So, we have been invited to join the HNSA as Associate members. As soon as I receive the paperwork we'll be headed that way. Your donations are going to this membership. Jeff Nilsson, Executive Director of the HNSA has been in correspondence with me on joining.
I was asked to put together a short article about SUBMARINEMUSEUMS.ORG for the HNSA newsletter "The Anchor Watch". This is what I've put together so far. See what you think.
Formed on February 26, 2008, our mission statement is "to unite all submarine museum authors, curators, docents, enthusiasts, historians, librarians, visitors, and volunteers through positive promotion and cooperative education in order to perpetuate the American submarine museums of our forefathers". We promote all submarine museum boats in the United States on our website and attempt to make it easier for prospective visitors to locate a submarine museum boat near them. We also have a forum on our website that encourages people who are associated with or who are interested in the different museum boats to interact with each other. We discuss needs, events, history, restoration, maintenance, and anything else we can think of. The ultimate goal is to boost the number of visitors to the submarine museums, increase public awareness of the submarine museums, and to bring about interaction and friendship among the numerous volunteers and enthusiasts of these extraordinary historic undersea vessels.