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Re: Upper Midwest Lego Train Club
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Mon, 11 Jan 1999 23:33:10 GMT
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Very good questions, Lar- unfortunately, until I here from John Gerlach, I don't
know anything really about their group at all. He said that they were working on
a webpage...BTW is anyone here savvy enough to create a web page if we do
proceed?
Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> John Neal wrote:
> >
> > Gee Lar- I was going to do the shirts gratis.
>
> well, sure, free is good. But is this a go or no, given the other
> group's existence?
>
> What is their charter? If they are MPLS only, that shuts a number of us
> out. I have been on the PNLTC group's case about allowing "remote"
> members, but no go yet.
>
> > After a while we can sink in
> > the serious coin for embroidery. As for the logo -here is the Georgia dudes
> > logo: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/9110/ a little too
> > slick and webby pagey for my taste.
>
> yes.
>
> > I like the PNLTC's logo, but perhaps a
> > little busy.
>
> ?? Seems simple to me.
>
> > I'm working on some ideas... say, how do the colors red and
> > orange grab everyone? (at least we could model our own engine in club
> > colors:)
>
> Kind of. But I'm not so keen on Daylight colors. How about red and
> yellow?
>
> > Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> >
> > > I have a bazillion tee shirts. I'd favor spending more and getting a
> > > collared shirt with embroidery instead of a screened shirt. On a
> > > previous project, we got some for in the 30s ballpark... 4 thread colors
> > > on a small offset (over the heart) front logo and about 15 colors in a a
> > > transfer print on the back (but that was just imaging, not embroidery)
> > >
> > > But I think a shirt is premature, we need a logo first.
> > >
> > > The <-O-> may be trade dress or a trademark of TLG. But if not, I'd
> > > favor using it.
> > > Note that PNLTC uses a different arrow (it kind of reminds me a bit of
> > > BritRail's old logo).
> > >
> > > Can we ask PNLTC if we can use their arrow, perhaps in a different color
> > > (different color to show difference, same arrow for continuity). What
> > > did the Georgia gang do?
> > >
> > > John Neal wrote:
> > > >
> > > > okay, I have contacted a few people who have expressed an interest in
> > > > forming the UMLTC. None, however, are in close proximity, so I figure
> > > > we can start off in Cyberspace and go from there. At the very least we
> > > > can get us a logo and print some T-shirts & sit around online and chat
> > > > about legos. At the most we could (gasp) host events periodically , but
> > > > I think at this point most of us are busy enough with other things that
> > > > one more (huge) thing on the table isn't feasible:(
> > > > So, first things first...T-shirts! It is my occupation to design and
> > > > print 'em, so I'm all over that. We should come up with a logo, so any
> > > > feedback is good. I was thinking of something derivative of Railroads
> > > > indiginous to our area- Milwaukee Road, BN, GN, Soo, etc. I'm not
> > > > decided one way or the other regarding the utilization of the lego
> > > > double arrow in some way. Other than that, I'm open for ideas. I have
> > > > been contemplating a club such as this for a while now, and since I have
> > > > discovered RTL and Lugnet I am blown away to find people who are into
> > > > Lego trains WAY more than I- tres cool! So, no worries, and I'll
> > > > continue to solicit support.
> > > > -John
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