April 21, 2020 - Meeting Summary

The San Diego S-Gaugers held the April club meeting on Zoom, a computer at home video session at 11:00AM. Attendees were: Mike Forys, Ken Sadlock, Alex Sibbald, Raulf Polichar, Robert Graves and was hosted by Les Smith.

Introduction of new faces / Show and Tell:

Mike Forys displayed a staircase that he is building for his station.

Treasurer’s Report:

Robert Graves stated that the revaluation of donated trains, a donation from NMRA member, a reevaluation of Sn3 rolling stock and a low electric bill resulted in a net total of $917.00 income last month despite the clubhouse shutdown due to the Covad 19 pandemic.

Standards Report:

Raulf Polichar reported that he now has 3 Shay engines working for the Sn3 layout.

Publicity Report:

N/C

Old Business:

Website Update:

N/C

New Clinics:

N/C

SN3 Addition Status:

Ken Sadlock stated that he will paint some clouds on the backdrop this week.

Window Layout Success and Visitor Attendance:

As of 04/14/2020 the Window Layout Button 1 has been pushed 197 times and Window Layout Button 2 has been pushed 227 times for a total of 424 times since our last meeting, 161,744 times since we first installed one at Grossmont Center and 202,072 times since day one. The club rewarded the boy who pushed the button for the 200,000th time with a model train set. His photo is on the website and will be hung up in the clubhouse and a certificate is ready for him.

New Business:

Future events:

The next meetings will be on Tuesdays, May 19th and June 16th and will be held on Zoom unless shopping center status changes.

Work Days:

The club will have a work day to clean and prepare clubhouse before reopening.

Lego Build Event:

The Lego Event in April has been cancelled. The next scheduled Lego event is in June.

Club Exhibit Insurance:

Mike Forys explained the cost of insurance to cover layout and member assets. He will add in the window layouts and claims the cost should be less than $250 per year.

Meeting was adjourned at 12:20 PM.

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(There was no meeting in March)