John and others: I am the manager (for lack of a better word) for the Greater Seattle S Gaugers. We are a group that gets togeather at each others houses about 9 times a year if I can get enough people to volunteer a house. If we can we try to mix in an SN3 layout to visit, or mayby another size layout. You can learn and enjoy from any size.
We decided long ago ( I go back to 1980, the group goes back to the early 70's) there were to be No officers, No actual rules, No Dues, etc. I set up meetings and 10 or so of the 35+ on the email list show up at that time. We have a good time , play trains, talk, each pay a token door fee to help pay for the homeowners supplying refreshments, and go back to our own lives for another month. In 1980 iwas the youngest in the group and 22 years later I probably still am except now I am in my 50's. we have a mix of Flyer collectors, Flyer operators, Highrail types, scale types, one 2-rail O gauge guy, one Lionel O guy, and now an S and O narrow gauge guy. We don't really have anyone with the motivation to start a clubhouse type layout or even a group layout for shows. I always think of Battlestar Gallactia with its "Rag-Tag group of space ships". Thats our sort of group with a range from excellent layouts to minimal layouts, scale to flyer and beyond. I know I don't have the time with my work but most seem happy with just the monthly meetings. The other problem is that a couple of or members with layouts have passed away and a couple more have moved to warmer (dryer) climates. Just some thoughts Eric Reis Kenmore, Wa. -----Original Message----- From: JOHN EICHMANN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 7:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [S-Trains] Club Meetings? S Friends: I'm curious as to how the various clubs out there handle their meeting locations. Do they have a clubhouse, do they move around to different member's houses, do they pay rent, do they get a donation of space, is their layout permanently mounted, is their layout stored in pieces? Stuff like that. I thought it might generate some discussion and ideas if we share this information. Jeff Madden � do you think it might be worthy of an article in the Dispatch? For the record: the Rocky Mountain Hi-Railers in Boise, Idaho have a donation of storage area for our portable layout from a local government, and we can assemble the layout during a meeting to work on it. We try to repay the donation by volunteering our layout for the annual Depot celebration (City sponsored). We also meet occasionally at members' homes to view a personal layout, have a clinic, watch videos, etc. We would like to find an "angel" to donate a meeting area where we can leave the layout assembled between meetings. What do the rest of you do? Thanks, John Eichmann, Coordinator RMHR Boise S-Trains list sponsor: http://www.americanflyertrains.com All the Flyer you desire...books and accessories too! To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send a note to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ S-Trains list sponsor: http://www.americanflyertrains.com All the Flyer you desire...books and accessories too! To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send a note to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
