GWA NOMINATIONS
TOM GALLEHER For Central Powers Rep
I am Tom Galleher (Scampi) of IR92 and I am running for re-election for Central Powers’ Representative. I retired from DOD (Dept of Defense) after 37 years and have been married for 39 years.
I joined IR92 and the GWA at the November 1992 event and have been reenacting for 25 years. I retired from all other time periods in 2005 just to do WWI exclusively. I have made every event since we moved to Newville.
When Merlin resigned as the CP Rep in 2008, I was appointed to finish his term and then ran for election in 2009.
The position came with on-the-job training and I immediately moved to represent the CP membership. As your Rep, I have always stood up and taken full responsibility for my actions.
This is what I stand for:
Finishing the CP projects to improve the CP side of NML that Rob and I began in late 2008.
Bring the horse and wagons back to the site for our events.
Not arbitrarily changing our current By-Laws although they do need some updating.
Chairmanship of the Site Committee should be one person and not a co-chairmanship. I would like to see the Site Committee (VP, Reps, Combat Commanders and Trench Masters) select its own chairman.
I believe the G8 (or whatever it ends up being called) should be the governing and decision making body for the GWA for accountability and orderly function of the organization.
I support eliminating the term limits for G8 positions and allow the “ballot box” to be the determining factor for term limits for anyone wanting to serve on the Board. Let the membership decide who is to lead and for how long-trust the membership.
I support all Allied efforts to improve the Allied side of NML and have repeatedly told my Allied counterparts on the Board since 2008 they can count on my support for their efforts.
I support above ground building for units that don’t want an underground bunker to sleep in. The building should be controlled and supervised by the Site Committee and Trench Masters in conjunction with our site regulations. Not every unit wants to be on the battlefield. We have more than enough room on our site to allow for controlled building. But no Hoovervilles!
I do not support making the GWA a 501 (c) 3 organization.
I believe in communication to the membership which is why I have sent pre-event messages, an After Action Report after each event and occasional updates between events to all CP units since I became the Rep.
I have been an active supporter and organizer of the GWA Thursday evening Social at the farmhouse.
I have supported the Combat Commander’s efforts to develop a “Training Day” on the Friday before the event to help units improve their tactics and knowledge of WWI German infantry.
I supported the Commander’s decision to appoint Lou Brown as Training Officer and involvement of other experienced CP members to serve as instructors for the training.
With the CP phases just about completed, I will appoint a Trench Master for the next term. I wore both hats since I became the Rep because I wanted to make sure there weren’t too many cooks in the kitchen while we implemented the plan to improve the CP side of NML. I thought it important to have just one voice when it came to what was being done and working with the units when they wanted to build or improve so that individual unit actions were in sync with what was being done in the larger picture. Too many times in the past I saw where the Commander, Rep and Trench Master were not on the same sheet of music and very little got accomplished. The President and Combat Commander tried several times to get me to spread the work around but I was firm in my conviction that until all the projects were completed that anyone asking got the same answers every time and just had to go to one person to get their answers not three different people.
I have tried to best of my abilities to be a responsive and committed CP Rep and hope I have done a good enough job representing the Central Powers that you will consider re-electing me.
Gott mit Uns!
Scampi
IR92/CP Rep
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