Courtesy of Paul Webb, there are now 24 pictures from the Christmas Party now available in the gallery.
Image: Cliff and Harry (on the BBQ)
Courtesy of Paul Webb, there are now 24 pictures from the Christmas Party now available in the gallery.
Image: Cliff and Harry (on the BBQ)
As advised at the last General Meeting, Irv Woolley (pictured above) has resigned his position as a Committee Member, due to relocation back to the UK (again). Pursuant to clause 10 of the club’s constitution, this creates a casual vacancy in the Committee that must be filled at the next General Meeting on Wed. 19th 21st January 2009. Accordingly here is a nomination form for this position: Nominations Form Dec 2008
Candidates for the position must be nominated and seconded in writing by financial members of the Club, and the nomination form must contain the candidate’s signed consent to the nomination. Completed nomination forms must be lodged with the Secretary at least 21 days prior to the meeting (i.e. no later than Wed. 31st December 2008). Either pin it to the noticeboard or post it to the Secretary before the end of the year. The notice of General Meeting and postal ballot form (if required) will be distributed on Wed. 7th January 2009.
At the last General Meeting, the possibility was discussed of expanding the committee by up to two additional positions to balance the increased work load of the committee. However, clause 8 (ii) (e) of the club’s constitution is clear in only allowing three committee members. Allowing additional committee members will require amending the club’s constitution.
However, clause 8 (iv) does allow the committee to appoint additional members for the purposes of forming a sub-committee with non-voting rights. As such, I suggest if more than one person nominates for this vacant committee position, anyone who is unsuccessful in the ballot may still be considered by the committee for inclusion in a sub-committee.
Image: Irv Woolley at his farewell dinner (the first one!) in January 2008
As discussed and decided at the November general meeting, the annual WAMRC Christmas BBQ will be proceeding this year as it has for the past several.
Saturday 20th December 2008, 5pm onwards. BYO meat & drinks — the club will supply the BBQ (and gas), bread, salads and condiments. And of course bring some money so you can buy an ice-cream for afterwards!
Image: Harry & George hard at work on the BBQ, Christmas 2004
The December newsletter from Rail Heritage is now available: 12–08-newsletter
As often happens in these days of mass email marketing, we received some unsolicited information (aka SPAM) about a new DCC based modular model railway control system for controlling all your layout accessories (e.g. signals, points, turntables and lights). A quick browse of the web site and it seems legitimate enough and as it purports to be Australian designed and made, I thought it was worthwhile posting up on the web site.
So if you are interested, point your browser at http://www.railconmodels.com/ and check it out for yourself. (Usual disclaimers apply of course — we neither endorse or nor recommend in any way the products offered by that web site. Please exercise caution when purchasing anything over the Internet.)
The December issue of the AMRA Branchline magazine is now available: AMRA Branchline December 2008
We received a nice note from Ian Jenkins at the Edmonton Model Railroad Association (our sister club in Canada). They were so impressed with our donation of a copy of Rails Through the Bush earlier in the year that they built a special holder for it and mounted it on the wall of their clubrooms rather than simply file it away in their library!
In other news, Geoffrey Higham (Rail Heritage WA) tells me that Latest issue of the Westland journal is now available from the entry kiosk. Apparently if WAMRC members identify themselves appropriately (e.g. by wearing the club green shirt uniform), we can pick it up for $6 (same as Rail Heritage members) instead of the normal $7 cover price. Please make enquiries at the Rail Heritage kiosk if you are interested.
The November issue of the RailHeritage WA newsletter is now available: 11–08-newsletter
An interesting point to note in the newsletter is that the museum is planning to change their opening hours next year to open on Sundays and Wednesdays (not just in school holidays), but not on public holidays. Contrary to what is stated in the newsletter (“The WAMRC will also be open on those days”), we are yet to formally discuss this at a general meeting of the club (it will be discussed at the general meeting on Wednesday 19th November). It was discussed at the last committee meeting and we struggled to see how we can achieve this given the small number of our members who are available to open the club on Wednesdays… we shall see!
The next General Meeting will be held at the club on Wednesday 19th November 2008 at 8pm. Please see the Notice of General Meeting (19/11/08) for more details. The minutes from the last General Meeting are now available on the members page.
Image: An example of the new T‑Gauge models (1:450 scale) now coming out of Japan
As promised, lots of photos of Weepy Junction from the N‑Scale SIGs trip to the 2008 Albany Hobby Expo at the beginning of October are now available in the galleries page.
Image: Cars in the carpark of the new station terminus on “Weepy Junction”