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In lugnet.org.us.lrgoaa, Jona Jeffords wrote:
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Okay, well that is good to know. This exchange coupled with the previous one
that happened on our forum made me think that was the intent. Sorry if I
mis-read you.
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Without the benefit of knowing what was said in your forum (or who said it), we
can’t really comment on what might have been brought up there. Presently,
however, despite any ability MichLUG might have to incorporate outside Special
Interest Groups, I think it would be a lot less painless for SIGs to be formed
from within MichLUG rather than trying to merge with existing groups, where
you’ll potentially have to deal with conflicting charters, having one set of
leadership give way for the other, and a lack of cross-over membership to help
bind the two groups together. I mean, if LRGOAA members just want to
participate in robotics competitions, what good would it do to force you guys to
travel all over Michigan and adjust to our schedule for meetings when you’re
doing fine on your own? I’m guessing about as much as forcing us to always meet
in the Detroit area and adjust our schedules to yours just so we can incorporate
robotics competition discussions into our meetings, which are quite busy as it
is.
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I think that the 2 groups use their meetings for very different things.
Actually, I think the 2 groups are quite different from eachother on a
fundemental level. From what Larry and you have said, I gather that there is
a huge social component to the MichLug and its meetings/shows.
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Pretty much. We mostly try to limit our fighting to the official business
portion of the meetings. :)
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It sounds like much of the time spent together is spent being together
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Not to the extent that we just hang out and talk with each other, but in regards
to our LEGO interest, yes. A lot more of the general chatting seems to happen
at the shows, but that’s to be expected when you spend about a couple days
hanging out with the same group of people for a single event.
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Additionally, there seems to be a desire to promote LEGO as a worhtwhile
hobby, which might be the actual focus o several of your shows.
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It’s a focus, but not the only one. Personal enjoyment is one of the big
reasons, and I don’t think any one of us would be doing it if we didn’t enjoy
it. And there’s also the charity aspect, where some shows are done to raise
money for worthy causes.
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So far, LRGoAA has been about robotics challenges and competitions which
happen to use LEGO as the medium of choice (for several reasons most of
which I am sure you all know and agree with).
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Well, unless you start doing stuff like Robot Wars. Punching a big gaping hole
through an RCX would be a tragedy of the highest order, especially if it’s a 1.0
model.
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Our meetings are somewhat brief, 2 to 3 hours max and they occur at night in
the middle of the week at a local, bust coffee shop.
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Ah, that’s the advantage of having a membership that’s centrally located. We’ve
got active members in the Chicago area, Indiana, Ohio, Canada, and at least half
a dozen spread pretty far apart in western Michigan. It’s nice to have the
meeting last longer than the travel time required to attend, so Saturday is
pretty much the only option.
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