Richard is 100% correct. All S scale people deserve a hard copy publication.
The realities of today's publishing world, however, make that not entirely practical. And no publication, whether E-zine or hard copy, will reach absolutely everyone. The fact of the matter is that being computer literate in 2008 is fast becoming a necessity for communication with the rest of the planet, and for probably 90% of jobs today, if a person doesn't have at least rudimentary cyber skills, h/she is not working, or not working for very much money. When preschoolers are learning computer skills, it is a pretty good indication that the future is now. And to be able to take advantage of email and the internet does not even require the purchase of a computer. In virtually any small town in American a person can walk into a public library and ask for help downloading information, etc., for free. For FREE! If that non-computer-literate person subscribes at all to any hard copy publications, a small classified ad would alert that person to a new E-zine. Besides, people should at some point join the rest of us in the 21st century. There have always been those who did not quickly embrace new technology. When the automobile first appeared lots of folks were frightened of driving around in something that used a volatile fuel such as gasoline for power; It took literally 15 years for sales of color TV sets to overtake sales of B&W sets. Who knows, maybe a really interesting and informative E-zine would be the last bit of persuasion necessary for a modeler to finally come 'round to interacting in cyberspace. Cheers :) Roy Inman From: John Degnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:11:57 -0500 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: S Scale website; 1:64 Modeling Guide 1. The proposed S scale e-zine website. I am opposed to this idea. Reason is that only about half of us do e-mail. The entire S scale fraternity deserves a publication, not just us "techies." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
