I like it too. On a different note, week after week, we are getting more likes on our Facebook page.  I have not been pushing content at all. We really should try to push content.  The fact is. More and more with a lot of hobbies, including ours, Facebook has taken over the roles of forums, groups etc. There has been some anecdotal information that younger hobbiests are much more active through Facebook and YouTube.  If we are looking to try to recruit more members,  particularly younger members,  this could be a good avenue.  Just my 2cents, I understand some of members are reluctant to go this way for various reasons and i respect that. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

If the group can come up with a name and a logo design, I can 3D print a logo in either a negative or positive for the bridge. I would need dimensions and a logo in a jpeg format and someone to paint it if it a positive or it can be left white as a negative and a light box put behind it. more decisions i know. I've done 2 for UMRR

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I like Albany Ngineers to, Mike L.

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From: john valachovic via groups.io
Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2020 6:34 PM
To: AlbanyNTrak@groups.io
Subject: Re: [AlbanyNTrak] T-Trak arch bridge modules

I like it too. On a different note, week after week, we are getting more likes on our Facebook page.  I have not been pushing content at all. We really should try to push content.  The fact is. More and more with a lot of hobbies, including ours, Facebook has taken over the roles of forums, groups etc. There has been some anecdotal information that younger hobbiests are much more active through Facebook and YouTube.  If we are looking to try to recruit more members,  particularly younger members,  this could be a good avenue.  Just my 2cents, I understand some of members are reluctant to go this way for various reasons and i respect that. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Michael Romanowski <mmroman@...> Date: 4/9/20 6:14 PM (GMT-05:00) To: AlbanyNTrak@groups.io Subject: Re: [AlbanyNTrak] T-Trak arch bridge modules I like it. > On Apr 9, 2020, at 5:19 PM, Brian Hilgenberg via groups.io <ontario_and_erie@...> wrote:> >  New name.  Hmmm...  Albany Ngineers?> Brian Hilgenberg> > >    On Thursday, April 9, 2020, 3:35:22 PM EDT, Geoff Dunn via groups.io <geoffdunnsoccer@...> wrote:> > Currently, the club does the following:> TTrak - PCC (March)> TTrak - ALCo (April)> N-Trak - Poughkeepsie (November)> TTrak - PCC (November)> TTrak - GTE (November)> and TTrak - Glens Falls (dates vary).> > So one out of six shows annually uses N-Trak modules, or 17%.> > Geoff> > > > >

Geoff,  It's not a duh moment.  The palpable stress levels around this pandemic does that to most people.
While I like the Ngineers thought, I think that both N-Trak and T-Trak have a national brand name recognition that we could never achieve on our own, so to me it makes more sense to me to piggy back off that national brand name recognition.  If N-Trak or T-Trak people should be transferred by an employer to the Albany area or just move here, we would show up more in searches, etc.  I also don't think that one excludes the other.  In the evolution of the standard first came N-Trak, then much later T-Trak.  So I don't think you have to throw out one for the other. 

Rather than reinvent the wheel, maybe we should look at how other clubs and National integrate or deal with the two standards.  My usual go to is NVN-Trak (North Virginia N-Trak).  They are very active in T-Trak, but when I look at their website have not re-branded or changed the club name, at least not yet.  But I don't have any insight beyond that.
Regards,
"John Henry"