Minutes of Business Meeting
October 2, 2023
I. The business meeting was called to order at 6:30 PM by President Charles
Tucker.
A.Officers attending: President Charles Tucker,
Treasurer Bill Little, Secretary Gerald Russo.
B. Members attending: Bob
Canavello, Jerry Dupont, Chuck Mudford, Reed Ostrander, Mark Soltero, Jesse
Shealy, Bob Tribble.
II. Minutes of the previous meeting of September 11,
2023 were read by Secretary Gerald Russo.
A. Corrections to minutes: Correct spelling of Flomaton
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 $1,293.79 in the treasury.
2. Also $375 for proposed
crossing gate
III. Announcements:
A. Next Meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. November 6, 2023
B. Next run session(s) October 9, & 30, 2023
C. Thank you to Bill for his hospitality!
D. Set-up for the Fair begins on Sunday, October 15 @
12:30pm, and continues until the Fair opens on Thursday, October 19.
WE NEED ALL HANDS!!
E. I hope to have passes to give out at this meeting.
F. Kudos to Sean for fantastic work on the trailer!!!
G. Many thanks to Terry Tucker for transporting our
trailer to and from the Flomaton Show.
H. Thanks to Reed, Steve, Chuck, Bob Tribble, Andy,
Jesse for working the show in Flomaton.
I. Welcome visitor William “Opie” Benton
IV. Old Business
A. Repairs need to be made here in the club house. See
separate sheet.
B. A new cart for the Engine Facility needs to be
designed and built. (Sean is designing it.) (Cart is completed)
C. Continue work on preparing for Operating sessions-
currently installing new turnouts. (Work is in progress.)
D. Check out list of repairs to club layout to be made
at set-up time.
V. New Business
A. Report on progress on locations and cars to be
delivered during the operating sessions. Jesse has been researching this.
1. List of
operations locations and list of cars to be used.
2. Chuck to develop set
of car-cards to be used for operations.
B. Trial running the engine facility.
C. Chuck to set-up round house and engine facility yard
on the new cart and load it (with help) into the trailer.
D. Motion, second and approved to give Terry Tucker a
$100 gift card for his assistance moving the trailer to/from the Flomaton show.
E. Recommendation by Russo to modify the show banner
(wrong WWW. listing)
F. Chuck will bring the trailer to the Fair Grounds.
G. Discussion concerning the use of 9” track sections between
show modules. H. Comments by President: none
VI. Club Welfare
We continue to lift up Steve, Donna, Rick Simmons, Reed
Ostrander, Sue and Howard’s family. Rick Simmons is at home and on the mend. He
would enjoy visitors—call first.
Meeting adjourned at 7:08pm
Submitted by:
Gerald Russo
Secretary