Minutes of the Business Meeting
of October 4, 2011
I. The business meeting was called to order at 6:35 PM by Vice-president Steve Grenot.
Members attending: Vice-president Steve Grenot, Treasurer Bill Little, Secretary Reed Ostrander, Members: Cody Beers, Tim Beers, Chip Borona, Heather Cable, Banks Edwards, Marion Johnson, Bob Murphy, Connor O’Brien, Sean O’Brien, Art Sherman, Charles Tucker; Visitor: .
A. Announcements
1. There will be no run session this month due to the Interstate Fair show.
2. The next meeting will be held at 6:30PM at Trains by Johnson’s on November 1, 2011.
3. Reed will take pictures of the Club as a whole at this time and individual pictures of new members after the meeting.
B. Minutes of the previous meeting of September 6, 2011 were read by Secretary Reed Ostrander.
1. Charles 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 $218.50 in the treasury.
2. $320.00 was paid out for Club liability insurance.
a. Reed moved acceptance and was seconded by Banks.
b. The report was accepted as presented.
D. Old Business
1. Layout Master Reed thanked the members who attended the Dothan Show for their work setting up and taking down. He noted that there were no shorts for a change and running went well.
a. He did note that younger members need close supervision and should not be left alone by parents or the sponsoring member. Some damage occurred to the bridge due to running around.
b. Take down took only 1 hr and 50 min. Very good!
2. The method of module construction and connection was discussed.
a. Reed made a motion to establish a Module Standards Study Committee and make recommendations for modifications.
1) Art seconded the motion.
2) The motion passed.
b. Vice president Steve appointed Chip as chairman of the Module Standards Study Committee. Bob Murphy, Tim and Banks volunteered to serve on the committee.
3. Steve is getting parking permits for the Fair.
4. Steve is looking into obtaining Club shirts for members.
E. New Business
1. Trains for Tots will be $35.00 per set. Members please get your money to Heather Cable as soon as possible for the sets you ordered.
2. Bill moved that the Club purchase 3 train sets for Marine Trains for Tots.
a. The motion was seconded by Reed.
b. The motion passed.
3. Tim moved that the requirement for attending three meetings before becoming a new Club member be set aside for Heather Cable in the light of her father’s loss and her interest in becoming a member in his stead.
a. The motion was seconded by Art.
b. The motion passed.
4. Charles moved that the remaining time of Ron Hartman’s membership be served by his daughter Heather Cable.
a. The motion was seconded by Tim.
b. The motion passed.
5. Reed made a motion to have a Christmas party on Tuesday, December 13 at 7:00 PM.
a. The motion was seconded by Bob Murphy.
b. The motion passed.
c. Steve will look into arranging the party.
6. Chip announced that he is planning on having a social evening for the Club.
7. If there is no objection, Steve will place some pictures he took of the Club activities in the magazine “Potential”. There were no objections.
F. The meeting was adjourned at 8:09 PM
Respectfully Submitted by D. Reed Ostrander
Secretary
PMRC HO Division