September 21, 2013 - Meeting Summary
The San Diego S Gaugers held the September club meeting in our clubhouse in Liberty Station. Attendees were: Mike Forys, Bob Graves, Dale Minard, Oakley Warren, Alex Sibbald, Raulf Polichar, Ken Sadlock, Don Briggs and Les Smith.
Show and Tell:
Ken Sadlock brought in an American Flyer Catalog from 1960.
Treasurer’s Report:
Bob Graves reported that we took in $173.34 in clubhouse donations during August.
Standard’s report:
Raulf Polichar presented a system for all switch motors to be wired in the same fashion and module mating connectors wired to mate.
Publicity Report:
Dale Minard passed out leaflets for the October 19th Open House to be distributed to local hobby shops and bulletin boards.
Old Business:
PY2.0:
The track 7 turnout switch motor is ready to mount.
PY2.5
This module still needs switch control motor and clouds. (on-hold)
Lift bridge module:
Wine tasting room will be the same size as the orchard shed with an outbuilding for tools, supplies, etc.
Window Layout:
Our activity counter has recorded a total of 1078 hits in the last month.
SDSG Website:
Our Webmaster, Bob Graves, requested submission of photos of individual projects and the recent museum visit.
Window Scenery Update:
The town has some new residents.
SDMRM Museum Visit:
The show went well. The new pin and socket alignment system worked very well and reduced the setup time considerably. We awarded 220 Junior Engineer Stickers and received $45 in visitor donations.
Donated Trains:
Bob Graves reported that the trestle and track clips have been sold for $28. He estimated the value of the recently donated HO items to be in the vicinity of $300.
New Business:
PSR Layout Tour:
We are set up to be on the PSR San Diego Layout Tour on June 13th, 2014, which is the second Saturday in June.
GTE 2013:
We will be using our two test modules to increase the width of our modular layout by 4 feet at this year’s GTE show. Dale is applying a vintage airport theme to one test module.
Mike’s Vacation:
Mike’s vacation schedule has him depart 9/28 and return 10/8.
2014 PSR Convention:
The convention will be at Courtyard by Marriott in Mission Valley from 9/3/2014 to 9/07/2014. We will be holding an open house for the attendees at the clubhouse. There is a schedule conflict with a potential SDMRR Museum visit next Labor Day Weekend which may cause us to forego attending or going at a different time.
Future events:
The future monthly meetings will be held on Oct 26, and Nov 16, 2013. Our next open house will be on Oct 19, 2013. Mike handed out a proposed schedule for events in 2014 and requested comments and corrections.
Roundhouse Module:
Mike and Dale have completed the construction stage of the roundhouse modules. This addition consists of two 3’ X 6’ modules and two triangular pieces. It will be attached at the PY1 end of the Powel Yard on the orange grove module (C4). The layout will be turned around 180 degrees in the clubhouse to accommodate the new modules, when we return from GTE in December.
Meeting was adjourned at 3:45PM.
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