Gents....While cleaning out a bunch of olde emails, I stumbled across this one. Has Tim Boy ever donated the $100 he promised? Did NASG agree to a new contest category? Curious minds are.....well, curious. Cheers...Ed L.
-----Original Message----- From: Edward Loizeaux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 1:47 PM To: List, S scale Subject: Lotsa Operating Accessories....... Gents.... Let's suppose that someone out there in S-land wanted to stimulate the enjoyment of operating accessories. Suppose he offered up a (hypothetical) million dollars to get a surge going in that direction. Suppose someone took him up on his (hypothetical) wager, but then was not assured of actually receiving any cash prize money. Suppose said person then lost interest in the accessory surge. Lots and lots of emails flurried about, but nothing tangible was happening -- other than internet traffic increased for about three days. What to do? Suggestion: Instead of a (hypothetical) million dollars, why not offer a GENUINE $100 of prize money for the most realistic operating accessory to be entered in the NASG contest at the next annual convention? With a motley amount of prize money, perhaps many folks could be enticed to build a realistic operating accessory and bring it to the convention and enter it into the contest. Hundreds of other fellas would see them, enjoy them, and maybe decide they wanted something like that for their own layouts back home. The next year offer $200 prize money and the number of entries would more than double. At some point a manufacturer would take notice, build a working prototype, place it in Tom Hawley's hands, and maybe even start production -- if Tom believed in it hard enough. Now the train is rolling. The following year rates a $300 prize. Perhaps TimBoy could make the initial donation of prize money and NASG could establish a new category for contest entries. In addition to steam, diesel, freight, structures, etc., the new category would be called OPERATING ACCESSORIES. Points could be won for creativity, realism, mechanism complexity, prototype authenticity, reliability and so forth. The TimBoy Award would soon rival that of the Bernie Thomas Award. It could happen.... What say, Tim? How about a C-note to get things rolling? Cheers....Ed L. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
