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The Cincinnati Northern Model Railroad Club, Inc
Quarterly Meeting
11 July 2023
This quarterly meeting was held at La Rosas' Pizza in Blue Ash, Ohio. Because we could not get our usual room at Slatts Tavern. The meeting was called to order at 7:15. The meeting was short because the pizza restaurant was noisy,and not the best place for a business meeting. There were eight Regular Active Members present.
Kurt Albrecht, Kevin Geiger, Greg Klinker, John Pasqualetti, George Roos, Monty Stein, Joe Suttman, Danny Webb
Because of the noisy room the meetings of the last Business Meeting was passed around of all to read. They were accepted as presented.
Dan Webb gave the Treasurers' report. As of 11 July the club had $13,415.90 in the bank. The General fund had $10,436.93 and the Rainy Day fund $3,300.00. Dan made a correction to the last Business Meeting notes. The total amount on hand should have been $13,781.08. The minutes were accepted as amended with a unanimous second.
PRESIDENTS REPORT: Kurt Albrecht said the construction of new show layout modules is progressing well. The modules will be extremely sturdy and light weight.
Kurt is trying to get grant money from different places so we can rent/lease layout space.
A motion was made to buy turnouts in bulk for the proposed layout in the amount of $300.00. Kevin Geiger made the proposal and motion. This was seconded unanimously. John Pasqualetti has a source that has excellent pricing and he will procure them.
The NMRA Division 7 show will be at Lakota West High School 14-15 October. Later this month we will exhibit the layout at a show in Germantown, Ohio, the first town north of Franklin, Ohio, the southern terminus of the Cincinnati Northern.
NEW BUSINESS; A proposal was made to assemble a tool box to take with the traveling layout to shows for emergency repairs. We already have one for general repairs to the layout. There will be swap meet in Dayton on 10 September.
OLD BUSINESS: Kurt said a first draft of a proposal for grant money had been written covering club organization and programs. This grant proposal is being written by Joe Sunman and Kurt Albrecht.
The meeting adjourned at 8PM with a motion made by Kevin Geiger.
Respectfully submitted,
Greg Klinker, Secretary, Historian