Re: NO Blame - "Just the facts, Ma'am".
| October 14, 2005 08:02PM |
Hi, All -
I'm not blaming ANYONE but Mother Nature for the RR not meeting it's projections*, but if having weekly stats - and especially a count of future reservations - will help the local merchants, and if helping the local merchants was a factor in saving the RR in the first place, then a weekly summary of the stats should be made available.
Maybe there could be a $1 or $2 a week charge per merchant to offset the employee's time. Whatever seems fairest to both sides.
Or charge $5 per week and put the money into the advertising fund! .
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- El Curmudgeonito
* Maybe better advertising / some short trips / historic paint & lettering / any number of other things could increase ridership and help meet (higher, we hope) projections, but that's another topic and already on another thread or three ...
I'm not blaming ANYONE but Mother Nature for the RR not meeting it's projections*, but if having weekly stats - and especially a count of future reservations - will help the local merchants, and if helping the local merchants was a factor in saving the RR in the first place, then a weekly summary of the stats should be made available.
Maybe there could be a $1 or $2 a week charge per merchant to offset the employee's time. Whatever seems fairest to both sides.
Or charge $5 per week and put the money into the advertising fund! .
" />- El Curmudgeonito
* Maybe better advertising / some short trips / historic paint & lettering / any number of other things could increase ridership and help meet (higher, we hope) projections, but that's another topic and already on another thread or three ...
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Chile John | October 12, 2005 08:40AM |
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roger hogan | October 12, 2005 09:04AM |
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rick b | October 12, 2005 10:38AM |
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roger hogan | October 12, 2005 04:15PM |
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Chile John | October 12, 2005 05:57PM |
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Tom Stewart | October 12, 2005 09:05PM |
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Russ Sperry | October 13, 2005 12:09AM |
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Chile John | October 13, 2005 08:32AM |
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Greg Scholl | October 13, 2005 08:55AM |
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RichB | October 13, 2005 10:09AM |
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Jerry Day | October 13, 2005 03:43PM |
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Russ Sperry | October 14, 2005 08:02PM |
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