Minutes of the Business Meeting
of November 1, 2011
I. The business meeting was called to order at 6:30 PM by Secretary Reed Ostrander.
Members attending: Vice-president Steve Grenot, Treasurer Bill Little, Secretary Reed Ostrander, Members: Chip Borona, Heather Cable, Banks Edwards, Marion Johnson, Bob Murphy, Connor O’Brien, Sean O’Brien, Art Sherman, Mike Wishnacht.
A. Announcements
1. The next run session will be on at 6:00 PM at Bill Little’s on Nov. 17.
2. The next meeting will be held at 6:30PM at Trains by Johnson’s on December 6, 2011.
3. Elections will be held at the December 6th meeting. Nominations can be made by submitting them to Marion Johnson until that date.
B. Minutes of the previous meeting of October 4, 2011 were read by Secretary Reed Ostrander.
1. Art 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 $464.50 in the treasury.
2. There are about $50.00 in dues outstanding.
a. Reed moved acceptance and was seconded by Banks.
b. The report was accepted as presented.
D. The chair was relinquished to Steve.
E. Old Business
1. Show coordinator Reed and layout master Steve thanked the members who helped set-up, run and take down the layout. The show went very well and numerous repairs were made including damage to selected modules, wiring, and track problems. There were no shorts! Reed installed the speedometer on the yellow line.
2. Additional items to repair include the following:
a. Cross-over on Ron’s module needs closure rail adjustment on red line.
b. The left end of Murphy’s left module needs squaring up.
c. Leg mounting tee nut on cement plant corner needs replacement.
d. Roundhouse tracks need redoing. Roundhouse structure needs repair. Roundtable wiring could use a redo. Bolts between roundtable modules needs replacement.
e. First yard isolation gap needs replacement on red line.
f. Need a snap-lock rope line at entry by bridge module with a “members only” sign.
g. A second speedometer needs to be installed on red line on the woodland corner.
F. New Business
1. Steve announced that elections will be held at the December meeting and nominations for officers were open and will remain open until the December meeting.
a. Banks nominated Marion for elections chairman and was seconded by Murphy.
1) Marion was elected.
b. Nominations for President:*
1) Chip
c. Nominations for Vice-President:
1) Heather
2) Steve
d. Nominations for Treasurer:
1) Bill
e. Nominations for Secretary:*
1) Reed
2) Sean
f. Reed moved nominations from the floor be closed and was seconded by Banks.
1) The floor nominations were closed. Additional nominations may be submitted to Marion until December 6, 2011.
2. The annual dinner was discussed. It will be held December 13 at 7:00PM. Twenty people will attend.
a. The following restaurants were suggested: Shark Fin (Chinese); McGuire’s; Carrabba’s Italian Grill; Tres Fratelli’s.
3. Bill noted that we need to change banks. Service has been poor.
4. Marion offered his warehouse for use by the Club as a place to set up the layout. We would be required to move out if he needs the building for storage in the future.
a. Banks moved acceptance and was seconded by Bob Murphy.
1) The motion passed.
5. Bill noted that Club insurance should be reviewed.
a. Reed noted that if all Club members were also members of NMRA in good standing, we could obtain $1x106 liability insurance for a handling fee of $50.00.
1) Chip will look into the matter.
G. The meeting was adjourned at 7:34PM.
Respectfully Submitted by
D. Reed Ostrander
Secretary
PMRC HO Division
* Two nominations (one each for President and Secretary) were made by the chairman and were not valid.