(NOTE: Minutes presented here are paraphrased summaries of discussions and comments of meeting participants. Only statements with quotation marks represent exact quotes. Content and phrasing of the Minutes is subject to final approval by the board of directors.)

BOD Special Meeting, Sept 27, 2005

Board Members Present: John Lovely, Wendell Goodwin, Tom Paradis, Jerry Snow
Also Present: Guy Forsythe, Joe Cluck

Called to Order by President Lovely.

1. Treasurer's report:
Jerry Snow will provide updated budget report at November board meeting with Club.

2. Membership applications
The Board agreed to discuss a change in the Bylaws with the Club at the November meeting. The change would provide exclusive authority to the Board of Directors to vote in new members, rather than providing for a full club vote on membership. The purpose of this change, should the Club approve, would be to allow the Board to review applications and vote on new members without the natural bias created when new member candidates are present at club meetings for final vote of their membership.Two new members were re-elected to the Club, pending final Club approval given current Bylaws: 1) John Kaufman, 2) Danny Lawson.

3. Club Locomotives:
A new spreadsheet has been sent to all members, including a roster of all club locos with DCC addresses.Bruce Petrarca has painted the Club's two F3-A locos (nee Pennsy) for CNW colors, soon to be decaled for Mountain Pacific Lines. Thanks to Bruce! The Board also considered changing out the decoders in the Club's Athearn locomotives.

4. Fair Operations:
John Lovely announced that a membership input meeting to discuss Fair operations was a huge success, and he provided a summary sheet with membership ideas and feedback. The list was discussed at length by the Board. John Lovely proposed to create a new officer position, "Fair Chairman" or equivalent. The person elected to this position would be responsible for organizing and overseeing the Fair each year, not including the financial obligations. The current "Fair Business Manager" officer position would remain, responsible for selling ads for the Ad Train and securing other funding opportunities such as raffle. Board agreed to pursue the idea of a "Fair Chairman" and will discuss at the next Club-attended board meeting in November. A Fair Handbook was also proposed, the idea accepted in concept by the Board. Said handbook would include Fair policies and operating guidelines for members during the annual County Fair.

5. Divisions:
The Board discussed an idea promoted previously by John Lovely: adding two (?) new board members to fulfill positions equivalent to current Trainmaster. Currently, the board member who fills the Trainmaster officer position is responsible for the entire layout, including all model scales. Instead, the proposal is to elect three "Division Chairs" or equivalent, each representing one of three scales: HO, N, HOn3. This will be discussed with the Club at the November meeting.

6. Update on Club Projects:
The Board discussed ongoing and proposed projects, including North Flag Yard, narrow gauge balloon, Timber Creek scenery, new bridge over Oildale/Flag Yard, South Flag yard, N-scale upgrade, signaling, and control panel. All projects will be discussed further with the Club at the November meeting.

Meeting adjourned.