Page Updated January 27, 2012
This months meeting was our annual business meeting where we elected officers. Matt, Mike, George, Gary, Tim, Jim and Sven were all in attendance. Matt announced that for personal reasons, he would not run again for President. E-mailed nominations of Mike Janik for President, Gary Ray for Vice President and Mark J. Redmond for Secretary/Treasurer were announced. No other nominations were brought up. By a unanimous vote all were elected. Matt requested all club items be relocated from his house. Mike Janik will take care of items in the shed except for the scenery materials George wants. The Clubs complete (through 2004) Model Railroader magazine will go up for sale. If we cannot sell or give away the magazines, they will go in the recycle bin.
Mark J. Redmond reported via E-mail that Mark in Denver has not been able to make the club decals yet. The hobby shops that carry the decal paper were out.
Mark also reported via E-mail that Woodland Scenics is releasing new track and wheel cleaning kits. Mark offered anyone in the club to take advantage of the pre-order pricing. Most decided to do a wait and see approach. Mike and Mark will report on what they find after they are delivered.
Discussion re: club Executive Board (EB) (officers plus new position). Mike suggested the idea of past president being part of EB. Gary said he was also familiar with the idea, made a motion that Matt be designated President Emeritus if willing to be such, and added to EB. Seconded, motion passed. Mike suggested this be so noted on club web pages to help provide continuity.
The club also briefly talked about promotional ideas but no real details were discussed.
May's club meeting was left open as the possibility of the ATSF 3751 coming to Phoenix was still in play. One Jaunuary 22, the day after the club meeing, it was confirmed the 3751 will not visit Phoenix. The closest it may come is Congress Arizona.
Our next meeting will be at Tim's home. Meeting time is 1PM.
If you live in the Phoenix metro area, and would be interested in attending our next meeting, just send an E-mail to our President, Mike Janik .
Future meetings:
March 18 - Jim's home
April 21 - Mike's home (Operating session on club layout)
May 19 - Open
June16 - Open
July 21 - Open
August 18 - George's Prescott Valley home
A reminder: You are never too old to have a happy childhood.
Officers and Executive Board
President - Mike Janik
Vice President - Gary Ray
Secretary/Treasurer - Mark J. Redmond
Executive Board
President Emeritus - Matt Furze
We are a round-robin club. We do not have a permanent home - but rather we move from members house to members house on a monthly basis. We share our knowledge and experience with one another, displaying and critiquing each others model making, view prototype train videos, help each other in building our home layouts - laying track, wiring, building scenery and running the trains in a prototype manner. We also go rail fanning on the two transcontinental main lines as well as the dozen or so short lines in Arizona.
The club has a portable modular layout. This layout is a working layout that is run at model railroading events like the city of Scottsdale's annual Railfair event. Work is normally done at these events to show both a running of trains and a demonstration of how to work on a layout providing visitors with help building their own layout.
Annual dues for the club are $20 per year.
Ponderosa North - Goals & Objectives
The PNMRRC participates in the many public model railroad shows and exhibitions in our state. One of our main goals is to inform the public about the great hobby of model railroading. In this capacity, we put on frequent demonstrations of how to build a model railroad - from bench work and wiring, to track layout design, to building structures and scenery to operating the miniature empire. Our members practice their craft in both HO and N scales. Most of our members are also members of the Arizona Division of the Pacific Southwest Region of the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA), and several of our members have been officers or volunteers in the NMRA.
If you live in the Phoenix area and are interested in joining our group, just drop some E-mail to our President Mike Janik.
If you are a member of a rail oriented club or group in Arizona and would like to publicize your activities for free on this site, or if you have any comments or suggestions about this site, just drop a line to the webmaster.
Click on the logo to see a larger view.
These were the 3 previous logos used by the Ponderosa North. The 3 were meant to cover different eras in railroading. The ribbon logo was used in the steam era. The round logo used in the diesel transition era. The right logo was the modern logo which started being used around the 1970's -80's. At one time club member had decals of all 3 and used them on their own layouts.
A while back we ran out of decals. The copies of the logos we did have were not good enough to use as masters to make more and of those in use, the club favored the first logo design. I contacted a friend of mine, Mark Albers, who had designed my railroad logo and another business logo, to help me redo the club logo so we could have new masters. Well, he did that and added some color. After a vote of club members at Railfair 2002 we are proud to announce the new and improved Ponderosa North Model Railroad Club Logo...
This logo could be used today as many companies have gone to a retro look but with updated features.
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