What's New in the WLD
Hi, Presidents
& Superintendents --
NOTE:
Please forward this email to your newsletter editor and officers, mention it in your editorial, bring it
up at meetings. Your members like to know what's going on at National!
It's the
pre-convention June edition. Not much news this month because everyone is
getting ready for Sacramento next month.
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IMPORTANT! Region Presidents and Division
Superintendents, please note:
In the next few days you will be receiving a copy of the new
Member Information Policy adopted by the Board of Directors. Be sure to
read the policy carefully and adopt the changes at the regional and
divisional level of the NMRA.
Recent changes in personal privacy laws make these changes necessary in
order that your local group – and you personally – can avoid the
ever-stronger consequences and penalties for sharing members’ personal
information without their permission.
Please direct any questions concerning this new policy to Mike Brestel, NMRA
President, at nmrapres@zoomtown.com,
or Robert Amsler, NMRA General Counsel, at
nmralegal@charter.net.
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Remind your members that the NMRA has a
Facebook page and is on Twitter. For up-to-the-minute news members should
follow us at either (or both) of those two social media sites!
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The
National
Train Show also has a Facebook page.
When they follow us, your members can get all kinds of information about
which vendors will be at the show, show specials, and other good-to-know
previews about the NTS!
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As has been the case for several years,
NMRA Membership numbers are
remaining stable. The membership
count, as of May 31, was 19,495. This represents an increase of 0.34%
(that's 1/3 of 1%) over May of 2010, and a decrease of 0.32% (1/3 of 1%)
over May of 2006. When you hear rumors of the "constant decrease in NMRA
membership," please quote these figures -- it's
STABLE
and has been for at least five years!
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Repeating last month's news,
the 2011 NMRA election results are
in!
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The new NMRA Canada Director will be
Don
Hillman, replacing Clark Kooning, MMR.
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The new Central District Director will be
Peter
Magoun, MMR, replacing Bob Beatty, MMR.
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The new Regional Advisory Council Director
will be
Stephen Priest, MMR, replacing Bob Ferguson.
All new
Directors will take office at the Sacramento Board Meeting.
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The
Summer Board meeting will be held prior to the Sacramento x2011
Convention and will begin on Friday, July 1, 2011. Current plans put the
meeting in the Beavis Room in the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel.
Tentative starting time is 9 am. All locations and times are subject to
change -- be sure to keep an eye out for updates to this information.
Remember, it's the responsibility of Region and Division officials to pass
along this information to members.
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For the last time this year, a
notice of 2012 elections.
The following NMRA Officers and Board of Directors positions are open for
election in 2012: President, Vice President-Administration, Vice
President-Special Projects, Eastern District Director, Pacific District
Director, and At-Large North America Director. Please check the NMRA
Executive Handbook located at
http://www.nmra.org/national/organization/nmra_organization.html for the
extent of the districts affected and qualifications. All candidate names
for consideration by the Nominations Committee shall be submitted to Didrik
Voss,
davoss@pvmtengr.com, no later
than June 15, 2011 --
THAT'S
THIS COMING WEDNESDAY!.
If you have any
questions or comments about any of the above, please send them directly to
a Director or Officer. You'll find those addresses at
www.nmra.org or in NMRA Magazine.
And if you're
changing email addresses, please let me know at this email address:
NMRA-infonet@earthlink.net
-Gerry Leone, MMR
NMRA Communications Director