NAEIR is First Stop on Mystery Tour

Bob Clark talks to the tour
group in NAEIR's break room

Operating out of Willmar, MN, R&J Tours, organizes and hosts “mystery” tours for senior citizens. Last week’s mystery tour landed the group in Galesburg, IL where they were able to spend some time at the NAEIR facility as well as the Galesburg Railroad Museum. I met up with the group and interacted with them as they toured NAEIR’s warehouse.

I’m told that this particular group made up the largest tour that has ever gone through NAEIR. There were about 40 individuals from all over Minnesota and Wisconsin. They drove to Rock Island, IL the day before, arriving in Galesburg the next day. Except the tour guide, no one else in the group knew where they were headed until they actually got to NAEIR that morning.

The NAEIR building

The group made their way into the lobby, through the reception area down the corridor past NAEIR’s IT and Member Advocate offices and into the office area Break Room where Bob Clark NAEIR’s Director of Human Resources related the history and mission of the organization. Cruz Ramos, VP of Public Affairs, briefly talked about legislation on the federal level that NAEIR is working with legislators to try and get passed. Tim Randall, VP of Distribution, led us on a tour of the warehouse. 

I did my best to bring up the rear while the group proceeded through NAEIR’s 450,000 square foot warehouse.  While following the tour group, I spoke briefly with Linda Weitsberg, the tour guide, about R&J Tours. Linda told me that they had chosen to come to NAEIR on the recommendation of the Galesburg Area Convention & Visitors Bureau. Stay tuned for part two of story in which I talk to some of the people on the tour.