Bill Wade wrote: > > The attitude of any organization follows the attitude of majority of > the members. Most model railroaders and NMRA members are HO > modelers, so the perceived 'king' attitude is probably correct. > > But how many know that the recent past president of the NMRA - Allen > Pollock - is an Sn3 modeler? > > So, by dropping your NMRA membership the percentage of S > representation in the NMRA is thereby lowered justifying more of the > 'HO is king' attitude. Now if we could get all the known S modelers > to join, I think that is about 5,000, S would have larger voice and > the attitudes might change. > > It is all sort of like the NASG.... depending upon the membership > numbers - scale vs AF - the emphasis of the organization and the > Dispatch seems to be directed toward the larger number.... as it > rightly should be. There are few Sn3 members of the NASG because > they look at the NASG, see a 'standard gauge is king' attitude, and > feel there is nothing there for them. Balance is a hard thing to achieve. >
I am in total agreement. S scalers should stand up and be counted in the larger organizations. That is why I finally joined the CARM. Canadian Association of Railway Modellers. They are the Canadian version of the NMRA. cheers, Andy Malette Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
