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Tuna: I love your idea and I hate it that that Bowlus and the Curtiss-Wright
offered recently apparently (probably) got away from us. Also the
set of historical papers. For that matter I'd love to see us buy
Shady Dell and use it as the site for these restoration projects, as well
as possibly to generate money for the work (assuming it's a going concern,
which it seems like it at least could be). I think it would be easier
to have a place where the work is done rather than having them passed around
from member to member. I can see some problems with the execution
of the idea but I don't think they're insurmountable, they'd just take
some figuring out and probably some legal paperwork. The two most
difficult issues I see are, how do you figure the contribution of one person
putting in money and another person putting in time (i.e., what hourly
rate do you use for which kinds of work?); and who is available to be the
"on-site" supervisor for the work? Finally, the point of restoring
them would have to be for them to be used, and with all of us so busy with
our own money-pits and traveling with them, under what conditions and by
who would they get used? Starting a nonprofit corporation for the
purpose is relatively straightforward, but getting the actual work done,
I fear that might be another story. Also, all that voting is pretty
cumbersome, and in the meantime prizes may slip away from us, and then
what about the recriminations? Anyway put me down as someone who
would love to see it happen, and see where it goes from there.
--Sarah |