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Reply to "York Attendence, to me seemed, much more than in the recent past ?"

Wow you got that from that?  No that isn't what I said.  The LCCA leadership is very active at recruiting beyond the member only offerings.  They actively recruit members at events.  They have an enthusiastic leadership

I took a look at both the LCCA and TCA home pages. I have to say that the LCCA home page is far superior to the TCA one.
The LCCA home page is much more attractive with graphics, and a big "Membership Benefits" button that is almost impossible to miss.
IMHO, the TCA home page has too much text, and the Membership Benefits button is buried under "Join the TCA".
I think the whole web page needs to be reviewed by a professional web designer and given a fresh look.

I agree that the LCCA has a much more active recruitment program (which includes the aforementioned web site) that the TCA would do well to emulate.
TCA shows that are open to the public should have manned information tables with membership applications and recent issues of the TCA magazine.

The TCA could also do more to encourage members to develop more local activities. But I think getting that done is largely up to the members living in those areas.

I am an Eastern Division member, living in the Capital District of New York. In the thirty plus years I've been a member, to my knowledge there has never been a local TCA event. I think that is largely because there were already several public train meets, and at least one local club to cover social aspects. Early on I floated the idea of running a bus down to the York show, but was met with an overall negative response.

On the other hand, the recently formed "Upstate Chapter" of the Eastern Division (which does not include the Capital District) seems to be doing a number of train shows, and is running busses down to York. So some TCA folks are doing something positive that might result in more exposure for the TCA and new members.

Most of the public shows in my area have an information table. I think it would be helpful if National TCA would develop a membership recruitment flyer (not a membership application).  If a flyer existed, I'd be willing to put some out and talk to people who were interested.




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