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I have felt like I needed to apologize to some of the newer members that I have recruited. They feel like they are waisting their time and money being in a "stale" club that is going nowhere. Back when the club first formed, a friend and I were invited to a meeting. At the meeting the powers in charge at the time noted that there were a few visiters. The stressed the point that "this is NOT a place that you come to run you trains" and we were basically were not welcome. Several years later, I was invited by another member who knew that I did not have a home layout (which I do now). I told him of the earlier time I attended. He said that the jerk (being nice) who thought that he owned the club was no longer a member. I went to a few meeting and was welcomed and greeted by a few of the members (who were not around the last time). The meetings were well organized, with some silly arguements. and I ended up joining as an associate. I invited the friend that had went with me on our first visit years ago. This meeting was terrible. They were arguing over the craziest things. One was the official club name!!!!! You would think that this would have been settled a long time ago since the club had been around for 6 years or so. And during the discussions, certain members wanted to here themselves tell all about "me, me, me, I want this and that, and I have decided this is what we will do.......etc. My friend (who finally joined this year) pointed out that many there did not care, or wanted things their way or no other way, and were not progressing. For goodness sakes... they can still not agree on a name after all this time. Some key members with high motivation finally gave up and quit. And one of the most hospitable members toward visitors passed away. And a newer president would barely recognize guests. The meetings were unorganized and if guests were introduced, you could not hear for the private conversations. The dedicated members now are hoping the dead beats will inprove. We don't necessarily want them to leave because we have a good set of guys. We just want some form of progress. I am the only one who has a home layout now so I expected the others to be more into the club that I am. At our shows, I here the viewers saying this lookis the same as last time and it has not changed. Recently one of our completed modules was unavailable due to a member not being able to show and nobody wanted to take on the responsibility of hie beautiful and large module. The crowd was really disappointed when the massive bridge was not there. It is a shame when three to five modules out of 22-26 modules are the only ones worth looking at. This is embarrasing. And I think the whole situation looks bad not only for the club but hurts the hobby. People who may want to get into the hobby are turned off. Part of the main reasons I want to have a good showing is to share the hobby with others. Get new people interested and the hobby will grow!!!!!
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