Hi Gerald,
Regarding your "P.S." As a former resident of Macomb IL. you might look into
hooking up with W.I.U. again. I don't know how long ago it was when you
first looked into it but when I left the area, three years ago, W.I.U. was
in the process of renovating a downtown building to house their historical
museum. It might be worth a second attempt as W.I.U. is very active in
preserving the history of the area and the CB&Q was a large part of it.
Best Wishes..
Ken H.
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From: "gaedgar66" <vje68@hotmail.com>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 2:25 AM
Subject: [CBQ] RE: Mr. Elliot's accusations
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> As most of you should know, I am on the Bd of Dir of BRHS, the newest
> Bd Mbr but involved with BRHS before there even was BRHS (CB&Q His.
> Soc. back in 1976). I have been reading the emails back & forth &
> will state the following just from my personal perspective & opinions
> & NOT as an offical statement of the Board or any other Officer.
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> 1 - As was stated correctly, this is NOT an official BRHS site
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> 2 - One or more mbrs of the BRHS Bd do not even read these postings
> as they either do not use the Internet or don't follow this list;
> nothing wrong with that as it is not a prerequisite to become a
> Director, much less a BRHS mbr
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> 3 - The only forum for action relating to BRHS, good, bad or
> indifferent is thru the elected Officers of BRHS and at Board
> meetings and at the Annual Meeting (Sept 24 in Dubuque). In the
> interim, as always, if anyone has concerns, questions, ideas, etc
> they should be brought to the attention of the President, Gene Tacey.
> If he does not get back to you then try other Bd mbrs but I have
> found Gene to be a very dedicated President. (unpaid)
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> 4 - Hol Wagner, as a mbr and as a partially compensated 'employee'
> (As editor of the Bulletin) or anyone in his role, need not respond
> to anything or anyone except the Board (and indirectly to the
> membership as they present questions/comments concerning him, me or
> any other mbr to & thru the Board). This is not unique to BRHS -
> it's true of ANY organization I know whether for-profit industry, non-
> profit social group, service club, vets' group, etc etc. If you want
> to make an impact on ANY group you become a member. The ONLY
> exception is when said group or officer violates a law in which case
> a relevant city, state or federal agency can take action if evidence
> of wrong-doing is make known to them.
> (Personal note: I have been an Alderman and a City Administrator.
> Elected officials & the groups they represent need not (and nearly
> always SHOULD NOT) answer directly to 'charges' outside their offical
> forum (stated meetings) until said charges go thru the prescribed
> channels - to do otherwise is contrary to the principles of how
> groups are to be run effectively. Any of you who have held office of
> ANY kind (American Legion, church council, Lions Club, etc) know this
> is how things are done - anything else is chaos.
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> To my knowledge there are NO pending or threatened actions by any
> agency or person toward BRHS or any officer thereof at this time. As
> always if any BRHS mbr has a concern on ANY subject, direct it to the
> President or relevant Officer. If you feel the entire Board or any
> mbr thereof is not acting in the best interests of the Society, then
> bring matters up @ the Annual Meeting with sufficient proof or
> arguments to convince a majority of those present to take action.
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> I would strongly urge all parties concerned to get their facts DIRECT
> (not 2nd hand) and then if the spirit moves them follow channels. If
> unhappy with the results, then convince BRHS mbrs @ the annual
> meeting to take action. Rank & file members eun any group - elected
> officers serve @ your pleasure and employees @ the pleasure of the
> officers. (and as a 28 yr mbr I will be the 1st to point a finger if
> I become aware of any wrong-doing; those of you who know me know I am
> NOT shy!)
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> (And for the record, I had extensive correspondence and visits with
> Bernie from the early 70's up to his death but the subject of where
> any of his RR materials would go was never discussed as I felt that
> not to any of my business at the time. I've known Hol since "75 &
> fellow Board Mbr Dennis Popish since "76. Also, I am not unaware of
> any large collections being donated to BRHS from other Historical
> Societies with the possible exception [my memory is hazy & I don't
> have Bd of Dir minutes in front of me] of some small qty of Q
> material from BN via the GN or NP groups. We did use Society funds to
> purchase (at a bargain price) rare equipment drawings from Bob
> Landregan's estate. Last, the latest Bulletin (Pioneer Zephyr) was
> delayed as Fedex lost the materials when enroute to the printer - Hol
> was able to recreate same but it took some time understandably. It,
> the Zephyr & the "05 calendar WILL be in mbrs hands in the not too
> distant future - all are 1st rate!)
> Gerald Edgar
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> vje68@hotmail.com (641) 923-2573 230 W. 5th St., Garner, IA 50438
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> PS - the archives question is a LONG subject but suffice it to say
> BRHS was close to putting things @ Western Illinois U. @ Macomb yrs
> ago but that fell thru. We have been looking for a site but for the
> reasons mentioned by others, there is NOT an easy "fix" unless we
> have a financial angel. If anyone has a lead to an academic
> institution or professionally staffed museum, let the Board know -
> please! The best bet at present is going in with GN & NP @ the
> Jackson St. roundhouse in St. Paul. Better ideas???
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