An opinion or two on what I've read: I belong to a rail organization which went the route of a board partially elected by the membership. That organization now has serious problems because the board members elected by the membership acted in such a fashion that the appointed directors, including the president and minority owner of an area short-line railroad, quit. The board spends most of its time nit-picking what the operating staff, all volunteers, have done, and micromanaging what has not yet been done. Will this happen to ELHS if the board is member-elected? Not necessarily, but it certainly is a possibility. As for younger members, keep in mind that the focus of this organization is on a railroads which no longer exist. 1976 was the last year of the E-L's existence. Anyone who is 30 years old was about 2 when the E-L ceased to exist. Considering how quickly Conrail tried to eradicate any E-L identification, it's not surprising that few people who are under 30 even know about the Erie, the Lackawanna, or the E-L. In 2001, I asked a Mahwah resident who was about my age (mid-50's) how far the Mahwah Erie station was from the hotel. She said that she didn't know, but the NJT station was about a mile. Even those of us who are middle-aged and don't have a special interest in them don't remember these railroads any longer. Ken Bush >> ------------------------------
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