NPRHA Board Minutes - Duluth

Uploaded to NPRHA site:<= /p>	3/10/2003
Date Created:	7/14/2001
Keywords:	NPRHA, Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association, Minutes, Board Meeting, Duluth
Contributor:	Robert B. Horne
Author:	Robert B. Horne

NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION=

Minutes, Board of Directors

D= uluth, = MN, July 14, 2001

Present: Beach (presiding), Bratt, Carlson, Fredrickson, Horne, McCoy.

Called to order at 12:30 p.m.

Nominations and Election of Officers for 2001-2002:

        =         President: Phil Beach

        =         Vice President: Jon Bratt

        =         Treasurer: Bob McCoy

        =         Secretary: Bob Horne

        =         Nominating Committee Chairman: Warren Broderick

All candidates were unanimously approved.&nbs= p;

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The following were reaffirmed unanimously to continue to serve on the Nominati= ng Committee: Duane Durr, Jim Hill, and Gary Wildung.

Publications:

        =         Verne Alexander and Dennis Henry had agreed to serve with John Phillips on the Publications Committee. They= were both unanimously elected, and will serve in alternating two-year terms, wi= th Alexander serving the initial one-year term. It was emphasized that their miss= ion will be oversight, not supervision of publications. Direction will be provided by the Editor, John Phillips, with content being solicited, edited, and selected = by him and his Review Board. It= was agreed that Board approval was not required for the Editorial Review Board= .

        =         Editor Phillips requested a budget of $350 per quarter (total $2800) to be used f= or miscellaneous costs associated with research for articles. Approved unan= imously.

        =         Discussion of a proposal by Phillips for Annual Review of the Editorial Function was deferred, and will be handled over the next few months via correspondence,= with approval hopefully on the winter teleconference.

Company Store:

        =         There was a lively discussion about methods of enhancing the value and efficienc= y of the Store. Among the topics covered, there was concern raised over the selling of goods, at our less-t= han-retail prices, over the Internet to non-members, and the consequent breaching of former understandings with retailers not to undercut them.

        =         Other topics discussed included using different price tiers for different classe= s of membership, non-members, etc., and the requirement to be able to readily distinguish one from the others. Therefore, it was decided to draft a Mission Statement for the Comp= any Store (Beach, Horne).

By-Laws Review:

As a result of the foregoing discussion, and recognizing that the NPRHA is 20 years old, it was agreed that it would se= em appropriate to undertake a preliminary review of the By-Laws at this time.= This would provide an opportunity= to see whether there might be other areas where roles and responsibilities could = be clarified, perhaps with additional Mission Statements, in order to strengt= hen the organization. (Beach, Ho= rne)

As a final step of business, President Beach expressed, on behalf of the Board and the Association, his heartfelt thanks to Jerry Mas= ters for his three years of service on, and contributions to, the Board. Jerry was absent from this meeting because he was attending a large family reunion.

Adjournment: 2:15 p.m.

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