--- In [email protected], "Andre Ming" <laming@...> wrote:
>
> Hi All:
>
> I'm considering trying to attend the 201(2) NASG Convention in Chattanooga
> next summer. Wondering...
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Every convention is different, to some of us that is what makes them fun. Over
all I think they are less formal than NMRA Nationals, you have more
opportunities to just sit and chat with manufacturers, dealers and friends.
Personally I think the tendency has been to make the conventions a bit longer
than they need to be, but each one is independently organized so that is hard
to control.
For a first time attendee, it can be hard to hook up with folks but that is
where forums like this really help - you already know a bunch of guys, you just
haven't ever actually met them in person!! Again speaking strictly personally,
I think you are missing something in S scale if you are not part of NASG and
attending a convention at least every 3 or 4 years. In a minority scale, it
ain't the products, it's the relationships - and what better way to build
them...
Now... to be totally transparent, I joined NASG in 1977 and attended my first
NASG convention in 1979. I've attended 31 of the 33 conventions held since
1979 and been on the organizing committee for four of them; so maybe I'm a bit
biased. <G> I suppose I view the conventions in the same light as The
Brewer's First Law: All beer's good, some beer's better...
Jim Kindraka
Plymouth, WI
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