The Yorkton Sports Hall of Fame and Museum is in need of a few good people.
Those people are needed to create a new board of directors, and to act as volunteers in order to revitalize the organization.
The last time the Hall of Fame held an induction was in 2008. It was the 15th induction, but after the event the organization has struggled finding volunteers and board members.
While a group, which includes Barry Sharpe, Gene Krepakevich and Don Szabo, having been doing some groundwork, the biggest step in their effort came Monday when a meeting will be held in the Ravine Room at the Gallagher Centre.
The meeting attracted only about a dozen people who listened as Don Pfeifer laid out the immediate need for people willing to sit on a new board.
“We’re looking for new bodies’ right through,” he said, adding he and the group trying to facilitate a revitalization of the board “still think the Hall of Fame is very critical to the city of Yorkton.”
Pfeifer noted in the history of the Hall of Fame, which started in 1994, they have done a good job in honouring the community’s sports history. As it stands through the years since its creation the local Sports Hall of Fame has inducted 67 individuals, 16 teams, and special media representing 30 different sports.
Five nomination papers have also been submitted since the last induction, sitting in something of a state of limbo with no board to review them.
The meeting Monday also heard from Dick DeRyk about the potential to create a website with photos of museum material and its history.
While noting that a physical home for displays is an important aspect of the Hall of Fame and Museum, a digital presence fills a role too, said DeRyk by making the artifacts and information “available literally around the world.”
Following the meeting Pfeifer said he had hoped to see more people out.
“I was hoping we would get some younger people,” he admitted.
But, Pfeifer said the group will continue to work toward a new board, with another meeting of the ad hoc committee expected soon, from which he hopes a solid plan leading to an annual general meeting of the Hall of Fame will emerge.
Anyone interested in sitting on a new board, or volunteering can call 306-783-7849.
