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 <x-apple-data-detectors://0> at member Peter Condro's house. Peter will be serving his famous pancakes.
Peter Condro
1801 Oakengate Lane <x-apple-data-detectors://1/1>
Midlothian, Va. 23113 <x-apple-data-detectors://1/1>
phone: 804 - 594 - 0204 <tel:804%20-%20594%20-%200204>
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 <mailto: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
<mailto:gailisken@xxxxxxxxx>]
*Sent:* Sunday, January 29, 2017 2:37 PM
*To:* chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto: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
