Joe Fugate is looking for resumes.

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Don't laugh. If I had the computer skills I'd sign up in a heartbeat. I believe in doing something good for other people even if you don't receive a reward in return. I may not always live that way, but I try and I believe this hobby is full of other like-minded folks. Many of them are right here at The Gauge. What is rewarding is not always profitable. Just look at how much it costs to have kids! OR, to stay within the realm of the forum, how much the average train layout costs per square foot. A hobby is a rewarding venture that may not pay us anything monetary in return. Something like this index, for the good of all, is a good example.

Galen

I get it Galen....if I wrote down the things I do for my industry to give back to the community, especially the handicapped community, it would take several pages just to list them out. What I find funny, and I must laugh, is a couple of things.....I've read many negative comments about what Kalmbach has done, and I find it funny that quite a few of the ones crying the loudest don't even subscribe to MRR, (including you). It is obvious to me this decision is probably based on available resources, of which are directly affected by subscription $$$$. Maybe if their revenue was where it once was, this would never have happened. The second funny fact to me is that everyone is touting Joe Fugate and the NMRA as the saviours of the hobby for their efforts to save the index. Sorry, but I feel the hobby itself is bigger than both of them. And lastly, before I make any enemies, you are naive to think that any saving of this index is purely to give back to the hobby...I bet donuts to dollars that whoever "saves" this thing will use it to their advantage as an enticement to gather new paying members for the NMRA or to increase readership of the MRH, thus making paid advertising more lucrative, thus everyone, if they play it right receives a measurable benefit, not just because they are good guys. And they want someone to do it for free for THEM.

AS Tom Hagen put it in The Godfather...."...it's business, Sonny, don't make it personal..."