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Lone Star Division TCA Minutes from the Plano Meet August 19 & 20, 2011
Minutes from the Friday, August
19, 2011 Lone Star Division Board
Meeting at the Holiday Inn Express,
Plano, Texas.
Meeting called to order by President
Pat Halpin at 6:42 PM.
Treasurer’s Report: The Secretary-Treasurer’s
minutes and financial
report were approved as printed
in the last newsletter.
Grievances: None
Old Business:
• President Pat Halpin informed
the Board of the third party estimate
of $3700 for the shipping of the Texas
Special mint cars to the buyers.
Secretary-Treasurer Clay Kinsner
shared the results of the cost-analysis
of money taken in for shipping versus
cost.
• Director at Large Newt Derby
made a motion that the next mint
car, the Southern Pacific Daylight, be
priced $64.95 with $9 to ship and $5
shipping for each additional car. Vice
President David Fronick seconded,
and the motion carried.
• Director at Large Newt Derby
made a motion that we donate one
Texas Special Mint car to TCA National.
Central Texas Chapter President
Dick Dooley seconded, and the
motion carried.
• David Fronick made a motion
that we put a case from the damage/
overage of Texas Special Mint cars
back for fundraising purposes at the
2016 National Convention in Houston.
North Texas Chapter President
Ron Spinek seconded, and the motion
passed.
• The Board discussed the success
of the New Orleans chapter and encouraged
all officers to promote the
November meet in Ponchatoula within
the chapters.
• The Board discussed the wording
of the proposed rewrites of Article 1
and 2 of the By-Laws.
New Business:
• Convention Chairman Robert
McLeroy discussed his progress with
the convention logo.
• The election ballots were unsealed
at the board meeting and tallied.
The results of the Division
election: For President, Pat Halpin
126 votes, Robert McLeroy 1; Vice
President: Robert McLeroy 50, Ron
Spinek 74; Secretary-Treasurer: Clay
Kinsner 125, Michelle Bradford 1.
The ballot count was confirmed by
unanimous vote. A motion was made
and carried to destroy the ballots.
Board Members Present: Pat
Halpin – LSD President; Dave
Fronick – LSD Vice President; Clay
Kinsner – LSD Secretary/Treasurer;
Dick Dooley – Central Texas Chapter
President; Ron Spinek – North Texas
Chapter President; Robert McElroy
-- Gulf Coast Chapter and 2016 National
Convention Chairman. The
meeting was adjourned at 8:47 PM.
Minutes from Saturday, August
20, 2011, Lone Star Division Business
Meeting in the trading hall of the
Holiday Inn Express Plano.
The meeting was called to order at
10:13 AM by Pat Halpin — LSD
President. Secretary-Treasurer Clay
Kinsner read the minutes from the
previous evening’s Board of Director’s
Meeting. There were no changes.
The BOD minutes were approved
by those in attendance. There was no
grievance, old business, or new business
presented from the floor. Pat
Halpin thanked all those who brought
layouts and worked hard at this meet.
The meeting adjourned at 10:17 AM.
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