Our meeting for December 2025 will be on Saturday, December 20th at 10am. We are also having a Holiday get together directly following our Meeting. Beverages, sandwiches, and cookies will be provided. I hope to see you there.
Attending in Person
Join us in Conference Room A inside the Foster Family Community Health Center located in Traverse City, MI. Use the main entrance on the north side of the building and proceed down the left-hand corridor to Conference Room A (toward the end of the corridor on the right).
Attending via Zoom Conference
If you’re not able to join us in person, we encourage you to attend via the following link to our Zoom conference call.
Topic: Division 2 Monthly Meeting
Time: Nov 15, 2025 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86789502547?pwd=LyHgyJ793AZasmWT0r7kUWM3sJxuB7.1
If you can’t join via the preceding link, please use the following ID/passcode to join the meeting from the Zoom application:
- Meeting ID: 867 8950 2547
- Passcode: 926031
If you’re new to Zoom video conferences, please refer to our guidelines on basic Zoom etiquette.
Agenda
Superintendent
- Welcome & Introductions – Superintendent & Newsletter Editor – Jens Hensel
Reports – Updates
- Superintendent – Jens Hensel
- May Open House Discussion
- Assistant Superintendent & Webmaster – Paul Anderson
- Updated Tip of the Mitt logo and NMRA branding on the website.
- Keith Aleo – Chief Clerk (Absent)
- TC Yardmaster – T.J. Stratton
- North Yardmaster – Michael McDougall
- Paymaster – Dave Zolnierek
- Trainmaster – Al Johnson
- NCR Board – T. J. Stratton
- Achievement Program – Pete Magoun
- AP Certificates – Pete Magoun
- Other Division Business and Discussion
- May 2025 Open House.
Clinic
- Doug Tagsold (in Person) – Terminal of Toledo RR
Break
Show & Tell
- Anybody who brought something interesting can show it off to the attendees. If you’re attending via the Zoom video conference, and your computer/tablet/phone has a camera, you’re welcome to present even when you’re remote!
Future Meetings
Looking into the crystal ball, and following our tendency to schedule monthly meetings on the third Saturday of each month, our upcoming meetings are as follows:
- January 17, 2026
- Clinic: Dr. Jim Gore (MMR from New Hampshire) on making Paper Models.
- February 21, 2026
- March 21, 2026
These meeting dates are best estimates until we post the official invitation (please check the Meetings archive). There are no monthly meetings during the summer months of June, July, and August.

