Okay Mike, I have thought about it for a while. Did you smell the smoke? 
All of this sounds great to me.
On the 17th, we will
- look to the coming months, and
- set up a schedule and hosts(esses). We will need to move it around to different areas, with a different host setting things up each time.
- We will poll all attendees as to whether (a) we do this 12 months? (b) whether Saturdays or some other day fits most peoples' schedule and (c) best time. I wouldn't want to get in the way of guy's who still work!!
I thought each time three things:
- Breakfast - Discussion of some topic - no topic on the 17th though.
- A visit to either a layout, a store, show, or display, etc.
So for December (date to be determined) I will set up a location, topic and then a tour of Center Field RR Museum in Middlefield. The breakfast maybe Mary Yoder's??
Mary Yoder sounds good to me, just around the corner almost from Corner Field.
PA Jim and I have mentioned two places just over the line into Pennsylvania already, Greenville Train Museum and Mercer Junction Train Shoppe. Harlansburg Train Museum is closer to me, and I think it would be a good place to go, but they are closed in January and February. Hopefully we have a core group by March and we could try there. I can contact them while they are still open, since it's been probably 15 years since I have stopped in.
As to discussion topics, making manure into a smoke fluid that didn't smell like manure would be a great trick indeed!
The other topic ideas you posted are all good!
- I have done one PS1 to PS3 diesel upgrade, and plan to do a couple more. I would have to think on how to present that one.
- I have a bunch of Gunrunnerjohn's LED drivers and LED strips to upgrade all my passenger cars and a caboose or two. I just haven't done it yet. I may be able to work something there for after Christmas as well.
- Maybe someone would want to share information about going to York, or Kirtland, or some other show or meet.
- Maybe a discussion on neat ways to make more interesting Christmas layouts and displays.
- Another topic may be benchwork construction methods. I have built home built L-girder and open grid, but am waiting for a shipment of Mianne Benchwork. Mike, were you the one who bought benchwork from a different supplier in Indiana I think it was, or am I thinking of someone else?
Well, I look forward to seeing many folks on the 17th too!
