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Re: Random thought of the day
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Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:59:22 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, David Eaton wrote:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Leonard Hoffman wrote:
> > But honestly, things get quiet because people stop caring. I mean, Suz has
> > announced that unless something happens, Lugnet will be shut off on Oct 1.
> > If anyone had made that claim two years ago, do you think there would be this
> > quasi-silent acceptance? People just don't care whether Lugnet lives or dies,
> > and they have more fun on other forums anyways.
> 
> To be fair, I think that's what's being gauged at the moment. It's true that in
> recent years, Lugnet's importance as *the* place for Lego discussion has gone
> down. If I understand correctly, a big part of what's happening now is that Suz
> is trying to figure out who'd be affected, and how much, if Lugnet were to shut
> down or switch gears. And yes, if *nobody* cared about it, then by all means, it
> could go away.
> 
> You're right that there probably won't be as much public outcry for preserving
> Lugnet as there might have been several years ago. The community has grown since
> then. But to say that people just don't care isn't accurate. I, for one, care.

Thank you Dave.

I love LUGNET very, very much.  I remember life before LUGNET.  It was a pretty
lonely LEGO world for me far from any LUG.

I'm very concerned at the consideration of the demise of LUGNET.  If it were to
happen, it would be a huge loss to the AFOL community.

Suz, I volunteer to help in any way I can, if you come up with a plan for
keeping it alive.

For smaller groups like technic, or robotics, someone would have to set up a new
site/sites for these groups.  CAD could move themselves to LDraw.org, but
lugnet.cad *is* currently the official site for official ldraw.org business.
Currently nominations are open in lugnet.cad for the LDraw Stnadards Committee.

> 
> DaveE

I stand with DaveE and DaveK.  I love LUGNET.

Kevin



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(...) Ditto! I would like to volunteer as well. Now for somebody or some group to hatch a plan. Perhaps Suz and Todd would be willing to help at least transition into something new to help at least stabalize things? (...) Same here, without LUGNET I (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)

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(...) To be fair, I think that's what's being gauged at the moment. It's true that in recent years, Lugnet's importance as *the* place for Lego discussion has gone down. If I understand correctly, a big part of what's happening now is that Suz is (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)

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