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In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote:
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> Sound like a good plan? Thanks in advance for your help with this!
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> Jake
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> Jake McKee
> Community Liaison
> LEGO Community Development
First don't sweat the disenfranchisement. Seriously. I mean don't go out of
your way to annoy people in the group, but if 99 club members want Mindstorms
competitions and 1 guy wants to have an Aquazone show, then make 99 percent of
your activities directed towards Mindstorms. There are times when you may
encounter a person who could be deemed as 'high maintenance'. Be honest and
forthright--clubs are suppose to be fun and relaxing for everyone--if there's a
'wrench' causing issues, then approach the person and be honest--polite,
diplomatic, but honest. If they leave in a huff, that wasn't a very mature
reaction and in the long run, your club will be better off.
Maybe I'm just used to the way rtlToronto does things, but I find that it works.
Throw things out for the group to do and who shows, shows. Not too many worries
either way (though I'm sure Chris and/or Calum may have had concern over a few
of the organized events in the past--"will there be enough people?" "will
things go off without a hitch?" "Will Dave show up and break something again?")
There are organizational points to specific events, such as train/hobby shows,
but the monthly dinners are pretty much a "whoever shows/whatever happens"
night.
Beyond that, do what interests the group, and things usually expand. I know
that since our first 'real' train show at NMRA which we had to contact the NMRA
organizers, we've been getting offers from other hobby/train events asking us to
attend. As well, (and Calum can verify this or shoot me down, stating that I'm
misremembering), after having our robot competitions, the library in which we
have them has approached us to do scheduled robot shows, and they'd give us the
room for the day.
So without too much effort (the motto of rtlT ;) ), word does eventually get
out. More people start wanting to be part of the group, and things 'build' from
there. That's the best bit I find about belonging to rtlToronto, always finding
new fans of the brick.
It's only taken what, Calum, 6-8 years? Eh, that ain't too bad... :)
Oh, and charismatic organizers. Almost a must in any FOL club. Too bad we're
lacking in that dept. ;)
Dave K
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| hey Jake, Dave had some good ideas. to throw in my 2 cents..... the # 1 thing you need is leadership. PERIOD!!! you can have a great bunch of guys, but if you don't have that one (or two) person(s) to actually say, HEY the meeting is this friday, or (...) (20 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.events)
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| (...) I think this is important. Lego may be a common ground, but not everyone will fit into a group. And it isn't your goal to catch everyone. We know there are at least ten or more Lego fans in Toronto who don't come to our events--because they (...) (20 years ago, 20-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.events)
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| As you can imagine, I get A LOT of questions from fans in my role as Community Liaison. Many are recurring themes, where fans are looking for answers to the same question. One such recurring series of questions has to do with running events and (...) (20 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.events) !!
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