|
Information of Particular Importance to Southern Division MembersWe want to keep you "Up To Date!" Please advise our club Secretary of any change of Mailing Address, Phone Number, or E-Mail address. Keep your TCA membership current - this is a requirement for membership in Southern Division. Club Secretary linkClick Here to see the current Southern Division Bylaws. |
|
SOUTHERN DIVISION MEMBERSHIP & DUES PAYMENTS 2025 Dues notice: Please make your check or money order for $10 (on or before February 28, 2025) OR $15 (on or after March 1, 2025) payable to “TCA Southern Division” and send it with this application form to the: SD Treasurer, PO BOX 2381, Palm Harbor, FL, 34682. 2025 Cost Increases in the Southern Division by Mike Powell I became Treasurer of the TCA Southern Division in March 2009. Through diligent financial controls, the SD Board of Directors (BOD) has been able to keep the annual dues at $10/person for the last 15 years. Unfortunately, as with everything else, costs have been rising and it’s no longer possible to successfully operate at that rate. As you read in the minutes of the November 7th Board of Directors meeting contained in the Winter 2025 newsletter, the Board unanimously voted to increase the annual dues to $15/person effective March 1, 2025. In addition, the BOD unanimously voted to raise the price of tables at division meets. Effective with the May 10th Port St. Lucie show, tables will cost $30/table for 1-3 tables and $25/table for 4+ tables. That applies to TCA Southern Division members. Non-SD TCA members who purchase tables will be charged an additional $10/table. These increases were necessary to reduce a $4,000 budget gap in CY 2025 to a more manageable $500 gap for CY 2025. The BOD continues to research additional opportunities for cost reduction. The BOD struggled with the decision to increase dues and table prices in these difficult times but felt it was necessary to keep the Southern Division financially sound and able to keep operating by holding train meets and issuing The Layout four times a year. Thank you for taking the time to understand the dues and table price increases. If you have any questions or wish a more detailed explanation, please contact me at MBPowell@aol.com. Benefits of SD membership are (1) free entrance to SD meets for you and your family members plus (2) $10.00 off of table rental fees at meets. So if you attend at least 2 meets per year or take at least one table at an SD meet per year, you have recovered the $10 cost of your dues! Southern Division membership is available to any valid TCA member, regardless of where he/she resides. But you must maintain your TCA membership to remain an SD member and be advised that TCA dues and SD dues deadlines for most members occur at different times during the year. The SD annual dues deadline is December 31st of each year but check your TCA membership card to find out when your TCA dues need to be renewed which is probably in a different month. |
|
The Southern Division Needs YOU! The Southern Division Board of Directors is asking you to please give serious consideration to providing your time and talent to help keep your division running on the right track. Several of the current board members have expressed a desire to step down and let others take over the throttle. But a major issue in the division seems to be the lack of volunteerism and unwillingness to get involved in a leadership role or even assist at train meets. The division generally has four meets a year and these days folks willing to serve as a meet host (or even a meet co-host) are hard to come by. Of course it’s easier to just let others do the job, sit back, relax and show up for a meet to buy and sell trains. But is it fair? Surely there are plenty of SD members who have the time and talent to get more involved. So please download the attached volunteer form, send it to VP Mike Mills and let us know that you are willing, ready and able to help us to continue to be a tremendous TCA division! Please click here to view the volunteer form. This site copyright 2019-25 Train Collectors Association Southern Division |
