October 17, 2023 - Meeting Summary

The San Diego S-Gaugers held the September club meeting at our clubhouse and on Zoom. Attendees were: Mike Forys, Ken Sadlock, Robert Graves, Don Briggs, Alex Sibbald, Scott Lewis, Les Smith, Dale Minard and John Racey.

Introduction of New Faces / Show and Tell:

Mike Forys passed around a newspaper article about late SDSG member Gary Jarvis.

Treasurer's Report:

Bob Graves reported that the club received visitor cash donations totaling $358.03 in September, the highest September amount in club history, with $55.06 of it coming from Venmo. The club showed a net gain of $21.24 mainly due to an air conditioner maintenance bill and a record high monthly electricity bill this year.

Standards Report:

N/C

Publicity Report:

N/C

Library Report:

N/C

New Clinics:

N/C

SN3 Addition:

Two flood lights were changed utilizing a suction tool obtained for that purpose.

Window Layout Success and Visitor Attendance:

Mike Forys reported that from September 23rd 2023 to October 14th 2023 the window buttons have been pushed 3,135 times. Windows 1=1,908 Windows 2 =1,227, average 149.3 per day over 21 days.

Grossmont total (beginning Feb, 2016) = 291,239

Day one (beginning May,2011) total = 330,787

Visitor Total since 2016 = 85,903

Old Business:

Club Mural:

The Mural barn door is painted and is ready for barn door hardware. Mike Forys created a fixture to locate rivets on the mural and adhered the first column of rivets successfully.

Window Layouts:

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New Business:

Lego Days:

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

Future Events:

The next meetings will be on Tuesdays, November 21st, 2023 and December 19th, 2023 and will be held at our clubhouse and on Zoom.

Main Layout:

A circus display has been located on the S curve temporarily until the permanent town is completed.

Window Displays:

The Halloween window display has replaced the Streeterville layout.

The fall farmers market replaced the baseball game on the Liberty Loop layout.

2024 Preliminary Calendar:

Mike Forys passed around a preliminary 2024 calendar for review.

Halloween:

Grossmont Center is having its annual Halloween candy giveaway from 3pm to 5pm on Tuesday, October 31st. Mike Forys bought an additional 4 bags of candy to augment the center's supply.

NMRA:

The NMRA has reached out to us about the possibility of SDSG hosting a NMRA quarterly meeting at our clubhouse. The members voted to pursue the possibility.

Mike Forys will need all member's NMRA membership date and membership number at the next meeting.

Erector Set Corner:

Scott Jarvis picked up the erector set assemblies. Two G Scale models took their place.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:55 AM.