On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 Tom Schmieder said: > Actually, it could benefit the society because we won't have to pay to have > someone catalogue the archived materials. Hmmm... No cost to catalogue, > secure place for the collection, easily accessible by the membership and the > public... Windfall savings for the ELHS. Tom, We wouldn't have to pay to STORE the archive if it were donated to Steamtown! As for the ownership issue, what specifically is the benefit to the society of ownership? Does it in fact outweigh the great expense of retaining ownership? I'm 1000% behind some sort of digitization of paper program. If it's stored in some lossless digital format that is easy to retrieve and distribute, how different would be the value in retaining ownership of the physical paper? As far as airing society laundry goes, I think the board should look at it as an opportunity to show how well they can handle an important issue such as this. Taking care of a tough problem ought to be good PR. Henry - ELHS #2684 J. Henry Priebe Jr. Blue Moon Internet Corp Network Administrator www.bluemoon.net Internet Access & Web Hosting www.railfan.net Railfan Network Services The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org To Unsubscribe: http://lists.elhts.org/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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