January 2010 work planning

[James Patten]

Anticipated work for weekend of Jan 30.

The big Springfield show is on this weekend, sponsored by the Amherst Railway Society and located at the Big E in West Springfield.  The WW&F and Sandy River both have tables, I can't recall if Boothbay Railway Village does, and don't know if MNG has one or not.  I think it's the biggest train show in the Northeast.  Check it out if you're in the area.

Because of the show, volunteers on the ground at the museum will be rather light this weekend.  My guess is we'll end up working in the basement of the house, stuffing styrofoam into crevices for insulation.

[James Patten]

Work done on Jan 30.

Fred was so excited when a couple of extra people showed up that we weren't expecting that he ran right out and cut down a big pine.  During the morning a total of 6 trees were cut and tree trash burned.  After cutting the trees and serving lunch he decided to go home.  I was the last one to leave at about 2.

I checked out the shop and nothing looked different.

I haven't heard how we did at the Amherst show, hopefully someone will report.

[Duncan Mackiewicz]

James,
I'm sure a more detailed report will come in from the members manning the tables but I thought we had quite a nice turnout of interested folks as well as members stopping by.  Granted I was one of those stopping by as the tables were well-manned but everything seemed to go well.  The show was bigger than ever with the addition of nearly all of the remaining space in the Mallory Building.
Duncan