December 17, 2019 - Meeting Summary
The San Diego S-Gaugers held the December club meeting at our clubhouse (304 on the mall map) in Grossmont Center at 10:00AM. Attendees were: Robert Graves, Wes Noel, Ken Sadlock, Alex Sibbald, Don Briggs, Raulf Polichar, Dale Minard, Jerry Shiller and Les Smith.
Introduction of new faces / Show and Tell:
Wes Noel brought in several N scale buildings that he constructed from kits. Wes also presented a newspaper article about the sale of the Model Railroad Depot in Old Town.
Ken Sadlock displayed cleaning pads and a San Diego Historical Society Pamphlet titled "High Iron to La Jolla".
Treasurer’s Report:
Robert Graves report stated that we received $347.50 from visitor donations in November. His report stated that we had a monthly electric bill of $156.33.
Standards Report:
Raulf Polichar reported that he has finished both dual gauge turnouts. Raulf described the challenges that the trackage presents and presented potential solutions. He will start work on the new engines for the window layout in January.
Publicity Report:
Les Smith suggested that we conduct model railroad clinics for the general public. He volunteered to publicize them. Les says that he will adjust the "motel style" advertising brochure to match the audience it is tailored to.
Old Business:
Website Update:
N/C
New Clinics:
Visitors often ask about landscaping and how to build a mountain. For really young kids starting out, we might do how to put track together and connect wires to it. It was suggested that we use a suggestion box to query visitors on subjects they would like us to conduct clinics on.
SN3 Addition Status:
The Sn3 layout power to the right side is all hooked up. The high impedance shorts are gone. Layout is ready for hand laying/repairing trackage.
Window Layout Success and Visitor Attendance:
As of 12/14/2019 the Window Layout Button 1 has been pushed 1,737 times and Window Layout Button 2 has been pushed 1,647 times for a total of 3,384 times since our last meeting, 153,328 times since we first installed one at Grossmont Center and 192,710 times since day one. At the current rate we will hit 200,000 pushes in late February; Les will begin collecting thoughts on how to celebrate it.
New Business:
Future events:
The next meetings will be on Tuesdays, Jan 21 and Feb 18th and will be held at our clubhouse (suite 304 on the mall map) in Grossmont Center at 10AM. The NMRA tour has been moved from January to March 14th.
Work Day:
The club will have a work day on Jan 9th at 10:00AM.
Lego Build Event:
The Lego Event will be held on Saturday, December 28th but will start at noon rather than the normal 10:00 AM.
Corner Display Table:
The corner display is completed. Wes Noel set up spotlights to illuminate our new corner display and freight train case. Currently we are displaying an American Flyer Engine from 1933 and an Erector Set Parachute Ride from the 1940's.
Miscellaneous
The O Gauge Model Train Display in Old Town is not closing as previously announced. It was sold and is open under new management. Hours of operation have not changed.
Northwest Short Lines has a new web site up and running: htpps://nwsl.com/
Club Business:
Annual Elections are next month as are annual dues.
Meeting was adjourned at 11:15 AM.
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