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You just THINK you're a WGH Ambassador
« on: March 25, 2008, 03:22:50 PM »
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Got the following reply when I emailed about the removal of the ambassadors' web pages on the WGH website:

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We are at a point in the program where we are focusing efforts exclusively on the clubs, hobby-shops, and the public-layout side of the program.  We regret any disappointment this causes.

signed by Derric at Kalmbach.
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Re: You just THINK you're a WGH Ambassador
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2008, 03:26:42 PM »
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Huh...

I was signed up as an ambassador too.

Guess I have to turn in my diplomatic license plates.
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Re: You just THINK you're a WGH Ambassador
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2008, 03:32:10 PM »
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they brought in some consultants, and ya didn't make the cut!

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Re: You just THINK you're a WGH Ambassador
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2008, 03:40:19 PM »
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Because
only Kalmbach knows whats best for your hobby...
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Re: You just THINK you're a WGH Ambassador
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2008, 03:56:41 PM »
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I bet if you put all the members of organized clubs in one bag, and all the participants in on-line forums in another, I bet you'd have a pretty big bag of independent guys who do their "clubbing" on line.  I'm sure there's quite a bit of crossover, but I dare say that independent on-line hobbyists (both in terms of chatting and shopping) make up a fairly large constituency they are cutting off...

How many of you avoid clubs because of the petty politics, the slobbering goofballs, the "Anything Goes" crowd, and of course, the BO and halitosis?

First they hire Cody Grivno, now this!  What are they thinking up there in America's Dairyland?
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Re: You just THINK you're a WGH Ambassador
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2008, 04:00:52 PM »
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Quote from: NandW on March 25, 2008, 03:32:10 PM
they brought in some consultants, and ya didn't make the cut!


Wow...Ed and I were just throwing Office Space quotes on AIM.......STRANGE!
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« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2008, 04:01:51 PM »
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Quote from: TiVoPrince on March 25, 2008, 03:40:19 PM
Because
only Kalmbach knows whats best for your hobby...

Kalmbach is the hobby...  To say otherwise is subversion.
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Re: You just THINK you're a WGH Ambassador
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2008, 04:23:16 PM »
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Now you'll never get to be Ambassador of the Month.  :'(


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Re: You just THINK you're a WGH Ambassador
« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2008, 04:53:41 PM »
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« Last Edit: March 25, 2008, 04:56:23 PM by TiVoPrince »
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Re: You just THINK you're a WGH Ambassador
« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2008, 05:56:57 PM »
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Now that David Popp he's a straight shooter and has upper level management written all over him,  Insert Lumbergh reply here.
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Re: You just THINK you're a WGH Ambassador
« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2008, 05:58:35 PM »
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Quote from: wm3798 on March 25, 2008, 03:56:41 PM
I bet if you put all the members of organized clubs in one bag, and all the participants in on-line forums in another, I bet you'd have a pretty big bag of independent guys who do their "clubbing" on line.  I'm sure there's quite a bit of crossover, but I dare say that independent on-line hobbyists (both in terms of chatting and shopping) make up a fairly large constituency they are cutting off...

How many of you avoid clubs because of the petty politics, the slobbering goofballs, the "Anything Goes" crowd, and of course, the BO and halitosis?

First they hire Cody Grivno, now this!  What are they thinking up there in America's Dairyland?
Lee

Look Cody's videos are trendsetting, if you don't think he's the next John Armstrong to hell with you!
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« Reply #11 on: March 25, 2008, 06:59:34 PM »
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No one doubts the potential there... but to pick the one guy with a heavy lisp to narrate the videos... ::)

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Re: You just THINK you're a WGH Ambassador
« Reply #12 on: March 25, 2008, 08:12:04 PM »
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Quote from: wm3798 on March 25, 2008, 03:56:41 PM
 

How many of you avoid clubs because of the petty politics, the slobbering goofballs, the "Anything Goes" crowd, and of course, the BO and halitosis?

 

But the real reason people do not join clubs is that they do not work and play well with others.    They tend to be arrogant and judgemental.
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Re: You just THINK you're a WGH Ambassador
« Reply #13 on: March 25, 2008, 09:13:42 PM »
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Lee I wasn't serious, by now the only thing I take seriously is nothing.
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Re: You just THINK you're a WGH Ambassador
« Reply #14 on: March 25, 2008, 09:47:03 PM »
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WARNING - THIS WON'T BE POLITICALLY CORRECT - IF THIS OFFENDS YOU - I'M JUST TOO @$$@@! SORRY.

I am so $#@$#@# sick and tired of the "uber- dorks" at Kalmbach I could switch to bead threading or another non Kalmbach hobby.

Let's get something clear.....

KALMBACH ISN'T MODEL RAILROADING - THEY DO NOT OWN THE TRADEMARK, THE PATENT OR THE COPRIGHT - THEY JUST "THINK THEY DO".....

MODEL RAILROADER MAGAZINE "ISN'T"............  It's " Friends, advertisers and flunkies of Kalmbach Publishing inc" Magazine.... I am not denigrating any author who has been published in this " dean of model railroading" magazine - it's an honour to share their pages with the others - it' just that I am tired and sick to death of the "elite eight"; or whatever Koester calls his minions......

N SCALE EXISTS AND IS ALIVE AND WELL THANK YOU - WE DON'T NEED M.R.'S QUARTERLY HAND OUT ARTICLE - FOCUS ON YOUR WOODLAND SCENICS AND WALTHERS-ESQUE SUPPORT ARTICLES FOR THE HO UNWASHED AND UNAWARE....

I AM P'D AT THEIR "RE-GURGITATED" MAGAZINE ARTICLE "BOOK SERIES" - I PAID FOR THE %^#%$@ ARTICLE ONCE WHY WOUD i BUY THE ^$^%$^%#&^ BOOK.... ARE YOU SO LIMITED IN YOUR CHOICE OF AUTHORS THAT YOU NEED TO RECYCLE ?

Most of all, I hate their attitude; "We're M.R"..... next topic..............

As far as this modeler is concerned I don't believe a word out of their mouths and don't care if they ever publish another magazine or book...........

Harsh - you bet........... they deserve more.

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