Lunch Meeting

My HMI colleagues and I had a delicious lunch meeting at the Villa Terrace art museum in the North Point neighborhood! If you are ever in the Milwaukee neighborhood, stop by and at least stroll through the magnificent back gardens! Anyway, the meeting was relatively optional for me, but it was exciting to be able to offer insight on how to make our organization better. I enjoyed being able to offer a young person/student's perspective. I suggested that we not offer some of our tours daily, because it is noticeable that we seem too many no-shows on the daily tours as opposed to our weekend tours. I also suggested some new location possibilities for future tours, such as Lake Drive Mansions. In addition, when asked about how to make the tours more interesting, I suggested hiring student guides, preferably master's students from the surrounding area. I find that students offer a more fun tour, while still being educational and informative. When the topic of making ourselves known throughout the community, I suggested that we need some sort of trademark, be it an umbrella or a hat, that distinguishes us from any group of people on the street. My colleagues agreed that in order to make HMI more successful, our entire system must be revamped. Different tours locations, times, guides, etc. It was so empowering and fun to be able to contribute ideas that are not only taken seriously, but are capable of producing a more positive outcome for HMI.