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Re: GFLTC NOT at GATS Clearwater this weekend
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Fri, 15 Jul 2005 15:20:06 GMT
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In lugnet.trains.org, Don Cox wrote:
In lugnet.trains.org, David Gregory wrote:
In lugnet.announce, Robin Werner wrote:
GFLTC News,

The Greater Florida LEGO Train Club (GFLTC) will NOT be displaying at the Great
American Train Show (GATS) this weekend (July 16-17, 2005) in Clearwater,
Florida. We were just recently informed that they do not have space for us in
their train show floor plan.

GATS asked a LEGO Train club to NOT come to an event?!  I guess they must be
tired of being a popular show and drawing in crowds/money.

David Gregory


It has happened to us and another club that I don't remember the name of.
Apparently there are train clubs that have told GATS that if a LEGO Club comes,
they won't be there.  I was hoping the publicily of the recent NMRA Display in
Cincinatti would change it, maybe in time it will.  My mind is that if they can
tolorate O, S, HO, N, TT, Z, then they can make room for 'L'.

-- Don    GtwLUG     St. Louis

It is just me, or is GATS hard to deal with?  I've heard several cases where GATS was just a pain in the a**.  I know NGLTC missed a Greenberg show to committ to at GATS show, only to have GATS back out of it.   O, S, HO, N, TT, Z... let's see.  rearranging the letters.. Z, S, N, HO,O, TT, wait.. that's (z)SN(ho)OT(t)!

Sounds like the old timers are in GATS, but Greenberg and NMRA people accept the
LEGO train hobby.  I've heard nothing but good things about the Cincinnati
show--it was a great event, and it's hard to believe 75 AFOL/ALE's were there...

Scott



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  Re: GFLTC NOT at GATS Clearwater this weekend
 
IndyLUG has had an excellent expierence with GATS over the years. We do their show twice a year, October & January. We always get all the space we want, a decent apperance fee plus we also do a couple of paid workshops entitled "How LEGO Trains (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org)

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  Re: GFLTC NOT at GATS Clearwater this weekend
 
(...) It has happened to us and another club that I don't remember the name of. Apparently there are train clubs that have told GATS that if a LEGO Club comes, they won't be there. I was hoping the publicily of the recent NMRA Display in Cincinatti (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org)

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