Originally posted by Mike R
Thanks Ron; I had checked out the C.A.R.M. website, but was looking for a more personal insight from someone...perhaps we'll still see one.
I can't readily tell if it would be of benefit to me, I've modelled mainly B&O for 40+ years, and it's been a loner-type venture up here in the CNCP "wilderness".
regards;
Mike
A friend of mine was doing B&M in HO and has just changed to doing the Maine two-footers in On2 here in Toronto.
I Know that two of the founding members are doing Colorado NG. One is doing Sn3 and the other is doing On3. So, even though they are Canadian, they're not doing CNCP.
If you are looking for dirt... I don't think there is any...
From what I understand, this was in the works before the Maple Leaf 2003 conference....
As the organizers were working on the convention, they'd say, "Hey so-and-so's layout should be on the tour...", "Oh, wait, he's not a member of the NMRA".
Or, "So-and-so would be able to give a great seminar on such-and-such...", "Oh, wait, he's not a member of the NMRA either".
So exceptions had to be made in order to pull together the convention...
So I guess there was the question of why we have so many great modelers who are not members of NMRA. And I guess that the non-NMRA participants of the convention were asked why they are not NMRA members, and I guess the answer may have been that the NMRA isn't Canadian or that it is too expensive for Canadians due to the currency exchange, or some other reason.
So it was decided that perhaps Canadians would be more interested in joining something that is more local and uses the same currency....
But these are all just guesses...
You don't need to model Canadian Prototype to join. There are Canadian SIG's for that....
It is more of a matter of sharing skills and techniques and belonging.
Perhaps CARM is filling a void that the NMRA isn't...