I think the idea was not to make it a special issue of the dispatch, but to eliminate the directory issue (long overdue in my opinion) and use the funds to finance a separate endeavor. I would not expect it to be free to NASG members, but be sold at full price. Best idea I've heard in a long time. We could see if distribution would be possible thru one of the MRR publishers. Think of this, it might even be included as a free download thru Model Railroad Hobbyist with no printing costs, including all the bells and whistles of vendor links. Ed Kozlowsky Sanford, Maine
>________________________________ >From: Pieter Roos <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 9:10 AM >Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Great Model (S) Railroads > > > > >I have not seen Jeff's suggestion yet, but it seems to me that an issue of the >Dispatch is exactly "preaching to the choir". > >Three possibilities that come to mind are some sort of collaboration with S >Gaugian (since they do sell through hobby shops), working with Carstens to do >a S/Sn3 Annual like there current HOn3 and On30 Annual magazines, or working >with Kalmbach to provide a minimum of one article/year for Great Model >Railroads for an extended time. The last would generate the most bang for the >buck since people in other scales would see the articles, but might be hardest >to arrange. Consider that just one article per year in GMR would provide an >on-going reminder that we are here, vs. any "one shot" promotion. A Dispatch >issue of this nature, while a nice idea for us, would still only reach NASG >members. Even something produced with S Gaugian or RMC that was a pure S >publication, while providing somewhat more visibility to the scale by being in >the hobby shop magazine rack, isn't likely to be purchased by anyone not >already interested in S. > >Pieter E. Roos > >--- On Tue, 11/15/11, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: >> I was hoping to see some discussion >> about Jeff's idea on this list. >> >> Obviously, the funding would be the largest obstacle. I'm >> no longer on the Board of the NASG, but I would hope that >> they would seriously consider Jeff's proposal. Although, we >> may be excited about having a "scale" SGMR, we shouldn't >> forget that the AF-based SGMR would be a great promotional >> tool to get more folks into the scale via the tinplate >> route. Maybe some discussion on the S-trains list would be >> helpful in that respect. >> >> I looked at all of Jeff's suggestions for the content of >> the magazine and thought that it would make for a great >> periodic S magazine as well, but we should start somewhere. >> If it's a go, I would like to volunteer to help out with the >> articles on some of the layouts based in the Northeast, >> since several of them are in the Lehigh Valley S Gaugers >> club and folks like Dan and Sam are close by. >> >> IMO, S has taken a beating lately in the publicity wars and >> is "s"nubbed more and more. I see it in venues like Model >> Railroad Hobbyist and the paper mags. It's not entirely >> their fault because the balls in our court. We either keep >> preaching to a shrinking choir, or we try to get S back on a >> growth cycle. Things like an SGMR would be a great way >> to start. >> >> Roy Hoffman >> >> royhoffman.com/pwrr >> smdnmra.org > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ 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/
