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(...) I understand that concern. Here are some things to think about though -- Current traffic levels aren't really very accurate predictors of future traffic levels after a split. You might have 50 posts/day in some group and then after a split it (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.trains)
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Just in case no one mentioned it. If you put your 12V train on a 9V track the train is not going to go anywhere; well, not untill it is hit by another train that is! While Ben has posted a way to make 9V motors run on 12V track (URL) my knowledge no (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I read lugnet.trains every day. The traffic here is, well not much traffic at all. I would be opposed to splitting off sub topics until the traffic merits it. I would hate to miss any news about trains, even if it is the intimate details of how a (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.trains)
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Personally, I kind of like the idea. It makes it easier for us to discuss topics that are a little too specific for this group. (Meeting times, project ideas, transport of sections, specifications on sections, etc..) I don't know how much it would (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well... you know... when you know four times as much about the topic as the next most frequent poster, that happens. <grins, ducks and runs> (...) Shocked, just shocked. (...) I guess that would work. IF people remembered to do it (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) You'd have to ask a "member" of GMLTC that question, I suspect. Remember, the PNLTC has a policy that you have to actually live in the PNW to be a member. grumble. Dan lives in the NW and therefore is eligible for PNLTC membership by their (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I agree with Matt David (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ok, I'll jump in here now... ;) The GMLTC is the most un-organized dis-organized informal "club" you'll probably ever find. We don't have any 'charter', or membership oath, or secret handshake, or even an official roster. We don't even have (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) specific and are very roundtablish. What about other groups, such as the San Francisco Bay Area group baylug.org? As you know, we have a domain name now. Zonker Harris seems to want to form a LTC here in SF, which is good and could be it's own (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) So you would use it then. Would something like this have helped (or could it still help) in a positive way during the initial stages of GMLTC? --Todd (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.trains)
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