SHMRRC Minutes

SHMRRC Minutes for the Monthly Meeting

Date: April 30, 2024

The meeting was held at Mt. Lebanon United Lutheran Church, President Jeff Graybill presiding.

Attendees:

Jeff Graybill, President

Warren Ashbrook, Vice President

Dave Bodnar, Treasurer

Rich Aubel, Secretary

Dave Murphy

Dave Maynard

David Damp

Bill Davies

Jim Yusko

The Greenberg Train Show in Monroeville is scheduled for August 3^rd and 4^th. NMRA Div 2 has applied to exhibit in all Greenberg shows this year but SHMRRC is partnering with Div 2 only for the August show. Because of our commitments to Locomotion Weekend in January and Mt. Lebanon in December, we will not be submitting an application for the other Greenberg shows. All members with modules are free to join with Div 2 for any show and combine their modules in the layout.

SHMRRC has been invited back to the Carnegie Library next year. The necessary improvements in advertising and scheduling were discussed and the consensus was that we would try another event and work with the library in promoting the show. The contact at the Carnegie Library suggested another March date but we won’t set anything up until September due to the lack of information about possible members’ commitments to school programs.

We have already been contacted by the Science Center about participation in Locomotion Weekend in January 2025. Further information about dates will be announced at a future meeting.

The balance in the treasury is $5,152.25 in checking and $650.00 cash on hand for a total of $5,802.25.

A work day will be scheduled for a Saturday in the near future to bring all members’ modules up to our club standard. We follow the basic Freemo standards (see www.shmrrc.org) with some modifications for our club. Each module will have an auxiliary power supply bus and Digitrax DCC socket and wires installed. A system of connecting jumper wires will be used for connections at shows. The necessary supplies will be purchased through the club treasury. Jeff will email the membership with the date for the work day.

Ideas for future program topics were solicited from the members. One suggestion was to discuss the tools that are most helpful for a model railroad. This has been scheduled for the May meeting. Each member is encouraged to bring in their most useful tools for any aspect of model railroading for a lively discussion.

Also, it was suggested that information about 3-D printing would be helpful. This topic will be scheduled for the June meeting.