Most "real" museums, have much more in storage than they have on display. MoGH would be much the same I'm sure with donations and collections and way more materials than available space to display.

I worked (volunteered) on a project ion the 90s that was unboxing and cataloging a dig from a site that was done in the 40s, it had been packed away because of the war. No time or finances for the museum to pay staff to do that, so it sat for 50 years.

Just tossing another idea into the mix. Virtual Museum that features the collection. That could be a slow project of adding something new, once a month. More if someone has the time to do a full coverage with history and details. Made for computer, which could be on the Internet.

Brick and Mortar museum could be tiny! A computer linked to the virtual museum for visitors, and a few cases or wall exhibits to get people in the door. I don't know how the donated casino space is at present, but just that, would make the MoGH visible to the public, not be expensive and possibly attract new members to the club. Kiosk or visual table, that are showing visitors various aspects of the history. But the main part is, not a museum, but just a display or alcove or some space(s), that would make the public aware of the MoGH.

Small, minimal, inexpensive, inviting.

As much as I love the magazine, and have since it was a newsletter. All the hard work, color images and everything else, it's expensive. I look forward to each issue, read it, cover to cover... and then it's filed. I suspect most people read and then never pick it up again. I have a two drawer filing cabinet stuffed with "club stuff". Time to go digital and save the expenses or analog printing and from what I have read in the past, mailing is getting very expensive too.

The magazine is a treasure and work of art, but at some point, the cost of printing and mailing becomes a burden instead of an affordable expense. You can't keep spending money on a prize project, when the return isn't there anymore. Go 100% digital. If someone wants a hard copy, most of us own printers.

I don't know the ins and outs of all of this and I'm not someone to get into politics or whatever powers and egos are involved. All I look at is the bottom line and an opinion of what might work, while spending less. For the club and for MoGH I would suggest a strict zero-based budget, designated by the boards of each.

You can't spend more than you take in, or it becomes a death spiral.

Long live the CC&GTCC - whatever name people want to call it. And the MoGH still seems like a positive idea for exposure that helps the hobby, and all of us who are interested, as a whole.