Actually, Gerald, I have brought up the matter of
membership and society up to you via email
correspondence, and (if you look in the
archives), Ted Andersen & I have brought up this
specific subject about 1.5 months ago.
In addition, this is a very weak argument. The
Soo Line HS has considerably fewer members in the
immediate area. I'm not certain they have more
(overall) members. There are "fallen flag" HS
that have steadily increased in membership, and
some that have dwindled, usually in direct
relation to the ability and desire off leadership
to be flexible and to be up to date. And, in
terms of volunteer hours and information, I have
contributed both to the BRHS, often while not
being a member. Were it strictly my time and or
interest, that would be considerably different,
but the Pullman Library is also a non-profit and
must pay bills, I guess no one sees a free ride.
Bob Webber
[Sorry, the new email address doesn't
automatically include a signature line as my others have had]
At 02:00 PM 12/9/2010, you wrote:
>
>
>
>Bob (?): BRHS is exclusively volunteers except
>for very minor expense reimbursement to Officers
>and small payment to our two Editors for pages
>produced in our respective publications. When
>you say 'discussed' & 'nothing but yawns' &
>'don't see it happening' do you mean via posts
>at CB&Q Yahoo or in person at a BRHS business
>mtg? Remember, this site although heavily
>populated with BRHS mbrs, includes some who are
>not. BRHS Yahoo is exclusively BRHS mbrs. BRHS
>has benefitted from 1000's of hrs of volunteer
>time with our publications, decal & slide sets,
>research (now many hrs have you spent on frt
>cars Rupert; and hrs spent going thru UTU
>records Leo?), calendars, Meets, etc plus some
>mbrs help work on preserved CB&Q equipment &
>depots. Could we use more mbrs and more hours?
>Sure. But there are more projects than there are
>volunteers/hours/$$$. Same can be said for every
>RR His. Soc. If you are a fallen flag, mbrship
>generally declines & ages (Q's been gone 40&1/2 yrs)
>
>Gerald A. Edgar
>
>
>To: <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com>CBQ@yahoogroups.com
>From: <mailto:drgw18%40gmail.com>drgw18@gmail.com
>Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 13:47:42 -0600
>Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: Heavyweight Q Decals
>
>As described earlier, the best method for this is to emulate what the
>SLHS has done - bring in volunteers who can aid in the research and
>physical effort required. As the last few times anything like this
>has been discussed have been greeted with nothing but yawns (if that)
>I don't see it happening. The Burlington is one of many roads,
>there are millions of drawings to conserve, index and review. There
>is no incentive to put CB&Q drawings and/or information in front of
>any other effort. Sounds tacky, but that is (literally) the bottom line.
>
>
>
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