Re: 483 Donations went to remove asbestos from 483

Dick Cowles Wrote:
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> Gee Roger, hate to see you get "upset", so let me
> put your mind at rest, back in 1999-2000 the
> $2,000 or so that was raised for the 483 went
> toward the roughly $20,000 cost of removing the
> asbestos from 483 and 492. I was the project
> leader for the Friends way back then, and Leo
> Schmitz made the decision since the Commission
> held the monies from Jay's fund-raising efforts.
> Project succeeded in arresting corrosion of the
> boilers from rain-soaked asbestos.

Cooool now I feel better it was spent on the 483. My problem was that a lot of folks that were involved in the fund raiser had no idea and only one person approved it on his own. Just my opinion and that is from memory.

"from Jay's fund-raising efforts" This should be changed to "A lot of people's fund raising efforts"

Not a problem now that the money is in a separate fund held by the friends for the 483.

Thanks Dick for the correct information about how it was spent.