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I've twice belonged, but I found there was no value in it for me: . The web site is free, and it isn't too bad. The library is accessable for a fee, so when I need to do research, I can still use that. (But interlibrary loan sure works well; the one book I couldn't get through ILL, the NMRA library didn't have either.) There are a lot of other so-called benefits, but discounts on things I don't want don't count for much in my book. Only two benefits come to mind that are worth paying for year in, year out: the meets/convetions and the Bulletin. I can't afford the time (or the money) to go to the meets. Besides, the meets are filled with 'good ole boys' groups that I haven't got the 40 years of seniority to crash. I might be able to find more time to go if the events were more kid friendly, but I don't want to subject mine to the language and dirty looks that I've seen other peoples (good) kids subjected to. That leaves the Bulleten. However, the commercial press does a much better job of covering new products and even their own conventions. The editorial content is a repetitive snooze: ("we are going to spend umpteen dollars to benefit these three members who actually live close enough to use it", "we need more money", "why are we losing members", and, in July "welcome new member(s)". ) The remaining few articles are OK, but I'd rather spend the money on scale-specific magazines (The 'N' in NMRA, does not stand for N-scale...) Yes, everything the NMRA has done for standards in the past was wonderful. But it isn't doing anything new for me today. (Let's see, weights and wheel countours were defined around 1935. DCC was defined around 1995. Hmmm... OK, I'll join again a little before 2055 and support the next big thing!)
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