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Meetings
March 11, 2007 – The Annual
Meeting and Dinner at Elaine’s was a complete success with an excellent
meal, awards and a good time for all. SEE
PICTURES.
November
10, 2006 - On Friday
evening, ten members of the Nutmeg Division took advantage of the
opportunity to view a slide presentation of a winter trip through Glacier National Park as presented
by Dick Joyce . Also included were additional slide that showed
some of Dick's favorite locations throughout the Northeast.
The Show and Tell portion of the
meeting had an international flavor as Bob Weil, Jr. showed off some of
his English Locomotives and Al Daley showed photos taken during his
recent trip of trams in various countries in the Baltic Sea
area of Europe.
Finally, an informative discussion
was held in regard to various types of DCC installations.
The next membership meeting will be held
on Friday, January 12, 2007. Check the website for
additional meeting information.
October 14 and 15 - The Nutmeg Division will held a modular
layout show at the Vernon Senior Center
right in the downtown area of Rockville
Everyone enjoyed the
modular layouts including Tabaco Valley
and Time Machine. As well as a number of modeling “clinics” including
how to make trees and a bicentennial collection of state cars
Sept 8, 2006 John Sacerdote gave a
clinic on hand laying track and switches. He also brought a "G" Scale
modular section which you could really see the detail in hand laying
rail and switches.
We had two people bring items for
Show and Tell. Peter Luchini showed several
HO cars
He explained how he
weathered them. He also answered questions about his weathering style
at the end of the meeting. Mark
Granville brought a GP-38 which he had detailed. He explained that the GP-38 had a
different sized plow in the front and a different size plow on the
rear. He needs a picture of the
rear so he can finish the model correctly. Can anyone help?
May 12, 2006 Charlie Bettinger presented an informative clinic
“Painting Clouds and Backdrops” at the Membership meeting. Several members brought a sample of
their latest project for all to see.
Al Daley showed a weathering technique he did on a box car, Key
May showed a section for a modular layout he was building and Bob Van
Cleef showed an 1870’s Drover passenger car he was building.
March 12, 2006 Annual
Dinner Meeting
The annual dinner meeting was held at Elaine's Restaurant, Wethersfield, CT.
Fifteen members and guests attended. Officers attending were
acting Treasurer Ken May, and Directors Charlie Bettinger, Jack Kreeger, and George Reitze. Following dinner the
meeting was called to order by Ken May at 4:40 PM.
The three-year director's term for Jack Kreeger
was completed, and he expressed a preference not to be re-nominated.
Charlie Bettinger nominated John Campbell to fill the position,
seconded by Jack Kreeger. The secretary cast
one vote, electing John. The meeting was adjourned at 4:45 PM.
Following the meeting a presentation of steam operation in Hungary, Slovakia,
and Poland
by George Reitze was shown.
(George Reitze. Secretary)
Conventions
2006 National Convention – “Independence Junction” will be held in Philadelphia, Pa. July 2 to July 9 and feature the
Hartford Associates for Railroad Modeling (HARM) among the other layout tours
2009 Hartford National
Convention
Progress was underway toward the National Convention in Hartford on July
5-12, 2009. The contract has been signed by
Hartford National 2009, Inc. and returned to the NMRA
for execution. The NMRA has signed contracts with the Connecticut Convention
Center and the 350 room Marriott Hotel in downtown Hartford.
Negotiations are underway with additional hotels. The train
show will also be in the 140,000 square foot convention center. On Sunday
(January 22nd), the first meeting of chairpersons was held.
During a meeting after the train show in West
Springfield on January 28th, 2009, NMRA representatives
noted that the bus staging area at the convention center is one of the
best they have seen. Target dates for national
publicity were discussed at this meeting as well as the
need to finalize the budget.
Al
Daley is representing the Nutmeg Division for the 2009 convention
in Hartford.
See the Jan,
’06 Flyer page 7 for previous details
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