Mid- Eastern Region of the NMRA
| DATE |
TOPIC |
CLINICIAN |
| February 27, 2021 | "Building a Flat Car; Scratch Building Made Easy" | Martin Brechbiel |
| March 13, 2021 | "TBA" |
"TBA" |
| April
10, 2021 |
"Painting
Back Drops" |
"Ken
Wilson" |
POTOMAC DIVISION NEWS
ELECTIONS PROCESS UNDERWAY
The Board of Directors has initiated the Board of Directors Elections process. Current bylaws provide for three of the Board of Director positions to be open to election which are currently held by the Division Superintendent, Division Senior Assistant Superintendent and Division Clerk, all of whose two year terms are expiring this year. The elections will take place by ballots sent to Potomac Division members by mail due to the uncertainty of being able an in person Annual Meeting because of the coronovirus restrictions.
IMPORTANT DATES
concerning the Election process are as
follows:
April
1st- The Potomac Flyer and Division
emails will provide a list of candidates
for office for the membership to
consider.
April 26th (Midnight)- Deadline for receipt of ballots by the Nominations Committee.
May 1st - First meeting of the new Board of Directors.
May 8th - The winning candidates an the Board of Director positions (if possible) will be announced to the membership by posting on the Division's Groups.IO, Division emails, and on the Division's website.
June
1st- The winning candidates and the
Board of Director positions will be
announced to the membership in the
Potomac Flyer.
DIVISION ANNUAL
MEETING-
On
April 18th as a part of the Virtual
Clinic scheduled that day, there will be
a virtual Annual membership meeting
using the Zoom platform. At this time it
is planned that Tony Koester will
present his Virtual Clinic on "Update on
the Nickel Plate" then the Annual
Meeting will take place, and after the
Annual Meeting another virtual clinic or
railroad tour will take place. During
the Annual Meeting bylaw amendments will
be discussed and voted upon. Click here to view
the proposed new bylaws.
POTOMAC
DIVISION VIRTUAL CLINICS-
The
Potomac Division holds Virtual Clinics on the the
third Sunday of each month which start at 3:00
P.M. and run until they are completed. All
Virtual clinics are
presented using the Zoom video
platform which
will allows attendees to have
video and audio, video only, or
just listen access. Click here
for Information on how to use
Zoom. An
email with information on how to
access the on-line clinic will be
sent to the PD membership prior to
two weeks prior to the clinic and
reminder emails will be sent one
week prior and the day of the
clinic.
Here is the schedule:
| DATE | TOPIC | CLINICIAN |
| March 21, 2021 | "The Art and Technique of Lighting Buildings and Streets" | John Sethian |
| April18,
2021 |
"Update
on the Nickel Plate" |
Tony
Koester |
| May16, 2021 | "Oregon Coast Railroad" | Mat
Thompson |
If you have a topic you would like to present contact Andrew Dodge, our Senior Assistant 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.
POTOMAC
FLYER LOOKING FOR ARTICLES
The
staff of the Potomac Flyer is looking for articles
on railroad related projects our members are working
on during the Coronavirus 19 restrictions. If you
have something please reach out to them and share
what you have. You can contact the staff by clicking here.
