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Several people have already offered advice, and they are no doubt more experienced, but maybe I can offer a newcomer's view. (...) If some of your members have lost interest in the club, lose interest in them in turn. Let them live their own life. (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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(...) Smaller shows, more "fun" shows- don't go to a show that doesn't at least offer free donuts. Don't sweat the detail level- make a fun running toy train layout, and let the smiles on kids faces bring you back into it. I realistically would NOT (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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Sounds you like you have to prune the tree. Those who don't contribute should be expelled. Apathy is highly contagious and must be stamped out immediately. This is a hobby, and thus voluntary, but some sort of minimum contribution to the club's (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Hey John, I started to write a response to each of your questions, but realized that I kept answering them with the same question, "Do you still enjoy building with LEGO?". If you answer this no then I would suggest that you find something to build (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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(...) forget about the brick do something that has nothing to do with it or better yet find something to do as a groop that would flush some ideas out. (...) i have learned that if you have to ask someone to do something it will never get done. so (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Question to all the other train clubs / Long answer from FGLTC member no. 1
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In lugnet.trains.org, John Gerlach wrote: Hello J1, I am very sorry to read about your not too good experiences on the clubs development. The GMLTC has always been one of the highlights in the train scene and - at least from European view - it has (...) (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Question to all the other train clubs
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Our train club is stagnating. Hardly anyone shows up to our building sessions, and productivity has dropped to almost nothing. We've lost direction, we've lost enthusiasm, we've lost committment. Help?! What can our club do to make things fun again? (...) (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Drafting 101 (was: Re: Partout Acitivity Guidelines)
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(...) Well as it happens, MichLUG has done this quite a few times and had a blast every time. I have recieved requests in the past on how to do this, and had finally got around to writing something up. (URL) This is by no means the be-all, end-all (...) (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.us.dixielug, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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The inaugural show of the Central Ohio Lego Train Club / Lego Builders Group (Coltc) took place during the Lego Road Show, in Cleveland. The location was nice, in the back of the Great Lakes Science Center, with a view of the lake and the (...) (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.trains.org) !
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| | Re: NCLTC Takes 1st Place at Raleigh GATS! (Long)
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"John Morgan" <trees@utk.edu> wrote in message news:HJ7s83.1rxn@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Thanks! (...) well (...) trains (...) site (...) some (...) so (...) I don't know if padding would have helped, it might have. (URL) camera sits (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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| | Re: NCLTC Takes 1st Place at Raleigh GATS! (Long)
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(...) ... Was the camera you used the same camera as this site offers? (...) If was different, but very similar. The camera fit easily in a 5 wide housing, and was less than three studs wide itself. Mike Walsh made a cradle of 1-high panels, (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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| | Re: NCLTC Takes 1st Place at Raleigh GATS! (Long)
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(...) Congrats! thanks for sharing all this good Pictures and movies. I have seen the wireless cameras available online and was wondering how well they would work as a train engine mounted video source. Great to see the trains eye view of the (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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| | Re: NCLTC Takes 1st Place at Raleigh GATS! (Long)
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[ ... snipped ... ] (...) great, (...) By the time I got to Tom's booth he only had one 10013 set left and it was marked at $16.99 - same price as the LEGO catalog. I don't know what he sold 4511 and 4512 for but I suspect it was also catalog (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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(...) I agree. We did a show in March and there was a vendor selling LEGO trains. Most of them were older collectable trains so the prices were a bit high for the standard show visitor, but it was nice to be able to point people in his direction (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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| | Re: NCLTC Takes 1st Place at Raleigh GATS! (Long)
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"Cary Clark" <cary@corp.nospamwebtv.net> wrote in message news:HJ5Bs2.8z6@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Train (...) Friday), (...) Saturday. (...) his (...) bit (...) layout! (...) Cary brings up a good point, one I had forgotten about. (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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| | Re: NCLTC Takes 1st Place at Raleigh GATS! (Long)
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(...) snip (...) Congratulations to all the participating NCLTC members! Mike, thank you for crafting such a detailed report. Nothing can ever take the place of being there, but your descriptions along with the pictures in the links you provided are (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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| | Re: NCLTC Takes 1st Place at Raleigh GATS! (Long)
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(...) ... (...) ... Mike, this was an excellent writeup. One more note about Tom from Tom's Train Station: Tom now carries LEGO at his store (got his first shipment on Friday), and brought seven each of the new trains to sell at his GATS booth on (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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| | NCLTC Takes 1st Place at Raleigh GATS! (Long)
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This past weekend NCLTC had our layout on display at the Great American Train Show (GATS) in Raleigh, North Carolina. This is the third GATS show we have done and while our layout has always been popular, we have never won the competition. Much to (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.org.us.nclug) !!
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| | Re: Updated Container Stats (Was: 2003 LTC Container swap)
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(...) Hmm, the only thing that I can point to that has caused them to look at my LEGO was transporting 12v transformers (which have a huge block of metal). On the other hand, I have not packed unbuilt bricks. I think anything large and dense will (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Final NGLTC open house (closing down the clubhouse)
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This Sunday (August 3rd) will be the final public display at the Discover Mills "clubhouse". This is your last chance to come and visit the NGLTC at the Discover Mills Mall. The display will be open from noon till around 4pm. We will be moving out (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general)
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