Mid- Eastern Region of the NMRA
| DATE |
TOPIC |
CLINICIAN |
| July 16, 2022 ** | "Layout
Problem Solving" |
John
Swanson |
| August
20, 2022*** |
"Division
Structures Workshop" |
Kurt
Thompson, MMR |
| September
18, 2022 |
"Turning
Plastic into Wood in all Scales Inexpensively" |
Nicholas
Kalis and Gary Eames |
POTOMAC DIVISION NEWS
JULY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
The
Board of Directors meeting will be
held on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at
7:30 P.M. using the Zoom Virtual
meeting platform. To register to
attend the meeting click on the
following link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctf-usrD4jHtBTZRHq3LztwbXGz3bfdRhf
After registering you will receive an email with the link to the BOD meeting. The agenda will be available before the meeting date.
MARSHALL
ABRAMS AWARD RECIPIENT ANNOUNCED.
The
Division's ANNUAL
MEETING took place on
Sunday, May 1st. Please
join
the Board of Directors
in congratulating Mat
Thompson as the
recipient of the
MARSHALL ABRAMS AWARD
for 2021-2022. Due to
the meeting being
virtual Assistant
Superintendent Ernie
Little (on the left)
presented the award to
Mat (on the right).
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE
The Division is seeking donations of HO scale rolling stock, locomotives, track, or structures to be used with a previously donated layout kit that the Division donated to a local church group to allow the children to learn about model railroading. If you have something you can donate please contact Jerry Stanley.
POTOMAC
DIVISION MEMBERS IN ACTION
Eleven
Potomac Division members were at the Great Scale
Model Train Show (GSMTS) the weekend of February
5th and 6th staffing the Potomac Division booth.
The Board of Directors thanks all involved and
appreciates their time spent and also thanks the
GSMTS organization for their donation of the
table space for our booth. This kind of activity
is important to the recruitment of members and
supporting the model railroad hobby. The
following members participated:
| Bob Yetter | Nick Kalis | Gary Eames | Ken Wilson |
| Doug Hess | Thomas Washburn | William Mosteller | Mike Powers |
| Tim Tilson | Mike Fleming | Paul Hutchins |
2022
ELECTION RESULTS ANNOUNCED
The 2022 election process has been completed. Jerry Stanley was re-elected as the Paymaster and Ernie Little was re-elected as Assistant Superintendent.
WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS OF THE DIVISION -
Please
join the Board of Directors in welcoming new
members to the Potomac Division by reaching
out to them and helping them settle in to
their new Division.
| SEPTEMBER | OCTOBER |
| Keith Jordan - Germantown, MD | Daniel Travis - Dulles, VA |
| NOVEMBER | |
| Charles Hall - Waldorf, MD | Keith Jordan - Germantown, MD |
| Kipp Martin - Washington, DC | Diego Procacci - Manassas, VA |
| DECEMBER |
|
| Kimball Carpentier -
Poolesville, MD |
Chris Pigott - Clifton, VA |
| Michael Zazzero - Clifton, VA | |
| JANUARY - 2022 |
|
| Jack Riegel - Alexandria, VA | |
| FEBRUARY, 2022 |
|
| Dave Smith -
Springfield, VA |
Kestutis Pauliukoni -
McLean, VA |
| Ralph Hix - Manassas,
VA |
David Legal - Pomfret,
MD |
| Gregg Cassidy - Silver Spring, MD | John Berg - Fairfax, VA |
| Edward Mason - Falls Church, VA | |
| MARCH - 2022 | |
| Phil Bell - Vienna, VA |
Roger Blocker - Forestville, MD |
| APRIL - 2022 |
|
| William Broadus -
Cheverly, MD |
Charles Kaltwasser -
Solomons, MD |
| David Strohmeyer -
Gainesville, VA |
|
The
Potomac Division Virtual Clinics are normally held
on the the third Sunday of each month and
are
presented using the Zoom video platform.
This
allows attendees to have video and audio,
video only, or just listen access. Click here for
Information on how to use Zoom. An
email containing information on how to
register and gain access the on-line
clinic is sent to the PD membership email
list prior to the clinic. Here
is the what is on tap for the next three months:
| DATE |
TOPIC |
CLINICIAN |
| July
17, 2022 |
"Building
a Programming Track" |
Ernie Little, MMR |
| August
21, 2022 |
"Deconstructing
a Track Plan" |
Bob
Sprague |
| September
18, 2022 |
"TBD" |
"TBD" |
If you have a topic you would like to present contact Martin Brechbiel, our Superintendent.
If
you want to see a list of ALL Potomac Division
clinics, both virtual and "Build and Take" click here.
Past Virtual clinic videos are posted on the Potomac Division's YouTube Channel, "Potomac Division Mid Eastern Region NMRA". Click here to access the Virtual Clinic area of the clinic page.
The
Potomac Flyer staff would like to know if you have
included any tributes to your hometown on your
layout. And that’s why their next Challenge for the
August-September issue asks members to send in
photos and a description of any element on a layout
that pays homage to your roots. Your entire layout
doesn’t have to be based on a hometown. You may only
have a single “tribute” like a structure or
landscape feature or anything reflecting a hometown
link – maybe just the name of a childhood friend
that you put on a store or factory or mountain. Many
of you probably have different hometowns to draw on,
so think about that, too. Let’s see what you have to
offer. Send your submissions to: Potomac-Flyer@potomac-nmra.org.
The deadline is July 10th.
This
contest
is only open to Potomac Division members.
The
staff of the Potomac Flyer thanks everyone who
submitted an entry for the Landscape Feature
(non-water) and (water). Check them out in the May -
June and July - August issues.
PRIOR POTOMAC DIVISION CHALLENGES
To see the prior Potomac Division Challenges Click here to see the submissions.
