The meeting was called to order on October 1st at 7:07 PM by Club Vice President Earl Blanchette. The next business meeting will be November 5th and the next Run Day is October 16th.

The minutes for September were introduced. Bill Lancaster made a motion to accept as presented and was seconded by Ed Underwood. The motion carried to accept the minutes as presented.

The Treasurer’s Report was submitted. The report was accepted by Earl Blanchette.

Old Business

Bill Lancaster reported on the Train Show. The raffle layout and Amtrak tickets have been picked up. The recipients were most appreciative. Thanks to Agent Dan and Amtrak! Betty ran through additional details of the show. Bill suggested we consider raising the honorarium for the layout exhibitors. Betty suggested raising the table rent by $5. Mike Ross suggested that these items be submitted for consideration by the Budget Committee.

Betty received the contract from the Convention Center for next year’s show. Joe Teakell made a motion to allow Betty to sign the contract and Bill Lancaster seconded. The motion carried. The show is scheduled September 17-18, 2005.

Pictures and a complete inventory of the layout currently occupying space in Bill Lancaster’s garage and up for bids were available for viewing after the meeting. Bids are due NLT October 15th.

New Business

A nominating committee consisting of Bill Lancaster (N), Dan Ladd (HO), Mort Benjamin (Lionel), and chaired by Earl Blanchette will prepare a slate for next year’s officers. If you aspire to office, please see one of these members.

Dan and Cecilia Ladd ask that you RSVP for the Christmas Party by December 3rd.

Dieter Hiersig submitted an inventory of items available in the club library. This has been a tedious task and he has done an outstanding job.

Nathan Vanaman donated a remote power unit to the Temple Historical Layout.

There meeting was adjourned at 8:12 PM.

The meeting was called to order on September 3rd at 7:15 PM by Club President Ron Miller. The next business meeting will be on October 1st. There will be no Run Day in September.

The minutes for August were introduced. Joe Pyland motioned to accept the minutes as amended. The motion was seconded and the minutes were accepted.

The financial report was introduced and accepted after an explanation by Betty Neill.

Old Business

The club will exhibit at the Temple Mall from 9-9 Saturday, 12-6 Sunday, and 9-9 Monday, 28 & 29 August and 4, 5, & 6 September respectively.

We can’t take the donated layout to the show due to lack of space. Joe Pyland made a motion to accept sealed bids. Bids will be submitted to the Club’s PO Box postmarked not later than October 15th and the winning bid will be determined November’s business meeting. Bob Alston seconded and the motion passed. The layout can be viewed at Bill Lancaster’s home by appointment.

Harold Trammel passed away recently and a memorial tag with his name has been added to the plaque.

New Business

Guests included Rickie Gibson and Chip Eller of Temple. If there names are misspelled a name, it’s because the table fell on the club secretary earlier. Joe Pyland mentioned that the first order of business should be to replace said table, but he never made a motion to do so! We hope to have this fixed shortly.

Overdue library items have been posted.

Train Show Update – Articles will be published in the Temple Daily Telegram and also in their Leisure magazine.

A vendor needs another table with electrical outlet for unique apparatus. Bill Lancaster will discuss this with the convention center.

Dan Ladd submitted a proposal for the Christmas Party party to be held on Friday, December 10th at the Santa Fe Depot. The menu was submitted, and included a choice of pot roast, stuffed chicken, and glazed ham. Gordon Locke made a motion to accept the proposal and Ed Underwood seconded. A vote was taken to decide on the fare. The majority selected stuffed chicken. It was not made clear with what the chicken would be stuffed. The motion passed.

The meeting adjourned at 8:25PM.

The meeting was called to order on August 6th at 7:10 PM by Club President Ron Miller. The next business meeting will be September 3rd, Labor Day notwithstanding. The next Run Day will be August 21st.

The minutes for July were introduced. Bill Lancaster made a motion to accept as presented and Craig Lancaster seconded. The motion carried.

The financial report was read by Betty Neill. She reports we have sold 173 tables for the Train Show thus far. The report was accepted as read.

Old Business

The electricity bills for June and July were reviewed. We are using the air conditioning slightly more than in the past.

The museum would like to have two tables at the show.

Don’t forget the Mall display on 28-29 August & 4-5 September.

New Business

We will set up for the Train Show at the Mayborn Center on Friday evening, September 17th.

Dieter reports many improvements to the Library. Past due materials will be posted on the library door.

The task list for the show has been handed out. If there are any changes, please see Betty. If you have a conflict, perhaps you can work out a swap with another member.

Ed Neill tried to get the American Legion to buy a block of tickets to enable the military entry-free status to the show, but they were not interested. Ed also briefly discussed the importance of pre-sale tickets.

The meeting adjourned at 8:00 PM.

The meeting was called to order on July 9th at 7:10 PM by Club President Ron Miller. The next Run Day July 17th and the next business meeting will be August 6th.

The minutes were introduced. Joe Pyland made a motion to accept as written. The motion was seconded by Bill Lancaster and the minutes were accepted.

The finance report was submitted by Betty Neill and accepted. We have sold 156 tables for the Train Show thus far.

Old business

Clinics – Tell Ron if you would like to give or attend a clinic and on what subject

Fans were purchased and installed throughout the building. These should be used to reduce electrical consumption (A/C usage) throughout the month. We should use the air conditioner only during run and business days. For run days, turn the A/C on at 10 AM and off at 3 PM. Business days on at 5 PM and off by 8 PM. Ed made a motion to implement these changes. Bill Lancaster seconded and the motion passed. A bid was received to insulate the floor. The lease on the building expires in 2 years.

The librarian reports two past-due items. One of them we may not get back. Please return your check-outs promptly.

New Business

Pat Rye, Contractor for the Museum and Dan Ladd had a brief meeting. She wondered if we would be running any separate layouts at the Depot during our Train Show. Some vendors see this as a conflict as it draws people away from the show. We will review this practice for next year’s show.

The librarian reports that there are numerous duplicate magazines. Richard Zamudio made a motion to sell all the excess/duplicates at this year’s show, starting at $0.50 per copy, depending on what the traffic would bear. Mike Ross seconded, and the motion passed.

We will set up at the Mall again as before, the last weekend in August and the first weekend in September. The raffle layout and an HO layout (size to be determined) will be displayed.

Bill reported we will have Amtrak tickets for raffle at this year’s show. We will need to have an appropriate number of raffle tickets printed. Bill will handle the printing of the tickets.

Expected layouts for this year’s show are:

• Z Scale – TBD
• N Scale – AustN, SanTrak
• G Scale – Austin Tin Plate, Chlapek
• HO Scale – ArkLaTex, Doege

Note that young Mr.Chlapek has been holding children’s attention (children of all ages) for more than ten years.

Ed Neil will conduct a clinic immediately following this meeting.

Ed made a motion to adjourn, Craig seconded and the meeting adjourned at 8:15.