Sounds reasonable to me.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Nagle <christopher.j.nagle@xxxxxxxxx>
To: rc3r <rc3r@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thu, Feb 2, 2017 9:05 pm
Subject: [rc3r] Re: Membership
Gentlemen,
While I certainly understand everybody’s concern, let us give the gentleman a
chance to introduce himself, and we can discuss our concerns with him, i.e.
explain what has happened in the past and that while we want to encourage young
peoples’ participation we need active participation of the sponsoring adult,
that the sponsor must be physically present with the associate member at all
times, bring their own trains, etc. Perhaps I like to think the best of people,
but if ground rules are laid and expectations are clear prior to becoming a
member, we shouldn’t have problems.
Chris
From: rc3r-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rc3r-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ;
John Crockett (Redacted sender "jctrainman" for DMARC)
Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2017 8:39 PM
To: rc3r@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [rc3r] Re: Membership
And I am not sure in front of the people in question is the time to do it.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Michie <billm387@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: rc3r <rc3r@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thu, Feb 2, 2017 8:10 pm
Subject: [rc3r] Re: Membership
Ken stated some valid points on this matter that need to be considered.
Bill M.
From: rc3r-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rc3r-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ;
Ken Young
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 1:55 PM
To: rc3r@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [rc3r] Re: Membership
After our experience with Stephan this raises some red flags for me. Eight
seems pretty young even for an Associate Member. If the parent or grandparent
that sponsoring him is a train person, has his own trains, and runs trains with
us and with his son/grandson present then that might be OK. If the sponsor
isn't a train person and mainly is doing this just because the eight year old
likes to "play with trains" then we are leaving ourselves open to become
babysitters and whatever liability that may entail. What happens when the
sponsor gets bored and wanders off? I rarely remember seeing anyone with
Stephan even though he said his grandfather was around.
My opinion right now is if the sponsor doesn't have O gauge trains and isn't
running trains with us then they shouldn't be allowed to join. The By-Laws say
we have to vote on Associate members. We need to tread very carefully about
this.
Ken
On 2/1/2017 6:40 PM, Christopher Nagle wrote:
Ken,
The meeting of the River City 3 Railers will be on Saturday February 4th at 8
AM at member Peter Condro's house. Peter will be serving his famous pancakes.
Peter Condro
1801 Oakengate Lane
Midlothian, Va. 23113
phone: 804 - 594 - 0204
Also, my phone number is 585-713-0579.
Chris Nagle
From: Ken Gailis [mailto:gailisken@xxxxxxxxx] ;
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 9:10 PM
To: Christopher Nagle <christopher.j.nagle@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Membership
Chris
I'd like to attend Sat AM. Please send the info.
Thanks
Ken
On Jan 30, 2017 17:43, "Christopher Nagle" <christopher.j.nagle@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Mr. Gailis,
We are always looking for new members. However in order to join the club, you
have to be 18 in order to be a full member. What would need to happen is that a
responsible adult sponsor (yourself, or one of his parents) would have to join
the club, and add your grandson as a “family” member. The full member would be
expected to be present whenever your grandson is present, and engage in the
life of the club. That shouldn’t sound like a burden though, because as a group
we have a lot of fun!
As far as membership cost, an individual membership is a total of $84 annually
($60 to the club itself to cover expenses such as the trailer, and $24 to our
parent club to cover our 501(c)3 status, liability insurance, etc.). “Family”
membership costs an additional $5 per year and covers any additional immediate
family members that would like to participate.
As far as running trains, our primary occasion is our various events, although
we have several smaller “one” day set ups with our smaller layout that aren’t
advertised to the public (such as nursing homes, schools, etc.). In addition,
members host our meetings, usually held quarterly, and if they have a home
layout the meeting is normally followed by a “run what ya brung” session.
I would invite you and your grandson (and perhaps one of his parents, depending
on who would be willing to sponsor him) to attend our next meeting, this
Saturday (February 4) morning at 8am. At that time you can discuss membership
more at length with myself or any club member. Breakfast will be provided. If
you are still interested, let me know and I will provide you the address and
contact information.
Thank you for your interest.
Sincerely,
Chris Nagle
Webmaster / Secretary , River City 3 Railers
From: Ken Gailis [mailto:gailisken@xxxxxxxxx] ;
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2017 2:37 PM
To: chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Membership
Is it possible to enroll my 8 year old grandson in the club? He loves model
trains and got to run his train at the Great Big Greenhouse, thanks to Tom. My
grandson is a well mannered young man. Is there a fee? Are there times the
group gets together to run trains other than events? Anything else to know?
Thanks
Ken Gailis
