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Re: Individual Membership enrollment now open
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org
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Date:
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Mon, 16 Jun 2003 19:07:28 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Steve Barile wrote:
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All in all these hopes and aspirations sound great and I for one am keen to
see it work.
As a further point how do you intend to delineate between what happens on
Lugnet/trains say and what happens on ILTCO? After all Lugnet/trains is the
current “International” meeting point of L Gauge train heads!.
SteveH
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lugnet.trains is and will continue to be the discussion resource for world
wide communication for LEGO train heads! ILTCO has no aspirations to be that
and we have communicated our non-intensions to Todd specifically on this
topic. The ILTCO assembly will have a mail list but it will not be use to
discuss general train topics. Those discussions will be moved to lugnet if
they arise.
Some of the things that we can offer is a repository for train related
articles etc, be a rallying point for train related activities at
conventions, perhaps be the organizers of a LEGO train convention in years to
come. Being organized also affords us credibility, which may lead to a
presence in publications like Model Railroader etc. For local clubs it adds
depth to news coverage etc “The XYZLTC is one of 30 clubs world wide, there’s
over a thousand enthusiasts modeling railroads with LEGO!” If the occasion
arises ILTCO might even help set standards; a recent example of a great
community LEGO standard is the moon-base module standard. Something so simple
has created a huge ground swell in that community! Note that if the NMRA
hadn’t lent a hand in standardizing DCC it would be still splintered with
each manufacturer having it’s own spec. And the DCC for the RCX would have
never happened!
The ILTCO organizing committee is not trying to govern or dictate we are
merely trying to create a stronger organized community.
SteveB
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OK, I that’s understodd - I just thought this needed to be clearer.
On an earlier point you mentioned “descent” (I presume you don’t mean I’ve gone
to the dark side!!!). I meant to promote discussion rather than express dissent.
SteveH
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