2026 January Meeting Invitation

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Our meeting for January 2026 will be on Saturday, January 17th at 10am.  We 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: Jan 17, 2026 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81794706123?pwd=xeAITR5Ye2FHbVlieYWHtIYmVWyGbe.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: 817 9470 6123
  • Passcode: 672275

If you’re new to Zoom video conferences, please refer to our guidelines on basic Zoom etiquette.

Agenda

Superintendent

  • Welcome & Introductions – Assistant Superintendent & Webmaster – Paul Anderson

Reports – Updates

  • Superintendent & Newsletter Editor – Jens Hensel (remote)
    • May Open House Discussion 
      • Limit invitees to 100(?)
      • Newcomers have their own registration system – get a dump of attendees(?)
      • Make people register with name and email via QR code
        • Change the order for each 20 people(?)
        • Send email with suggested order of visits
      • Signs:
        • Ernie – 3
        • Bill – 1
        • Jens – 2
        • John – 0
        • Keith – 0
        • Al – 1
        • Michael C. – 1
        • Jens gives one (1) to Keith.
        • Jens buys one additional sign
  • Assistant Superintendent & Webmaster – Paul Anderson
    • Old clinics to renew and post.
      • Selling your collection(?)
      • One from Ernie
    • PDF Appreciation certificate
      • I can edit the Concord Flyer example for our purposes.
      • Do we have a PDF of the Michigan Central example?
  • Keith Aleo – Chief Clerk
  • 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

  • Dr. Jim Gore (MMR from New Hampshire) on making Paper Models.

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:

  • February 21, 2026
    • Clinic – Mike Hauk – Static Grass
  • March 21, 2026
    • Clinic – Craig Wilson – Ann Arbor Cabooses
  • April 18, 2026
    • Clinic – Ralph Moxley – Ann Arbor Railroad layout
  • May 16, 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.

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