2012 TEAM LEADER REPORTS - PART I of IV

[Ted Smith]

The 2012 Team Leader Reports are now available for the Forum. This is Part I of IV because of the size of the document.

Ed Lowrance and John Engs, our Project Committee Co-Chairs, have done a great job of summarizing the success of the Friends' this summer, and here are a couple of excerpts from their Co-Chair report in Part I:

"The Friends supported six week-long work sessions during 2012, completed in Chama NM, Antonito Colorado, along the C&TSRR mainline. The Colorado Springs work group continued work on the Immigrant Sleeper car #470, with twice a month scheduled sessions. While not a part of the Project Committee’s work, recognition should be extended to the large number of volunteers working behind the scenes preparing grant applications, writing software programs, traveling to planning sessions - all in support of the Friends restoration mission......

"Work hours donated by our volunteers during the six regular work sessions total 12,659.The Colorado Springs group added 850 hours for a total 13,509 hours. Using standard data of $20.00 per hour, the Friends organization contributed $271,800.00 in value.

"The Project Committee joint chairmen are so very grateful for all the volunteer workers. They make “working on the railroad” a rewarding experience for all who participate through their work and generous financial assistance.

Thank you! Ed Lowrance & John Engs"

Ed wanted us to explain that the $20 figure is the way we are allowed to value the Friends' in-kind contribution to the railroad in our fund-raising efforts by organizations like Independent Sector.com who audit overall labor rates in order to calculate the economic value of non-profits to our society. Also, the 13,509 figure does not take into account the many hours spent by Friends' volunteers at home doing the work that keeps the organization going.

Outstanding effort!

Ted

[Rich Murray]

Ted, those are some very impressive numbers!
Thank you for posting them.

[Ted Smith]

Hi, Rich: I've tried to post Part II now five times, and it's been unsuccessful. I sent you and Jason an e-mail - attaching the PDF file which is 10 MB - is that too large?
Let me know and I'll break it up if need be,

Linda

[Greg Raven]

Hi Linda, that file should be much smaller. The images are not being re-sized or compressed when the PDF file is written. There may be a setting you can change to greatly reduce the image file size. It depends on the application you are using to make the file.

Enjoyed reading part 1! It's amazing the huge amount of stuff that gets done by the Friends to not only preserve the railroad, but also to help keep it operating.

Regards,
Greg

[Ted Smith]

THANKS, GREG - YES, TRULY AMAZING. THE TALENT IN THIS GROUP IS INCREDIBLE!

[Rich Murray]

Hi, Rich: I've tried to post Part II now five times, and it's been unsuccessful. I sent you and Jason an e-mail - attaching the PDF file which is 10 MB - is that too large?
Let me know and I'll break it up if need be,

Linda

I'm not sure what the problem is and since our IT guy,Jason, is somewhere between Texas and Chama, I'll see if I can "fine tune" it this morning.

[Jason Rose]

I’ve got the forum set up to accept any size file. However, the hosting company has settings that can override mine. That appears to be the issue.

Linda, can you split that file into 2 parts?

[Ted Smith]

Jason, the split worked fine! Adobe did it for me. Thanks! Keep doing good work in Chama,
Linda