available to anyone through the website. Loren has some great ideas for the website and newsletter. We will start a series of articles that will cover terrain tips. Everything from setting up a nice terrain battlefield suitable for club or convention that is inexpensive, to making special types of terrain pieces like bocage. Another goal is to bring more children events to the convention, to make Sunday of the convention a day that will feature games, tournaments, painting competitions and other activities. We will be looking for volunteers to help get this going. I can be contacted at the following: jeffriecohen@aol.com
Loren Haberkamp - Executive Vice President I was a history major in college and have been interested in military history since high school. My interests led me to board games like "Risk" and "Axis & Allies" and also historically based computer games. I was originally introduced to the wargaming hobby through Skip Peterson, a co-worker at the time who has since developed into a great friend of mine. I then began gaming with a group of friends that included Skip, Mark Pawelski, Jeff Cohen, John Read and others. Our group continues to get together regularly and we cover every period imaginable, from Napoleonics to American Civil War to World War II. I particularly enjoy the World War II period and this is where I have focused on in building my collection of figures, building and terrain.
Kevin Seward - Treasurer I ’ve been gaming with miniatures since 1967. I was inspired by a newspaper article about a group called “Chicago Splashmarks” to attempt adapting Fletcher Pratt’s Naval Rules to the Arab-Israeli War played out in the backyard sandbox with Mini-Tanks. Avalon Hill games came next, along with an ad for a new magazine called Strategy & Tactics. S&T published a set of WW II miniatures rules that led me to Tractics. Its been downhill from there. My primary interest is American military history with occasional excursions into Napoleonics, WW I dogfighting and whatever sparkly thing de jour that catches my eye.
My goals as treasurer are to insure that our bills are paid on time and to safeguard the Society’s funds. I can be contacted at the following: kevswrd@comcast.net
Scott McKay - Membership Vice President / Website I had the good fortune of growing up next door to Earl Kyle. He hosted miniature games for a group of gamers who were patient enough to teach a 9 year old how to play. They turned out to be great ambassadors not only for gaming but for military history as well. I still game with them well over 30 years later. .
My position as Membership Vice President is to make sure that the membership receives their membership cards after the convention. I also update the website and keep the master database, so if you have any changes in your address, or need a membership card, I can be contacted at the following: HMGSMWmembership@yahoo.com
Mark Pawelski - Secretary .
As Secretary, I plan to fulfill the duties of that office by providing complete and concise minutes and agendas, and helping out with other duties as needed. I can be contacted at the following: MPawelski@Daubert.com |