March 21, 2017

I hope that everyone has made it home safely, has rested up from the conference, and is ready to implement everything you learned at the conference.

As we stated during the conference in the weeks and months ahead TAM will be working toward gathering information from each of its member organizations to create impact statements. We will begin this process by encouraging everyone to update their profiles on the TAM website. If you'd like to get a head start, you can log-in and update your profile today.

I also wanted to take the time to thank each of the organizations that supported the TAM conference this year. We could not put on the conference we do without their support:

Sponsors:

Lithographics - lithographicsinc.com
Ash Interactive & Piggyback App - ash-interactive.com :: piggyback-app.com
The Village Marketing Group - thevillagemg.com
Titanic Museum Attraction - titanicpigeonforge.com
TDS Exhibits, Inc - tds-exhibits.com
Tennessee Department of Tourist Development - tnvacation.com
1220 Exhibits - 1220.com
American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) - aaslh.org

Exhibitors:

Charlotte Van and Storage - charvan.com
HW Exhibits | The History Workshop - thehistoryworkshop.com
MBA Design & Display Products Corp - mbawalls.com
Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) - www.mtsu.edu/programs/public-history-ma/

Advertisers:

Dorfman Museum Figures, Inc - museumfigures.com
Haizlip Studio - haizlipstudio.com
Spacesaver - spacesaver.com
Inter-Museum Council of Nashville (ICON) - nashvillemuseums.org
Northeast Document Conservation Center - nedcc.org

Conference Host:

National Park Service
Titanic Museum Attraction
The Hatfield & McCoy Dinner Show
Bush's Visitor Center
Ole Smokey Tennesse Moonshine
Compass Rose Room, Margaritaville Island Hotel
Alcatraz East Crime Museum

And extended special thanks to our guest speakers, Mary Kellog-Joslyn and Bill May; auctioneer, Jonathan Hickerson; and to all of the organizations that contributed to the TAM Auction.

Lastly, I would like to take this time to ask for forgiveness and recognize a board member rolling off of the board that I failed to recognize at the closing lunch. Theresa Hammons has served on the board for several years and deserves recognition for the time she has put into moving this organization forward. Theresa has served as an area representative, treasurer, vice-president and conference program chair. Theresa, THANK YOU for your service to TAM and please forgive me for my oversight.

Looking forward to the 2018 TAMfam reunion. (I see a t-shirt in our future),

Ken