March 2006

TCC Officers and Members of the Land Management Committee, I am sending this out for your review, comments, and subsequently use by the Secretary in his heads up message for the March Activity Weekend. The Kudos for this announcement message are derived from my notes and recollections made during my visits to the Landsite.  Since you may have been at the Landsite at times when I was not present please add items not covered herein. The purpose of the Other Landsite Maintenance, Repairs, Replacements, and Minor Improvements segment is to remind members about the many small things that they might not otherwise have occasion to think about that are accomplished on their behalf just to keep the Landsite usable for them and their clubs.  Feel free to add your own lists. Please directly e-mail me at nbmurdoch@earthlink.net any additions, corrections, or changes that may have escaped my attention, including any of my club/independent affiliation annotations missing or in error.

DONATION KUDOS:

• To Dan Murdoch, TCC Independent, for donating and stacking a pickup truck load of fire wood for the main Fire Pit.

KUDOS:

• To Ken Witt, for keeping the Kitchen, Restroom, and Showers ship shape between the January and February Activity Weekends.
• To Dale Arndt, TCC Independent, for straightening bent heater floor vent register louvers to improve heat distribution and heating efficiency in the Bunkhouse.
• To Ray Moore, Austin Gay Nudists, for driving to town to buy a new tire for the Green Tractor.
• To Larry Perry, Trinity River Bears, for chain sawing into fire pit size logs the trunk of a dead tree adjacent to the main Fire Pit that had been topped by high winds.
• To Dan Murdoch, TCC Independent, for installing the Restroom exhaust fan, removing a flat front tire from the Green Tractor and installing the new replacement, and stacking the logs cut by Larry Perry.

OTHER LANDSITE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, RESUPPLY, REPAIRS, REPLACEMENTS, AND MINOR IMPROVEMENTS:

• A case of 12 rolls of hand drying towels for the Restroom was purchased.
• A new front tire was purchased to replace a weather cracked and unrepairable tire for the Green Tractor.
• Spare 25 watt bulbs for the Pole Barn chandeliers were purchased.
• Spare 40 watt appliance bulbs the Walk-In-Cooler overhead fixtures were purchased.
• The Restroom septic system was treated with Rid-Ex.

SUGGESTED TASKS FOR THE MARCH ACTIVITY WEEKEND:

• Boundary line marker post installation and brush clearing.
• Final leaf clearing.
• Walk-In-Cooler cleaning.

PROJECTS LOOKING FOR A COORDINATOR & HELPING HANDS:

• Walk-In-Cooler seal replacement for the front glass-paned doors:  Existing seals are old, brittle, split, and do not seal properly.  Replacement task involves measuring to determine the length of seal needed, taking a sample of the existing seal to a commercial refrigeration supply house to find a suitable match, buying a bulk length of new seal, removing the existing seals and replacing them with properly cut lengths of new seal.  Reimbursement for the cost of new seal and associated material can be arranged by the undersigned.

WANT LIST:

• File Cabinet- for the Landsite to hold TCC Land Management permanent business files currently in the possession of Land Management members.
• Fire Safe Trash Cans- metal trash cans with automatic closing lids for the Restroom (inside & sink), Bunkhouse, Shower Building, and Kitchen.

As always, looking forward to seeing everyone.

Dan Murdoch