Re: [VIC] Stack Talk December 1999

[keithm@commslab.gov.au (Dave Malcolm)]

In article <DrSb4.3362$FY3.5922@ozemail.com.au> "Stewart Findlay" <timepieces@ozemail.com.au> writes:
>From: "Stewart Findlay" <timepieces@ozemail.com.au>
>Subject: [VIC] Stack Talk December 1999
>Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 11:57:24 +1100

>Stephen Hurst wrote:

>> I only speak for myself here, but I am getting sick and tired of all this
>> serious crap (no offence intended to those expressing their opinion) just
>> bring on the trains :)  'Leave the managing to the managers, and the
>> consuming to the consumers'.

>A disappointing attitude Stephen - obviously you haven't read the article as
>you have completely missed the whole point. Remain just a consumer if you
>wish but when the steam does start to disappear then you can't blame the few
>who are left (putting up with increasing levels of time required to keeping
>preservation afloat) when we finally run out of people to continue our
>efforts!

>Too few people, with many who are becoming senior citizens, cannot continue
>with the current workload if all or many organizations will remain in
>existence. New blood is needed and the armchair critics and photogenic
>gunzels need to start helping or their hobby will disappear before  their
>eyes.

>Sounds pessimistic? Maybe so but this is a fact of what is most likely to
>happen if new volunteers don't come forward.

>In reply to David O'Hare's suggestion of the Healesville line - Steamrail
>Victoria is not a tourist railway operator and there are already too many
>tourist lines in Victoria. It doesn't stop us from working closely with
>other Tourist Railway operators but there simply isn't enough room for all
>the present organizations let alone a new tourist line operator! The
>"Lineman" comments are pretty accurate and are worthy of a read (Note -
>nothing to worry about SG in the remainder of Victoria).

Very well put. The article was very good, and brings out problems which are 
not peculiar to Victoria, we experience the same things in Canberra.

Dave Malcolm

>regards


>Keith Findlay