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Potomac Chapter National Railway Historical Society, Inc.
| Montgomery County Executive Office Building | |
| Present: | |
| Gordy Bjoraker, President Bill Holdsworth, Secretary Jay Creswell, Treasurer Jerry Hott, National Director |
Bob Cohen, Director at Large John Sery, Director at Large Bill Hopkins, Director at Large Rick Davidson, Director at Large |
Directors passed a motion to approve Robert Berrien of Gaithersburg as a member of the chapter.
| Silver Spring B&O Station | |
| Present: | |
| Gordy Bjoraker, President Bill Holdsworth, Secretary Rick Davidson, , National Director |
Bob Cohen, Director at Large John Sery, Director at Large Bill Hopkins, Director at Large Jerry Hott, Director at Large |
| Absent: | |
| Marc Laborde, Vice President | Jay Creswell, Treasurer |
President Gordy Bjoraker called the meeting to order at 8:11 p.m.
Board approved a motion to authorize $250 for Rick’s expenses to attend a special meeting of national board in Dallas January 26-27
Rick Davidson reported that John Middlecoff’s widow has donated some of his materials to the chapter. Bob and Rick will review the materials. They may sell them at a chapter meeting.
Directors approved a motion to recommend that the membership sponsor Nick Bass’ tuition at Railcamp, with the provision that in return he would report on his experiences – either through a presentation at a membership meeting or an article in the newsletter. The intention is that the family would be responsible for transportation. Rick will notify Barry Smith.
Directors approved a motion setting the price of the banquet at $38.50.
Bill Hopkins raised the topic of Ara Mesrobian’s slides of the West Penn Traction. Ara is willing to let the chapter use them. John Sery and Bill suggest we scan them. That would preserve them for archival purposes. The chapter could then produce a DVD using them. John suggested we could make 75 copies for sale. John thought that the cost would be $800 to $1200. John and Bill will work up a detailed proposal.
John moved that the chapter offer the books and magazines from our storage locker to the Washington Chapter library in Bowie tower. He has spoken with the librarian. We could consolidate our collection with theirs, but retain ownership. Motion failed. Several directors thought that someone should review the lists of the two collections to identify duplications.
Jerry Hott returned a box of 12 B&O Steam Finale Volume II books to Bob Cohen for return to the storage locker.
Jerry pointed out that the slide contest rules published in the newsletter had an omission. If entries in a category don't meet a minimum number, the prizes are reduced. Directors discussed the future of the slide contest.
John Sery reported that board members should have received invitations to the February 6 premier of the Silver Spring station documentary. He said that the chapter could have a table at the event. The chapter can provide more information for insertion in the credits during post-production.
Meeting adjourned at 10:10 p.m. Two eastbound trains and one westbound train passed during the meeting.
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