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Subject: 
NELUG to show at Hooksett, NH Lion's Club Train Show
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NELUG will be showing a small train layout at the Hooksett, NH Lion’s Club Model Train Show this weekend, on Sunday, April 20 at the Hooksett Cawley Middle School in Hooksett, New Hampshire. Doors are open from 10am to 3pm. Admission is $4 or adults, $1 for children 6-12, and free for children under 6.

The layout will include a small town, carnival, and farmlands, as well as various rolling stock, steam and diesel locomotives, and general NELUG goodness.

If you’re in the area, please drop by and see us.

-Elroy


Subject: 
BrikWars - Battle Road
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Over the weekend, members of NELUG re-enacted the first battle of the American Revolution. This was the second game for our second Year of BrikWars. Our goal is to have at least six games by the end of the year.

The original scenario rules are here.

Basically, the goal of the British team was to march from one end of the board to the other. The goal of the Colonial team was to inflict as many British casualties as possible.

This was our first attempt at using the 2005 squad rules, and was our first game that was based on an actual event.

Dave brought along some raised baseplates, which made for an interesting board setup. Not only did the British have to make it to the end of the road, they had to weave through a narrow canyon to do it.

After the board was set up, troops were distributed in even numbers. 40 Brits against 40 Colonials. A quick dice-off put Joe and I in charge of the British, with Shaun, Dave, and Dan in control of the Colonials.

The game started quickly, with the proud ranks of British infantry marching past Buckman’s Tavern, only to have one of Dan’s Colonials leap out from behind a shed, taking a pot-shot at the British Officer. The Colonial then ran around the front of the shed, only to be confronted by the entire British army. Picture Han Solo running around the corner into a regiment of Storm Troopers.

The British squad, armed with muskets and bayonets, quickly stuck multiple pointy things into the Colonial. I think it was at this point that the Colonials realized how much damage a British squad could do. It was also at this point that the British realized that if the Colonials didn’t form squads, it was going to take a long time to pick them all off one by one.

Moving past the tavern and into the canyon, the British squads were forced to narrow their formation, going in one squad at a time. The Colonials, all named Tony, used this bottle-neck to rain fire down on the British. The British returned fire, causing a couple of the Colonials to turn and flee.

Sensing that his troops were beginning to panic, the Colonial Officer moved up to bolster his troops spirits. For the next few turns the pass filled with blood, gore, and carnage.

Seeing that they were blocked at the pass, two British squads at the back of the army formation left the road, flanking either side of the pass. Both squads moved relatively unopposed until about midway down the board, when they were attacked by rabid Colonials with pitchforks, sabers, and axes. One Colonial, hidden in ambush behind the tavern, took an unfortunate shot from behind, caused by a British squad in the middle of the board.

A few more turns of bloody combat ensued, until the Colonial blockade finally began to break down. As the last Colonial in the pass fell, it was up to Dan’s men to make their last stand. Armed with flintlock pistols, they charged the British troops in a valiant effort to make a dent. One man did manage to kill the British Officer, only to be kicked in the head by that Officer’s horse.

In the end, the British prevailed by killing all of the Colonials, though they lost almost half their men doing it.

Overall, I thought the game was a success. The British acted like British, and the Colonials acted like Minutemen would have. The moral rules seemed to work well.

I think the reinforcement rules would have given the Colonials a more even chance, but the game lasted about 20 turns, so they didn’t do too badly.

I think I left before the kill scores were added up, but due to the British only getting 1d8th of a point for each kill, I have a feeling the scores were pretty close.

Shaun Sullivan has photos of the game here.

-Elroy


Subject: 
NELUG to Disaply at GTE in Hartford, CT
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NELUG will be displaying at the Great Train Expo in Hartford, CT this weekend.

This layout will be a smaller than our usual layout, but will still provide plenty of fun for the show. Please feel free to drop by and introduce yourself if you are in the area.

Show hours are 10am to 4pm, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 3rd and 4th. Admission is $7.00, good for both days.

-Elroy


Subject: 
NELUG Display at the Great Train Expo
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On November 18th and 19th, NELUG put on a wonderful display at The Great Train Expo in Wilmington, MA.



Our layout continues to grow, and this display was no exception. We filled a 13’ x 26’ layout with everything from water to carnival rides. Our city section, full of skyscrapers and traffic, was a bit smaller than usual. This, however, allowed us to expand our carnival section, allowing more space between the many rides that were displayed. We were also able to expand our train yard, giving us more room to display the trains members have been creating, including several New England road names.

Being close to Thanksgiving, we included a Thanksgiving Day parade which seemed to be enjoyed by the crowd. Not far away was a new river section, which made it’s debut at our last show earlier this summer. The addition of a Duplo shark was a big hit.

On the opposite side of the river, our town/residential area was well laid out, allowing minifig residents plenty of room for backyard picnics and romping on the playground.

One new addition to the layout was a small subway module. Without much more room to go up with the skyscrapers, we needed to start going down to the underground. The addition of the subway brought our total number of running train loops to five, along with a monorail running between the city and the carnival.

Photos of the event can be found at the NELUG website.

-Elroy


Subject: 
NELUG Meeting
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Hello all,

NELUG is planning to get together this coming Thursday May 5th.

We will meet at about 6:00 PM at the LEGO store in the Burlington Mall in
Burlington Massachusetts, and we will head out for dinner at the Macarroni Grill
at about 7:30 PM.

Come join us and bring your MOCs for all to see!


Subject: 
NELUG display at RI Cooks Convention
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This past weekend, the New England Lego User’s Group displayed a 10’x30’ train display at the RI Cooks convention in Providence. We were also accompnaied by a pair of RI First Lego League teams who are preparing for competition this coming January.

We started setup on Friday morning, all set to make a square 20’x20’ layout. Then we had to completely change on the fly, as we discovered the real dimensions were 10’x30’+. Plenty of room for our MOCs, but we were challenged to make the layout without Track Designer, just using our heads!

After solving that problem, we got down to enjoying the show. And the spirits! This show was a bit different then our typical fare, with booths filled with food and wine to taste. At the end of the weekend, we were all fairly used to eating in small dixie cup sized portions!

Several of the members were excited to have a show in Southern New England, finally. Jamie barely knew what to do with himself after his grueling 15 minute ride. With this shorter drive to shows, I think the pressure is on Wayne to actually build something for the next show down here! We also got to meet Richard Legault, who has been lurking for some time, and just needed us to get closer to Newport for him to come out.

Finally, we met some middle school students who were very excited to display their latest robotic creations. Tom Kowalczyk and his crack team of FLL kids were hard at work designing solutions to the last few challenges before thier state competition on January 15th. Tom is looking for some good judges, if any New Englanders are interested. (Seems like there should be a lugnet.robotics.fll group, no? Maybe someday.)

Photographic highlights of the event:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=104900


Eric Kingsley brought his massive new tower/train station:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/alfredjr/NELUG/RI-Cooks04/02.jpg

Speed train:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/alfredjr/NELUG/RI-Cooks04/03.jpg

There was wine at this show:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/alfredjr/NELUG/RI-Cooks04/08.jpg

Liscence & Registration, Sir:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/alfredjr/NELUG/RI-Cooks04/07.jpg

Uhauls do break down:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/alfredjr/NELUG/RI-Cooks04/12.jpg

First Lego League kids show off:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/alfredjr/NELUG/RI-Cooks04/18fll.jpg

Thanks to everyone who came and helped out, even if it was just to clean up, or bring a MOC! We had a lot of fun. Hopefully, we can do more shows down here in SE New England.

-Alfred


Subject: 
NELUG to display at the RI Cooks Convention - Nov 19-21 RI Convention Center
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The New England Lego Users Group will be displaying at the Rhode Island Cooks Convention at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, RI on November 19-21. The display will include several creations from NELUG members, as well as two running train loops. Also, a First Lego League competition group will be displaying thier robotic creations on Friday and Saturday.

The convention is open to the public the following hours:
Friday, November 19th 5 pm – 9 pm
Saturday, November 20th 10 am – 6 pm
Sunday, November 21st 10 am – 5 pm

Admission at the door is
Adults: $12
Seniors: $6
Children 12 and under: $6
Children 6 and under: FREE

Discounted tickets can be purchased at Whole Foods locations or you can use this web cupon.

Alfred Speredelozzi
NELUG


Subject: 
Moonbases in New England?
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Hey All!

I was just curious about how many Moonbase builders out there might be
relatively close to me.  Are there other Moonbases in or nearby New England?

The reason I ask is that although I plan to join in any Moonbase display at
BrickFest, I would also like to know what the possibilities are of local
displays as well.  Anyhoo, how about a psuedo-roll-call of New England area
Moonbase builders:

1. Hendo, Greenfield, MA; 1 Module, Plans for 2-4 more.

Any others?

FUT: .org.us.nelug, just to keep it tidy.

-H.


Subject: 
Re: Any interest in a Train Club?
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"Chris Phillips" <drvegetable@attbi.com> wrote in message
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In lugnet.loc.us.ct, Mike Walsh writes:


[ ... snipped ... ]


I am certain that there is critical mass out there "in the woods" to put • on
a decent train show.  It shouldn't require special incentives to draw • people
out; running a successful show is its own reward.

- Chris.

Chris' last statement is really important.  If you need incentives to do a
show, you are missing the point.  Simply doing a show or public exhibition
should rewarding in of itself.  Personally there are two aspects of a show
that I really enjoy:

1)  Seeing the whole layout come together.  I'll never (at least not any
time soon) have enough room at home to leave a sizeable layout up for any
extended period.  Seeing everything together all at one time is very
satisfying.

2)  The interaction with the public.  I know not everyone enjoys this aspect
of a show but I do.  I like talking to people as they take it all in.  I
like answering the questions.  I view it as a chance to evangelize our hobby
and hopefully, recruit some new members.  The best part is seeing the
expressions on the kids faces when they realize it is all LEGO.

If I didn't enjoy doing it I wouldn't put the time and effort into that I
do.  Doing a show is a great experience.  But you really need to do more
than one.  You can get lots of advice from the people and clubs that have
been through the process but until you have done it once, you can't really
predict how it will go.  After you have done one, you know a lot of things
you would do differently so the second and third are typically much easier.

Mike


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http://www.ncltc.cc - North Carolina LEGO Train Club
http://www.carolinatrainbuilders.com - Carolina Train Builders
http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=mpw - CTB/Brick Depot


Subject: 
Re: Any interest in a Train Club?
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In lugnet.loc.us.ct, Mike Walsh writes:

Don Heyse wrote:
Yeah, a small train club out here does sound like a lot of fun, but
that critical mass problem is a tough one to get past, way out
here in the woods of Southern N.E.  I suspect it would take some
sort of spectacular event to coax 10 potential members out of the
woodwork.

You don't need 10 people to do a successful train show.  It helps but it
isn't absolutely necessary.  We here in North Carolina (NCLTC) have done a
most of our shows with 3-5 people contibuting to the layout.  We have some
additional help with set up and tear down but the core group of builders is
actually pretty small.

There is no rule that says you have to have a 20'x30' layout for it to be a
success.  Our next layout is scaling back a bit, it will be 8'x18' but it
will have some new features that we are pretty excited about.

Mike

Mike is absolutely correct.  NELUG holds our train shows with the
participation of typically between 6 and 8 members when we do our "large"
10'x20' layout.  Next month, we plan to do a smaller 7'x10' layout with the
participation of only four members, although we will probably try to borrow
a few key MOCs from non-attending members.  (We will also be displaying our
full 10'x20' layout at a different show the following weekend.)

I once brought in my trains and a couple buildings to work and set up a
rudimentary pre-holiday train display by myself.  Although my layout was
absolutely laughable when compared to any LTC layout I've ever seen, it was
a HUGE hit with everybody who saw it.  It doesn't take a lot of people to
put together a crowd-pleasing LEGO train display, it just takes one person
with the initiative to say "let's do it."

I am certain that there is critical mass out there "in the woods" to put on
a decent train show.  It shouldn't require special incentives to draw people
out; running a successful show is its own reward.

- Chris.


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Re: Any interest in a Train Club?
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"Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam.go.away.com> wrote in message
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Yeah, a small train club out here does sound like a lot of fun, but
that critical mass problem is a tough one to get past, way out
here in the woods of Southern N.E.  I suspect it would take some
sort of spectacular event to coax 10 potential members out of the
woodwork.  I envision something like a once in a lifetime chance to
shop at the internal company discount store, followed by a trip to
the trolley museum for building inspiration just might do it, but I
don't think the trolley museum is even open until spring.  Maybe you
could check out one of the NELUG shows in the meantime to keep the
inspiration going.

Don

You don't need 10 people to do a successful train show.  It helps but it
isn't absolutely necessary.  We here in North Carolina (NCLTC) have done a
most of our shows with 3-5 people contibuting to the layout.  We have some
additional help with set up and tear down but the core group of builders is
actually pretty small.

There is no rule that says you have to have a 20'x30' layout for it to be a
success.  Our next layout is scaling back a bit, it will be 8'x18' but it
will have some new features that we are pretty excited about.

Mike


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http://www.ncltc.cc - North Carolina LEGO Train Club
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http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=mpw - CTB/Brick Depot


Subject: 
Re: Any interest in a Train Club?
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In lugnet.loc.us.ct, Chris Phillips writes:
In lugnet.loc.us.ct, Jake McKee writes:
I have been inspired! Would anyone have any interest in forming a
Connecticut and/or southern Mass. LEGO Train Club?

First, let me say that I am located in southeastern Massachusetts, and would
certainly consider driving for a couple hours to participate in train shows
with you.

But your very question tips another issue that has long been festering in
the back of my mind.  Did NELUG cast too wide a net?  When we started NELUG,
we chose a "New England" designation because we were not certain that a
smaller geographic focus would contain enough AFOLs to support a LUG.  In
reality, NELUG is dominated by activity in eastern Massachusetts, despite at
least a few past efforts to include members from other areas.  Our attempts
to organize meetings in western MA or to do train shows in southern NE have
collapsed for lack of critical mass.

Yeah, a small train club out here does sound like a lot of fun, but
that critical mass problem is a tough one to get past, way out
here in the woods of Southern N.E.  I suspect it would take some
sort of spectacular event to coax 10 potential members out of the
woodwork.  I envision something like a once in a lifetime chance to
shop at the internal company discount store, followed by a trip to
the trolley museum for building inspiration just might do it, but I
don't think the trolley museum is even open until spring.  Maybe you
could check out one of the NELUG shows in the meantime to keep the
inspiration going.

Don


Subject: 
Casting a large net
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The "casting of a large net" is a very interesting topic. In fact I think it
is one of the most over looked concepts in the formation of a new club. In
the early stages of forming a club the biggest hurdle is achieving critical
mass. So by covering a large geo this is more achievable. However as clubs
mature and grow, so does the number of members. In PNLTC's case we have
grown to the point where the Portland and Seattle members (3.5hr drive) do
separate shows with only a small amount of cross pollination. We have taken
to meet in a small town mid way to have PNLTC train-fests so that we can all
literally get to meet each other. We've had 4 "joint" face-to-face meetings
in the last 2 years.

I think that it is important to understand this process and embrace the fact
that large geo's serviced by a single club will inevitably divide into
smaller sustainable clubs. It seems like 10 members is a kind of magic
number, where there is a critical mass achieved yet the inter-communications
are easily maintained etc.

I hope to flush out these ramblings in an article for the ITLCO web site; an
article about forming a new train club.

<shamelessplug>
These kinds of key learning's should be captured and shared. The ILTCO is
planning on having a resource area on the ILTCO.org web page for "Best Know
Methods", articles, fest presentations etc. If you are interested please get
started writting and let us know.
</shamelessplug>

SteveB


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Re: Any interest in a Train Club?
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In lugnet.loc.us.ct, Jake McKee writes:
I have been inspired! Would anyone have any interest in forming a
Connecticut and/or southern Mass. LEGO Train Club?

Jake,

First, let me say that I am located in southeastern Massachusetts, and would
certainly consider driving for a couple hours to participate in train shows
with you.

But your very question tips another issue that has long been festering in
the back of my mind.  Did NELUG cast too wide a net?  When we started NELUG,
we chose a "New England" designation because we were not certain that a
smaller geographic focus would contain enough AFOLs to support a LUG.  In
reality, NELUG is dominated by activity in eastern Massachusetts, despite at
least a few past efforts to include members from other areas.  Our attempts
to organize meetings in western MA or to do train shows in southern NE have
collapsed for lack of critical mass.

NELUG has always had a stated goal of creating smaller sub-groups if such a
dynamic emerged.  In fact, I would say that NELUG currently has three rough
sub-groups: (1) people who attend general meetings, (2) people who attend
train shows, and (3) people who play BrickWars.

So I guess what I am saying is that you should feel perfectly welcome to
join NELUG (if you haven't already) and take the initiative to organize club
activities in your area.  You can call on all of our members to participate
in local meetings and/or train shows.  All it takes to have a meeting is for
a NELUG member to call one.  We do have members in your area who have
expressed interest in attending meetings and doing shows if only it wasn't a
three-hour drive.

Of course, if you would prefer to create a new group rather than trying to
piggyback your efforts off of NELUG, that is certainly an option as well.  I
personally look forward to seeing more LUG/LTC activity across our entire
region.  I think I can speak for NELUG when I say that you can count on our
full support and cooperation, however you should decide to proceed.

- Chris.


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Re: next lego train show
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In lugnet.loc.us.ri, Brian Massarotti writes:
Hello everyone.

Would someone please let me know when and where the next lego train show
will be held.  My wife and I are very interested in attending.  If some help
with set up is needed we would love to help and meet some great new friends.

thanks, brian

Hi Brian!

I think the next NELUG train show is in April, and I *believe* we're going to
be expanding our layout.  We'd love to have you stop by, spend the day,
contribute something ... I believe it will be in Massachusetts again, which
means it will be a bit of a hike for you, but it can be done!  Jamie comes up
from RI also.

Just as an aside: I happened to see your post, but unless you were specifically
inquiring about Rhode Island shows (there was one not too long ago, but nobody
from NELUG attended .... and I don't know when the next one is!), you might get
a larger response posting to lugnet.org.us.NELUG.  For most of the New England
LEGO goings-on, that's the group to keep an eye on!

Hope to hear more from you soon,
Shaun


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next lego train show
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Hello everyone.

Would someone please let me know when and where the next lego train show
will be held.  My wife and I are very interested in attending.  If some help
with set up is needed we would love to help and meet some great new friends.

thanks, brian


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Re: Gobble Gobble! meeting? was: Re: Boo! meeting?
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Actually, I've been meaning to ask (and this seems like an appropriate time):

I live fairly close to the MA/RI boarder. Are there any people in the area
who'd like to get together sometime? I wouldn't mind trying that at some
point. I like the (Boston-area)NELUG meetings, it's just difficult for me to
make them.

Evil Wayne
______________________________________________
"There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."

http://www.geocities.com/legomaniac70



In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Eric Kingsley writes:
In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Eric Joslin writes:
In lugnet.org.us.nelug, John P. Henderson writes:


Seriously, I know you'd be in for a long drive, but I hope you can make it out
for a meeting at some point.  And if you can find someone closer to your area,
set up a NELUG meeting out there!  Maybe you can make us drive out to you. :D

I would just like to throw in my 2 cents and say that I would be real excited
if folks wanted to have NELUG meetings in other parts of New England.  We have
a very well established group in the Greater Boston Area that keeps our general
meeting attendance at a consistant 15 to 20 people with special events
occasionally drawing even more.

That said, we started out with meetings of 4 or 5 which at the time I thought
was unbelievable!!!  Now I am disappointed if we have less than 10 people for
most functions.  (Although some events like Brikwars are pretty specialized so
head count tends to be lower at those events).

I guess what I am trying to say is that if there are 3 or 4 people in an area
outside of the Greater Boston area don't feel shy about having a meeting.  I
personally couldn't travel very far very often for a meeting but every once in
a while a change of scenery would be nice.  Also there are things like Train
Shows in other parts of New England that I would love NELUG to participate in
but without a local contingent to organize the display it makes it nearly
impossible to pull off.  Right now I know there are Greenberg shows in Hartford
and Providence along with the Wilmington MA shows that we currently do.

I would definitly make it for a day at one of these shows and make sure the
NELUG tables were available along with some of my MOC's.  I just can't commit
to all 3 days when the commute is so long.


Either way we love having new faces at our Waltham meetings so if you can't get
a group going elsewhere and you can make the trek then we would love to see
you.


Eric Kingsley


Subject: 
Re: Gobble Gobble! meeting? was: Re: Boo! meeting?
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Eric Joslin writes:
In lugnet.org.us.nelug, John P. Henderson writes:


Seriously, I know you'd be in for a long drive, but I hope you can make it out
for a meeting at some point.  And if you can find someone closer to your area,
set up a NELUG meeting out there!  Maybe you can make us drive out to you. :D

I would just like to throw in my 2 cents and say that I would be real excited
if folks wanted to have NELUG meetings in other parts of New England.  We have
a very well established group in the Greater Boston Area that keeps our general
meeting attendance at a consistant 15 to 20 people with special events
occasionally drawing even more.

That said, we started out with meetings of 4 or 5 which at the time I thought
was unbelievable!!!  Now I am disappointed if we have less than 10 people for
most functions.  (Although some events like Brikwars are pretty specialized so
head count tends to be lower at those events).

I guess what I am trying to say is that if there are 3 or 4 people in an area
outside of the Greater Boston area don't feel shy about having a meeting.  I
personally couldn't travel very far very often for a meeting but every once in
a while a change of scenery would be nice.  Also there are things like Train
Shows in other parts of New England that I would love NELUG to participate in
but without a local contingent to organize the display it makes it nearly
impossible to pull off.  Right now I know there are Greenberg shows in Hartford
and Providence along with the Wilmington MA shows that we currently do.

I would definitly make it for a day at one of these shows and make sure the
NELUG tables were available along with some of my MOC's.  I just can't commit
to all 3 days when the commute is so long.


Either way we love having new faces at our Waltham meetings so if you can't get
a group going elsewhere and you can make the trek then we would love to see
you.


Eric Kingsley


Subject: 
Re: New Train Show date possibility...
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Eric Kingsley writes:
I just recieved a packet of information from Greenberg Shows and they have
added a new Train Show in Providence, RI on January 5-6.  Is anyone interested
in doing this show?

I dunno. I wouldn't mind donating stuff and being there for one day of the
event-- don't think I want to drive out 3 times though (assuming Friday
setup, Saturday & Sunday shows)... So-- I guess you can put me down as a
"kinda".

DaveE


Subject: 
Re: New Train Show date possibility...
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Freight Freitas writes:

I would be interested in doing the show in  Providence, hopefully there are
others too! We could always carpool down there, as there are a good number
of us that live close to each other!

Freight
I just recieved a packet of information from Greenberg Shows and they have
added a new Train Show in Providence, RI on January 5-6.  Is anyone interested
in doing this show?

We have kind of dismissed the Hartford Show mostly because of Travel and the
fact that it falls on Thanksgiving weekend.  Rhode Island is closer for many of
us and I know several of our members are on the South Shore of MA as well.

I would be willing to help with Setup and Breakdown but I think we would need
some volunteers during showtimes because the show is just a bit too far for me
to drive down 3 days in a row.

So please keep this in mind and definitely post if you would be interested in
helping out with the show.


Eric Kingsley



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