November 22, 2022 - Meeting Summary
The San Diego S-Gaugers held the November club meeting at our clubhouse. Attendees were: Mike Forys, Ken Sadlock, Robert Graves, Scott Lewis, Wes Noel, Raulf Polichar, Tim Lewis, Alex Sibbald, and Les Smith.
Introduction of new faces / Show and Tell:
Wes Noel brought in a framed picture for wall display.
Treasurer's Report:
The club received visitor donations totaling $306.71 in October, which is the second highest amount in history for that month. $33.85 of these donations came from our Venmo Account.
Standards Report:
Raulf Polichar has been documenting the Fulgurex switch motor installation. It is the standard switch motor for our main layout. Due to constant buildup of crud on our train wheels, Raulf has been experimenting using kerosine instead of alcohol for cleaning track.
Publicity Report:
N/C
Library Report:
N/C
Website Update:
N/C.
New Clinics:
N/C
SN3 Addition Status:
N/C
Window Layout Success and Visitor Attendance:
From 10/15/2022 to 11/19/2022 the Window Layout Button 1 has been pushed 2,538 times and Window Layout Button 2 has been pushed 2,481 times for a total of 5,064 times, or 247,841 times since Feb 2016 when we first installed one at Grossmont Center and 287,399 times since day one at Liberty station.
Old Business:
SN3 Layout:
It was suggested that we could add some action to the layout such as an engine running back and forth without operator control.
Gilbert Town Transformer:
As of this writing the heat problem was solved by disconnecting the voltmeters.
Club Mural:
The Mural barn door is ready for paint which has already been purchased.
Halloween:
The club passed out candy to trick-or-treaters on Halloween. We had approximately 340 visitors on that day when we were open from 2 to 6 pm to support the shopping center's efforts.
Window Layouts:
A new Halloween insert was replaced by a fall farmers market on Liberty Loop.
The Halloween layout in the other window was replaced with a winter scene.
New Business:
Lego Day:
The next Lego Build Day will be December 17, 2022.
Future events:
The next meetings will be on Tuesdays, December 20, 2022 and January 17, 2023 and will be held at our clubhouse and on Zoom.
15th club anniversary next January will be celebrated on two Saturday’s. 14th as the NMRA PSR San Diego Region layout tour and the 21st for the general public. Need ideas for activities on the 21st.
2023 Calendar:
The club calendar of events was presented, modified and the members voted to accept it.
NMRA status:
The members who were present verified their NMRA membership status.
Holiday Work Schedule:
Members were asked to sign up for Christmas hours.
Officer Nominations:
Next month’s meeting: 2023 Officer Nominations.
Meeting was adjourned at 11:25 AM.
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