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Kudos to nsdra1, you are right on the money! The main reason I joined a club (WOW, its been 13 years already![:0]) was to learn more about the hobby, and to have fun![:)] Over the last 13 years, I have learned alot from the other members. From electrical to mechanical to scenery, everyone has thier own 2 cents to chip in. Some of it is total garbage, some of it is pure genius, and most of it falls somewhere in the middle. You just need to filter it and draw your own conclusions. Beware of the negative trolls[}:)], they live beneath trestles and in tunnels, and only come out when any new ideas are aired. They can kill a good idea in a heartbeat, yet have not contributed any worthwhile suggestions since Moby *** was a minnow. If you find a club full of trolls, keep looking. If a club has only a few trolls, but the rest of the membership is ok, then do the following. Join the club, learn what you can, and help steer the club in a positive direction. Keep a smile on your face[:)] and NEVER let a disagreement get personal. Most Trolls can be "saved" if treated correctly. As an example, in 1995 our club lost its lease on our "permanent" layout site, and not having the funds to purchase a site, took the entire club concept to a modular layout to heart. The trolls were all saying, "it will never work" or "I'm not interested in dragging a part of the layout around". A few of the trolls dropped out, but a few of them stayed with us, and gradually took up the cause. The rest of the members kept building, creating and refining out modules. Meetings were held round-robin style in members homes and at local libraries, and the layout began to show up at local train shows. Soon the membership started to rebound in numbers and at our last show we did we had a 30 x 60 ft "L" shaped layout that had a longer mainline run than our old "permanent layout. [:D] Clubs are a great way to learn from others experiences and to meet other folks with similar interests. Try one![:D]
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