Hello ERC Members,
Last week the Centennial Committee and Board of Directors made the decision to postpone the upcoming Pottsville Train Excursion scheduled for 5/20/23.
A small group of Rotarians, including myself had a very positive meeting with The Reading & Northern Railroad Company. They very graciously understood our position and agreed to allow us to postpone AND will refund our $1,000 deposit. A very good outcome! By making the trip and having a transparent conversation we strengthened our relationship with the company and found ourselves collaborating on ways to improve the concept of the excursion.
We now have a very broad timeline to postpone and when the date is schedule, we will start fresh with a new letter of intent and contract to move forward. We assured the group that we are still very enthusiastic about holding a ride and that ERC Leadership is very much on board to make this a successful event for our Centennial Celebration line up.
Moving forward Roger Whitcomb and his Centennial Celebration Committee, including Wade, Cindy and I will work out the details to bring forth a new plan to the Board. When a new plan is decided on, we will be sure that Wade (as excursion Chair) will have the support of a committee to make our next opportunity a BIG success.
I'd like to sincerely thank Wade for all of his work thus far on building this event through is expertise and helpful contacts. And I very much appreciate Cindy, Roger and Wade for taking the time to make this very important meeting happen. It made a world of difference, and we were a great team. Many thanks to the Board for your thoughtful discussion at our last meeting.
Onward and Upward!
Meghan Reed
President, Emmaus Rotary Club 2022/23