NPRHA Board Minutes - Duluth

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Date Created:	7/13/2001
Keywords:	NPRHA, Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association, Minutes, Board Meeting, Duluth
Contributor:	Robert B. Horne
Author:	Robert B. Horne

NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION=

Minutes, Membership Meeting

D= uluth, = MN, July 13, 2001

Called to order at 2:55 p.m. by President Beach

MSC to approve the agenda.

MSC to approve the minutes of July 22, 2000.

Announcements:

Beach recognized= Board members present.

Bratt gave infor= mation on the train trip on the 14^th on the LS&M and the Sund= ay trip.

The convention n= ext year is at the Portland<= /st1:City>, OR, Airport Holiday I= nn, = July 10-14, 2002. Jim Russell chairs the convention. The Billings convention is July 16-19, 2003.

Robert Farrell f= rom the Lake Superior Railroad Museum explained the Dave Carlson Memorial Fund for Refurnishing NP equipment owned the museum. Contributions were requested.

Officers’ Reports:

President—= Beach: The mailing of 2^nd renewal notices has resulted in a significant increase in membership.= Members will in the future r= eceive a membership card with the renewal notice. Announced John Phillips as t= he new editor of the Mainstreeter.= Expressed appreciation to La= rry Schrenk for his work with the Jackson Street Roundhouse Archive. Thi= s will be an on going cost commitment of the Association. Volunteers are needed to help Larry.

By acclamation Craig Reese was recognized for h= is work as the Mainstreeter editor.

The listing of Sustaining Members in the Mainstreeter was discussed. Also discussed was including the = minutes of the annual meeting in the Mainstreeter.

Treasurer—= McCoy: Financially in good shape. A reserve fund will be estab= lished as a result of a change in accounting procedure. Donations were made this yea= r to the MTM Jackson Street Roundhouse, $2,000.00 and $7,500.00 for the se= cond half of the contribution to Montana Historical Society for the McGee collection.

MSC to accept the Treasurer’s report.

Auditor—Mc= Kee (not present): Audit of Treasurer accounts raised some issues that will be addressed by the Board. One was the need= for a reserve account, which has been established, and another was the need= to integrate the Company Store into the full Association financial statements.

Auditor—Be= rg: Audit of Company store for 1= 999 and 2000 has been done. The= re are issues of the adequacy of with present financial soft ware. Store needs to make quarterly financial reports and be integrated into full Association statements.=

Committee Reports:

Nominations̵= 2;Carlson: The committee recommends that Beach, Bratt, Broderick, and Leach be returned to the Board and that Robert Horne be added to replace Masters.

Nominations from the floor were asked three tim= es, none offered.

MSC that nominations be closed and the Secretary cast a unanimous ballot for the committee nominees.

A question was raised about the possible need f= or a review of the By-Laws.

PublicationsR= 12;Reese (not present): Beach ex= plained delay in publishing of some past issues and technical problems that ensued. Continued need = for articles.

Membership—= ;Snow (not present): Nearly 1= 700 members—the largest ever. But there is a need to enroll younger members. There has been improvement i= n the number of sustaining members. Suggestion was made that the membership application be included with the summer issue of Mainstreeter and members be asked to dis= tribute it to individuals and groups.

PreservationR= 12;Schrenk: Reported progress on the Jackson Street Roundhouse Archive. Schrenk= will be at archives for visitors from 6 to 9 p.m. on the 14^th.

Recruitment̵= 2;Russell (not present).

Company Store—Carlson: no report.

No other business.

MSC to adjourn, 4:25 p.m.

Minutes recorded by Jerry Masters, typed by Philip Beach.