gokeefe wrote:PORRTrainman1888:We have had insurance for some time now. Although it appears on the website as being recent, we have been registered with the IRS, NH Charitable Trusts, State of NH incorperation division, State of NH DOT:Bureau of rail and transit and other agencys for months.
How are things coming? Have you been able to obtain sufficient funds for liability insurance? Are you looking for further funding to meet other goals? I think there are a lot of people that are really interested in your project that might like to know. I checked the website again and there didn't seem to be anything further at this point beyond the listing on the NH Register and your IRS Registration, both of which are huge steps. Congratulations on a sucessful month.
Things are starting to slow down. We have had to scrap the idea of a museum as there is not enough support for it. The roof needs replacement, we are currently waiting on the State to provide a user agreement to us so we can legally do work on the building. I was told last week we would hear from the State in 2 weeks, but sometimes they get busy with other things.
We are planning some work sessions on weekends in October to clear some trees Sandyriverman is our resident expert with the chainsaw, so we'll take a wirl at getting the brush and trees around and behing the building removed before winter.
We need more members. Thats where most of our funding comes from. People always say "I'll Join" but they seldom do. We have 40+ members now, most of them live out of State and can not do work at the site, some don't like the idea of signing an Insurance waiver before they can come on site.
Folks keep trying to give me equipment, either thier own or equipment they dont even own, they do not realize that the roundhouse is close to death, this winter, if it's rough could do it in and that our main goal is the saving and rehab of the only remaining P&O roundhouse on the planet.
We need members and people willing to work under the guidelines set in place by the State of NH and the Bartlett Roundhouse Club. We have been doing fundraisers, but that money gets gobbled up in insurance costs and paperwork fees and other needs.
We do not have an estimate on the cost of the roof. We can not get estimates untill we have a user agreement in place with the State. Even then we need more than 6 members showing up to do the work. This is a hands on project.
So the project is begining to Stall. We only have a small membership and untill we get more members, it wont and cant proceed.
We have negotiated with the CSRR for 2 old retired pieces of equipment, MEC outside braced wooden boxcar 35059 and CSRR (Ex MEC/EX-PT) Wooden Russell snow plow # 68.These will arrive after the CSRR's regular season is complete and will be stored on the track leading into the Roundhouse. 35059 will be our work/tool car and the snowplow will provide shelter and rest area for people up there working in the summer. These both need extensive repair, but if enough funds are raised it can be done, while work on the roundhouse proceeds.