Steam & Excursion > Congratulations to David Wilkins

http://mailchi.mp/3e4b82334c83/papqvp0e5y-424419

If you scroll down the page you will see our very own David Wilkins is now the new regulatory council for the Heritage Rail Alliance starting in the beginning of 2018. Congratulations David!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/24/17 18:15 by WM1400.

Do you mean counsel? Guess I'll get to know him better!

TL

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While David now lives in Utah and is active with the Heber Valley group, he's also still a member of Illinois Railway Museum from his days living in the Midwest and belongs to other preservation groups as well, so he is well-suited to this new role.

Can't let any mention of David's appointment go by without also giving a HUGE THANK-YOU to retiring regulatory counsel Bob Opal. Bob is a long-time member at IRM and spent his working days as a lawyer for C&NW and UP. Much of Bob's later career was working primarily in regulatory compliance for UP.

So from all of us at IRM, congrats to David and three cheers for Bob!

NZ

All good biographies include mention of the family dog.

The Heritage Rail Alliance -- which I had never
heard of -- is the new (2016) name for the ATRRM,
the Association of Tourist Railroads and Railway
Museums, which was the nameof the organization
formed in 2013 when the Tourist Railway Association
(of North America), which was called "TRAIN" merged
with the Association of Railway Museums, or "ARM".

"The Heritage Rail Alliance" is a great name! Short
and simple and says it all.

Here is the home page for the Heritage Rail Alliance:

https://www.atrrm.org/index.php

and their About Us page:

https://www.atrrm.org/index.php/about-us

(I had to do some googling to find this info, as the page
linked to in the OP did not say who this group is, and
there were no clickable links to the home page for this
group on that page. It was quite puzzling to read the
"newsblast", and not to be able to learn anything about
the group. Their regular web page is nice, however, and
does say who they are. And Googling "Tourist railroad
association" does give a list of "hits" with the ATRRM
at the top, and when I clicked on the hope page for the
ATRRM, it sent me right to the home page of the Heritage
Rail Alliance -- good job, whoever made sure that happened!

So -- congratulations tp David Wilkins! The Heritage Rail
Alliance will be in good hands with him aboard! Highball for
a great future!

Margaret_SP_fan Wrote:
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> (I had to do some googling to find this info, as
> the page
> linked to in the OP did not say who this group is,
> and
> there were no clickable links to the home page for
> this
> group on that page. It was quite puzzling to read
> the
> "newsblast", and not to be able to learn anything
> about
> the group.

Margaret, you're overthinking this a bit. An internal newsletter, for members of HeritageRail, would not necessarily go out of its way to include contextual information about the organization that the recipients of the newsletter would already have.

Nevertheless, there is a link - in the footer of the email.

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kelly (nathansixchime) --
Thanks! Found it! Of course an internal newsletter
does not need to say anything about what the group who
sent it out is all about, but I obviously did not see
that clickable link, and I am pretty sure neither will
most people who click on that link. Until your very
helpful comment. Again -- thanks!

I hear this Wilkins guy is a real jerk.

wilkinsdm Wrote:
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> I hear this Wilkins guy is a real jerk.


Now THAT'S funny!!!!!!!!

Seriously, I'm very humbled that Bob Opal and HRA's leadership reached out to me regarding the position. The first question I had was "Are you sure that you have the right David Wilkins?"

I look forward to working with HRA's leadership and representing the industry as a whole.

Mr. Wilkins ---
I wish you all the best in your new position with the HRA.
Love the new name. Highball for a great future for the HRA!