I know there is a lot of interest in getting the store up and going again, and I would love to do that as well. Right now, the Board members have taken on all the administrative tasks of the club and in addition to that, we have a fair bit more on our plate that needs to be addressed before we can get back to looking at the store. What we can do though is collect the names of an interested group of people that would like to volunteer their time and talents toward planning, opening and operating a store, and give the group guidance. If you have an interest, PM or email me and we will get a list started and an initial meeting set. 

I would ask that we set a deadline for volunteering (at least for the initial group) of September 20th, that way we could make some announcements in the next newsletter and magazine.

Some of the things to think about are:
- Initially we could only offer a limited. number of items
- Someone would need to be willing to work with people wanting decals to look through the club's documentation and find the correct part numbers and place orders with our suppplier
- Someone or a group would need to take on shipping, depending on what is offered
- The group would need to learn some of the software we use to process orders (not terribly difficult)
- We would also need to decide policies on returns along with other things and have a system and people in place to handle requests, returns, etc.
- Make sure that what we do is in compliance with our Caterpillar TML agreement

There's more, but this is the gist, and we can get into the details in some organizational meetings.

I would love to see this happen, just shoot me a note and we will get the ball rolling.

Kurt
 

TK - We have a cheat sheet, and your suggestion is a good one. What we need is the "staff". Anyone that has an interest in serving the club in this way is welcome, just shoot em a note and we can get it organized and put into motion.

Those are good ideas, and I understand the distance equation! There are many ways to skin the CAT, we just need some people power.