The NCPA is holding elections for the Board of Directors for the 2011-2012 school year. Board member responsibilities include attending board meetings (held online), keeping in touch with schools in your region and bringing concerns to the attention of the Board and NCPA officers, and appointing officers (President, Treasurer, Secretary).

There are seven total seats on the NCPA Board of Directors; two At-Large seats plus five seats representing a particular region:

Midwest – Illinois, Indiana, Kentucy, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, Wisconsin

North – Colorado, iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Molntana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Wyoming

Northeast – Delaware, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont

Southeast – Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia

West - Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Washington

Each school may vote for one candidate representing their region and for one At-Large candidate.  If you are interested in running for one of these positions, you may apply for a position on the ballot by sending an email including your name, school, year in school, and your “stump speech” to election@ncpapaintball.com.   Candidates must be full-time students for the duration of the 2011-2012 academic school year.

Voting will be open from Monday, November 14 through Sunday, November 20.  Interested candidates should apply as soon as possible.

Instructions for voting:

Voting is done through the NCPA College Club List.  Each member school should go to http://www.ncpapaintball.com/college/club_list . From here, find your school’s state in the upper list, then click on it. This will take you to a list of schools in your state; click on your school.  Next, click on the ‘Edit Club Information’ link, and log in with your APPA login information.  If you cannot find your team’s information, please e-mail us and we will get it for you.

Once logged in, visit the ‘NCPA Voting’ tab.  You will be shown the list of current nominees; select your school’s vote and click ‘Submit Club Vote’.  If no options are displayed to vote for, that means there are currently no people running for board members for your region.  You should consider running!

Thanks,

Chris Raehl and Joe Rieger
NCPA, Inc

Graphic Designer – KEE Action Sports

Kee Action Sports is a leading paintball manufacturer and distributor of paintball equipment, apparel and paintballs. Industry leading brands include Empire, Empire Battle Tested, JT Paintball and other highly regarded paintball brands/products. We are currently looking for a Graphic Designer to oversee all Kee Action Sports advertising. This role is responsible for designing, and managing the advertising from creation to development to daily maintenance.

Primary Responsibilities

• Responsible for creative and visual design, maintaining advertising/brand integrity of the KEE Action Sports marks.
• Design jobs include print jobs, packaging design, product development concepts, web banners, and apparel design.
• Monitor and research competitive marketplace, trends and new market opportunities and analysis.
• Self motivated, adhering to weekly design schedule and completing all job one time.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Apple OSX Platform
• Adobe Creative Suite a must (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign,)
• Flash experience a plus
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Proven ability to meet deadlines and manage projects with internal and external customers
• Strong, positive attitude and work ethic desired.
• General understanding of paintball industry preferred.

http://www.empirepaintball.com/careers/

Human Resources – KEE Action Sports • 1201 S.E. 30th Street, Bentonville, AR 72712
Fax: (479) 254-3801 • Email: jobs@keeactionsports.com
We are a drug free workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D
Resumes and Cover Letters should be submitted to jobs@keeactionsports.com.
Candidate will be contacted / no phone calls please.

Empire Paintball is a leading paintball manufacturer and distributor of paintball equipment, apparel and paintballs. We are currently looking for an Events Manager to oversee all tradeshow and events for Empire, Empire Battle Tested, and JT Paintball.

NCPA Jobs Board

Empire Paintball is a leading paintball manufacturer and distributor of paintball equipment, apparel and paintballs. We are currently looking for a Product Marketing Manager to oversee paintball product lines. This role is responsible for developing and managing product lines from creation to development to production to post launch analysis.

NCPA Jobs Board

This fall, the NCPA will be supporting a nationwide campaign to promote paintball to the general public, including setting up booths at high-foot-traffic locations around the country. Each booth will provide general information about paintball, an opportunity to handle basic paintball equipment, and a reball shooting range.

We would like your team’s help in staffing these booths. The campaign will run for 4-5 weeks during September and October, with a booth at each location for one weekend. Responsibilities include communicating basic information about paintball to the general public, highlighting safety, answering questions, and operating the reball shooting range. (more…)

After the dust settled this past weekend in Lakeland, Florida at Central Florida Paintball, we have crowned our National Champions for the 2010-2011 Season!

Class A

1st Place – University of Tennessee Volunteers

2nd Place – Cal State-Long Beach 49ers

3rd Place – University of Connecticut Huskies

4th Place – Liberty University Flames

Class AA

1st Place – SUNY Buffalo Bulls

2nd Place – Western Michigan University Broncos

3rd Place – Southern Connecticut State University Owls

4th Place – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

High School

1st Place – Grayslake North Knights

2nd Place – The Lancers

3rd Place – G.E.C.A

4th Place – Hanover Indians

Class AA Season Champions

We’d also like to proudly announce our 2010-2011 Class AA Season Champions: The University of North Texas!

Complete Scoreboard

Congratulations to all the teams that participated and put in the hard word and dedication required to be champions!

Get all your National Champs info at the National Championships Web Page