Peter, I'd like to ask honest questions about your replies. 1. I don't see that the NASG has taken advantage of all those assets you mention. How much funding would a digital publication take? 2. If we care at all about the greater "model railroad community", and if the NASG BOT has so many advantages over the great unwashed, how the heck has the S SIG stood dormant with a fictitious contact for so long? I've thought about joining it many times only to see Richard Bendever's name and give it up. It even became the final straw that got me out of the NMRA. If we can't fix it, it should at least be erased from the NMRA web site to end the embarassment. 3. The 1/64th Modeling Guide is a for profit business. We need a free, digital pub that the slightest curiosity will compell folks to download. Since Bob is struggling to make ends meet, how about if we commission him to explore the possibilities as a paid consultant? He's going digital anyway and should have more knowledge about the details. I'm sure most of us would chip in something to get the ball rolling. I'm not looking to pick a fight. I just think we care more about S Scale than anyone else including the BOT. Let's do something instead of just talk. Where else can we go other than here? I'm just not happy leaving everything to government.
Ed Kozlowsky Sanford, Maine >________________________________ >From: Pieter Roos <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 3:48 PM >Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Great Model (S) Railroads > > > >Hi Ed; > >Technically we don't NEED NASG to do this, but we would need some person or >persons with the drive and funds sources to push it through. NASG has some >advantage in funding, contacts and other resources. Also maybe some "standing" >to talk to people and organizations and be taken seriously. > >The NMRA 1/64 SIG could do it, if it weren't DOA with an out-of-date address >for Mr. Bendever as the contact point. > >Bob Nalbone's 1/64 Modelling Guide could do it, but don't have the "traction" >at this point to attract people outside of S scale. > >Pieter E. Roos > >--- On Tue, 11/15/11, Ed Kozlowsky <[email protected]> wrote: > >><SNIP> On the other hand, why do we need >> the NASG to do this. Lots of us buy S products we'll never >> use for the good of the scale, how about starting an "S >> Scale List Fund" to finance the labor involved in putting >> together a digital SGMRR? If it's free, I can't imagine >> folks needing to be paid for pictures of their layouts. >> How much can a digital pub cost if all the material is >> donated? >> Ed Kozlowsky >> Sanford, Maine > > > > > [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/
