The North Penn S Gaugers started in March of 1998. At our first meeting we agreed to meet in members homes on a monthly basis. At the first meeting we agreed to build a modular layout with the club owning the 4 corners and members building 4' straight sections. Today our layout measures 16' x 24' with more modules being built. We show our modular layout in at least 5 train shows per year. Our layout is presently stored in one member's basement between shows. We have 24 members and just agreed to have 10 official in home meetings a year.
Staying on the NPSG branchline of NASG track, Glenn > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 08:52:05 -0700 > From: "JOHN EICHMANN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: 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/
