MINUTES OF Business Meeting

2 May 2022

I. The business meeting was called to order at 6:30 PM by President Chrles Tucker.

     A. Officers attending: President Charles Tucker, Vice-president Steve Grenot, Treasurer Bill Little, Secretary Gerald Russo,

     B. Members attending: Bob Canavello, Chuck Mudford, Reed Ostrander

II. Announcements

     A. Next meeting will be at 6:30, June 6, 2022.

     B. Next run sessions will be May 9, 16, 23 and 30.

     C. Thank you to Bill Little for his hospitality.

     D. The DCC controller for the turntable has finally arrived.

     E. Note that some new controlling toggle switches have been installed and we need instruction.

III. Minutes of the previous meeting of April 4th were read by Secretary Russo.

     A. Correction to meeting: none

          1. The minutes were moved and accepted.

     B. The treasurer's report was presented by Treasurer Bill Little.

          1. As of this date there is $2,942.15 in the treasurery.

IV. Old business.

     A. Work on finishing the new yard and powering the sidings on Green. Turnout into the yard on the north end needs some attention. Also, the yard needs some new drops on the north end to fix some drop dead spots in the tracks.

     B. Make new stanchions and repair some others. We will need PVC, glue, blue paint and concrete.

     C. Finish the farm module (need 1" blue foam.)

     D. The trailer need some maintenance: left fender lights and bearings greased.

V. New business.

     A. We need to schedule time to accomplish our present work list.

     B. We need to begin wrk on planning for Operating sessions.

          1. This will entail much careful work;

               a. Figuring the location of industries,

               b. What kind of cars needed.

               c.  Which cars,

               d. Making cards for each car used.

          2. We will need expert advice as we go!

     C. Chuck explained the changes in out electrical system. We need to be careful to never switch the power supply to large scale. It must stay on HO so as not to get a high voltage!

          1. System changes:

               a. Main1 yard has been isolated.

               b. A toggle switch has been added (up=DC, down=DCC, center=OFF).

               c. A DC throttle has been added. 

     D. Reed provided information related to operational sessions.

          1. Operations are similar to real railroads

               a. Cars have destinations.

               b. Need to label tracks. Yard Main1 numbers 1 to 5.

               c. Destinations (north or south).

               d. Switching at industry or yards and industry or town locations.

     E. Comments by President

          1. Need to schedule a work day (May 16).

     F. Comments and suggestion from the Vice-President

     G. Comments by any other members. 

VI. Club welfare: Our parayers are with Chip and Susan. We continue to lift up Steve, Donna, Rick & Reed.

Meeting adjourned at 7:28 PM.

Respectfully sumitted,

Gerald Russo

Secretary, PRMC - HO Div.

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