VMT

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> PINNNNG! You hit the nail square on the head. Of course there are bits and

> pieces of the other suggested problems, particularly funding and, IMHO,

> misdirection of previous directors (which can also be traced to the board).

> 

> Jeff Sanders

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>> The moderator (wisely) put the kabosh on an earlier post I sent just after

>> the financial misdealings of the now-deposed museum director were brought

>> to light.  To put a more positive spin on VMT posts, I have a question

>> about the museum and the who's who.  My feeling is that the board of

>> directors is the root cause of the problems, but don't know who the

>> members are.  The museum web site doesn't list them; in fact the only

>> "employee" found on the web site is the "National Spokesman" Perry King

>> (whoever he is, beyond a friend of the previous director).

>> 

>> So, who has a list of the board members for the Virginia Museum of

>> Transportation?  Board meeting info? Election procedures? Perhaps the

>> place to begin making improvements is replacing dilettantes with people

>> who are really interested in railroads, transportation, and making the

>> museum a better place.

>> 

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I think this is a GREAT IDEA.  Lets write the members of the board, and if
we don't like the responses, we show them to the local papers.  Lets use the
opportunity to advertise the museum, and to bring awareness that all the
cool RAIL RELATED items need our help and donations.  Further, it'll
spotlight the problems to enough folks that SOME might just be rich railfans
or actually SMART folks who could be board members.   Unfortunatly, nothing
works better than bad PR in getting something solved.



Mark Lindsey