[Accrs] Update on our status with the fair

[Alameda County Central Railroad Society]

Folks,

Now that the holidays and associated time off has come to an end, our 
proposal presented to Jerome (Fair CEO) right before Thanksgiving has 
been reviewed by him.  He called a week ago yesterday wanting to set up 
a meeting to further discuss the proposal.  At this point, it is 
scheduled for Monday the 28th of this month.  There will be an update 
email that evening to all members.

In the meantime, we have some work to do for the Great Train Show coming 
up on March 23-24.  We are cleared by the fair for this show and the 
registration form has been submitted to the GTS.  We are already 
mentioned on their flyer about the show.  Last fair the fire marshal 
submitted a short report to the fair maintenance folks with some 
corrective actions for us to do.  We need to do away with an extension 
cord running high over the front entry area inside the building.  
Material to get it inside a conduit will be acquired this week along 
with replacement "EXIT" signs for both doors.  We also need to do clean 
up of both entry areas, try cleaning the years of goo off the concrete 
floor, and paint several areas, including the kids viewing platform on 
the "O" scale side.  Most of the pictures on the entry wall need to come 
down and be replaced with some fresh material.

All of us are bummed out about the Fair's plans, however, let's not go 
without a fight.  We need everyone to help when and where they can.  
We'll have a better idea after the meeting with Jerome, how long we can 
expect to be in the building.  In the meantime, we need to make our part 
of the "show" as good and memorable as possible to make it difficult for 
the fair to kiss us goodbye.  If anyone has additional ideas, please 
speak up.  There is also activity in the wings to look into alternate 
locations off the fair grounds if we indeed, have to move out.

Gary