<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>See below</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Marc</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> richard dunn <<a href="mailto:rdunniii@mac.com">rdunniii@mac.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> January 15, 2017 at 3:07:47 PM PST<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:info@accrs.org">info@accrs.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>O Scale/S West 2017 Announcement</b><br><br></div></blockquote><div><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8">Hello,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">On behalf of the O Scale West Committee I would appreciate it if you could kindly distribute the following announcement as you deem most appropriate to your organization.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you for your support.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Richard Dunn </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><div class=""><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><div class=""><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><div class=""><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><div class=""><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">876 Boyce Avenue<br class="">Palo Alto, CA 94301-3003 January 11, 2017</span></p><p class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Dear Magazine Editors/Upcoming Events Editors:</span></p><p class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Thank you for your assistance in publicizing the previous O Scale West/S West meets. 2017 will see the twenty seventh consecutive annual O Scale West meet along with the twelfth consecutive S West meet. O Scale West is considered the one of the best 2-rail O scale meets in the country, and is an institution among many O scalers.</span></p><p class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">S West 12 is a meet for S scale modelers and exhibitors that is held within the O Scale West meet. This year the meet remains in the May time frame, the same time frame the 2016 meet.</span></p><p class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">This letter is to request your assistance again in publicizing the meets. Please publish this information in your "schedule of coming events" column, and if you don't have such a column, I would appreciate it if you could mention the event in your publication.</span></p></div></div><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700;">What:</span><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700;">Where:</span></p></div><div class="column"><p class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Twenty Seventh Annual O Scale West and Twelfth Annual S West Meets Hyatt Regency Santa Clara<br class="">5101 Great America Parkway<br class="">Santa Clara, California 95054</span></p><p class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Hotel telephone: 408-200-1234<br class="">Rooms at the Hyatt Regency are $135+tax. Use </span><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><a href="http://www.scalewest.com" class="">www.scalewest.com</a> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">to access the hotel’s on-line reservation system for O Scale West<br class="">Hotel registration by phone call 800-421-1442 ask for the O Scale West group rate</span></p></div></div><img alt="page1image14920" apple-inline="yes" id="8D919ACB-EE1A-41D2-9F28-B37931AD34BB" src="cid:2119D698-993B-4ED2-99B7-E65BB3B9EEC1@hsd1.ca.comcast.net."><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700;">When:</span><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Thursday - Saturday May 25, 26, and 28, 2017 (videos and pre-registration on Thursday the 25th, swap meet is two days, Friday the 26th 9AM - 5PM and Saturday the 27th 9AM - 5PM), remote layout visiting on the 28th.<br class=""></span><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700;">Cost:</span><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Family admission (includes spouse and all children under 18) is $35 for the event ($40 after April 31, 2016); the walk-up rate Saturday is $25. Selling/display tables are $45 each ($50 after April 31, 2016.)</span></p></div></div><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">More Info:</span></p></div><div class="column"><p class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">O Scale West/S West Office<br class="">876 Boyce Avenue<br class="">Palo Alto, CA 94301-3003<br class="">Telephone: 650-218-5752<br class="">e-mail: <a href="mailto:info@oscalewest.com" class="">info@oscalewest.com</a><br class="">Web site: <a href="http://www.oscalewest.com" class="">www.oscalewest.com</a> (registration form can be downloaded)</span></p></div></div><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">There will be over 200 tables, Favorite Model and Photo contests, O and S Scale layouts operating on site, door prizes, clinics, movies and videos, and self-guided visits to about 30 O and S Scale and world- class HO scale home and club layouts in and adjacent to the San Francisco Bay Area (road navigation GPS strongly advised).</span></p><p class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">If you have any questions, please contact me per the More Info section above. Sincerely yours,</span></p><p class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Rod Miller, O Scale West Chairman </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></body></html>