Minutes of Business Meeting

March 5, 2018

 

 

The business meeting was called to order at 6:48 pm by President Charles Tucker.


Officers attending were President Charles Tucker, Secretary Chip Borona and Treasurer Bill Little.


Members attending were Howard Cowgill, Jerry Dupont, Reed Ostrander and Rick Simmons.

Guest attending was Jacob Navarro.


I Reading of the Minutes

  1. The minutes of last month’s meeting were read by Chip.

    1. Jerry made a motion to accept the minutes, Howard seconded and the minutes were approved by the membership

II Treasurer’s Report

  1. The Treasurer’s report was read to the club by Bill reporting that the current balance is $773.76

    1. Reed made a motion to accept the Treasure’s Report, Bill seconded and the report was approved by the membership.

III Announcements

  1. The next Business Meeting will be held at 6:30 pm at the Clubhouse on Monday

April 2, 2018. Members can run trains before and after the meeting.

  1. The 1st Run Session will be held at 6:00pm at the Clubhouse on March 19, 2018

  2. The 2nd Run Session will be held at 6:00pm at the Jerry’s home on March 26, 2018


At the monthly business meeting and run sessions Bill provides hot dogs & hamburgers with all the trimmings. You can also bring your own food to grill, a cover dish or desert. There will be drinks or BYOB. Members can arrive at 5:30 pm to grill and eat dinner. Please park and use the gate on the side street. Disabled members can use the gate at the front of the house.


All members are encouraged to RSVP the Host so they can anticipate the headcount.


IV Old Business

  1. Roundhouse Module

    1. Jerry spent $54 on a booster board to reduce fluxuations in voltage caused by the DCC Zepher.

    2. Reed made a motion to reimburse Jerry, Bill seconded and the motion was approved by the membership.

    3. Reed noted that one of three tracks on the module will be for static display only.


V New Business

  1. Banks Edwards Health condition

    1. Charles will call Banks

  2. April Presentation

    1. No one volunteered to take on a topic.

  3. DC on Red

    1. Not working with the layout.

    2. Jerry suggests installing a G-scale DC decoder to be located in the power cabinet.

      1. Cost is about $70.

    New Member

    1. As Jacob Navarro has attend three events with the Club, Reed made a motion to accept Jacob as a member,

      1. Bill seconded and the motion approved by the membership.

  4. NMRA SE Region Convention

    1. Reed has set aside the weekend of August 18th to hold the regional convention at The Pensacola Grand Hotel (old L&N Station) across from the Pensacola Bay Center.

      1. He is considering to have at least 2 home layouts available for visitation.

      2. More details to follow.


VI Club Welfare

  1. There is no new information to report.


Charles made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Bill seconded and the meeting was adjourned at 7:48 pm.


Respectfully Submitted by

Stephen “Chip” Borona

Secretary PMRC HO Division


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