ERA Annual Membership Meeting and Dinner (No Zoom meeting in November)

November 21, 2025

This combined Annual Membership / monthly Meeting of the Electric Railroaders Association, Inc. will be held Friday, November 21, 2025 at Manducatis Restaurant, 13-27 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, NY. There will be a cash bar opening at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will start promptly at 6:30 p.m., and a complimentary dinner will be served following the meeting at approximately 7 p.m. We have room for 50 paid-up ERA members and their guests (each member can bring ONE guest), but reserve by Wednesday November 19 to get in!

Longtime member and recently retired NYC Transit Department of Subways Supervisor Nick DiBari will be our guest speaker. Nick will show photos and videos from his 2025 travels in the NYC/northeast US, Canada (Ontario and Quebec), as well as selections from London, Dublin, Brussels and Prague. There will be no live Zoom meeting.

Please reserve your space for this dinner meeting (maximum of 50) by one of three methods:

  1. Use the form at the bottom of this page.
  2. Email to Michael Glikin, Treasurer at [email protected]
  3. Write to Michael Glikin by regular mail at: 8440 South Dixie Highway, Apt. 1402, Miami, FL. 33143

The following slate of candidates for the 2024 ERA Board of Directors was submitted by the Nominating Committee:
For President: Robert J. Newhouser
For First Vice President: Jeffrey B. Erlitz
For Second Vice President and Corresponding Secretary: Subutay Musluoglu
For Third Vice President and Recording Secretary: Robert Colorafi
For Membership Secretary: Yury Maller
For Treasurer: Michael Glikin
For Director: Andrew Ludasi

The by-laws allow any active member not included in the nominating committee’s slate to be nominated by written petition of at least 25 other active members of the ERA. The petition must be submitted to the membership secretary no later than the close of the first session of the Annual Membership Meeting. If the petition is mailed to the ERA, it should be sent by certified mail and must be received by the corresponding secretary no later than November 20, 2025. The petition should be accompanied by a biographical sketch not exceeding 250 words including the name, ERA membership number and qualifications of the nominee, and a statement of what the nominee proposes to do for the membership if elected to the board.

Respectfully Submitted,
Robert Colorafi
Third Vice-President & Recording Secretary
For the board of directors of the Electric Railroaders Association, Inc.

Meeting Agenda

  1. Call to order & Welcome by ERA President
  2. Proof of notice of meeting
  3. Recording of attendance (need minimum of 20 active members appearing in person)
  4. Moment of silence for passing of Board Director Sandy Campbell and other members
  5. Appointment of Parliamentarian
  6. Reports of Officers
    • Treasurer: 2024 Financial Results, 2025/2026 Outlook, 2026 International Trip
    • Eric Oszustowicz: Brooklyn El III completed, serves as two years of Headlights, next plans
    • First Vice President: Bulletin & Archives (Editor-in-Chief)
    • President: Zoom and in-person meetings, 2025 and future 2026 N. American connvention
  7. Election by plurality vote of the membership present and voting, an Inspector of Elections for the 12 months commencing November 21, 2025
  8. Election, by plurality vote of the membership present and voting, the Membership Committee for the following year (2026)
  9. Election by plurality vote of the membership present and voting, the Nominating Committee for the following year (2026)
  10. New business (if any)
  11. Adjournment

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