Letter: National EMS Museum Foundation Welcomes Visitors to a Sneak Peek at the Virtual Museum
We are pleased to announce limited access to the National EMS Museum Foundation--Virtual Museum! This has been a project of several months duration, and we are thrilled to report that April 20, 2007 marked the first public access to this site.
In anticipation of going fully operational in a few weeks, we wanted to give everyone a "sneak peek." If you find some areas still not accessible, don't worry! Soon, they will be loaded with more interesting things for you to see and learn about! We hope you will be pleased with the effort and come back again and again to venture around the wings and stacks as they begin to fill up with the generous submissions of our many contributors! Simply "click" on the points of the stars and you are off..."click" on the center of any star, and you will return to the main VM page.
I would also like to take this opportunity to introduce the current Staff Members of the Virtual Museum. They are:
Administrative Staff:
- Valerie DeFrance (AK): IT Content and Site Management
- Julie K. Scadden (IA): Administrative Liason to the Board of Trustees
Regional Directors by State:
- WA, OR, AK: Asst VM Director & Region 2 - Dawn Poetter
- CA, NV, Pac. Prot: Director, Region 1 - Tom Anglim
- AZ, UT, CO, NM: Director, Region 4 - Mike Shabkie
- NE, ND, SD, IA: Director, Region 6 -- Kent Mallette
- SC, NC, VA, WV: Director, Region 12 - Joseph D. Lipshetz
- MD, DE, NJ, DC: Director, Region 13 - Ricardo Tappan
- PA, NY: Director, Region 14 - Al Mattocks
- CT, RI, MA: Director, Region 15 - John N. Pliakas
- MD/DO, ERN's,Allied: Director, Region 23 - Keith Wesley, MD
State Archivists:
- New York: Carl J. Post
- North Carolina: Mark J. Peck
- Massachusetts: Jane MacArthur
Each of these persons is volunteering their time and talents in a coordinated effort to help secure the history of our profession. Please welcome them and make use of them! If you are in their area, please help them! And if you don't see a name listed for your Region or State, please check the NEMSMF Home page and click on "Positions Open," read through the Job Descriptions and then please consider joining us!
Finally, I would like to publicly express my sincere awe of and gratitude to Valerie DeFrance for her exceptional work on this site (and her patience in dealing with those -like me- who have NO clue how she works her magic!). What you see in the VM is the culminated effort of many, but Valerie's talent makes it visible to all! I would also like to thank Jules Scadden and Dawn Poetter for their invaluable assistance, as well.
So, for now? Wander around and let us know what you think. Send any comments or suggestions to info@nemsmf.org, Jules will forward to the appropriate person. All input will be received with a critical eye towards making the Virtual Museum an outstanding exhibit of EMS History.
Sincerely,
Kat
Katharine P. Rickey
Museum Director
rickey@nemsmf.org
