Mr. Wagner,
Thank you for your years of service. It was a Bulletin purchased at a
hobby shop in New Jersey that introduced me to the Society and shortly
thereafter, I joined. Thanks also for clearing this matter. I look forward
to many years of your articles.
Pat Homan, Cincinnati
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Lotz" <Dave_Lotz@bellsouth.net>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>; <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 5:36 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Resignation
> The news that I have resigned as editor of the BRHS Burlington Bulletin
> has
> recently been announced by BRHS President Gene Tacey, and that is as it
> should be, as my resignation is certainly not a secret, nor should it be.
> I
> would, however, like to clarify the situation.
>
> After serving as associate editor of Bulletin No. 1 under Lee Hastman
> (recently deceased, sadly), I served as Bulletin editor for 31 years. And
> that, it seems to me, is plenty of time for any one individual to be at
> the
> controls of a publication. The past several years have seen the
> publication
> of just one Bulletin -- none in the past two years -- and that is no
> one's
> fault but mine; I have simply not been able to get one put together, for a
> variety of reasons. I had asked the board some time ago to be relieved of
> the task of laying out the issues and putting the pages together, ready
> for
> the printer, and the Aurora Line Elevation issue was in fact laid out by
> the
> printer's personnel following basic instructions provided by me. That is
> not really a workable way of proceeding, though, as in order for an
> attractive, logical layout to be completed by someone with no knowledge of
> railroads in general and the Burlington in particular, such detailed
> directions would have to be provided that I might as well continue to do
> the
> layout.
>
> Dave Lotz, who already does the layout and page make-up for the Zephyr,
> kindly agreed to do the same for the next couple of Bulletins, until the
> board can find a suitable individual to take on the task on a regular
> basis.
> Dave and I worked quite well together in assembling the massive issue on
> Burlington SD7s, 9s and 24s, and this was certainly fitting, as we are the
> two who produced the text for the issue. Dave did a great job, and an
> issue
> of something over 180 pages was the result. The board did not feel it was
> financially feasible for the BRHS to undertake publication of such a large
> issue at this time, and I was asked to split it into two issues. Though I
> was strongly opposed to splitting the material, the decision to do so is
> rightfully the board's, and I have complied with their wishes. Dave and I
> have made the necessary changes, and Bulletin No. 47 will be an 88-page
> issue covering the acquisition of the the SDs, while Bulletin No. 48 will
> cover their service lives, modifications and subsequent use by successors
> Burlington Northern and BNSF. Included in this second section will be
> complete rosters and Burlington paint scheme data, the latter expertly
> produced by member Charlie Vlk. No. 48 will presumably follow No. 47 by
> several months.
>
> It is certainly not my intention to leave the BRHS in the lurch, and I
> have
> already completed everything except the page make-up for Bulletin No. 49,
> which will be a 72-page issue dealing with the joint Burlington-Milwaukee
> Road subsidiary the Davenport, Rock Island & Northwestern, or DRI Line.
> Dave will also put together the pages of this issue for submission to the
> printer. Thus there is enough material on hand to take the society well
> into next year, at least.
>
> Further, I do not wish to quit providing articles of all sorts for the
> Bulletin, as I have a very substantial backlog of articles now in various
> stages of preparation. If the new editor is willing, I can continue to
> provide Bulletin features for years to come. I have no intention of
> completely abandoning to Bulletin, and I hope to be of continued service
> to
> the new editor well into the future.
>
> So rest easy; my decision to step down as editor is not the big deal that
> some would make of it.
>
> Hol Wagner
>
>
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>
>
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