Regular Meetings

The society conducts monthly meetings, alternating between Virginia and Maryland locations. Meetings are open to visitors. The meeting format consists of brief society business, informal discussions of members' model projects and a program or presentation relating to a nautical or ship modeling topic. Meeting topics may include technique demonstrations, discussions of particular vessels or vessel types, and other subjects of general interest to the club. Members are also invited to bring their own projects, whether in-progress or complete, to share with other members. They are also encouraged to talk about modeling problems they are encountering. Often, a discussion with other members will identify a solution to these problems.   

 August 2010 Meeting

at 10 a.m. The address is 8901 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20889-5600.Bethesda Naval Medical Center

Special-Interest Group Meetings

The special-interest group meets last Saturday of the month in a member's home. Discussions of models, modeling techniques, research, and reference material are always lively, with virtually everyone taking home some new ideas to use on their own models. Meeting locations change from month to month, and are generally published in the club's monthly newsletter, the Lynx.

The next special-interest is 31 July, hosted by Chris Clark and Patricia Woodhouse. Members can get location information here.

Computer stuff is the topic, but please bring projects you’d like to share in addition to your tech questions and answers! We’ll talk about the WSMS Web site and Flickr account, as well as digital photography, photo editing, blogs, Web sites, and anything else that comes up.

(If you are a WSMS member and don't have your user name and password, please e-mail one of the bridge officers to get them.)