MGRS Annual Spring Meeting - Excellent!

The sun was shining and what a great way to start the 2010 season for Maine Garden Railway Society. The luncheon meeting held at China Rose Restaurant in Brunswick was enjoyed by what I believe to be the largest turnout we have had so far with 32 dues paying members plus all their guests. The assortment of foods and desserts on the buffet was delicious and our private room was perfect. Thank you to all the members who came and participated. Terry Norton did an excellent job of administering the role call and certifying the quorum as indicated by our bylaws to vote on and pass resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors at our annual meeting last July.
A showing of hands expressed a strong interest in having some kind of outing or train related event this year. More on that later, keeping in mind May 8, 2010 is National Train Day.
Carl did announce the date for the 'extravaganza' as Saturday July 10th. Eric is planning to hold an early 'Open House' once again this year. The exact date to be determined. Any member that is interested in having an open house please contact Carl as we start to build the schedule for this year.

Carl had some exciting news when he announced that this could be the year that MGRS will put on a train display at the Maine Mall! He said that we are looking into the possibility of hosting a display sometime after the Thanksgiving holiday. It would probably require a minimum commitment of at least two weeks. Much more to come on that as soon as more details are known.

The meeting was concluded with an excellent presentation by Eric Shade complete with many hands on samples of how to build model windows. First of wood and then examples of molded windows and even figures he created from silicone molds and filled with a urethane resin. His work is amazing and he did an excellent job of explaining it to the group. Here is a link to an old blog that shows his completed buildings.

Carl also brought in a new building he just completed of a warehouse style structure with a very authentic looking asphalt flat roof just like you see in Maine. When I get the name of the product he used I will post it on the blog. All together it was a terrific meeting and we are really looking foward to 2010 as the event schedule fills out to what we hope to be a great year for MGRS members. Thanks again to all the members that traveled to Brunswick today for your support and to all the others that will be participating in the future.

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