Aug 18, 2020 - Meeting Summary

The San Diego S-Gaugers held the August club meeting on Zoom, a computer at home video session at 10:00AM. Attendees were: Mike Forys, Ken Sadlock, Alex Sibbald, Raulf Polichar, Robert Graves, Wes Noel, Scott Lewis, John Racey and was hosted by Les Smith.

Introduction of new faces / Show and Tell:

Wes Noel showed us his biplane models that he has been working on. Raulf Polichar explained to us how the Flyer passenger cars were coated with copper before aluminum for better adhesian. The cars that he is finishing will be used on the window layout, be named for streets in La Mesa and pulled by a Grossmont Central Engine. Mike Forys claimed that he is making progress on finishing the train station in Powell Yard. John Racey turned the camera on his basement benchwork to show us his progress.

Treasurer’s Report:

Robert Graves stated that there was a box of Flyer trains and accessories donated from a fellow in La Mesa. The donation included an AF 283 Pacific which he repaired for Streeterville.

Standards Report:

Raulf Polichar reported that the long, term window layout button failure has been solved with the latest version of improved doorbell buttons.

Publicity Report:

N/C

Old Business:

Website Update:

N/C

New Clinics:

N/C

SN3 Addition Status:

Ken Sadlock and Mike Forys reported that the right side rockface is complete and the left side effort is waiting on trackwork to be completed. Mike will prepare a schematic from the wiring and Raulf is determining whether the dual gauge track will be powered independently.

Window Layout Success and Visitor Attendance:

As of 08/15/2020 the Window Layout Button 1 has been pushed 511 times and Window Layout Button 2 has been pushed 899 times for a total of 1,410 times since our last meeting, 166,711 times since we first installed one at Grossmont Center and 207,039 times since day one.

Fire Extinguisher:

Mike Forys brought in the fire extinguisher for the annual check.

Future events:

The next meetings will be on Tuesdays, September 22 and October 20 and will be held on Zoom unless shopping center status changes.

Clubhouse:

The clubhouse is available to members for work or to run trains. Notify Mike Forys and he will reserve the timeslot for you and he will notify other members via email.

NMRA:

Bob Graves represented our club at the NMRA PSR zoom meeting (non layout tour) this month.

Work Days:

The club will have a work day to clean and prepare clubhouse before reopening. It was suggested that we don't combine a work day with an Op Session. John Racey suggested that we film our Op session and play it back on the club TV located inside the front door for the public to enjoy. Discussion on track cleaning resulted in Mike sending out an email to members giving the name of the WD40 Contact cleaner which works very well and a link to the Amazon web site where he bought the first can. Mike will also buy another can.

Liberty Loop window layout:

Mike is looking for someone to create a fall scene on an insert for the Liberty Loop Layout. A blank insert is available for decorating.

Opening Clubhouse:

Mike Forys stated that the air conditioner service was due and he was waiting for the serviceman to return his call. Mike Forys will investigate filter options for our unit.

Lego Build Event:

The August 29 Lego day will be cancelled. Lego window display is running intermittently.

Meeting was adjourned at 11:25 AM.

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