Mid- Eastern Region of the NMRA
| DATE |
TOPIC |
CLINICIAN |
| May 8, 2021 | "Scratch Building a Car in Styrene" | Ernie
Litttle, MMR |
| June 8, 2021 | "Carpentry Techniques to Build a Module" | Jerry
Stanley |
| August
7, 2021 |
"Weathering Techniques Using an Air Brush" | Shannon
Crabtree |
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. Election
ballots were mailed to ALL Potomac
Division members on March 30th. Watch
your mail box and remember to mail
your completed ballot back to the
Jerry Stanley, Paymaster and
Election Committee Chair no later
than APRIL 26TH.
IMPORTANT DATES
concerning the Election process are as
follows:
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. Attendance of the virtual clinic and
annual meeting will require members to
REGISTER. To register click here. This session
will start at 1:00 P.M. with Tony Koester
presenting a Virtual Clinic on "Update on the
Nickel Plate". There will be a short question
and answer period associated with the clinic
then the Annual Meeting will take place.
After the meeting Alex Belida will provide
an update to us on the work being done in
followup of his recent layout information
request that will be a will be a feature in
a forthcoming issue of the Potomac Flyer and
the Division website. During the
Annual Meeting bylaw amendments will be
discussed and voted upon. Click here to view the
proposed new bylaws.
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 |
| April18, 2021
Note this
clinic will start at 1:00 P.M. |
"Update on the Nickel Plate" | Tony Koester |
| May16, 2021 | "Oregon Coast Railroad" | Mat Thompson |
| June 20, 2021 | "Sooner Rather Than Later" | Paul
Dolkos |
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.
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.
