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#41

I just received a note from Frances, where she explains that it was her who established the
G Scale Group in October 1998, and all the early “owner” and “moderator” messages from
“LGB Telegram” were from her personally, even though she did not include her name there.
(the first LBG Telegram signed by Frances, dates from February 1999, which is one of the
reasons for me incorrectly recalling facts around G Scale Group ownership)
In other words, Hans-Joerg you were correct! And I am glad that I learned or rather set
straight in my memory one more piece of Large Scale history, Best wishes from TOkyo Zubi

Zbigniew Struzik said:
Hans-Joerg Mueller said:
Hi Zubi,

Actually the G Scale Group has always been run by Frances (Dave B’s ex).


Hi Hans-Joerg, well in the later stage yes, but not neccesarily in the beginning. Frances signed her posting for the first time February 1999 half a year after the group has been established. Anyway, both of them were the driving force behind the forum then but in all practical terms, I suppose Dave established the forum and gave the ownership to LGB Telegram which by then meant mostly Frances. But I may remember it wrong of course, Best, Zubi

#42
Hans-Joerg Mueller said:
LGBoA/EPL went as far as telling the LGBMRRC that other mfgs displays had no business at the LGBMRRC convention if LGBoA/EPL was THE sponsor. Actually pretty logical, given the German mindset! (there's experience talking, especially as it applies to Bavaria!) ;) :)
This was long before LGBoA--this was back when Kalamazoo and Delton were just coming on the field. I don't recall how much of that discussion was instigated by Nuremberg as opposed to a faction within the group wishing to remain fiercely loyal (I suspect a healthy mixture of the two), but the end result was the same. The group was in an excellent position to become the de-facto large scale club encompassing all brands, but opted instead to be singularly focused. The Germans were thrilled, but the club--in my opinion--took a huge step backwards. It's no coincidence that right around that time (late 80s) the annual LGB conventions started to become less and less well-attended (wasn't there one year it was almost cancelled? I can't recall for certain.), while the national garden railway conventions took off. Hobbyists wanted to go where [i]all[/i] the products could be seen.

Later,

K