SHMRRC Minutes for the Monthly Meeting
Date: November 26, 2024

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


 
 Attendees:
            Jeff Graybill, President   
            Dave Bodnar, Treasurer
Rich Aubel, Secretary
Dave Murphy
Dave Maynard
            Dale Vilsack
            David Damp
            Bill Davies
            Jim Yusko
            Ray Farabaugh

 

 Presidents Report:

 The Mt. Lebanon Uptown Holiday Market is scheduled for Saturday, December 7th from 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm.  We will be setting up on Friday, December 6th starting at 1:00 pm and continuing until all modules are installed.  

 
In previous years we have seen hundreds of visitors to the layout so any member is encouraged to attend on Saturday to help with the crowd.  Teardown will occur immediately after the show.

 Locomotion Weekend at the Science Center is still scheduled for January 18th and 19th pending a Steelers home playoff game. Since we don’t have a meeting scheduled before the event Jeff will notify members if anything changes from previous years.

 Carnegie Library has been finalized for April 4th and 5th,2025 and will be discussed at a future meeting.

 

 
 Treasurers Report:

 Total in the treasury is $5,862.25 with $710.00 cash on hand and $5,152.00 in checking.

 

 
Program:

 Dave Bodnar continued with part 2 of his presentation on LEDs.  This program centered on wiring LEDs in series and parallel.  Dave covered blinking LEDs, the importance of voltage applied to the circuit, and current limiting resistors.

 Dave also presented a flexible string of micro LEDs and informed the members of where it can be purchased.

 

 
Next Meeting:

 Because of the Christmas Holiday there will be no meeting in December.

 The next SHMRRC meeting will be at the Mt. Lebanon United Lutheran Church at 7:00 pm on January 28, 2025