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Re: Canada Lego Fest ideas
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lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment
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Mon, 20 Aug 2001 15:13:41 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Adam Murtha writes:
attendance by me.  Sure, there are lots of AFOL in the southern Ontario
area, including south of the border, but I would bet that a Canadian
Brickfest held there would be just another rtlToronto meeting.

I agree that Toronto or SF for that matter is pretty far from Calgary.
Considering the drive, it's probably best to get a flight.

But as for being just another rtlToronto meeting, I suppose that's true,
it's another event in Toronto, probably run by rtlToronto, if we were going
to host it.  What I think would be different, and let us know if you think
this would be attractive or reason enough to come out:

-Scope of event is longer than anything we've done before, probably 2.5 days

-Range of people would be much larger than the usual rtlToronto +
Windsor/Montreal corridor crowd (hopefully)

-More types of activities, if people are interested in running them.

That being said, I can't really volunteer to organize anything in Calgary,
as I'm pretty much alone in terms of AFOL.  There are a few others, but they
are lurkers and not very active, every time I tried to get some sort of
meeting together, it didn't work out.

Off topic, that's the way it was here in Toronto about four years ago.
Don't fret, I'm sure soon more Lego enthusiasts will come out.  It'll
happen.  Maybe not now, but a critical mass just starts building- and while
the response will always vary (not everyone is as interested or devoted)
there's a point where there will always be enough people consistently
attending.  rtlToronto only recently hit that point, in my mind.

Back on topic, the reason I moved this to loc.ca is to get the rest of the
Canadian AFOL and Canadian LUGS involved, since this thread was only in
Montreal's, Toronto's and Ottawa's groups.  I'd REALLY like to participate
in something like a Canadian Brickfest, but Ontario doesn't seem very central.

Driving wise, probably not.  But airfare wise, it actually is cheaper IIRC
to fly to Toronto anywhere else due to the majority of flights being into
Pearson YYZ.

Calum



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  Re: Canada Lego Fest ideas
 
(...) So does this mean you are willing to host it or would you prefer Ottawa? (...) I would hope we could get some AFOLs from down east, including the Newfies. :-) Perhaps some people from south of the border. (...) We could share some of the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)

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