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North Raleigh Model Railroad ClubMeeting Notes Archives |
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Highlights of the Club's Annual Meeting Twenty members and seven guests attended the Club's Annual Meeting held at the Golden Corral Restaurant in Raleigh. We welcomed John Czarny from Chesapeake, VA who attended his first Annual Meeting.
Two train shows were discussed:
Construction on our Apex diorama for the Raleigh Convention Center continued last Saturday. Paul Ohegyi provided a report on buildings for the diorama, their state of construction and what additional buildings are necessary (2 more). Some minor dimensional changes were made, plus it was determined that some selective compression will be needed for some buildings. Some additional photos of downtown Apex were taken to assist in finalizing the street and building configuration. The next construction session will be February 18.
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Highlights of the Club's February 2012 Meeting Sixteen members attended the Club's February 2012 Meeting hosted by David McDowell. Thanks David.
Construction on our Apex diorama for the Raleigh Convention Center will continue on February 18.
Gerry Foster passed around a sign up sheet for 5-Minute Tips and Programs for the remaining months in 2012.
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Highlights of the Club's March 2012 Meeting Fourteen members attended the Club's March 2012 Meeting hosted by Mark Blaustein; two of these members attended via Skype. Thanks Mark.
Construction on our Apex diorama for the Raleigh Convention Center will continue on March 17.
Planning for the display of the various model scales will be started.
Gerry Foster passed around a sign up sheet for 5-Minute Tips and Programs for the remaining months in 2012.
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Highlights of the Club's April 2012 Meeting Fourteen members attended the Club's April 2012 Meeting hosted by Dave Koss. Thanks Dave.
Construction on our Apex diorama for the Raleigh Convention Center will continue on April 14.
Trackwork is essentially complete and the emphasis is now on getting all the needed buildings constructed; a volunteer for one building (firehouse) is needed. Planning for the display of the various model scales will be started.
Gerry Foster discussed 5-Minute Tips and Programs. These are set through the July
meeting. Joe Peacock will document some suggestions he has for the Junior Engineer Program. |
Highlights of the Club's May 2012 Meeting Twelve members attended the Club's May 2012 Meeting hosted by Terry Baker. Thanks Terry. Two members also participated via Skype.
Construction on our Apex diorama for the Raleigh Convention Center will continue on May 12.
Our contact at the Raleigh Convention Center has requested a description of the diorama plus some pictures for review by the Convention Center staff.
Rob Rousseau of CPD 13 will be presenting a program on the Durham & Southern RR at the May 22 CPD13 meeting. Since our diorama is based on the D&S in Apex, plus Rob supplied the track configuration of the D&S for us, we will display our Apex Diorama at the CPD13 meeting on May 22; Joe Peacock will transport the module. A motion was made by John Wallis and seconded by David Derway to reimburse Paul Ohegyi $69.05 for purchase of detail items for the diorama; approved.
Gerry Foster discussed 5-Minute Tips and Programs. These are set through the July meeting. Joe Peacock has constructed a 2' x 4' layout for the Junior Engineer program. He will display and discuss this at the June meeting.
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Highlights of the Club's June 2012 Meeting Eleven members attended the Club's June 2012 meeting hosted by Joe Peacock. Thanks Joe. One member and one guest also participated via Skype.
The Apex Diorama was successfully displayed at the CPD13 meeting on May 22, in support of a presentation by Rob Rousseau about the Durham & Southern RR. It was decided to end our potential exhibit of the Diorama at the Raleigh Convention Center; we are now investigating potential sites for display in Apex and nearby areas. Joe Austin was appointed as the single point contact to work with various organizations for display of the Diorama; the club will develope guidelines for exhibiting the Diorama for use by Joe in discussions leading to an exhibit commitment.
Gerry Foster discussed 5-Minute Tips and Programs. These are set through the August meeting. Joe Peacock has constructed a 2' x 4' layout for the Junior Engineer program, which he displayed at the meeting. Members discussed scencing the layout with Joe.
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Highlights of the Club's July 2012 Meeting Twelve members attended the Club's July 2012 meeting hosted by Joe Peacock. Thanks Joe. Three members also participated via Skype.
The next work session for the Apex Diorama will be Saturday, July 14 beginning at 8:00am, hosted by Joe Peacock. The emphasis at this session will be on final placement of all buildings, as well as planning for completion of the diorama, discussion of venues and dates for exhibition and the plan to eventually convert the diorama into an NTRAK module.
The meeting adjourned at 8:20pm.
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Highlights of the Club's August 2012 Meeting Fourteen members attended the Club's August 2012 meeting hosted by David McDowell. Thanks David. Two members also participated via Skype. The Club voted to renew the fee for the Skype video conference capability (Motion: McDowell/Second: McCurry). The Club also voted to renew our liability insurance at a cost of $425 (Motion: Wallis/Second: McDowell).
Paul Ohegyi will advise the list of the next work session for the Apex Diorama, Current efforts are directed at completing the base for the downtown buildings including the sidewalk, plus trees. The Apex Historical Society will be holding an exhibit on October 14 at the Halle Center. Joe Austin and John Wallis will attend a Board meeting of the historical Society on August 14 where we will offer the Diorama for display (on an 8' banquet table) and a two-table T-TRAK layout.
The Club agreed to present clinics at the Chapel Hill Senior Center on September 29, October 20 and November 17. Topics for the three sessions are:
A box of N scale trains was donated to the club by a lady in Chapel Hill. Thank you.
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