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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by brothaslide The scrapbook hobby group has us model railroad folks beat by a mile! My wife is a scrapbooker and that hobby is growing so much faster than model railroading. I think the big difference is that scrapbooking is more social and people in that hobby actively look to include others and make them feel welcome. Please don't take this as an insult but I think many of us model railroaders need to get out of our selves and stop being these introverted engineer types (I do have a BS in Mechanical Engineering - it takes one to know one.) Additionally, scrapbooking online resources blow away any model railroad site in content and participation. Just visit www.twopeasinabucket.com and look at their message board posts or their image gallery. The local scrapbook stores have what are called Friday Night Crops where a number of people get to gether to scrapbook. Additonally, these Friday night sessions include classes on technique and style. My LHS has never to my knowledge ever held a class or a group get together to build trains, etc. I think it is time for an attitude change and a paradigim shift in our hobby. Sean [/quote]I couldn't agree more. More and more, we're seeing in clubs especially, the trend toward clickish behavior, the inner circle if you will. This tends to isolate people, even within a club, and eventually compounds even the smallest problem by bring to bear the politics that result from such behavior patterns. You really can't have a cooperative club enviroment, if politics is always getting in the way. Am I right or am I wrong?
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