Minutes of the Business Meeting

of March 7, 2017

The business meeting was called to order at 6:24 PM by President Reed Ostrander.

Officers attending were President Reed Ostrander, Vice-President Steve Grenot, Secretary Chip Borona and Treasurer Bill Little. Members attending were Howard Cowgill, Jerry Dupont, Banks Edwards, Rick Simmons and Charles Tucker

I. Reading of the Minutes

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

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

II. Treasurer’s Report

    A.     The Treasurer’s report was read to the club by Bill reporting that the current balance is $1,905.58.

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

III. Announcements

    A.     The next Business Meeting will be held at 6:30 pm at Bill’s Train Shed on Tuesday April 4^th 2017. Members can run trains before and after the meeting.

    B.     The 1^st Run Session will be held at 6:00pm at Bill’s Train Shed on March 21^st 2017.

    C.     The 2^nd Run Session will be held at 6:00pm at Bill’s Train Shed on March 28^th 2017.

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 so Bill can anticipate the headcount.

    D.     The next Work Session will be on Saturday, March18^th 2017, 11:00 am at Bill’s Train Shed. We will be working on the roundhouse module, focusing on

1.      Finish wiring

2.      Diesel house approach rebuild

3.      Scenery, ballast, etc.

IV. Old Business

    A.     Mobile Train Show March 10-12

1.      Depart from Bill’s 10:30 am

2.      Set up on March 10^th at 12:00 pm till

3.      Run Saturday March 11^th from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

4.      Run Sunday March 12^th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

5.      Take down Sunday March 12^th at 4:00 pm

6.      Attendees, load masters and layout coordinator are listed in the below table.

7.      Size of the layout is dependent on the available room.

V. New Business

A.     Future Presentations

·        May 2^nd 2017, Jerry will do a primer on the Digitrax throttle.

·        June 6^th 2017, Chip will give a presentation on WWII Armored Trains.

·        July 11^th 2017, Charles will do a demo on G-scale live steam

VI. Club Welfare

A.     The club had nothing to report.

Charles made the motion to end the meeting. It was seconded by Banks and approved by all present. The meeting was adjourned at 7:00pm

Respectfully Submitted by

Stephen “Chip” Borona

Secretary PMRC HO Division

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