MartyE posted:... You guys act like the public are a bunch of marauders coming to pillage. Why don't we see how it goes. Just because you wear a TCA badge doesn't make you a Saint.
Marty,
This is only an extension to the same kind of thinking that led to disallowing photography for so long. There's still an "old guard" thinking so-to-speak that wants to "protect" member holdings. But York has out-grown the days where each member could actually be vouched for. So equating membership with automatic integrity has been a false sense of security for years now. It's time to give public attendance a try... but I'm just not sure York is set up to be attractive to the general public as it currently is organized. It's a terrific show for people already in the 3-rail segment of this hobby. But how well it will DRAW the general public remains to be seen. Lots of subtle (and not-so-subtle) changes will need to happen to make the grand vision a reality, IMHO. And those changes won't happen overnight.
David
