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THE N.Z. MODEL RAILWAY JOURNAL Official Publication of the NEW ZEALAND MODEL RAILWAY ASSOCIATION Number 79 May-Jume 1960 Volume Thirteen EDITORIAL yt 1960 Annual General Meeting of the New Zealand Model Railway Association has come and gone - and has left behind it one or two "bombshells". Regular attenders will agree, we mre sure, that this Meeting was probably the liveliest Annual Gen- eral Meeting that we have had. This is @ good sign in a growing organisation, and we trust that at future Meetings members will take an equally active part in the affairs of their Association. Undoubtedly the biggest bombshell of the evening was the unanimous deci- sion of the Meeting that the format of the JOURNAL be changed from thepresent loose+leaf foolscap folio presentation to a page half that size, the sheets folded and saddlestitchced, and aprinted art cover provided. This move, which was a complete surprise to the Manage- ment Committee, was raised first of all during the discussion of the Treasurer's report, but toenable the routine busi- ness of the Meeting to be finalised it was agreed to defer full discussion on the future format of the JOURNAL wtil later in the proceedings under General Business. The decision wadall the more of a surprise by reason of the fact that at last year's Annual General Meeting, when, as a result of a refer~ ence in the Annual Report, the matter was discussed and the fecling of that Meeting and of some members who had written in was that the present size seemed to be the most suitable for the needs of this particular publication (see pages 8, 43 and 69 of the JOURNAL for January-February, July-August and November-December 1959). May-June 1960 During the later discussion on the format of the JOURNAL, some good argu- ments were advanced in favour of a folded and stapled magazine inplace of a loose leaf one, and undoubtedly these argu- ments were sound fromthe publicity and sales angleif from no other. Possibly the format of some of our contemporaries such as YARN (published by The Railway Enthusiasts Society Inc. Auckland) and FUNNEL TALK (published by the Wanganui Branch of The New Zealand Railway&Lo- comotive Society Inc.) had some effect on the opinions of some of our members; both these journals are to specifica tions similar to that now decided upon for the JOURNAL; their page size is approximately 85" x 6" with the sheets folded and stapled through the centre, the covers are illustrated and printed on art paper, and the inside pages are (were in the case of YARN) duplicated. Since the evening of the Annual General Mceting your Editorial staff have been investigating costs and pro- duction aspects of the JOURNAL in its new form, following onpreliminary sur- veys made tivo. or three years ago. As a result it appears that the minimum issue in the new form will be one of 24 pages, including four page cover, with a different block on the front of each issue. Because of the cost of blocks, it will be necessary to make use of borrowed blocks for most issues for a start, but where possible those which are not model railway views will be arranged to illustrate one of the articles in the issue on which they appear. The first issue in the new form will be that for January~February 1961;. this is necessary because of the time required to change over from our pre- sent production methods to that neces- sary in the new form, Page 25

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THE N.Z. MODEL RAILWAY

JOURNAL

Official Publication

of the

NEW ZEALAND MODEL RAILWAY ASSOCIATION

Number 79

May-Jume

1960

Volume Thirteen

EDITORIAL

yt 1960 Annual General Meeting of

the New Zealand Model Railway Association has come and gone - and has left behind it one or two "bombshells". Regular attenders will agree, we mre sure, that this Meeting was probably the liveliest Annual Gen- eral Meeting that we have had. This is @ good sign in a growing organisation, and we trust that at future Meetings members will take an equally active part in the affairs of their Association.

Undoubtedly the biggest bombshell of the evening was the unanimous deci- sion of the Meeting that the format of the JOURNAL be changed from thepresent loose+leaf foolscap folio presentation to a page half that size, the sheets folded and saddlestitchced, and aprinted art cover provided. This move, which was a complete surprise to the Manage- ment Committee, was raised first of all during the discussion of the Treasurer's report, but toenable the routine busi- ness of the Meeting to be finalised it was agreed to defer full discussion on the future format of the JOURNAL wtil later in the proceedings under General Business. The decision wadall the more of a surprise by reason of the fact that at last year's Annual General Meeting, when, as a result of a refer~ ence in the Annual Report, the matter was discussed and the fecling of that Meeting and of some members who had written in was that the present size seemed to be the most suitable for the needs of this particular publication (see pages 8, 43 and 69 of the JOURNAL for January-February, July-August and November-December 1959). May-June 1960

During the later discussion on the format of the JOURNAL, some good argu- ments were advanced in favour of a folded and stapled magazine inplace of a loose leaf one, and undoubtedly these argu- ments were sound fromthe publicity and sales angleif from no other. Possibly the format of some of our contemporaries such as YARN (published by The Railway Enthusiasts Society Inc. Auckland) and FUNNEL TALK (published by the Wanganui Branch of The New Zealand Railway&Lo- comotive Society Inc.) had some effect on the opinions of some of our members; both these journals are to specifica tions similar to that now decided upon for the JOURNAL; their page size is approximately 85" x 6" with the sheets folded and stapled through the centre, the covers are illustrated and printed on art paper, and the inside pages are (were in the case of YARN) duplicated.

Since the evening of the Annual General Mceting your Editorial staff have been investigating costs and pro- duction aspects of the JOURNAL in its new form, following onpreliminary sur- veys made tivo. or three years ago. As a result it appears that the minimum issue in the new form will be one of 24 pages, including four page cover, with a different block on the front of each issue. Because of the cost of blocks, it will be necessary to make use of borrowed blocks for most issues for a start, but where possible those which are not model railway views will be arranged to illustrate one of the articles in the issue on which they appear.

The first issue in the new form will be that for January~February 1961;. this is necessary because of the time required to change over from our pre- sent production methods to that neces- sary in the new form,

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