Re: Whats going on at the Nevada Northern?
Author: Taco Tim
Date: 02-19-2009 - 12:21
Drew Jacksich Wrote:
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> As an outside observer looking in, it seems to me
> that certain groups get ahold of museum operations
> like this and think of it, not as a public trust,
> but their own personal set of 1:1 scale trains.
You are right about that. It's actually pretty easy to do, given all of the time and effort they put into these operations. When you show up every weekend, and put a lot of work into something, you'll tend to feel an ownership in it.
Usually that's actually a positive thing, it keeps folks interested in the operation and encourages them to try and improve things.
Occasionally it goes sideways and they end up treating it as "their toy" while excluding outsiders. That's when you have a problem.