NPRHA Board Minutes - Portland

Uploaded to NPRHA site:<= /p>	3/10/2003
Date Created:	7/14/2002
Keywords:	NPRHA, Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association, Minutes, Board Meeting, Portland
Contributor:	Robert B. Horne
Author:	Robert B. Horne

Minutes of NPRHA Board Meeting &#= 8211; 7/10/2002 R= 11; Portland, OR

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Directors Present:= Beach (P), Bratt (VP), McCoy (T), Horne (S), Dick, Leach, Russell, = Taylor

Director Absent:&n= bsp; Carlson

Managers & Committee Chairs Present: Durr, Kueb= ler, Phillips, Schrenk, Snow, Tarbox, G. Wildung

Called to order at 11:48 a.m.

Approval of Agenda: Unanimous

Announcements:&nb= sp;

Durr s= poke in favor of having a future Annual Convention in Spokane, in spite of there

having= been some adverse opinions expressed in the earlier discussion on 7/10/02. As

a resu= lt, Leach and Bratt will meet with Mike Gelhaus to assess our options, and to develo= p

a case= for doing so, as well as a recommendation.

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Durr also announced that he has a high degree= of confidence that we will be able to have a rail excursion west from Livingston as a part of next year’s convention.

He also reminded all present that the deadlin= e for submitting copy for the next issue of the Mainstreeter is 8/15/02, and that any submis= sions should be forwarded to Phillips as early as possible.

Election of New Officers (whose one-year terms will= begin with the adjournment of this meeting):

The following nominations were made and secon= ded:

President: Horne

Vice President: Bratt

Treasurer: McCoy

Secretary: Beach

Chairman of the Nominating Committee: Beach

There was no discussion, and all were elected unanimously.

Other Business:&nb= sp;

Horne thanked Beach for= his past leadership, and his willingness to replace him as Secretary for the coming year.

Russell asked Horne to send letters to Bill M= cKown and Doug Bauer for their generous contributions of HO scale brass for the Annual Raffle. Each letter h= as been accompanied by a copy of Jack Christensen’s Convention art work.

Copies of the guidelines for the Service Reco= gnition Committee were distributed. Presently, that committee is composed of Schrenk (Chair), Tarbox, and G. W= ildung.

Since……R= 30;..…. is no longer willing?/available? to serve on the Author Award Committee, i= t was moved, seconded, and passed that the President should meet with Kuebler to discuss a replacement.= This has been done, and the commi= ttee now is composed of Kuebler (Chair), Durr, and Fredrickson.

McCoy presented a preliminary draft of the Association’s first Budget (for 2003), which was greeted with enthusiasm. There was some discussion at the meeting, and further discussion has indicated a strong interest in having separate, detailed budgets for each organizational enti= ty attached, with line items in the overall budget to reflect income and expe= nse from each. Copies will be ma= de available to all Directors in advance, for their approval at the winter telephonic meeting.

There was some discussion around Mainstreeter mailing costs vs. performance in getting it into the readers’ hand o= n a timely basis. It appears to = be prohibitively expensive to send all out via 1^st Class mail, but there is a recognized need to work with the publishing house to find a more “customer-friendly” method of distribution. Beach asked that everyone make a = note of any complaints from dissatisfied members.= These should be passed along promptly to Phillips, who will follow = up for appropriate action.

Tarbox announced that he will Chair a Website= Task Force, with Phillips, Russell, John Fujii, and Dean O’Neill serving = with him.

Adjournment was at 12:50 p.m. =

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Respectfully Submitted,

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Robert B. Horne, Secretary