News items of interest to Antique Wireless Museum Followers and AWA Members

AWA Board of Trustees Spring Meeting

2024-05-04

The AWA Board of Trustees approved new AWA Vision and Mission Statements and renamed the Museum at the May 5, 2024 Board of Trustees Meeting.

AWA Vision Statement:
A Vision Statement is a strategic statement of where or what you want the organization to be sometime in the future. It is a goal. The new AWA Vision Statement is:

To be renowned world-wide as a premier steward of electrical
communication history including the innovators, their devices, stories
and documentation, all dedicated to education of the public.

AWA Mission Statement:
A Mission Statement is a tactical statement of those organizational activities if
done well will result in achieving the Vision. The new AWA Mission Statement
is:

To reach our Vision by:

• Being a “steward” committed to continuously preserving, improving, expanding, and sharing all aspects of the AWA Collection to educate the public about the history of communication.
• Supporting an understanding of the central role of communications to society and the economy.
• Educating the public and our members by sharing the on-going history of electrical communication innovators and innovations by:
  • Offering classes for all ages through the AWA Educational Institute;
  • Providing Museum Historian guided tours for visitors of the Museum;
  • Producing educational programs on public media such as the AWA YouTube Channel and Facebook;
  • Maintaining and expanding communication history on the AWA Web Site;
  • Sponsoring “On Air” amateur radio events demonstrating and celebrating amateur radio historical communication technologies.
• Hosting an annual AWA Conference and annual AWA Spring Meet with educational programs and promoting the availability and exchange of communication related materials and networking opportunities.
• Maintaining and improving a world-class Museum and research Library.
• Encouraging, recognizing and assisting in beneficial scholarly research through initiatives such as publishing the AWA Review and AWA Journal and making them available to the public.
• Supporting and encouraging the involvement of future generations.
• Supporting and participating with other organizations who share
• similar goals.

Museum Name Change:
It has become increasingly apparent that the current name of the Museum causes confusion and does not provide any information about the what the purpose or theme is of the Museum. Far too often, visitors will come in seeking to buy antiques. Or, visitors say they have driven by the Museum for years and did not know what kind of museum it is.

Although meaningful to AWA members, it is an impediment to attracting visitors.
The challenge, therefore, was to decide on a succinct name that conveys the
theme of the Museum.

The Board has approved renaming the Museum: AWA Communication Technologies Museum

Please note: Only the Museum name has been changed while the parent
corporation remains Antique Wireless Association.

Departures and Arrivals on the Board of Trustees

Bruce Roloson and Mark Erdle have decided to end their tenures as trustees of
the AWA, and 2 new trustees were appointed Sreeram (Ram) Dhurjaty, AD2BW, and Steve Sykes, KD2OM, to fill the vacancies:

New Officer Appointment

In another action, the Board of Trustees appointed David Bart AWA Vice President (AWA now has two Vice Presidents as allowed under the By-Laws).