Attendees:: PNC Norman Rosenshein, NC Shelly Ohren, PNC Monte Mayer, PNC Warren Dolny, PNC Bob Zweiman, PNC Ed Goldwasser, Irsi Goldwasser, Don Feldman, Maxwell Colon, Joe Kraut, Jerry Farris, NJA Alan Cornblatt, Florence Levine, Debbie Stern, Hannah Deutch, Sophie Ruderman
Staff: NED Herb Rosenbleeth; DOO Larry Richardson; Nikki Salzman
Subject: Helping Our Museum
- Memorial Day Program
- Everyone should go to their local congregations and remind them to read the names of the Fallen Heroes.
- The list is available through http://www.nmajmh.org.
- Third Annual Memorial Day Shabbat in Washington, DC will be held at Sixth and I Historic Synagogue. The families of the Fallen Heroes have been invited.
- Please let us know in the beginning of June on whether or not your local program was successful.
- Museum Exhibits
- We’re still in fundraising mode for the new main exhibit.
- We haven’t been able to move forward as much as we would like due to the need for building repairs.
- We’re trying to do repairs on the weekend, so we don’t disrupt operations.
- If you would like for the museum to have a specific exhibit, note what it would be, and how it would be funded.
- Email blast
- We sent one out just prior to Passover asking for donations explaining the conditions of the building.
- We didn’t get any money in for the solicitation.
- Some people disagreed with the timing of the email.
- Some people said that they did not receive the email, why?
- Not everyone is on the national email list serve. If you’re not on the list serve, or you’re not sure, email to get added.
- Emails may have gone to spam folders.
- People may have unsubscribed from the email list, not realizing that they’ve unsubscribed from ALL JWV/NMAJMH emails.
- Convention: if you have a topic that needs to be addressed, please let us know.
- Yahrzeits
- This program is the best buy for people that the museum has – for $100 your loved one can be part of the museum. It preserves the memory of our family, friends, and comrades.
- Posts should be purchasing Yahrzeits for key members, and they should be encouraging the families to purchase them as well.
- Paver Program
- The program is doing well; it’s brought in a little over $68,000.
- It’s brought extra interest to our museum from the surrounding community – it’s an eye catcher for people passing by on the street.
- Purchasing a paver is a way to become a permanent part of the museum. More Posts, Echelons, and Auxiliaries should be stepping up to participate.
- Many Posts are merging and losing their identities. For this reason, it’s important for Posts to keep their names alive through purchasing a paver.
- Membership
- Too many of our JWV/JWVA members are not members of the museum.
- Many Posts and Echelons are not members of the museum.
- We need money to operate, and we can’t do it on the dues we collect.
- Supporting our museum, our heritage, our history, depends on everyone’s involvement.
