NWHS Director Write-in Candidate

Mon Apr 27 13:06:39 EDT 2015

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     On Sunday, April 26, 2015 6:31 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

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.    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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