ALL ABOARD January 2019 New Year New Deal New Start Throughout recorded time whenever a crisis has arisen which required either a change in perception or routine, we have found it necessary to adapt or change our way of doing something to meet that need. We have arrived at such a junction. It has become necessary to change our ways of dealing with information and the manner in which it is disseminated. In other words We are making some changes to the newsletter. Sorry to have been edge of the seat apocalyptic and all, but hey, we are the news and catchy headlines are what sells papers. During the Annual Christmas party, a few of us were chewing the fat, which by the way was not in any of the dishes Jim served up. But anyway, it was mentioned during the talk that perhaps our newsletter should become more like that of some other clubs or organizations and include more news and articles of interest. In that light from this point on I will be issuing the meeting minutes a day or so following the meeting and we will be actively seeking contributions of articles, photos, news from members, work in progress and so forth. This can be an article from members on how to projects, pictures of your layout, new train stuff Santa brought you, reports from an out of town show you attended, etc. It doesn t need to be a doctoral thesis, just some info, a few pictures, general information. We could have a small classified section maybe for members to list items for sale. These are just a few of the possibilities we can explore. We can discuss other possibilities at the meeting. Our next train show will be the SAMRA 43rd Annual Fall Jamboree and Train Show, Feb 23rd and 24th at the Garden Ridge Community Center in beautiful downtown Garden Ridge. The center is located at 9500 Municipal Parkway. This venue is a smaller venue, so the layout will not be a large one. Following that, our next show will be the 31st Annual NBRRM Train Show Jamboree on April 13th and 14th at the New Braunfels Civic Center. This show traditionally has us on the stage and we are still in the layout design phase on this one. Please make a note on your calender that due to the show date the April meeting will be held one week early on April 6th. I will remind you in future newsletters. The Christmas party was great and if you weren t there you missed a great party. Lots of food, lots of fun, lots of members (18). See ya at the next one. We had a good turnout for our layout at TTM for their Christmas Gala. We were strategically located near Santa s throne and they had to go past the layout to get to the Jolly one. Many thanks to those who manned the layout, I was ther only two nights but saw such notables as Jim Ciliberto, Ray, Mark, Bob A, Gary, Tom, Jim Cottrell aka (SC), Nathan, and I m sure a few others I can t remember or were there on the days I wasn t there. I m sure the folks at TTM appreciated the help and hopefully saw what we are capable of doing. San Antonio N-Trak Association A 501(c)3 Tax Exempt Organization www.santrak.org SANTRAK Board Ray Bennett Superintendent Bill Carpenter Paymaster Robert Williams Stationmaster Pam Deibert South Side Yardmaster Eric Amundsen North Side Yardmaster You can contact them via the website. Bob Williams Stationmaster
2 Page 2 Januar y 2019 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 New Years Day 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Monthly Meeting at Hobbytown USA @ 10:30 am 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
3 Page 3 Februar y 2019 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Monthly Meeting at Hobbytown USA @ 10:30 am 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 43rd Annual SAMRA Train Show and Jamboree 24 43rd Annual SAMRA Train Show and Jamboree 25 26 27 28
4 Page 4 CHANGES IN CONTACT INFORMATION If you change an address, e-mail, phone #, etc., please let us know. If you don t tell us, we don t know!
5 Page 5 SANTRAK Business Meeting Agenda January 12, 2019 10:30 AM Hobbytown USA Standing Business 1. Review Minutes of December Meeting 2. Financial Report 3. Membership Report 4. Train Show Participation Upcoming Shows SAMRA Train Jamboree Feb 23rd and 24th, 2019 New Braunfels Railroad Museum 31st Annual Fall Train Show 5. Clinics 2019 Schedule Cutting Custom length Kato Unitrack, Kevin, January Industrial Piping by Gary and Doug, February Track Cleaning car build, Eric, March Old Business New Business Possible subjects Build a Track Cleaning Car (Eric A) Building Open Loads Workshop (Bob W) Basic Airbrushing Airbrush Weathering CAD Signage Tree Workshop (Kevin B) Static grass (Bob W)
6 Page 6 Superintendent s Corner No report this month.
7 Page 7 SANTRAK General Membership Meeting Minutes Dec 15, 2018 1. Meeting called to order at 10:42 am by Superintendent Ray. 2. Members present: Bob W, Pam, Bob A, Tom, Jim Co, Jim Ci, Eric, Ray, Dick, Mike, Gary, Kevin, Mark, Bill, Frank, Doug, Suanne, and Susan 3. Minutes were approved as written. 4. Financial report was read by Bill. 5. Membership report shows 25 members, 18 Full, 7 Associate/Student, 9 needed for quorum 6. Train Shows 6.1 SAMRA 43rd Annual Train Jamboree Feb 23-24, 2019 6.2 NBRRM 31st Annual Fall Train Show Jamboree April 13-14, 2019 7. Clinics Custom Cutting Kato Unitrack by Kevin, January 2019 Piping clinic by Gary and Doug February 2019 Making a track cleaning car by Eric, March 2019 8. Raffle Layout 8.1 Raffle layout 2018 was given away Dec 8th to Elizabeth C. of New Braunfels 9. OLD BUSINESS 9.1 Clubhouse search ongoing 9.2 TTM Christmas program participation pending, Eric has signup list. See Eric 9.3 Bulverde Civic Center setup cleared for May 11-12, 2019. Setup is on Friday. 10. NEW BUSINESS 10.1 Due to April train show date April meeting will be weekend before, April 6th. Meeting adjourned at 11:16 am B Williams Stationmaster
8 Page 8 REGIONAL TRAIN SHOW SCHEDULE 2018 SAMRA 43rd Annual Jamboree and Train Show February 23-24, 2019 Garden Ridge Community Center 9500 Municipal Parkway Garden Ridge, TX 78266 NBRRM 31st Annual Fall Train Show April 13-14, 2019 New Braunfels Civic Center 375 South Castell Avenue New Braunfels, TX 78130
9 Page 9 DELUXE PHOTO PAGE 2018 Raffle layout winning Ticket