Meeting Minutes - Jan. 22, 2009

1) Meeting called to order at 7:08 PM

2) Present are Cris Hart, Vern Bruce and Thomas Beutel. No visitors.

3) Motion to approve July 3, 2008 minutes by Thomas, 2nd by Cris. All approve.

4) Correspondence

  • Ron Vane donation of $2000, Dec 20, 2008
  • City of Brisbane planning commission hearing from Oct 23, proposal to restore steam loco on baylands was approved
  • Verbal suggestion to attend Ione Railroad faire (see http://pw1.netcom.com/~dparsons/Ione07.html)

5) There were no public questions or comments

6) Additional agenda items

  • Motion to apply for membership in Brisbane Chamber of Commerce, $85. Motion by Vern, 2nd by Thomas. All approve.

7) Reports:

A: Secretary report:

  • A1: Website statistics. Readership is steady at 55 visitors per day, on average.
  • A2: Basecamp account has been closed and files have been saved.
  • A3: PayPal? is requesting additional information about non-profit status.

B: Treasurer's report:

  • B1: Account balance is $2513.33

C: President's report:

  • C1: Brisbane "Day in the Park" booth successful, many attendees interested in the roundhouse
  • C2: Allison Wilson created roundhouse flyer, and Cris sent request to CSRM for photo clearance
  • C3: Ione Railfair coming up, may want to attend
  • C4: Winterrail coming up, want to have a booth
  • C5: Allison created new version of logo
  • C6: Presented at Rotary Club of Belmont, well attended
  • C7: Rotary Club of Woodside wants to have a presentation
  • C8: Thank you to Vern for use of Millbrae Train Museum for BOD meetings
  • C9: Rich Brandi is moving the roundhouse nomination process along, making great progress
  • C10: High-Speed Rail on peninsula - what is the impact of construction on historic roundhouse? Cris will attend public comment meeting on Jan 27.

8) Review of action items

  • 8a: Cris to maintain SWPPP for steam loco, ongoing
  • 8b: Thomas to resolve PayPal? info requests
  • 8c: Vern to check on check for Dr. about 2 months ago (Cris has copy at home)
  • 8d: Thomas to review flyer and comment
  • 8e: Cris, Thomas to send flyer to membership and other interested people
  • 8f: Cris to add Bruce Shelton to interest list
  • 8g: Cris to measure fencing donation and report to donor
  • 8h: Thomas to send thank you for donation of fencing
  • 8i: Cris to provide high-speed rail comments by March 6, 2009
  • 8j: Cris to thank Jake from SF Bay RR for heads-up on high-speed rail

9) No public comment

10) April 9, 2009 is next meeting

11) Motion to adjourn by Thomas, 2nd by Vern. Meeting was adjourned at 8:07PM