September 27, 2014 - Meeting Summary
The San Diego S Gaugers held the September club meeting at the home of Bob Graves. Attendees were: Mike Forys, Bob Graves, Dale Minard, Alex Sibbald, Wes Noel, Jim Paterson, Ken Sadlock, and Les Smith.
Show and Tell:
Bob Graves displayed an A.F. custom Camelback engine that was for sale. Dale brought in the results of his test to create trainloads with unique shapes.
Treasurer’s Report:
Bob Graves reported that we took in $18.13 reselling donated items.
Standards Report:
Raulf Polichar and Mike Forys will be removing the grove corner module from storage in order to repair the switch that has not been 100% reliable.
Publicity Report:
Dale Minard reported that he had notified the local media about our being featured at Grossmont Center during the holidays.
Old Business:
Liberty Station Status:
Mike Forys will be communicating with a contact at Liberty Station to address possible future plans.
SDSG Website:
Bob Graves reported that Sara Kelly’s video has been added to the website. He is going to add information about our upcoming stay at Grossmont Center.
Clinics:
Bob Graves has proposed a train safety clinic in order to pursue one of our stated goals; education about railroading in general.
PSR Regional Convention:
The PSR Regional Convention went very well. We were the largest layout at the convention and became the focal point of the room. Many visitors reported that their first trains were S gauge. There were many who didn’t know that S gauge trains were now available from Lionel and MTH.
New Business:
Future events:
The next monthly meeting of 2014 will be hosted by Mike Forys, on October 25th. The November 22nd and December 20th meetings are scheduled to be held at our layout display at Grossmont Center at 10AM.
Grossmont Center:
The SDSG club has been invited to set up our layouts in a storefront at Grossmont Center in La Mesa for 7 weekends from November to the end of December. The layout will be open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from noon until 7PM. The club will setup two window layouts as well as most of our modular layout.
A preliminary schedule of setup times and train running schedule was passed around so that members could see the commitment required for this activity. Les Smith suggested maybe getting the Boy Scouts or similar group to help with the running of the trains.
The Great Train Expo:
The Great Train Expo has scheduled a show in Del Mar on the 14th and 15th of February. The club voted to attend.
New Clubhouse Search:
Mike Forys and Raulf Polichar met with Anthony from the San Diego Model Railroad Museum to investigate the possibility of piggybacking into the SDMRM 501C3 status. They determined that the situation is not feasible. Mike Forys and Dale Minard have crafted a single page flyer describing the clubhouse that we desire.
Macy’s 3rd Floor:
There has been no new information concerning Macy’s, AGTTA and SDSG.
Lift Bridge Modification:
There was a brief discussion concerning the addition of casters on the lift bridge module. The subject will be addressed again next year.
Reverse Corner and long-range module plan:
These subjects will be addressed again in the future.
Holiday Bowl Parade:
We will not be participating.
2015 Calendar:
Mike Forys proposed moving our meetings from the 4th Saturday to the 3rd Saturday of each month. Everyone agreed that we should try it for 2015.
Flu Shots
Mike Forys reminded everyone to get their flu shots by the middle of October, since we are going to be meeting and greeting the public during the Holiday season.
Meeting was adjourned at 3:40PM.
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