Manhattan Modelers | Notice of Second Session Of the Annual General Meeting
Jan 17, 2024 3:00 pm
Notice | January 2024 | Annual Meeting Second Session
Hello Manhattan Modeler,
Notice of Second Session
Of the Annual General Meeting
At the First Annual General Meeting called and held on January 16th, 2024 at 8pm EST, a quorum was not obtained. Therefor in accordance with the by-laws, a second session of the First Annual General Meeting has been set for Tuesday January 23rd, 2024 at 8pm EST to be held as a videoconference connecting in and through the Discord server of the Manhattan Modelers Group. Please plan to attend or send a proxy sheet to Andy Estep, Heath Hurwitz, or Dan Free. If you are not able to link in on the group Discord server and wish to attend, contact Andy, Heath, or Dan for accommodation options.
Manhattan Modelers January Meeting is our important “Annual Meeting”
January 16th at 8 PM on the general Voice Chat section of our Discord channel
Our first annual meeting of the membership as called for by the By-Laws that we adopted this past summer. We’ll hold this meeting in videoconference form on our Discord Manhattan Modelers server (https://discord.com). The meeting will convene on Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 at 8pm EST. Our primary task will be to elect the first full Board of Directors. There will be the usual update on the state of affairs, any matters the members may wish to raise, and at the close of any other business matters, the floor will be open for general fun and conversation. This is a reminder for members please to attend this meeting so that we can meet the quorum threshold required by the By-Laws and proceed with the election. We plan to conduct voting via an Internet poll as we did for adoption of the By-Laws to insure ballot confidentiality.
IF YOU CAN’T ATTEND THE JANUARY 16TH MEETING, YOU CAN DESIGNATE ANOTHER MANHATTAN MODELERS MEMBER AS YOUR “PINCH HITTER” PROXY TO VOTE ON YOUR BEHALF. TO DO THAT, PLEASE FILL OUT THE ATTACHED PROXY FORM, EITHER PRINT IT OUT OR PDF IT, AND GET IT TO ANDY ESTEP, HEATH HURWITZ, OR DAN FREE ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 15TH.
Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show
January 27th and 28th 2024 (not so local)
Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show
Held at the Eastern States Exposition fairgrounds, this is the largest train show in the north-east.
Several Manhattan Modelers are planning to go to the Springfield show this year. I would be happy to meet up with anyone planning to be there for dinner or some such. I am planning to spend some time covering for some exhibitors in other groups I am in so maybe I’ll see you at the “O Scale Central” or the “New York Society of Model Engineers” booths.
The holiday exhibits that are staying up for a while longer if you missed them. Here is a chance to view them with much smaller crowds.
New York Bronx Botanical Garden Holiday Train Show
Exhibit up until January 15th
G Gauge train display with local historic buildings made of natural materials.
Reservation and fee
Hours: every day during Garden Hours
New York Historical Society Holiday Toy and Train Show
Exhibit up until February 4th
3 rail O and Standard gauge vintage toy train show. Toys and trains dating back to the late 1800’s through the 1930’s from both Europe and the United States are displayed in the museum lobby. Replica Standard Gauge trains are running on layouts and along the ceiling of the display.
Museum fee
Hours: every day during museum hours
New York Transit Museum Grand Central Annex Toy Train Show
Exhibit up until February.
O scale 3 rail Lionel display.
Hours: every day during museum hours
NYSME / METCA Swap Meet
April 6th Time TBD
Tables are $25 each
Swap Meet at St Joseph’s Church
The New York Society of Model Engineers HO and O scale layouts will be open and operating for this event. The show is near the Jane St stop on the 163 NJT bus from the Port Authority
We have setup a Manhattan Modelers Discord as a place to share projects & ideas, post events, ask and answer questions and make connections.
We have chosen Discord because it is organized around specific interests instead of providing a unified newsfeed. Discord is focused on real-time interactions between people, whereas other social media options function as internet message boards.
Discord also has a Zoom like video conferencing feature, but without the limits of the free Zoom.
Click on this link which will ask you to either create an account or login to your existing account.
Once you join, you will see the logo for the Manhattan Modelers "server" on the left and the various "channel" topics on listed to their right.
Please take a moment to introduce yourself in the #introduce-yourself channel
