August 22, 2023 - Meeting Summary

The San Diego S-Gaugers held the July club meeting at our clubhouse. Attendees were: Mike Forys, Ken Sadlock, Robert Graves, Raulf Polichar, Don Briggs, Alex Sibbald, Scott Lewis, Les Smith, Dale Minard,, Gary Clemons and Tim Lewis.

Introduction of New Faces / Show and Tell:

Dale Minard displayed S-Scale trucks and train cars that he purchased at the NASG Convention that he attended. Tim Lewis told the club about train sets sold at Golden Gate Depot. Mike Forys passed around the latest Lionel Catalog 2023 Volume 2

Treasurer's Report:

Bob Graves reported that the club received visitor cash donations totaling $265.64 in July with $33.86 of it coming from Venmo. The club showed a net profit of $107.98 in July.

Standards Report:

Raulf Polichar reported that the PY1 T6 switch is fixed. It required moving the switch motor slightly. Raulf explained how he will use the test track to aid in troubleshooting and programming. Door bell button problems for the Streeterville layout have been fixed.

Publicity Report:

N/C

Library Report:

Dale Minard currently has 58 magazine titles in the SDSG Library.

New Clinics:

N/C

SN3 Addition Status:

The club discussed the obstacles and solutions involved with train operations.

Window Layout Success and Visitor Attendance:

Mike Forys reported that from July 15, 2023 to Aug 19th 2023 the window buttons have been pushed 3,997 times. Windows 1 = 2,390 Windows 2 =1,607, average 114.2 per day over 35 days.

Grossmont total (beginning Feb, 2016) = 283,833

Day one (beginning May,2011) total = 323,391

Mike noted that the reduced numbers were at least partially due to the button removal from the window.

Old Business:

Club Mural:

The Mural barn door is painted and is ready for barn door hardware. Mike Forys is creating a fixture to locate rivets on the mural.

Window Layouts:

Dale Minard is working on a tunnel project. Barbie and Ken are visiting Liberty Loop.

New Business:

Lego Days:

The next Lego Build Day will be October 28th, 2023.

Future Events:

The next meetings will be on Tuesdays, September 26th, 2023 and October 17th, 2023 and will be held at our clubhouse and on Zoom. The Streeterville Layout will be removed immediately after the September 26th meeting.

NASG Convention:

Dale Minard presented the club with a description of the convention and brought back a video of the vendor room.

Air Conditioner Maintenance:

Mike Forys presented a potential maintenance contract that would provide a checkup and filter replacement twice a year for $350.

Front Door Gap:

A gap filler has been installed at the front door in order to reduce air conditioner electricity expense.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:59 AM.