Hi Gale; I can't help with NASG, but I checked on a couple of other groups where I'm not a moderator and it appears that IF people fill in their Yahoo Profile, the information is still available from the membership list. This would be name and location, you can still send a message directly to any member from the Members area of the group.
Unfortunately, more people leave the profile blank than not. Otherwise, all I can suggest is to use the earlier NASG member lists published in the Dispatch as a starting point. As to manufacturer's I'm doubtful they make decisions using the NASG "interests" lists. Maybe Don or Ron could comment further. Oh, and Ed? If you recall, group rules require names on this list was well, and we generally follow up off line if people make a habit of skipping that. Pieter E. Roos --- On Mon, 7/2/12, Gale Hall <[email protected]> wrote: From: Gale Hall <[email protected]> Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: DATA BASE To: [email protected] Date: Monday, July 2, 2012, 11:22 PM Ed, If you recall I am a member, because I told you what a pain it was to navigate that site,,,and the password stopped working today and Chris has reset it. I still find it next to impossible to find anything in there more than once! And very little information is in there on who is modeling what..At least come Wednesday morning we can know where the MP, Frisco, and Maine Central modelers and at the rate we do things maybe we can pin point three more roads next year..Maybe we can speed things up just a thought let's add the Texas & Pacific and MP together,, the Frisco and Katy together and Maine Central, Boston & Maine together for this Wednesday..if anyone else wants to find out additional information we have most of the afternoon available....keep an eye peeled!!!!! Take notes.. gale ----- Original Message ----- From: Ed To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 7:11 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: DATA BASE >"Gale Hall" <frisco91@...> wrote: > In this information age <snip> We got folks <snip> in the Forum, <snip> you can't find out who anymore Hi Gale.... I understand your grief, but would like to point out that almost everything you want is readily availale -- more or less -- from the S Sig at www.sscale.org Regarding "who", the S Sig requires the use of real names and our erstwhile Forum Moderator, Koz, checks you out as much as he can before allowing you in. The S Sig believes secrecy is not needed for conversations about our mutual hobby. So real names are available just by looking. > this is going to be sort of a mess there is nothing to define what we are interested in Checking out the S Sig Forum will reveal that every member has the opportunity to list his interest areas. For me, the list reads: NYC, WSLCo., NCE. Everyone can list whatever they please. The list of interest areas is available to all S Sig members. > they will use darts or draw names for road names on new product. Not sure who "they" are, but they can find all that type of information on the S Sig Forum if they go looking for it. > The other thing is no one wants to share <snip> an email address to the general public. If you are a member of the S Sig Forum (free!), you have the ability to send a private email to any individual you want. This information is not available to the public out of respect for privacy. However, joing the S Sig Forum takes less than 5 minutes. Faster if you do not make a typo. >..things really change 50 years ago you couldn't wait for the first Herald yearbook to see if the guy next door was an S gauger. That is true. I remember those goode olde daze too. That is how I met Arden Goehring who now does my taxes each year. A hidden benefit of sharing locations. My tax payment to Arden each year helps to support his UP habit. > where exactly are the 200 other MP modelers, If those MP modelers joined the S Sig and listed their personal interests, you would all know each other in short order. > where are the 200 Boston & Maine units Same answer as for the MP guys. > where are the 200 Maine Central Need I repeat myself? Same place as the MP guys. > Do you think we could maybe get a place that would reflect our interest in prototype roads, maybe linked to a name. You already have that place. It is called the S Sig at www.sscale.org > if we listed a email address we could contact each other. The S Sig Forum already lets you do that. Sending private email messages to any other S Sig member is possible and easy. > we could sort out some of this stuff like we used to be able to do.... Have you asked the S Sig's web master to create a searchable data base of the interest areas? Might be a good idea that the S Sig BoD could explore. Unless you ask, however, it won't happen. Are you a member? Anyone can join. The S Sig is free and open to anyone. Membership in the NMRA, NASG, etc. is not required. Also, a contribution using the green button on the S Sig web site will help speed things along. We are totally financed by voluntary contributions from S guys all over the place. The more money we have, the more things get done. Faster too! The S Sig Forum also has a New Member area where all new members can expound at great length on their personal interests. No limits on length or content. Let 'er rip regarding who you are and what you want. Tell us about your kids, wife and dog. We want to know you. All these explanations are there in plain sight for folks to review at any time. Without sounding biased (who me?), I would propose that the S Sig already has the answers to your fervent desires. All that is necessary is for every S scale guy on the planet to join up and indicate his personal interest areas. Once that is accomplished, those MP guys will jump out at you quickly. Hope this helps. Ed Loizeaux, Coordinator www.sscale. org (The S Sig helps S guys and converts everyone else.)
