October 17, 2015 - Meeting Summary
The San Diego S Gaugers held the Oct club meeting at our new location located at Grossmont Center. Attendees were: Mike Forys, Alex Sibbald, Ken Sadlock, Bob Graves, Raulf Polichar, Al Kiel, and Mark Reinhard.
Introduction of new faces / Show and Tell:
The meeting was preceded by an engine repair clinic and suite preparation. The club welcomed a new member, Rick Kneeshaw, to the club. Rick’s interest lies with DCC controlled trains.
During show and tell the following items were introduced:
Mike Forys displayed several booklets that he acquired. They included Railroads of Colorado, California and Arizona. He also presented a Steam Passenger Service Booklet that listed steam passenger service across the United States.
Treasurer’s Report:
Bob Graves reported another quiet month. We gained $26.65 from visitor donations during our Labor Day appearance at The San Diego Model Railroad Museum however we spent $160.34 for supplies.
Standards Report:
Raulf Polichar is working on the switches that we need to lay track on the three new Gilbert Town Modules (30”)
He is working with several switch manufacturers on a design for production of closed frog switches.
Raulf is also creating a gauge for determining straightness of installed track.
Publicity Report:
N/C
Old Business:
SDSG Website:
Updated with photos and club schedule.
Club Hats:
Ball Caps with our club logo are available for $8.00 to SDSG members.
New Business:
Christmas at Grossmont Center:
The club is rapidly transforming the suite into useable space. Several walls and cabinets have been removed and we are repairing the walls that remain. Ken Sadlock obtained several carpet remnants that we are using to patch the rugs currently in place. Raulf has modified the remote window display control box to allow for a time delay inherent in the new Lionel S gauge engines. He is working on a separate box for the second display. Both window layouts are setup, operational and ready for decorating. Mike Forys brought in 18 ceramic Halloween village houses that we can use for our seasonal window display. The window displays will be ready first and we are attempting to finish enough of the main layout to hold a “soft opening” of the layout to the public on Halloween.
501(c)3 status:
Mike Forys finalized our application and submitted it on Oct 2nd. It will require 16 working days before we know if we have a new status with the IRS.
Future Clinics:
Raulf Polichar suggested that he presents a clinic on DCC operation specific to our layout to allow every member to have the ability to operate the DCC trains.
2016 Calendar
Mike Forys presented a proposed calendar for next year. It will be voted on during the November meeting.
Future events:
The November 21 and December 19 meetings will take place at our Suite in Grossmont Center at 10AM.
Mike Forys announced that the GTE schedule has already been posted and that the Del Mar show is scheduled for Valentine’s Day weekend (2/12/16, 2/13/16, 2/14/16) next spring.
Meeting was adjourned at 3:13 PM.
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