[Thursday] Big Shoes

[KENDALL ADAMS]

Congratulations Randy, Don't spend that big new pay raise all in one place.

Ken A


> On October 17, 2019 at 8:47 PM Randall Snow via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Everyone,
> 
>     There is a bit of news from the museum's last board meeting that I'm both proud and honored to be able to share.
> 
>     Most of our recent volunteers wouldn't have known Fred Jaggi who was formerly the president of the museum.  He served in that role from, I believe, 2013 until his unexpected passing just before Steam Up in 2016.  He was instrumental in ensuring that the museum would live on beyond the life of its' founder Bob Merriam.  Fred is the reason that I came to the museum when I did to begin volunteering, and I know the same is true for Craig and Dave Caldwell and possibly others.  I'll say I didn't know him well enough, but I think he served a very critical role in the museum's history that quite possibly wouldn't have happened without him.  Of course I don't mean to diminish the lifetime contributions of Bob Merriam at all.  The museum owes him it's existence, its' physical location, its' support base through the decades, it's vision, and so much more.  I appreciated the description of him being the museum's prime mover for over 50 years!  Again, I didn't know him well enough either to really do him justice.  Since the unexpected loss of Fred the museum has been without a president.  With the additional unfortunate loss of Bob this spring, we lost, technically, our president emeritus.  The museum, and I think all of us in some ways, certainly felt those losses and struggled for a bit to find some direction.
> 
>     I'm honored to now say that I was elected as the new president of the museum at our last board meeting.  Functionally this won't make much difference as I've been leading the charge as director of operations, but for our organization it's quite critical to have someone in that role.  Admittedly I feel underqualified to fill the role occupied by such experienced people before me.  I have to laugh a bit at the unpredictable turns life seems to take, and give in to the thought that everything happens for a reason.  With the loss of Bob the museum has undergone the biggest change since its' inception, and we've made it.  Now we have to set our sights on the future.  I'm so proud to have been chosen to help steer that course, and honor the efforts of Bob and his family, Fred, and the decades of volunteers that have made the museum what it is today.  
> 
>     Cheers to the guy that Bob called "the young idiot" once upon a time.  Somehow now he's wearing the big shoes!
> 
>     --
>     Randy Snow
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