One possibility to consider is that NASG is institutionally unable or unwilling to promote the scale only aspects of S, due to a large part of it's membership being AF fans.
If that is the case, maybe the scale contingent needs to take the bull by the horns and work outside the organization at promotion. One venue might be the 1/64 Scale Sig under NMRA. I know this was re-started some years ago. It is still listed on the NMRA page, but the contact is listed as Richard Bendever with a NJ address which I don't think is valid anymore. This suggests that the Sig is again moribund. If it could once more be resuscitated with an emphasis on promotion, it could provide an opportunity for a group to promote the scale aspect as they see fit. NMRA should be a reasonable fit for this, especially as the organization is also trying to move away from the politics and "vesty" aspects that discouraged many modelers in years past. maybe NASG would allow the group to also become a "Special Interest Group" within the bounds of the NASG. I'm really not advocating anybody leave the NASG as part of this. Alternatively, those with strong feelings about how S should be promoted could form a group like the O Scale Kings who promote 2-rail O gauge modeling. In either case, I'd suggest foregoing the expenditure of energy on a newsletter, unless it only related to the business of the group, and perhaps follow the lead of the early NASG and use a regular column in 1/64 Modeling Guide (if Bob agrees). Pieter E. Roos --- On Mon, 2/14/11, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > Since we're into reruns, I can ask > again: Do you know anybody who entered the AF collecting > hobby in the last 10 years? I'm not plugged into that > world, so I am asking those of you who would have better > connections to any newbies in AF collecting. Do AF > collectors even want more people to enter that hobby? Would > it help them somehow? > > Here's a second question: do you know anybody who gave up > on AF collecting because there wasn't any (xxx) available? > Wasn't enough exposure at the local hobby shop? Not enough > coverage in the press? Scale modelers have a wholly > different set of promotion issues. > > I agree with what I think Dick is saying. If we are > interested in promoting S Scale, in the promotions we gain > absolutely nothing by including AF. If it turns some people > away, drop it. That is: in the promotions. > > -Michael Eldridge > > --- In [email protected], > Richard Karnes <rnk2202@...> wrote: > > > > All -- > > > > Apparently I need to make myself perfectly > clear. My arguments for separating > > AF and hirail out of S scale promotion are based > entirely on the prospective > > audience -- converts from HO and N scale. Those > potential converts are not > > interested in AF and hirail. ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [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/
