How To Join Us
Membership is open. You are welcome to be our guest at any regular business meeting. Applications and printed copies of the By-laws and standards can be picked up there, and you can get an idea about how you might fit into the club's activities. Club meetings often start with a short clinic, move through the formal business, and end with a session called "good and welfare" where topical items of general interest, such a notices of railfan events, swap meets, special train moves may be shared. Effective with the By-laws as amended April 12, 2006, all members must also be members of the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA). An on-line NMRA application can be found by clicking here. To get a head start---become familiar with the corporation's By-laws, available here (119KB) in PDF format; (Read with Adobe Acrobat Reader) then, print a copy of the application (found by clicking here), fill it out and bring it to a regular business meeting, or mail it to the P.O. Box shown at the top of the application. Include a check for 3 month's dues (currently $3.00 per month), to cover the initial 3-month probationary period. After that, members are usually accepted by a majority vote of the active members present at the next regular business meeting. Two types of membership are possible: active and inactive. Active members participate in the regular business meetings. Inactive members contribute to the club's operations in other ways, by serving on committees, helping with display set-up/teardown, etc., but do not vote at business meetings. You may select either class of membership as desired.
