August 27, 2011 - Meeting Summary
The San Diego S Gaugers held the August club meeting in our clubhouse in Liberty Station. Attendees were: Mike Forys, Raulf Polichar, Bob Graves, Ray Hunter, and Alex Sibbald.
Treasurer’s Report
The treasurer reports visitor contributions of $34.00.
Standards Report
Raulf proposed that we create remote control of yard functions and that we add an additional module in the Powell Yard, either between PY4 and PY3 or between PY3 and PY2. The later to allow longer trains to rest on the sidings.
Old Business
Clubhouse Sign
The sandwich board announcement proposed for open house events on a Liberty Station approved sandwich board would cost about $190 plus graphics costs.
Rancho Bernardo Show
General assessment was that the Saturday show was poorly attended and Sunday was much better.
The clubhouse will be open to the public on Wednesday and Sunday afternoons.
Future meetings
November 19th was selected for the November meeting. Also, mentioned was that if someone wanted to host a meeting at their home instead of the clubhouse, they just need to let us know, so we can change the calendar at least one month in advance.
New Business
Guest Book
We now have a guest book for visitors to sign at the clubhouse.
Yard expansion
Options were explored as to where to inject a new module into the Powell Yard.
San Diego Model Railroad Museum
We will not take the farm module and PY3 to the museum due to room size restrictions.
Mike and Alex will fill in wherever necessary at the museum.
Teardown at the clubhouse will be at 10AM on Thursday, Sept 1.
Teardown at the museum will be at 4PM on Monday, Sept 5.
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