Bill Text: IN SR0050 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Honoring G. Alan Barnett for Indiana Railway Museum and tourism service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-21 - First reading: adopted voice vote [SR0050 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-SR0050-Introduced.html
A SENATE RESOLUTION to honor G. Alan Barnett for his
service with the Indiana Railway Museum, tourism, and the
southern Indiana community.
, read first time and referred to Committee on
MADAM PRESIDENT:
I offer the following resolution and move its adoption:
A SENATE RESOLUTION to honor G. Alan Barnett for
his service with the Indiana Railway Museum, tourism, and the
southern Indiana community.
Whereas, Mr. Barnett has given personally and
professionally to his community through coaching little league
baseball, serving as Treasurer of the Band Boosters, and his
work on tourism in the region;
Whereas, Mr. Barnett is proud to have two children,
Jennifer Shipman and Michael Barnett, along with three
grandchildren;
Whereas, Mr. Barnett is the current President of the
Indiana Railway Museum and has been for thirty-eight of its
fifty-year existence;
Whereas, Mr. Barnett served on the Museum Board of
Directors for forty-four years and has been its President and
General Manager since 1978;
Whereas, Mr. Barnett has served as the President of the French Lick-West Baden Chamber of Commerce and as Executive Secretary for twenty-seven years;
Whereas, Mr. Barnett has also been involved with the
Lincoln-Hills-Patoka Lake Recreation Region, serving on the
Board of Directors since 1979 and as President for three
different terms;
Whereas, Mr. Barnett was a board member for ten years
and served as President for four years with the Southern
Indiana Regional Marketing Cooperative;
Whereas, Mr. Barnett served six years on the council
representing Southern Indiana with the Governors Tourism
Council and was an original member and organizer for the
Orange County Tourism Commission, and also served ten years
as its President; and
Whereas, Mr. Barnett served on the Board of Directors for
twenty-eight years, served two years as President, and
currently serves as Treasurer for the Tourist Railway
Association; therefore:
SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly honors G. Alan Barnett for his service with the Indiana Railway Museum, tourism, and the southern Indiana community.
SECTION 2. That the Secretary of the Senate shall transmit copies of this Resolution to G. Alan Barnett.
