February 25, 2012 - Meeting Summary
The San Diego S Gaugers held the February club meeting in our clubhouse in Liberty Station. Attendees were: Mike Forys, Raulf Polichar, Bob Graves, Alex Sibbald and Dale Minard.
Show and tell
Dale has delivered the club shirts to all those who ordered through him and attended. The shirts are attractive and look durable. Those who want to order shirts with club logo can order online. Dale can answer questions and point you in the right direction.
Treasurer’s Report
The treasurer reported that donations are exceeding electric bills at the clubhouse.
Standards
Raulf is finishing up a control box for the outside main, which includes a 12vdc regulated power supply for the accessory buss. It is scheduled for installation on Wednesday. He is exploring local/remote control switching and indicator options. Raulf brought in a counter to be installed in the window display control box, which will let us know how many times the window layout was activated.
Old Business
Partition/Mural
An extension will be made to cover the partition below the mural to about an inch above the floor. We will ask HTH if they would be willing to paint the addition perhaps when they return to do final corrections.
NMRA Visit 03/10/12
Housekeeping Tasks:
Sweep floors
Clean restroom
Clean windows
Clean track
Need:
Diet and regular Soda and Cooler
Lift bridge module
We are pursuing the design suggested by Roland that incorporates a long arm on the hinge. Mike handed out some preliminary drawings and we need to determine materials. Several construction goals are rigidity and ease of transport.
Window Layout
The window expansion module legs have been installed, the lift out has been constructed and the track is ready to be glued to the roadbed. A decision as to how to install the mail stanchion and electrical pickup must be made in order to move forward.
PY1-PY2 siding addition
Mike has installed the roadbed, track and switch on PY1 and PY2 to service the citrus shed. Roadbed and track were colored and ballast was added today. Electrical control is next.
SDSG Website
Need to add link and perhaps instructions for the club shirt page.
New Business
Gilbert Yard Upgrade
TMCC is being incorporated to enable some of the Gilbert Accessories to be operated remotely as well as with locally situated pushbuttons.
Community
We need to interface with the Liberty Station Management to coordinate activities and to get the word out.
Future dates
The next meeting of 2012 will be held at the clubhouse on March 24 at 2:00pm. Suggested upcoming dates are April 28 and May 19.
Grand Re-Opening. The next open house will be held sometime after March 10.
Model Railroads of Southern California San Diego Layout Tour is scheduled for 7/14 and 8/11. Need to check for possible conflicts.
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