NWHS Director Write-in Candidate

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The following candidate for NWHS Board of Directors did not get included 
on the ballot.
Dean has agreed to run as a write-in candidate.

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Candidates for Election to the Board of Directors

The Norfolk and Western Historical Society, Inc.


Candidate Name: *_Dean Taylor_*

1. Describe briefly the skills and experience you would provide to the 
Society if elected to serve on the Board of Directors.

I have been involved in fundraising for several projects for other 
historical societies. I have been a teamleader and lead by example and 
have a can-do spirit.

2. What are the goals, programs and activities you would like to have 
the Society undertake or improve upon during your term?

One of the major goals I feel that needs to be accomplished is improve 
fellowship among the members, which should also lead to an increase in 
membership. The members need to feel connected and be encouranged to 
bring in additional people. While the conventions are good activities, 
they require a great deal of work, and overall may not be appealing to a 
wide enough base of members to bring a good attendance. Perhaps a major 
convention every other year with some mini-conventions or more social 
activities such as Strasburg with 475, or 611 may bring in more folks.

3. What ways would you suggest that the Society could improve its 
operations and the archive?

*The magazine needs to be brought back in house and produce 6-8 issues 
in a year. To some members, only four issues seems to be disconnected 
with the organization. The board needs to have some form of monthly 
newsletter (electronic) that is emailed out to show the members that the 
management is interested.Not a over large publication, but just some 
communication that is emailed direct, not strictly a download. *

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*Perhaps to increase interest in the archives might be have a featured 
drawing or several drawings that have not been published previously with 
a small description or explantion as to what makes it interesting. That 
is a fairly simple task for someone to undertake. It can be a wide 
variety of material, that applied to history or modeling. Then a feature 
on the archives itself to make people more aware of what can be seen.*

4. What should the Society do, in your opinion to sustain its membership 
base and continue to be a viable and an effective organization?

Members need to feel welcome, perhaps some folks who are more outgoing 
can be appointed as “ambassadors” for lack of a better term, to make new 
folks at the archive or any event welcome. Making the magazine more than 
a total rehash of technical articles with is difficult when people are 
not willing to write or have been discouraged in submitting material.


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