Holy Crap, Keith....
If that's your attitude toward an inquiry, no wonder you don't have any volunteers showing up down there.
You don't know; Paul may be the answer to a number of your problems and you come off at his inquiry like an old B*st*rd. Maybe he wants to restore a particular piece of equipment and has the time and motivation to do it. Maybe he just wants to learn.
The Museum has been short of money and volunteers since I first showed up down there and began volunteering in 1967, 35 years and no change. Get over it... That's the way with museums.
But you're not going to get a bunch of new recruits spouting off like that.
Sheesh... No wonder this hobby is dying.
Rick Steele