I have spent the majority of my time working on the COVID information so far. I am finding it hard to get people to respond to me and actually set up a time to talk, a lot of people have been referring me to other people and being noncommittal, which has been frustrating. I have been able to get in touch with four people, a couple principals from local schools, restaurant owners and local business owner and all have had very different and interesting stories to tell. I am waiting on responses from ten other people in areas such as the police department, city hall, and the Salem Civic Center. Collecting this information has taken longer than I thought it would because people are taking days to respond and then another week to actually schedule something. I sent out 8 more emails today and am switching focus to the military information while I wait for responses. The museum did receive a call from the Communications Director for the city of Salem asking about me, I am glad that my name is getting around the community it has helped me get responses from different city officials.
I do not have an update on the military information as most of my time has been spent on COVID, but I will be dedicating time to that over the next few days.
