@MartyE posted:That was it as far as I know. They didn't go in April 2022 which led the EDTCA to open their spot up. Since then their spot has been occupied. This spring there was a large dealer there taking up most of what Lionel had. I suspect if they come back they'd want to be in the orange hall so something would need to change. That's between Lionel and the EDTCA though.
The EDTCA has a policy, at least in the member halls, that if you do not pay for your space for two consecutive Yorks, you lose rights to that space, and if you pay for the same space for two consecutive Yorks, it is yours as long as you continue to pay for it. I assume the policy is the same in the Orange Hall. The EDTCA has always worked with us in table space and location in the member halls. When I started as a table holder, I had one table, my brother had one, and we split a third. and we were in the Blue Hall near the front for several Yorks. When my friends in the alcove area let us know that the guy occupying my current space was not coming back, my brother and I, along with the guy who was leaving went to the wonderful people at the registration desk to get those tables transferred to us starting with the next York, with the full understanding that, if the guy giving up the tables wanted to come back after we had it once, that the tables would be his once again. When my brother decided to stop coming, we had his table transferred to me through the same process. And again, the EDTCA people were wonderful through the whole process.
If Lionel wants their old space back, they have to talk to the current occupant(s), provided they have been occupying the space more than one York, and get them to agree to move to another location before the EDTCA can really do anything, otherwise, Lionel has to accept and work with what the EDTCA has available.
Andy
