Revision History (What's New?)

April 25th, 2013

• Announcing the 2013 National Show Commemorative!
• Updates to the GFIONA page
• Updates to the PIFONA page

February 7th, 2013

• National show report added for the 1995 Marlboro, Mass National
• Added two new entries to the GIFONA section 
• Added one entry to the porcelain insulators from outside North America section

January 26th, 2013

• National show report added for the 1996 Long Beach National
• Updated information for the 2013 National in Nashville, TN
• Updates to the porcelain insulators from outside North America section
• Added several new entries to the GIFONA section

January 6th, 2013

• Updates to the porcelain insulators from outside North America section
• Added several new entries to the GIFONA section

December 29th, 2012

• Updates to the NIA contacts page
• Updated NIA Handbook

December 24th, 2012

• Added  numerous new entries to the GIFONA section
• Two new entries to the "Is your item an insulator" section

September 9th, 2012

• Added nine new entries to the GIFONA section

July 9th, 2012

• Added a new section for the NIA Hall of Fame!  See the three first inductees!
• Several new additions to the porcelain insulators from outside North America section

July 2nd, 2012

• Complete show report from the 2012 Kansas City national! 
• Added four new entries including two CDs to the GIFONA section!  CD 553.5 from France and CD to be assigned from France

June 17th, 2012

• Added a pdf order form for NIA products thanks to Shaun Kotlarsky & Tina Rienstra 
• Added two new CDs to the GIFONA section!  CD 568.1 from Russia and CD 626 from France

June 9th, 2012

• Added a link for general donations to the NIA & to specific funds - These can be tax deductible now that the NIA is a 501C3

June 2nd, 2012

• Added eight Drip Points (2009 & 2010 years) to the online archive

May 1st, 2012

• The 1992 Florida National report has been added to the history of the National shows thanks to photos from Jacquline Linscott. 
• Continued updates to porcelain insulators from outside the US
• Added log of new updates

April 14th, 2012

• Announcing the 2012 NIA Commemorative insulator in amethyst! 
• Continued updates to porcelain insulators from outside the United States! 
• And note the new update tracker!

January 21st, 2012

• Insulator related news: Monster find of porcelain (and some glass) insulators in Southern NJ
• Continued updates to porcelain insulators from outside the United States! 

January 14th, 2012

• Announcing a fund drive to place a historical marker at the early Hemingray manufacturing site in Covington, KY!
• Complete revamp of the porcelain insulators from outside the United States! 
• The NIA handbook has been completely updated and available in PDF format

• Significant updates to the glass insulators from outside North America section including several new CDs - France, Italy, Finland, Germany, etc.

November 27th, 2011

• Additional updates to the glass insulators from outside North America section including several new CDs - Poland, Chile, Germany & Russia

September 3rd, 2011

• Announcing the 2012 National Show in Kansas City, MO

• Additional updates to the glass insulators from outside North America section

July 18th, 2011

• Detailed show report for the 2011 National show in San Jose, CA

• Additional updates to the glass insulators from outside North America section

June 19th, 2011

• Updates to the glass insulators from outside North America section including many new CD assignments by N.R. Woodward and additional pictures.

May 4th, 2011

• Introducing the NIA Scholarship Program!

April 11th, 2011

• Announcing the 2011 NIA National Show Commemoratives!

March 28th, 2011

• 2011 NIA Eastern Regional Show in Martinsburg, West Virginia -- August 12 & 13, 2011

March 13th, 2011

• Addition of over 100 new entries to glass insulators from outside North America section!

February 9th, 2011

• Addition of a full listing of the GIFONA CD's added to the site to supplement the by country view!
• Educational resource page added by Jacque Linscott Barnes the NIA research and education chair.
• Continued growth of the glass insulators from outside North America section thanks to contributions from a number of collectors!

January 14th, 2011

• Significant new additions to the section on glass insulators from outside North America. Thanks to contributions from Don Mecklenborg The information in this section has been highly expanded!
  • Over 200 unique CD's represented
  • CD's broken out by country of origin
  • Within each CD there is color, embossing, and variations with well over 500 photographs        

December 30th, 2010

• Announcing a fund drive for a historical marker at the Hemingray factory site in Muncie, IN
• Updates to the North American threaded pintype listing -- reference is now to scale @ 32 pixels per inch

November 21st, 2010

• 18 additional solid pours added to the history of the NIA commemorative section thanks to Dennis Weber and Jacque Linscott Barns

September 10th, 2010

• 21 Drip Points added to the archive!

August 10th, 2010

• Authentication and classification chair Paul Greaves has put together a detailed report on E.C.& M.s including the skirt embossed group.

August 4th, 2010

• Show report for the 2010 National!
• Updated NIA contact list

August 1st, 2010

• Announcing the 2011 National show to be held in San Jose, CA on July 8-10!

May 31st, 2010

• Added a section on the history of the NIA commemoratives thanks to pictures from Wesley Lirette and information from John and Carol McDougald!
• Announcement that the NIA has now been approved as a qualified 501c3 Charitable Organization
• Added a report on the 1989 Allentown National thanks to pictures provided by Mike Guthrie & Kevin Lawless.

May 3rd, 2010

• Announcing the 2010 NIA Commemorative -- Thanks to the McDougald's now for the benefit of the NIA!!

April 3rd, 2010

• Added a new entry to the "is your item an insulator" section

March 6th, 2010

• Added a report on the 1994 Houston National thanks to negatives supplied by John & Carol McDougald
• Updated the Drip Points archive with additional issues

January 10th, 2010

• Announcing the 2010 Central regional to be held in Columbia City, IN May 14-15

December 26th, 2009

• Added a report on the 1986 Saratoga Springs National including the "seldom seen display" thanks to negatives supplied by John & Carol McDougald
• Added a report on the 1988 Houston National show thanks to negatives supplied by John & Carol McDougald.
• A new patent added to the Timeline covering CD 186.1

November 18th, 2009

• 20 new pictures added to the identify your insulator pages
• A new CD added to the North American Pintypes!

August 16th, 2009

• The 2009 National show report  Overview of the show, insulators, people and displays!

July 25th, 2009

• The 2010 National show announced!  To be held July 16th-18th 2010 in Boxborough, MA.

July 2nd, 2009

• A newly assigned CD added to the  "Identify your threaded glass insulator" section
• Additional patents and events added to the insulator timeline.
• Updated quick reference to CD & U Numbers! thanks to Ben Caldwell.
• Updates to the 40th National Insulator Show and Convention in Coralville, IA -- July 10-12, 2009 - only one week to go!!!

June 14th, 2009

• Important news -- Proposed bylaw changes to be voted on at this year's National Show

February 23rd, 2009

• 2 new insulators added to the "Identify your threadless glass insulator" section
• New archive of past Greater Chicago Insulator Club Newsletters thanks to Rick Soller
• A new CD added to the foreign glass insulator section thanks to Barrett Nicpon

December 27th, 2008

• 12 new insulators added to the  "Identify your threadless glass insulator" section thanks to permission from Dwayne Anthony  photographs.
• Updated note on the recent insulator theft including the inventory of glass stolen

October 19th, 2008

• Significant additions to the  "Identify your threadless glass insulator" section thanks to permission from Dwayne Anthony for key photographs.

September 28th, 2008

• Notice that Butch Haltman's truck was stolen Thursday evening, September 25th, 2008 at the Marriott Hotel in Albuquerque, NM along with many rare insulators.

August 16th, 2008

• Ben Caldwell provided a really neat app for quick reference to CD & U Numbers!
• Two new groups added to the identify your insulator section:
  • Odd & Unusual glass insulators.
  • porcelain aerial spacer insulators.
• Updated pictures and information in the glass radio strains in the identify your insulator section

August 11th, 2008

• New group added to the identify your insulator section on porcelain cleat insulators.
• NIA show host guide now available in pdf form to assist in National & Regional bids.

July 22th, 2008

• The last missing CD added to the  "Identify your North American threaded glass insulator" which completes all the known threaded styles!!

July 19th, 2008

• 2008 Portland National Show Report Make sure to check the display & show hall pages
• 8 new CD's added to the  "Identify your North American threaded glass insulator" section thanks to John & Carol McDougald and Bill Ostrander!
• Updated NIA Contact List

July 12th, 2008

• Announcing the 40th National Insulator Show and Convention in Coralville, IA -- July 10-12, 2009
• Totally revamped "Identify your threadless glass insulator" section
• 6 new CD's and many pictures added to the  "Identify your North American threaded glass insulator" section.
• 4 new U numbers added to the "US Threaded pintype porcelain insulator" section.

June 18th, 2008

• Over 50 pictures added to the "Identify your North American threaded glass insulator" section 
• Only 2 weeks until the 39th National Insulator Convention in Portland, OR

April 10th, 2008

• Announcing the 2008 Central Regional Show!  The Western Reserve Insulator Club is pleased to host and cordially invite you to make plans on attending The 2008 National Insulator Association Central Regional Show in Richfield, Ohio on July 19-20, 2008.

January 19th, 2008

• Porcelain unipart section updates nearly complete with the following additional sections

  • U-228 through U-376

  • U-277 through U-435

  • U-436 through U-699

  • U-700 through U-861

  • U-862 through U-914

  • U-922 through U-964

Link to update history archive (1998-2007)

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