HO MOD SIG MONTHLY MTG. MINUTES, June 16, 2007, Andy’s Diner in Seattle
Norm Curtis, Chairman

COMMENTS:
1. Meeting Date: The next meeting is July 14 ‘07, 8:30 a.m. site unknown. IMPORTANT: BECAUSE ANDY’S DINER IS CHANGING ITS OPENING TIME TO 11:00, IT WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE FOR US. MAKE SURE THAT YOU OBTAIN THE NEW LOCATION.

PAST SHOWS:
2. None

NEXT SHOWS:
3. Snoqualmie Days: August, Peters
No news on this one yet.

4. Auburn Good Ol’ Days: August 11-12, Tabor
It is Aug. 11-12, with a set-up on Friday the 10th. We will be 32X16. Rob, Mike, and Ross would like some help with this show. Let them know if you plan on attending and when.  Rob is going to pick up the trailer before the show either at Schneiders’ house or mine, yet to be decided. I will pick up the trailer on Sunday. Also note that Aug 11 is our normal breakfast day, so breakfast will need to be adjusted in August. Directions will be forthcoming.

NEW BUSINESS:
5. Volunteers for TTMT: Curtis, The TTMT show committee is recruiting volunteers, mostly for the coordinators of volunteers and report to the show committee. A list of still unoccupied positions was circulated (as well as a subsequent email showing updates). If you or someone that you know would be good at any of these positions have them contact Sue Evans
OLD BUSINESS:
6. Own Road Names: Curtis, The winner of our road name for our layout vote was Seattle, Portland, and Eastern, SP&E. Now we are looking for a proper logo to go with that name. Mike Slease is coordinating that search.
7. Ops at Cherry Valley: Tom
More details were ironed out and dates of participation were confirmed for those present. If you did not attend, please get in touch with Tom or Phone: 425 788 1291 and let Tom know the days that you will attend.
8. Ops at the SP&E, Curtis
We briefly worked on some details of our operations. Most of the discussion centered on the source and quantity of rolling stock and locos for our ops sessions.
One helpful concept is that the total numbers of cars should not exceed half the total capacity of the sidings, spurs, and yard to prevent clogging up the system.
It was also sort of agreed that the owners of the modules with suitable sidings and spurs provide the cars needed to "operate his module" and provide a "description" of the cars, siding size, etc. to me. (The details of this "description" are as yet unknown, so wait for more information on this before sending me any information.) Having this information and knowing who is participating, the dispatcher can quickly determine the total number and types of cars needed. In general, the owner should provide up to about 3 - 4 cars of each type (substitutions allowed). We’ll see how that number works out.
9. Status of NCE Software Upgrade: Curtis
Here waiting to be installed, probably at the Lynden show
10. Status of Railfan trip to Georgetown: Curtis,
Dropped
11. Status of Scole's layout visit, Jones,
Mike Jones is going to set this up in the fall, on Sunday.
12. Status of UTP Panels on Corners: Curtis,
Bob has the sockets and wires and UTP Panels. I hope to have these ready by Lynden.
13. Status of Train Running Board: Curtis
Bob B. has this ready to go. On site by Lynden
14. Status of WEBSITE: Ellis
Work continues on the WEBSITE revision.