@Mallard4468 posted:A few more observations...
I wonder if anyone from ED watches the York posts. If not, they probably should...
IMO, the critical question for ED is "what should York be?". If it's going to be a meet primarily for diehard enthusiasts, so be it. Unfortunately, I think the result of that will be a slow death spiral as the folks who fit that description age out of the organization. If it's going to be a vehicle for growing the hobby, then changes need to be considered. There's a lot of parochial thinking in TCA in general and ED in particular. The efforts to expand the audience for York have been half-hearted at best.
Regarding who is responsible for growing the hobby - expecting manufacturers to do it is misguided - they're in it to make a profit. Every one of us who enjoys trains should share the responsibility for bringing others into the hobby - if we expect "someone else" to do it, it won't happen.
Who knows, maybe someone from Eastern Division does read posts on the OGR Forum because they have recognized it as a valuable source for information about the hobby in general and now also for feedback from the core, target audience in particular? Maybe they were at the 8:00am meeting on Saturday and just mayhaps they volunteered to bring back Kids Korner at York this Spring after being gone for 3 and a half years?... I'm going with all of those things did indeed happen. Just sayin' 😉
Rob Newman
99-49679
Director - TCA Eastern Division
Kids Korner Chair
