Minutes of the Business Meeting of
November 5, 2012
I. The business meeting was called to order at 6:33 PM by President Chip Borona.
Officers attending: President Chip Borona, Vice-president Steve Grenot, Treasurer Bill Little, Secretary Reed Ostrander,
Members: Banks
Edwards, Joe Garcia, Bob Murphy, Connor
O'Brien, Art Sherman, Charles Tucker.
A. Announcements
1. There will be a work session at 10:00 AM at Bob's
garage Saturday, November 10.
2. The next run session will be on Nov. 20 at 6:00 PM at
Bill's in his train shed.
3. The next meeting will be held at 6:30PM at Trains by
Johnson's on December 4, 2012.
4. See item D. 4. re Christmas get-together.
B. Minutes of the
previous meeting of November 5, 2012 were read by Secretary Reed Ostrander.
1. Banks moved acceptance and was seconded by Art.
a. The minutes were accepted as
written.
b. Reed noted that Mike Wishnact
and Bob Canavello have been removed from the membership roster.
C. The treasurer's
report was presented by Bill Little.
1. As of this date there is $1480.63 in the treasury.
2. There is approximately $90.00 outstanding in dues.
Should have about $1600.00 at the end of the year.
a. Reed moved acceptance and was
seconded by Steve.
b. The report was accepted as
presented.
D. Old Business
1. The red DC controller base unit is not repairable.
But we do have an additional base unit that can be installed so the red DC
controller will be operational once the "found" base unit is installed.
2. Banks will install the PM42 breaker units with the
proper ground with separate breakers for the red and yellow lines in the
yard.
3. President Chip reviewed the Interstate show:
a. See attached copy of
"Pensacola Interstate Fair After-action Report." Attachment 1, p. 3.
b. Set-up teams work best for
efficient set-up.
c. The set-up check list needs
to be completed.
d. Members should take it upon
themselves to become as broadly expert in the set-up routines as possible
so we are less dependant on a few people.
4. The Christmas get-together will be Friday December 7
at 6:00 PM at the Macaroni Grill in Cordova Mall.
E. New Business
1. Election of officers for 2013:
a. Elections Committee Chairman
Charles presented the slate as of this date:
1)
President: Bob Murphy
2)
Vice-president: Steve Grenot
3)
Secretary: Reed Ostrander
4)
Treasurer: Bill Little
b. There being no additional
candidates after a request, President Chip declared the slate elected.
2. Chip noted that he will extend the grain mill module
by one 2x4 ft. table and integrate it with his new 8 ft. module.
3. Reed requested permission to modify Duke's modules to
integrate with his mine modules. He may also build an additional 2x4 ft
table to better integrate with the cement plant corner or other modules.
Permission was granted by acclimation.
F. The meeting was
adjourned at 7:40PM.
Respectfully Submitted by
D. Reed
Ostrander
Secretary
PMRC HO Division