January 22, 2011 - Meeting
Summary
Bob Graves hosted the meeting. Attendees were Bob Graves, Mike Forys,
Roland Martinez, Raulf Policher, and Alex Sibbald. (100% of the
members who have paid dues for 2011).
Treasurer’s report was given by
Bob Graves who has added an entry on the balance sheet for club cash
position. Annual dues were collected from those who didn’t prepay.
Bob is working on the minutes for
the December meeting.
By unanimous vote, the bylaws were
amended to add the position of Secretary.
- Nominations for
club officers were submitted and voted upon with the following
results:
President: Mike
Forys
Treasurer: Bob
Graves
Standards: Raulf
Policher
Secretary: Alex
Sibbald
5. The members
discussed the pros and cons of using the Liberty Station location for
a permanent clubhouse. The issues discussed included:
A. The security deposit. Raulf will investigate possibility of waiver
of $1000 security deposit.
B. Tenant
insurance assessment for common areas. Mike will investigate amount
required.
C. Liability insurance. Mike and
Roland are awaiting multiple quotes.
D. Utilities and deposit costs are
still unknown.
E. The rule of not consuming food
or drink in the clubhouse will be investigated by Mike.
6. New business discussions
included:
A. Attendance at the X2011 Sacramento
NASG/NMRA Convention. Bob and Alex are
already registered to attend and Mike and Raulf are planning to
attend.
B. Potential
attendance at the National Train Show. Topics included
transportation options and associated costs, modular layout
configuration and modifications necessary for the show. It was
decided that we will rebuild the yard. Raulf is awaiting delivery of
material to be used to construct switches. Alex has a commitment from
Tom’s Turnouts for delivery of necessary switches by end of May
with the potential of staggered deliveries to facilitate
construction. Mike will be acquiring track and roadbed for the yard
modules. Raulf has indicated that we can use his two 24” modules
for the replacement P1 and P5 modules. It was agreed upon to have 2
work sessions at Roland’s on Sunday, 01/30/11 and 2/13/11 at 10 AM
to reconstruct the 30” yard module (PY2). Mike and Alex will
facilitate the moving of existing construction material to Roland’s
place.
C. The Chase bank account belonging to the club is changing and will
be expensive to maintain. Bob is researching alternatives.