I suspect that there are very few S folks who are not indirectly connected - i.e.: they aren't on the list, but know one or more people who are.
Reaching out directly to these people is more likely to be effective than waiting for a note in the magazines, which may go unnoticed, or the convention, which many folks do not attend. Unless someone is at the convention collecting reservations, there is also the chance that the car gets talked up, then forgotten once the event is over. Just look at how many folks missed the earlier mentions of the SAL car, dating back to Aug and Jan 2010, Jan 2009 and further to 2006 (at which point I stopped searching). Same thing with my Fruit Grower's reefer roofs. Folks I KNOW were on the list when there where threads about the part are surprised to find out it is available. Even if we aren't going to buy enough here on this list (less than 10% of the members need to buy one car each and we would have it covered...), we can still be part of MAKING IT HAPPEN rather than sitting o one side and waiting. I've emailed the newsletter people of two clubs I'm a member of, urging them to get a note out about the car. Pieter E. Roos --- On Sun, 4/17/11, Alan Lambert <[email protected]> wrote: > Earl, > I'm with you on that one. That is the only way they will > make it work. If they rely on this list and his website they > will come up short as always. > > thanks, > > alan > > --- On Sun, 4/17/11, [email protected] > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: [email protected] > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: (ADDENDUM) on the SAL > Boxcar > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, April 17, 2011, 7:33 PM > > > > > > > I hope that Jim and John will extend the deadline until > there is time for > this to be written up in Dispatch and S Gaugian, and for it > to be talked up > at the NASG Convention. This is more than two months away > but not by > much. . > > - Earl Henry > > > > > In a message dated 4/17/2011 7:29:39 P.M. Central Daylight > Time, > [email protected] > writes: > > The KEY thing to focus on is that if Jim doesn't get the > minimum 80 orders > within the next two months (minus a few days now), there > will be NO car to > worry about converting to scale or hi-rail! > > If you really want this car, you all really need to talk it > up to your > friends who are not on the list. Why we can't get even 10% > of the members to > buy into anything remains somewhat of a mystery. > > Pieter E. Roos ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [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/
