Minutes
of the Business Meeting of
February 5, 2013
I. The business meeting was called to order at 6:45 PM by
President Bob Murphy.
Officers attending: President Bob Murphy, Vice-president Steve Grenot, Treasurer
Bill Little, Secretary Reed Ostrander,
Members attending: Banks Edwards, Joe Garcia,
Connor O'Brien, Sean O'Brien, Art Sherman, Richard Simmons, Charles Tucker;
Visitor: .
A. Announcements
1. The next work session will be Saturday, February 9 at 12:00 PM
in building 648 at NAS.
2. The second work session will be Tuesday, February 19 at 3:00 PM
in building 648 at NAS. Pizza will be served at 6:00PM when all attendees are
present. There will be no run session this month.
3. The next business meeting will be held at 6:30PM at Trains by
Johnson's on March 5, 2013.
B. Minutes of the
previous meeting of January 8, 2012 were read by Secretary Reed Ostrander.
1. Banks moved acceptance and was seconded by Art.
a. The minutes were accepted as written.
C. The treasurer's
report was presented by Bill Little.
1. As of this date there is $1750.65 in the treasury.
a. Reed moved acceptance and was seconded by Art.
b. The report was accepted as presented.
D. Old Business
1. Sean will look into the possibility of using a Pensacola school
for a train show and whether there is any interest in sponsorship from The
Pensacola News Journal.
2. The Pine Mountain, and Norcross, Georgia train shows were
discussed as possible events to attend next year.
3. Reed and Bob will look into attendance at the NMRA national
convention in July.
4. Reed presented a modified drawing for module main power plug
design which would eliminate the option of using suitcase connectors. Such
connectors have failed on an existing corner module.
a. Banks made a motion to accept the modification
and was seconded by Joe.
1) The motion passed.
5. Reed presented a modified design for standard module design for
strengthening the table top and prevent track sagging at module ends.
a. After discussion, a full length stiffener was
proposed by Banks and seconded by Steve.
b. The motion passed. Reed will revise the
drawing to reflect the new design.
6. Reed noted that the Shalimar Club has not yet set up the Uptown
Station show.
E. New Business
1. Steve mentioned that he has posted a new web page showing
photographs he has taken of various layouts at various shows including the PMRC
HO Division layout.
F. The meeting was
adjourned at 7:48PM
Respectfully Submitted by
D. Reed Ostrander
Secretary
PMRC HO Division