Originally posted by Septic
If this is the case then why doesn’t the BAPC make a start by relaunching its own Journal ‘Control Column’, it may have have rather amateurish but it did offer a vehicle for the member organisations to publicise the efforts and events. It also offered the public an initial point of contact with the BAPC, with copies avaliable at member museums and airshows etc.
If this option proved to costly how about taking a regular page in Flypast, with clear links to an up to the minute maintained website.
The BAPC do publish their own journal, BAPC Matters, which is distributed to members. The need for Control Column was largely overtaken by the likes of Flypast and other monthlies. As Flypast are members of the BAPC, perhaps they are now “the” journal?
Originally posted by Bruce
The BAPC has been in decline in recent years,
Where have you been hiding Bruce? The current Chairman, Steve Hague and Secretary, Brian Dixon are more active than any in recent years. The BAPC consists only of it’s members. Those members are the museums and groups around the country who are in the business of “doing” rather than talking. Every time we lambast the BAPC we are taking a dig at every volunteer in the country because they ARE the BAPC. If anyone here is a volunteer at a museum, you are probably members too so find your Museum representative and get involved. Criticism is easy, constructive criticism takes some real thought and effort.
Originally posted by Bruce
For a number of years, the BAPC ran seminars and courses aimed at helping the volunteer organisation understand the problems associated with aircraft preservation and restoration
They still do. Their Stopping the Rot seminars are alive and well. the last one was at Warton last October and was an excellent day. I believe another is planned for later this year.
Originally posted by Bruce
John Berkeley spent a number of years trying to get some sort of training scheme up and running, but I think apathy ruled, and this fizzled out.
Now you really are out of date. The training scheme is up and running thanks to the initial input from John Berkeley and brought to fruition by Louise Court and others when John stepped down.
They now employ 2 full time trainers, a part time manager and an administrator. Training courses are free to all BAPC members and can lead to a City & Guilds qualification for those volunteers who want it. Courses have already been run at museums throughout the country and many more are already booked as the scheme takes off.
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