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Re: train idea book
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Date: 
Wed, 12 Dec 2001 15:04:40 GMT
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Wow, so many posts!  Thanks for the support (and concerns as well).

I won't be back on the LUGNET till Friday so here are a few thoughts:
-Someone has volunteered to co-edit the book with me.
-The idea of a committee to decide/review models is a good one. Some
thought has to go into how to do this fairly.
-This is a long term project.  I don't expect a product to be available
for a long time (e.g . March)
-Regarding the DeskTop Publishing - I have a pretty goog setup for
capable of doing a book here at home.  My partner, Martha (an AFOL
herself) works professionally in design and marketing and has
volunteered to help.  Any additional help is welcome.
-Rendering.  Outsourcing (1) may be the best bet for this.  Several
people have volunteered CPU time for this.  Standards have to be
developed first (and models selected)
-Website-  An offical website for this is in the works.
-Bridges are welcome in the book!
-Printing costs are an issue.  We're looking into that.  It may require
some sort of fundraising.  I'm positive we can get around that.
-rare parts?  i don't know where to draw the line.  I'd rather more
'recent' parts only.  suggestions?

Gotta go

-chris



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  train idea book
 
The idea of a fan-created train idea book has been floating around these groups for a while now, but to the best of my knowledge a final version of one has never been produced. I decided today, that I would like to spearhead (1)the production of a (...) (23 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org) !! 

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