Whether one sees the NMRA as a monster is beside the point. The NMRA offers so much in education at their conventions. I hope we will have many joint NASG / NMRA Conventions in the future so that we as S Scalers can attend the clinics on DCC and related electronics, especially signaling. Has the 2013 NASG convention been set? Why not hook up with the NMRA in Atlanta. Yes I know it does not make sense to have two consecutive NASGs as close as Chattanooga and Atlanta. Still, I would like to see it. In fact I would like to see every NASG convention joint with NMRA. I need the NMRA clinics, I want to see our S friends that go to NASG, and I cannot afford to be going to both conventions if they are not joint. - Earl Henry In a message dated 1/9/2012 2:05:12 A.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
> The complete lack of the NMRA support on items as necessary as standards gauges is 1 reason why they never have and never will get 1 dime from me for a membership. > Bill Lane The NMRA does offer an Sn3 gage, but not a standard S gauge gage. One reason for that is because the gage is already available from the NASG. I don't see why that makes the NMRA a bad monster. Why duplicate something that already exists and perhaps take the profits away from NASG? Years ago, I suggested NASG sell the standard gauge gage to the NMRA for resale to their members. To the best of my knowledge, which could be incomplete, I don't think anyone from NASG approached the NMRA with that proposal. However, I seem to recall a recent announcement that the NMRA and the NASG will swap gages to each other so that both organizations can benefit by selling both gages. Sounds like a reasonably decent cooperative arrangement to me. Just a thought....Ed L.
