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Called to order 8:10TMRCST
Attendance: 8R&A, 2G
1) Motion to skip minutes MPU
2) No consitutional ammendements
3) Governor Reports:
T. O'Reilly - in-room phone system problems fixed, phones
being installed. New phones installed in Middle heights and
Berkmannville. Phone system supports up to 18 lines.
G. Zaytman - no report
4) EAMOTFOMITC
5) Officer Reports
Treasurer - Club needs soda, which is on sale at Star Market
Scenecomm - Gifford City Fireproof Warehouse completed. Scenic
materials organized in rolling bins under the layout. Buildings
from old layout now stored on top of book shelves.
S&P - No report
C&L - No report
MoW - Way has been maintained. Portions of F-yard now working.
6) Old Business
none
7) New Business
Open house in five weeks. Need to start preparing. No work that
breaks mainline should be started until after OH. Need to invnetory
and test car/loco fleet to assemble suitable trains for open house.
Need to prepare publicity materials. Want to have trolley system
working with two-rail operation. Asked A. Madlinger to video tape
open house for future promotional use. Floor will be cleaned in
advance.
IAP event - members asked to consider planning events for IAP.
Possibly a trip to Amtrak/MBTA facilites.
NSMRC/SSMRC open houses next weekend. Members will be asked if
interested in having a club trip.
Budgets:
SceneComm - $200
Car/Loco - $400
Sig/Pow - $300
MoW - $150
Publicity - $50
S&P encouraged to seek funding from Edgeton Center for major
electronics projects. Club will seek UA funding for publicity
purposes.
Spring 2005 Open House scheduled for 30 April
Fall 2005 Open House scheduled for 19 November
8) Adjourned
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