I. Aviators
refer to these types of directions as the Rules of Engagement
“ROE”
Nothing is making me happier than seeing our club grow. It has been a
dream of mine for many, many years. I want everybody to know
that they are welcome at any time, day or night to run trains. The roundhouse is
up and running, with just a few small items to take care. The bridge is
also almost ready to go. New members are joining, and hopefully COVID 19 will
soon be in the rearview mirror. But, since so many people are coming now, at a
variety of days and times, we all need to establish and then follow some ROEs
J
1. I mentioned in
an earlier e-mail about notifying us (me or my wife) if you think you are coming
and you think you might need the bathroom.
2.
I also mentioned that I need people to stop parking on the front lawn. There
are water pipes running through there, and I can’t afford to break a water line.
At this time, park on the driveway if you can’t park on side street. Worst
case scenario will be that you might need to move your car, but we seldom go
anywhere at night anymore.
3. When you
enter the yard you must immediate close the gate behind you so the dogs can’t
get out if they are in the yard. If you are carrying something please put
it down and close the gate. You may not even see them, but trust me, they
can go from one side of the yard to the other in less than 10 seconds.
5. Feel free to turn heat / A/C up or down but please return it to
its original position if you are the last one out.
6.
People are always asking what they can bring. Water is always a great
idea, sodas, chips (small bags, large ones go stale) rolls, cookies, even meat.
Just don’t bring too much, storage space is limited at this time.
7.
We need to discuss the possibility of having times to sign up for a track
to run your train. We have 4 tracks, and soon we will have the round house
going at full capacity. If we are running DCC you all know we can have more than
4 trains going. But, I feel some people are not getting to run, because
the tracks are all full. We have done this for years during shows, so we
might want to think about it for busy run nights ???
8. I am working
to get rid of as much “junk” as I can so we will have a little more room to move
around, but unless we find another better place we need to start paying
attention to what we are doing.
The key to the club house in
stored in the usual place.
Well, that
is it for now, regards Bill.
updated 13 Jan 2022