Minutes of the Business Meeting
of Dec. 6, 2011
I. The business meeting was called to order at 6:32 PM by Vice-president Steve Grenot.
Members attending: Vice-president Steve Grenot, Treasurer Bill Little, Secretary Reed Ostrander, Members: Tim Beers, Chip Borona, Banks Edwards, Marion Johnson, Bob Murphy, Connor O’Brien, Sean O’Brien, Art Sherman; Visitor: Richard Simmons.
A. Announcements
1. The next run session will be on at 6:00 PM, Tuesday, December 20th, at Bill’s.
2. The next meeting will be held at 6:30PM at Trains by Johnson’s on January 3, 2012.
B. Minutes of the previous meeting of November 6, 2011 were read by Secretary Reed Ostrander.
1. Tim moved acceptance and was seconded by Banks.
a. The minutes were accepted as written.
C. The treasurer’s report was presented by Bill Little.
1. As of this date there is $503.50 in the treasury.
a. Tim moved acceptance and was seconded by Banks.
b. The report was accepted as presented.
D. Old Business
1. The NAS Children’s Christmas show will be Saturday, December 9, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
a. Set up will be On Friday at 2:00 PM. Anthony will meet us at the gate.
b. Queenie West will also oversee our activity.
c. We will arrive at 10:00 AM on Saturday to get ready. Take down will be at 2:00 PM Saturday. Please try to help as much as you can.
2. Adjourned for presentation of train sets to Marines Toys for Tots.
a. Lt. Colonel David Trombly accepted the train sets which included those from Trains by Johnson.
3. Meeting again called to order by Vice President Grenot.
4. Jan Hartman discussed the annual Christmas party which will be held at her home. BYO is in order.
5. Election of new officers:
a. The slate as listed in the November minutes was presented by Marion .
b. Elected were:
1) President: Chip Borona
2) Vice-President: Steve Grenot
3) Treasurer: Bill Little
4) Secretary: Reed Ostrander
c. The new slate of officers will take office on January 3, 2012.
E. New Business
1. The Fairhope show was discussed. The following members were appointed to
oversee the show:
a. Bob Murphy will be load master.
b. Steve will be layout master.
c. Chip will be event coordinator.
d. Reed will supply a layout plan.
2. Steve suggested we have some run night demonstrations of modeling techniques:
a. Reed will do a weathering demo at the February run session.
3. There will be a work session at Bob Murphy’s home to fix module problems on
January 14 at 10:00 AM.
a. Track ends and loose track will be addressed, new legs will be built for the yard branch module and a new tee will be installed on the cement plant corner module.
F. The meeting was adjourned at 7:59 PM
Respectfully Submitted by D. Reed Ostrander
Secretary
PMRC HO Division