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[CBQ] Re: BRHS Vitality (Action Item)

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Subject: [CBQ] Re: BRHS Vitality (Action Item)
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Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:30:43 -0000
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This has been a most interesting discussion indeed.  I think the fact that the 
BRHS has tradionally had its BOD meeting in October is something that could be 
overcome by some forethought, creative planning and out of the box thinking.  
"Where there is a will there is a way."  I don't believe that there is a 
shortage of ideas but rather a shortage of manpower stepping forward to 
organize and host such meets as pointed out by Rich Gortowski a veteran and 
tested warrior of such events.

I am all for a joint meet. Whether it coincides with a BRHS annual meeting, 
spring meet, mid-summer meet or just a "Hill Roads Meet" is immaterial. 
However, I don't think it will happen in Minneapolis/St Paul for a few years, 
since this year the NP is scheduled to have their annual convention at White 
Bear Lake, Minnesota, a suburb of St. Paul. Boy, that 2010 GN meeting at 
Glacier National Park in the Lodge should be an awesome meet. It certainly was 
tempting... cha-ching $$$.  

I think it is a mistake to assume that members of the GN, NP or any other 
historical society wouldn't come to Chicago for a joint meet.  After all, 
Chicago is a World Class city with one of the premier operating railroad 
museums in the country located nearby.  If we rescheduled for a summer meet 
then there's even the 2005 World Champion Chicago White Sox and that other team 
that plays on the north side of town as a potential draw/attraction.  In August 
you could even possibly throw in a preseason Bears game.  The point is Chicago 
would be a draw in itself for entire families with our meetings, seminars and 
swap meets as a bonus.  Attendees could ride Amtrak to town, jump on commuter 
trains into or out of Union Station or ride the El for some excitement.

Obviously knowing the planned meeting sites and dates for all three groups 
would be a necessary first requisite for future planning. On first glance it 
appears that the NP and GN have planned events further out than the BRHS. Off 
hand I don't know the proposed meeting sites/years for the GN or NP groups in 
future other than those already mentioned in this discussion, but I'm pretty 
certain a quick note to either Duane Buck, current president of the GN group or 
Gary Tarbox, current president of the NP group would obtain their proposed 
locations and dates.  Both of these gentlemen seem to be very approachable.  
After all, they are already working together on their joint Roundhouse archive 
program.  If the current BRHS president were interested in contacting either of 
these gentlemen I can supply the information necessary to make that happen.

While our current discussion has focused on meeting with the GN and NP groups, 
how about considering a joint meet with say... the D&RGW group? I think they 
are attempting their first annual meet this year. Why not consider a future 
joint meet with one of our CZ partners in Denver! Say for a 65th anniversary 
celebration of the inauguration of the CZ.  Perhaps they'd jump at the 
opportunity.  Again, consider the Rock Island and/or D&RGW groups, would either 
(or both) be interested in a joint meet in Colorado Springs. Just following 
along discussions on this topic there already seems to be some interest in a 
West Chicago Meet.  Who would be our most likely partner/year for that meet?  I 
think the BRHS is in a great position to reach out to more than just one 
potential partner for the occasional joint meeting. Perhaps we could even 
consider rotating partners to keep things fresh in addition to having their own 
annual meetings.

Anybody interested in an annual meeting in Tucson?  Oh yea, I forgot even major 
league baseball Spring Training and minor league baseball teams have fled 
Tucson.  But it's a dry heat, believe me!!!  For excitement we could have a 
lottery to guess when the next Amtrak train will come through town and sit 
outside the train station frying eggs on the platform. There's even a local 
brew pub that offers free house drafts when the UP blocks the intersection 
outside their watering hole.  Exciting stuff.  All kidding aside, this past 
summer the Garden Railway Group had their annual meet in Phoenix.  A neighbor 
with one of the premier G-Scale railroads in all of Arizona asked me to operate 
for his open house.  That was a fun two day assignment.  Somewhere around 500 
people made car or bus trips down to Tucson from Phoenix to visit his back yard 
empire and other operating garden railroads in Tucson.  But that's another 
subject for another day.  

In closing, of interest to me is the fact that so far after two years of living 
in Tucson I've meet a GN officianado, Hugh Grinnell, [Anybody that knows the 
history or early details of the founding of Glacier National Park should 
recognize that last name. Yes, he is a descendant of Charles Bird Grinnell.], 
even an NP fan, several SP and AT&SF fans, a Milwaukee fan and a Northwestern 
fan and a plethora of C&S narrow gauge fans, but no other CB&Q fans.  I haven't 
even given finding a fellow Chicago Great Weedy fan out here a second thought.

Later, Dave S.  Tucson, AZ  



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