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Re: NMRA show (the first of many?)
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Tue, 8 Aug 2000 11:20:32 GMT
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Russell Clark <rclark@STOPSPAMtelis.org>
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> From: "David K. Z. Harris" <zonker@gnac.com>
> Subject: NMRA show (the first of many?)
> Date: Sun, Aug 6, 2000, 11:00 PM
> We have been asked by another local group if we might be
> interested in exhibiting at a show in Hayward, CA, in January 2001.
> The Golden Gate Lionel Railroad Club is the group, and the flyer
> says Sunday, 11a-4p, at Centennial Hall (Foothill Blvd). One day,
> nearby, and that say they'll display all gauges.
Excellent news!
> Don't forget that GATS (the Great American Train Show) may roll
> into the bay area around November...
Excellent news!
> As an example, I think that working the booth all day is hard on a
> person, and we should consider working in shifts. I also think that
> we should have had a few more folks around the booth. (With just two,
> it was too hard to talk to visitors, and still watch for trouble on
> all four sides of the layout...once 3-4 folks were there in the
> afternoon, things seemed to work better, in my opinion.) So, for
> future shows, we probably ought to have more involvement by other
> club members, signing up for booth duty. How many folks would be
> interested in general? How many folks could commit to the Hayward show?
I can commit to the Hayward show. I will have to make sure that when the
date is confirmed that it doesn't conflict with any of my classes.
> I have high hopes that we will find more members through our efforts
> at NMRA. We got one new member during the weekend (Hello Healdsburg! :-)
> There are a couple promising folks in S.F, and another in S.J., plus
> a possible person in Chico...and these are just train folks! (Do we want
> to consider setting up a display at another type of gathering, to look
> for LEGO fans in other communities? Maybe a Ninja display at the annual
> Japanese Festival, or taiko drumming competition?? :-)
I think setting up a layout at the county fair would be a good idea.
Russell Clark, BayLUG/BayLTC
http://baylug.org/russellc/
http://www.lugnet.com/people/members/?m=130
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