Minutes of the Business Meeting
June 2, 2015
The business meeting was called to order at 6:30 PM by President Reed Ostrander.
Officers attending: Vice President Steve Grenot, Treasurer Bill Little, Secretary Chip Borona.
Members: Donnie Dixon, Jerry Dupont, Connor O’Brian, Sean O’Brian, Rick Simmons and Charles Tucker.
There were no guests in attendance.
I. Reading of the Minutes
A. The minutes of the previous meeting May 5th were read by Secretary Chip Borona.
a. The approval of the minutes were moved by Bill, seconded by Jerry and approved by the membership.
II. Treasurer’s Report
A. The Treasurer’s report was read by Bill Little with a current balance of $1034.91
a. The approval of the report was moved by Charles, seconded by Jerry and approved by the membership.
III. Announcements
A. The next business meeting will be held at 6:30PM at Bill’s Train Shed on Tuesday July 7th 2015.
a. Members can arrive at 5:30 PM to grill and eat dinner, then to stay after the meeting to run trains.
b. Bill will leave the gate on the side street open.
B. The next run sessions will be at:
a. Bill’s Train Shed, Tuesday June 16th at 6:00 PM.
b. Bill’s Train Shed, Tuesday June 30th at 6:00 PM.
i. Members can arrive at 5:30 PM to grill and eat dinner, before running trains.
ii. Bill will leave the gate on the side street open
C. The President will be on his European vacation starting on June 13th , returning on July 15th.
IV. Old Business
A. Status of the roundhouse module construction.
a. All cork has been laid down
b. Track is continually being laid.
c. The Diesel Service Building has been relocated from near the roundtable to the near the freight yard. This will allow better spacing and the addition of a Service Facility for rebuilding freight cars and an adjacent engineering/service yard office.
B. A vote on the number of turnout installation for the roundhouse module was discussed. Reed made the following presentation:
a. There are 20 turnouts to be installed in the present plan
b. We can purchase control units (Tam Valley Octol and Quad) and servos for all 20
c. Or we could support 16 that are manually unreachable turnouts with the option to install power units for the remainder at some later time
d. Costs:
Turnout Installation Discussion (continued)
i. 16 units - $382.75
ii. 20 units - $456.70
Charles moved that the Club purchase all 20 units. Steve seconded and the membership approved the motion.
C. The schedule of the Fall train shows was discussed.
a. If the Mobile and Flomaton train shows fall on the same dates, a decision by the club will need to be made as to which one to attend.
b. Accurate dates for the Dothan Show need to be obtained.
i. We don’t want a repeat of last year and show up two weeks in advance.
V. New Business
A. Subjects for July meeting
a. No decisions were made regarding a presentation
B. Jerry DuPont presented - Club Electronic and Electrical Controls and Operation.
C. The Pensacola Fair Kick-Off Dinner is on June 16th, 2015 at 6:30 PM.
a. Location is the Fairgrounds Expo hall.
b. Wives are invited.
c. Charles, Bill, Steve and Chip will attend.
VI. Club Welfare
Nothing to report.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:24 PM.
Respectfully Submitted by
Stephen “Chip” Borona
Secretary PMRC HO Division