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PRRT&HS Annual Meetings

For over 50 years the society has held annual meetings for the current members that in addition to the annual business meeting has included vendor sales, presentations, and more recently a display of models, for 2 or even 3 days if an excursion was offered. Typically a banquet with a distinguished speaker concludes the meeting on the last evening. Meetings typically occur in early May, with registration materials being distributed around March 1st.


The list of future and past meetings below includes links to recent meetings so you can get a sense of the scale of our annual meetings.

We hope to see you at our Annual Meetings!



Annual Meeting Survey


We need to survey our members to determine if changes to our Annual Meetings will increase member participation and enjoyment. We conducted a survey of our 2026 Annual Meeting attendees and in addition to the members being very satisfied with the event, we also received several surprising answers. The biggest surprise is that holding the Annual meeting in May was not the preferred month - and yet nearly all annual meetings for the past 20 years have been in May.... Kind of eye-opening. That answer and several others has led us to conduct a member- wide survey of what members would like an Annual Meeting to be.


While you can complete the survey without logging into your member account, it easier for us to analyze the results if you first log into your prrrths.org account before completing the survey.


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You can still take the survey without logging in using the links below:


I have not attended an Annual Meeting


I have previously attended a PRRT&HS Annual Meeting



Thank-you for providing input to make our society better,

Dave Evans

President, PRRT&HS


Privacy Notice

Please note that this survey is conducted entirely within the PRRT&HS web site - the data will not be shared with any outside organization. While there are a number of "free" on-line survey services, instead our society volunteers have expended considerable effort to protect the privacy of our members by conducting internet activities (including this survey) using tools that do not reveal any member data to anyone outside of the society. Across all society internet functions, the sole exceptions are that your name and address is shared with USPS when mailing the Keystone, and with shippers when fulfilling orders, and we have to provide your name and address to the credit card fulfillment center when paying by credit card (which happens every time you use a credit card.).


I am very grateful for the effort of these volunteers,

Dave

2027 Annual Meeting - Save the Date!

May 14-16, 2027

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania


We are going back!


We received very positive feedback from members attending the 2026 Annual Meeting at the Eisenhower/Aspire Hotel and Convention center.

  • We are going back because the Site offers the rare opportunity to keep the vendor room setup through the Saturday Evening Banquet.
  • Annual Meeting attendance has seen a step drop post Covid, and one concern is that with the shift in work patterns our working members may not be able to commit to a Thursday through Saturday Schedule.
  • Therefore for 2027 the meeting will start on Friday mid-day, and run through Sunday mid-afternoon.
  • Vendors will be able to unload and begin setup Thursday evening, and continue Friday until mid-day, at which time the vendor room will open. Presentations will start after lunch Friday.
  • In 2027 there will be an adjacent youth recreational facility available for younger family members to enjoy, and in 2026 we found that there are a number of local paces of interest that would be interest to spouses. We think we can setup the meeting so nearby attractions will make the trip a good family event for our members.

We also didn't take advantage of all of the space available at the site, so for 2027 we plan to operate five presentation rooms in order to offer more presentations. At the same time, we have set up an on-line Presentation submission process so more people can volunteer to present. We will use a selection process similar to that used for presentations at technical conferences.


For those of you that did attend in 2026, we have also planned some room reassignments to solve noise issues, provide much better seating to socialize throughout the event, when eating lunch and possibly even breakfast.


For those of you that did not attend the 2026 meeting, the event site is the Eisenhower Hotel and Convention Center and the adjoining Aspire hotel. The location is ten minutes south of downtown historic Gettysburg, and eight minutes from the National Military Park.


More details, and hopefully a detailed program, will be coming before the end of the 2026.


Come and join us in Gettysburg! 


Meeting Info

Upcoming Annual Meetings


2027 - Gettysburg, PA

May 14-16, 2027
The Eisenhower Hotel and Convention Center
also adjacent Aspire Hotel


Previous Annual Meetings

 

2026 - Gettysburg, PA

May 13-16, 2026
The Eisenhower Hotel and Convention Center
also adjacent Aspire Hotel

2026 Program


2025 - Harrisburg, PA

May 14-18, 2025

Hosted by the New England and Long Island Chapters

2025 Program


2024 - Altoona, PA

May 8-11, 2024

Hosted by the Altoona Works Chapter

2024 Program


2023 - Dublin Ohio

May 17-21, 2023

Hosted by the Lines West Buckeye Region Chapter


2023 Program


2020 and 2021

Unfortunately canceled due to Covid-19


2019 - Lancaster, PA

May 15-19, 2019

Hosted by the Philly Chapter


2019 Program


2018 - 50th Anniversary Meeting

Altoona, PA

May 9-13, 2018

Hosted by the Board of Directors


2018 Program


2017 - Camp Hill, PA

May 18-21, 2017

Hosted by the DC Chapter


2017 Program






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