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Re: RE: (erielack) EL calendar: March 2008 (2)

Peter,
I don't think it's so much a case of anyone 'backing' what Weekend Chief 
does, as much as most find it convenient to have it, inasmuch as many of the 
captions leave little to be desired.  I personally enjoy the calendar for 
some of classic shots it contains, captions aside of course...

We had discussions in the past on the ELHS Board about possibly doing 
calendars, but if I recall correctly, the profit margins were pretty small 
vs. the work necessary to accumulate 13-14 slides, write captions, find a 
printer, handle the distribution and mailing, etc., year after year; and 
although we obviously have the ability to generate through the many fine 
photographers and collectors we have in the ELHS, to develop a hgih-quality 
calendar annually, it unfortunately wasn't worth the cost involved vs. the 
small profit it might have generated...

It's unfortunate that Weekend Chief does not recognize or realize the 
caliber of people available that have the ability to provide accurate and 
timely captions, but for whatever reason, he feels obligated to do it on his 
own...

I worked with him over a couple of years in the early- to mid-1990's, and as 
Schuyler indicated in a recent post, he sent me stuff to proof, only giving 
me 24-48 hours to turn it around and get it back to him - which I did, only 
to not have any of the changes made that were suggested, so we felt if 
wasn't worth trying to participate further if he didn't want us a team 
player in the project if he was simply going to do what he wanted...

Rich Behrendt
ELHS #384



- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter" <peterh55_@_comcast.net>
To: "'EL Mail List'" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 11:27 AM
Subject: RE: RE: (erielack) EL calendar: March 2008


>I have purchased only one EL calendar and is was so poor that I never again
> bought it.  I read each month the comments about the month and it is very
> seldom that there are kind words.
>
> So my question is, why does the EL group back such a poor representation 
> of
> the three railroads?
>
> Pete H
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Janet & Randy Brown [mailto:jananran_@_mymailstation.com]
> Sent: Sunday, 02 March, 2008 1:01 AM
> To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
> Subject: Re:RE: (erielack) EL calendar: March 2008
>
> OK -- point taken.  The pictures are often questionable; the captions are
> worse -- so, why buy it?
>
> I have ELHS calendars from years past.  Who produced them? Were they 
> always
> Weekend Chief?
>
> Randy Brown
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Randy, let's understand something about working with Weakend Chief:
>
> A number of people on and off this list have attempted to work with John
> Scala.  It's basically not possible.  After months and months of urging 
> John
> to send stuff along so you can get into it, and do some research and/or 
> find
> some other folks who know something about it . . . . no such thing 
> happens.
>
> What DOES happen is that you get a total unannounced, no-warning Fed-Ex
> envelope, with the WC return
> label.  You eagerly rip it open so you can get right into it.  Then you 
> read
> the note that says "This is the proof of the next calendar.  Please look 
> it
> over, and send it back tomorrow with any changes because it's already in
> China (or wherever) ready to go on press."
>
> This has happened for several years with several of us.  That is why the
> ELHS >sells< the calendar, but we take NO responsibility for the contents
> thereof.  Zero control = zero responsibility.  So, yes, the calendar's
> captions range from "well, not too bad" to laughably incomplete and/or
> inaccurate.
>
> SGL
>
>
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