From: Alan Lambert Pieter, I agree with you. My comments are over. For me it is all "S scalle period. Thanks, Alan
From: Pieter Roos <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 9:08 AM Subject: {S-Scale List} What's in a name? was Re: New NASG Website? No, new NAME!!! Well, one objection could be overcome by using National S Scale Association (NSSA), although that sounds like a couple of government agencies. While the days of ads talking about "HO Gauge" or even "HO Gage" are over, I'd rather see the time and effort toward promotion rather than toward changing the organization's name. Let's not drag this thread drag on - IF you really want to push for or against a name change, that probably belongs on the NASG list rather than here. Pieter E. Roos --- On Wed, 11/16/11, Alan Lambert <[email protected]> wrote: > Why not change it to "NAAF" National Association of > American Flyer . If it gets changed to NASS iwill not renew > my membership. It sounds to much like your rear endthat you > sit on and I don't like it. My opinion only. > > Thanks, > > Alan > > From: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 8:45 AM > Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: New NASG Website? No, new > NAME!!! > > > > > > I ha ve said it before and I'm gonna say it again; if there > is going to be ANY division of any kind, there needs to > come some sort of CHANGE along with it (no relation to > Obama's rubles). The change I'm talking about is, in fact, > a CORRECTION... a change from using the inaccurate term- > GAUGE to the correct term- SCALE. A simple division of the > NASG web site is NOT going to make a big enough statement > (if one at all)... something much bigger must take place. > So... dare I say this again ... w hy not change the > name of the NASG to the NASS- National Association of S > SCALERS!? All you AF fans like to contend that your AF > models are, indeed 1/64 "scale"... so if that is true, then > you should n ot mind such a change. The web site would not > need to be divided, just given a well needed, refreshing > face lift and name change ... a refreshment that could go > a long way to refreshing the views that non-S modelers have > of S. C hanging the name of > the association... a change that would, at least, surely > be written about and otherwise publicised throughout the > railroad modeling community as a whole... would > definitely cause people to at least be curious about, and/or > to ask about what is going on. > > Mere divisions will NOT work... we already have them in > place to prove that - see the various divisions of the ACSG > for example ( http://www.trainweb.org/acsg ), nevermind > the large number of yahoo groups (which are divisions in and > of themselves ). > > And that is my Imperial 2 cents worth. > > John Degnan > > [email protected] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Roy" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 8:56:20 AM > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} New NASG Website > > My own website is devoted to my scale layout, but I do have > a separate page for American Flyer that can be clicked to. I > explain why it's separate. Maybe we don't give the average > MR enough credit to know the difference between toy trains > and scale trains. No trouble with O. You either have 2-rail > track or 3-rail. Maybe if AF ran on 3-rail track it would > make education of the masses easier <G>. Ed L's > suggestion is not a deal breaker. If the web master of the > new NASG site keeps the home page free of lobster claws and > provides AF info through special tabs or links, it should > work out fine. > > Now that Sam Powell has joined our local NMRA division > (South Mountain, MER), we now have THREE S scalers actively > participating in the division. Each of us has done clinics > at meetings, etc. Richard Lind does an exellent newsletter > and I do the website making sure that S is well represented > without bugging the HO membership. Check it out at > www.smdnmra.org > > I've tried to encourage more participation on the MRH site > for the same reasons. Every time you post something on your > blog there or comment on other blogs, you promote S scale. > With the loss of another S scaler to N scale (a lack of room > problem), I'm the only S promoter right now and I'm sure > that seeing the same old people doing the posting does > little to get others excited about S. We need lots and lots > of scalers participating in such venues as the NMRA or MRH > to make much of a difference. > > If we don't, six months from now, we'll recycle the same > discussion. Jeff's proposal is a chance to do something or > get off the pot. We should get it done and then tackle the > job of promoting it. > > But first: "Get Er Done"! > > Roy Hoffman > > --- In [email protected], > "scale S only" <scalesonly@...> wrote: > > > > Hi Ed (L.) -- > > > > That’s the kind of input we need. Whether or > not it will get implemented, I can’t say, but I think > it is a good idea. I will pass it around the BOT and to > Jim B. I think what would happen along these lines is to > have the home page indexed with a tab for scale and another > for hi-rail, and another for AF. What I would like to see > for a home page is something similar to the PBL site (but > easier to use). Any thoughts on that? > > > > Thanks! > > Bill Winans > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [email protected] > > > [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! 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