September 26, 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, Raulf Polichar, Don Briggs, Alex Sibbald, Scott Lewis, Les Smith, Dale Minard, Gary Clemons and Paul De Laurell.

Introduction of New Faces / Show and Tell:

Mike Forys displayed a G scale steam locomotive that was dropped off to be fixed or donated. Ken Sadlock passed around an A.F. 952 combination car he obtained.

Treasurer's Report:

Bob Graves reported that the club received visitor cash donations totaling $539.35 in August with $87.23 of it coming from Venmo. The club showed a loss of $417.08 in August mainly due to an air conditioner maintenance bill and a record high electricity bill.

Standards Report:

N/C

Publicity Report:

N/C

Library Report:

Dale Minard has some file cabinets looking for a new home.

New Clinics:

N/C

SN3 Addition:

Two flood lights need to be changed.

Window Layout Success and Visitor Attendance:

Mike Forys reported that from Aug 19th 2023 to Sept 23rd 2023 the window buttons have been pushed 4,261 times. Windows 1 = 2,606 Windows 2 =1,655, average 121.7 per day over 35 days.

Grossmont total (beginning Feb, 2016) = 288,094

Day one (beginning May,2011) total = 327,652

Old Business:

Club Mural:

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

Window Layouts:

N/C

New Business:

Lego Days:

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

Future Events:

The next meetings will be on Tuesdays, October 17th, 2023 and November 21st, 2023 and will be held at our clubhouse and on Zoom.

Window Displays:

The Streeterville Layout was removed immediately after the September 26th meeting. The Halloween window display 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 will purchase an additional 4 bags of candy to augment the center's supply.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:00 AM.