February Meeting notes

brief notes

We had an excellent turnout this month, 8 regular members attended.

In addition we had 3 guests join us, two of whom have joined the club!

  • Let us all  welcome Jesus Alvarez.

Jesus had found our club back in 2019 at Dave’s Holiday Festival of Toy Trains, but with the pandemic and quarantine, we lost track of him. Fortunately he found us again at the 2022 Holiday Festival of Toy Trains1

  • Let us all  welcome Cory.

Cory is 11 years old and lives here at Rancho Goleta. Cory was a huge help setting up before the meeting. We all look forward to seeing him in the future.

  • Finally I would like to thank David Guenther for visiting. 

David was visiting from Ridgeway, Co. Yes that last name sounds really familiar, he is Herman’s son!

Next order of business

    • Dues

Dues for 2023 will be $10.00
Dues can be paid at the next meeting.
If you wish to send a check,
please make out the check to:


Art Bosse
P.O. Box 30030
Santa Barbara, CA 93130-0030

    • Election of Officers
      There is no change to the officers
      President – Kalvin Quinkert
      Vice President – Mike Topping
      Treasurer – Art Bosse
      Secretary – Richard Rink

OLD NEWS

  • The Great Train Show
    • Ventura Feb 18-19

A number of members were down there. The main thing reported was the large number of kids attending. 

  •  Dick Lacy’s Services
    • At the time of the meeting, there was no news on when or where these services would be held.
    • UPDATE: 
      • A funeral mass will be offered
        •  Friday, April 21st at 11:00 am at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church,
          298 South Thompson Avenue, Nipomo CA.
        • In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the APDA (American Parkinson’s Disease
          Association) in Dick’s name. Condolences may be sent to 889 Oak Park Blvd., Pismo Beach,
          CA 92449.

New news

  • CTTC Website Update

 At the Holiday Festival of Toy Trains and the Plains, Trains and Violins, there was a great deal of interest, however the most common question I was asked was “Do you have a website?”

Well I am happy to announce that the Coast Toy Train Club now has a website.

https://CoastToyTrainClub.org

My nephew, Tony Balke, put together the initial website and I filled in the content.

There are plans for a member section, but we were not able to get it implemented before the meeting.

I plan to announce meetings and post newsletters.

This is a work in progress, so please let me know if there is anything you would like to see.

  • New members?

Leo and I are LCCA members and one of the features of being a member is the ability to search for other members in the area.

I have found a few active members and would like to invite them to our meetings.

Does anybody know any of these people? 

      • James Aldecoa
      • John Green
      • Charles Kelley
      • Arthur Page
  • Next Month’s Theme

ALL THINGS GREEN!!!

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