Re: Commission meeting, Aug 2017 writeup

John Cole Wrote:
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> Thanks for the transcript of the meeting Sam. It
> is great to hear reservations are over 11% up from
> last year, and the revenue is up 16%. Things are
> certainly going the right direction for sure. The
> most interesting part to me was reading the report
> on the 168 rebuild as 1/2 of the RGS charter the
> Friends are running is going to support that fund.
> (We only have a few tickets left to sell) I hope
> the 2019 date for completion of the 168 is going
> to happen, woo-hoo!

I sure hope that we have a sell out with the two day RGS too!. After the Friends MOW charter, I suggested we do a RGS phraud-o-graph since the last one was 20 years ago. I also suggested that if we do a RGS charter, 168 get some benefit too.

As someone wisely said, everyone needs play nice or don't a few years ago. We need to be rowing now in the same direction now. The RGS charter is something different in many ways. It's a lot of different people, groups working together.

This RGS charter is a huge fund raiser not just to buy paint, lumber but to help restore a locomotive that will add an entirely different era to the C&T. Even if you can't make the RGS charter, consider buying a ticket helping to raise funds.