minutes of Business Meeting
7 February 2022
A. The business meeting was called to order at
6:30 PM by President Charles Tucker.
1. Officers attending: President Charles Tucker,
Vice-president Steve Grenot, Treasurer Bill Little, Secretary Gerald Russo.
2. Members attending: Bob Canavello, Howard Cowgill, Jerry Dupont, Banks Edwards, Chuck Mudford, Connor O’Brien, Sean O’Brien, Reed Ostrander, Richard Simmons, John Sumner
B. Announcements:
1. Next Meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. March 7, 2022
2. Next run session(s) February 14, (Valentine’s Day), February 21 & February 28
3. Thank you to Bill for his cooking & hospitality!
4. Mobile Train Show, March 5th, 9-5; March 6th, 11-4, set up on Friday, March 4th, 1:30-7:00 p.m.
C. Minutes of the previous meeting on January 3rd
were read by Secretary Gerald Russo.
1. Corrections to minutes: None
2. The minutes were moved and accepted.
3. The treasurer’s report was presented by Treasurer
Bill Little.
a) As of this date there
is $2,345.09 in the treasury.
1) The report was moved, seconded and accepted as presented.
D. Old Business
1. Work on finishing the new yard and powering the sidings on Main 4 (Green).
2. Thanks to Gerald Dupont, and others for working on the modules.
3. The signatures for updating the bank account have been taken care of.
4. We are still waiting for the digital controller for the new turntable. We do not need the new turntable as the old one is now working.
5. The Main 1 (black) east turnout has been temporarily repaired (hopefully no more derails), replacement on order.
E. New Business
1. Make plans for Mobile Train Show. We will have a 20’x24’ set-up. A plan has been developed for a 20’X20’ if that should arise, but Charlie Boyer gave us the go ahead for 20' x 24' so we can use previous plans.
2. Jerry DuPont has worked hard to fix modules and he wants to give us a briefing. We need to finish the module work so we can get the trailer packed up and stuff out of Jerry’s way as soon as feasible.
3. Possibility of making some more modules
4. Comments by the President.
a. Motion to vote John Sumner as a member of the PMRC HO Div.,
1) Moved, 2nd, & approved, Welcome John.
b. Have 2ea. 6’ modules that are planned for a cog-railway.
c. Special thanks to
Steve for posting recent and past club photos to the Club’s Facebook page and to
Banks for his work updating the PMRC Ho Div. Web pages.
5. Comments and information from Gerald Dupont:
a. Several pieces of track on the yard have been replaced.
b. The shorts on the red/yellow mains have been eliminated.
c. The show power cab has been restocked and items sorted.
d. The PM42 card has been re-set.
e. Damaged module corner tracks have been replaced as necessary.
F. Club Welfare
Chip has recently been in the hospital, he is currently
back at home recuperating, Donna is doing better.
Meeting adjourned at 7:05pm
Respectfully submitted,
Gerald Russo
Secretary, PMRC, HO Div.