I noticed comments in the news that new help and or new organisation is required.
What is required for each?
I expect a huge commitment of time in sorting, listing, packing, posting and space for storing the members sales? as well as a commitment to travel.
What have I missed?
Just trying to get my head round what is required to keep this valuable service running for members
Stephen,
I believe it would be better to contact the committee directly (details in the news), who I'm sure would be happy to answer any questions you may have.
Regards,
Darren.
Yes, the best approach would be to make contact directly with Brian Guilmant (details at the front of the News). A few people have already expressed interest in getting involved and the way forward may be to split the operation into various constituent parts, e.g. Minitrains, second-hand, etc. A geographical split might also be a possibility, e.g. second-hand stock held in two (or more) places each visiting shows in the appropriate part of the country. But there may be other ways of skinning this particular cat and all ideas would be welcome, I'm sure.
Needless to say, after forty years or more Brian G. has finely tuned all the necessary systems and procedures (which is why it all works so amazingly well, for the benefit of Society members). However, I suspect that his successors will need to evolve systems which work for them, which may (or may not) be quite different from the current ones.
David.
(currently part of the Sales operation)
at 74 I am sadly too old for this but I sincerely hope new people will come forward to keep this great service to members going
Peter Smith
I know i'm not well organised enough, nor do I get enough free weekends to take the stuff round the shows.
But I could possibly help out now and again, childcare duties and shifts permitting, if someone near Leeds takes part on.
Sadly my house is probably too small to store the stock too.
Hi everyone -
The changes to the Sales Service have now been finalised - please see the main 'Members' Sales' thread for details.
The Sales Team