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In lugnet.loc.us.nc, Mike Walsh wrote:
>
> "Todd Thuma" <thumat@gactr.uga.edu> wrote in message
> news:JCzx3n.AJs@lugnet.com...
> > In lugnet.loc.us.nc, Mike Walsh wrote:
A bunch snipped
> Mike
Mike,
Thanks! I posted in part out of fun and part out of annoyance. Had I been in the
area I would have definitely dropped by. Hey, a planetarium and a LEGO event, my
two favorite loves in one. I would have been there. Sadly, I live too far away
to to have been there with 4 hours notice.
And, yes, I saw the pics Joe posted. Your NC folks always seem to have a lot of
fun and put on a great show.
Sincerely,
Todd
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"Todd Thuma" <thumat@gactr.uga.edu> wrote in message
news:JCzx3n.AJs@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.loc.us.nc, Mike Walsh wrote:
[ ... snipped ... ]
>
> I am a little confused on the tense used in the above paragraph. Since the
> event
> happened on the 3rd and 4th and the post was made on the 3rd (same month)
> should
> the tense have been past tense? Instead, the tense implied the event was
> happening in the future. While I fundamentally agree that a post made at
> 11:00
> AM GMT (7 AM EST) is in the future of an event starting at 12 PM EST (4 PM
> GMT).
Better late than never eh?
>
> Too bad this was not made a week or more ago, when the notice to the
> community
> might have generated some participation and/or visitation.
Absolutely. I think it was simple oversight that this didn't happen.
People get busy and things get dropped. We did have a number of posts to
the NCLUG Yahoo Group so I believe we got pretty good local coverage.
> The link supplied by the way dates their post Jan 11th, 2007. Would that
> have
> been too early to post to LUGNET? My apologies if I missed a previous post
> on
> this event.
No, I don't think it would have been to early. It could have been followed
up with a reminder posting the week of the event.
>
> I am standing by for the POST event wrap-up. I would dearly like to see
> pictures
> of the layout and MOCs. Many of these events are my inspiration to build
> and be
> creative, if only to copy what others have done (hahahahaha).
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Todd
Joe Meno has posted a wrap up, did you catch that? It was a fun event, I
wish I could have spent more time there. The Planatarium staff were very
pleased with the event and were very supportive.
Mike
--
Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com
http://blog.carolinatrainbuilders.com - My LEGO Blog
http://www.ncltc.cc - North Carolina LEGO Train Club
http://www.carolinatrainbuilders.com - Carolina Train Builders
http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=mpw - CTB/Brick Depot
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In lugnet.loc.us.nc, Mike Walsh wrote:
> On February 3rd and 4th NCLUG in cooperation with the Morehead Planatarium
> at the University of North Carlina Chapel Hill hosts LEGO Palooza. The 3rd
> LEGO Palooza expands to a 2 day event running from 12-4 both Saturday and
> Sunday. This year the display exhibits expand from Space themed to all
> themes. Al particular interest are large Castle, Star Wars and Town
> layouts. NCLTC will have a small train layout on display. There is also a
> large collection of bricks for kids and adults to build with.
>
> For more information and directions, visit the Morehead Planatarium web
> site:
>
> http://www.moreheadplanetarium.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=news_item&id=371
>
> Admission is free.
I am a little confused on the tense used in the above paragraph. Since the event
happened on the 3rd and 4th and the post was made on the 3rd (same month) should
the tense have been past tense? Instead, the tense implied the event was
happening in the future. While I fundamentally agree that a post made at 11:00
AM GMT (7 AM EST) is in the future of an event starting at 12 PM EST (4 PM GMT),
it would have been beneficial to have more than a few hours notice.
Too bad this was not made a week or more ago, when the notice to the community
might have generated some participation and/or visitation.
The link supplied by the way dates their post Jan 11th, 2007. Would that have
been too early to post to LUGNET? My apologies if I missed a previous post on
this event.
I am standing by for the POST event wrap-up. I would dearly like to see pictures
of the layout and MOCs. Many of these events are my inspiration to build and be
creative, if only to copy what others have done (hahahahaha).
Respectfully,
Todd
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In lugnet.loc.us.nc, Mike Walsh wrote:
> On February 3rd and 4th NCLUG in cooperation with the Morehead Planatarium
> at the University of North Carlina Chapel Hill hosts LEGO Palooza. The 3rd
> LEGO Palooza expands to a 2 day event running from 12-4 both Saturday and
> Sunday. This year the display exhibits expand from Space themed to all
> themes. Al particular interest are large Castle, Star Wars and Town
> layouts. NCLTC will have a small train layout on display. There is also a
> large collection of bricks for kids and adults to build with.
>
> For more information and directions, visit the Morehead Planatarium web
> site:
>
> http://www.moreheadplanetarium.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=news_item&id=371
>
> Admission is free.
I am a little confused on the tense used in the above paragraph. Since the event
happened on the 3rd and 4th and the post was made on the 3rd (same month) should
the tense have been past tense? Instead, the tense implied the event was
happening in the future. While I fundamentally agree that a post made at 11:00
AM GMT (7 AM EST) is in the future of an event starting at 12 PM EST (4 PM GMT).
Too bad this was not made a week or more ago, when the notice to the community
might have generated some participation and/or visitation.
The link supplied by the way dates their post Jan 11th, 2007. Would that have
been too early to post to LUGNET? My apologies if I missed a previous post on
this event.
I am standing by for the POST event wrap-up. I would dearly like to see pictures
of the layout and MOCs. Many of these events are my inspiration to build and be
creative, if only to copy what others have done (hahahahaha).
Respectfully,
Todd
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Hi all,
as announced previously, NCLUG was the host of LEGOPalooza this weekend at
Morehead Planetarium. This year, the event was expanded to 2 days, and was
earlier in the year compared to previous paloozas.
This time, we had a Star
Wars display with sets from Sabrina and Signe Gravatt and customs by Gareth
Bowler:
a Harry Potter display by Jennifer Joy Poole:
a Batman display by Taylor Poole:
a town layout by Joe Evangelista, Mike Walsh and Joe Meno
Joe E:
Mike Walsh:
a castle display by Cyndi Bradham:
a retro town layout by Carin and Jane Proctor:
a heliport by Team Joe:
and an NXT demo/display by me:
There were also displays by Ian Brusso (Technic), David Winegar (Space) and
Gupreet Jawa (Castle).
There also was a building zone:
Attendance was about 1300 for the event - 700 on Saturday and 600 on Sunday.
So how was it?
It was a lot of fun! Having way too many events for my good, I can say that I
really enjoyed doing this one because I did a live demo and did some true
interaction - the NXT models were from instructions and progras that Philippe
Hurbain posted last week The spy bot was perfect for the event, as it was small,
easy to repair (they did fall off the table), and used one set each, which was
really nice to talk about the sets.
I also had a joystick built, but for the
fast pace of the event, I wasn’t able to use it, so by Sunday it was converted
to another NXT spy bot. Also the joystick was stuck to interaction with one
person, while the spybots could interact with anyone it happened to ‘see’.
There were a lot of questions about the NXT, and I had my laptop running to show
the program for the bots. And the general reaction from the kids was summed up
by this:
Gallery is here after
moderation:
We also got media coverage from a local TV station (NBC17) and two local
papers.
Many thanks to all those who participated, and also to Karen Kornegay and the
staff of Morehead Planetarium - it’s always fun to do a show, and this has
become the event I look forward to the most!
Yep, it’s blurry, but it summed up how I felt - this rocked!
Joe Meno
Administrator, NCLUG
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"Jordan Schwarz" <jbschwarz@ThisIsReallygmail.com> wrote in message
news:J7Ao4L.CEx@lugnet.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I've noticed a lack of activity regarding the NC LEGO Train Club and
> wanted to
> find out whether it still meets and if not, whether there are individuals
> interested in restarting the club.
>
> I should add that, one goal of my query is to encourage local train fans
> to join
> the Save 9V Trains movement (joining is free, but we want more
> participating
> members), <http://save.9vtrains.com>, in addition to evaluating if there
> is
> still interest in NCLTC.
>
> Thanks!
> Jordan
NCLTC is still alive and well although not very active. With GATS falling
apart there isn't a regular train show coming to Raleigh any more. The one
regular show in this area is run by the Neuse River Valley Model Railroad
Club (http://www.nrvmrrc.org/) and it is held the first weekend in November.
Unfortunately this is a weekend which I have a family commitment and this
year is no different.
We are however, gettting ready to set up our layout for a 2-3 month stint at
South Hills Mall as part of their Holiday display. We are just in the
planning stage so if anyone is interested in participating in this layout,
please contact me so I can add you to the planning mailing list. We have
plenty of room this time in the space SHM has given us. There is more
information on the NCLTC web site at: http://www.ncltc.cc
The bulk of the NCLTC (and NCLUG too) communication is handled via two Yahoo
Groups (one for each). If you want to participate in either, see these
links:
NCLUG: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nclug/join
NCLTC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ncltc/join
Regarding your solicatation for new members for the 9V Trains forum, the
train community seems to be quite content with LUGNET.trains. This is one
of the reasons ILTCO has never set up discussion forums.
Mike
--
Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com
http://www.ncltc.cc - North Carolina LEGO Train Club
http://www.carolinatrainbuilders.com - Carolina Train Builders
http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=mpw - CTB/Brick Depot
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In lugnet.org.us.nclug, Joe Evangelista wrote:
> Now that september is coming to a close and BrickFest is starting to become a
> memory, perhaps it's time to get together for a monthly meeting in the next
> coming weeks. I'm sure there's lots to discuss!
>
> I am unable to host due to the small nature of my townhouse. Any suggestions
> for time and place?
>
>
> -Joe-
Next meeting is Oct 21, at Eva Perry Regional Library in Apex, 1-4 pm. How's
that?
Joe Meno
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Now that september is coming to a close and BrickFest is starting to become a
memory, perhaps it's time to get together for a monthly meeting in the next
coming weeks. I'm sure there's lots to discuss!
I am unable to host due to the small nature of my townhouse. Any suggestions
for time and place?
-Joe-
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In lugnet.org.us.nclug, Joe Evangelista wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Kinda new to the Raleigh area and just joined NCLUG (thanks to Joe Meno at
> BrickFest!). I was wondering if anyone was doing anything on this extended
> weekend. Due to the bad weather it kinda kills any beach or outdoors plans. If
> anyone wanted to have an informal meeting and just get together do some
> building, let me know. Reply here or email me.
>
> Hopefully some people still look at this area of lugnet... the last posting was
> about a year ago!!
>
> -Joe-
I'd like to do something, but I am out of town in Faytteville. I should be back
Monday.
We are a bit overdue for a meeting:-)
Joe
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In lugnet.org.us.nclug, Joe Evangelista wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Kinda new to the Raleigh area and just joined NCLUG (thanks to Joe Meno at
> BrickFest!). I was wondering if anyone was doing anything on this extended
> weekend. Due to the bad weather it kinda kills any beach or outdoors plans. If
> anyone wanted to have an informal meeting and just get together do some
> building, let me know. Reply here or email me.
>
> Hopefully some people still look at this area of lugnet... the last posting was
> about a year ago!!
>
> -Joe-
Joe,
Yep, there are people still looking at this newsgroup. I'm in Boone, NC so I
haven't made it to any NCLUG meetings in a long time. I can't do anything this
weekend, but I am going to try to participate more later in the year.
--
Thomas Main
thomasmain@charter.net
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Hey,
Kinda new to the Raleigh area and just joined NCLUG (thanks to Joe Meno at
BrickFest!). I was wondering if anyone was doing anything on this extended
weekend. Due to the bad weather it kinda kills any beach or outdoors plans. If
anyone wanted to have an informal meeting and just get together do some
building, let me know. Reply here or email me.
Hopefully some people still look at this area of lugnet... the last posting was
about a year ago!!
-Joe-
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Hi all,
WAMALUG and NCLUG were asked to display at the National Air and Space Museum in
Washington, DC for Universe Day, which fell on Saturday April 16th.
Members from both WAMALUG and NCLUG brought in Moonbase modules,
spacecraft
aircraft
contraptions
building
but most of all, people
Many thanks to the staff of the National Air and Space Museum, most notably
Mychelene Giampaoli and David DeVorkin. They provided us with the support needed
to make the event happen, and also some fun stuff!
Also thanks to the members of both WAMALUG and NCLUG who participated:
Jeff Stembel
Margaret Keys
Tony Perez
Dan Rubin
Gareth Bowler
Michael Harrod
Derek Schin
Philip Moyer
Rich Schamus
Linda Mateo
Fradel Gonzales
Rafe Donohue (and family)
Magnus Lauglo
Galen Fairbanks
Todd Thuma
and Sabrina Gravatt
Thanks also to Kunie DeVorkin, who built this wonderful model of the Museum, but
could not attend because of illness:
There were models built by others who could not attend:
Mike Walsh
Geoff Gray
Adrian Drake
There were also models provided by Shane Larson and Felix Greco, but because of
an incident that happened that I will explain, did not get displayed. My
apologies to them.
I need to extend the most thanks to Christina Hitchcock. I was involved in a car
accident (I was rear-ended 3 blocks away by a fellow club member) and to
compound things, I locked myself out of my car with the motor running! So I was
stuck at the site until a locksmith came, which was 2.5 hours later!!
Christina stepped in and took care of the organizing and made things work, and
while I got things running before the event, she actually took care of the
event.
If you want to see pictures of the display, you can go
here or
here or
here or even
here
This was a great event, and I’m already hearing that there is interest in
another display, so thanks to everyone!
Joe Meno
Event Coordinator, Exploring the Universe Day
NCLUG Administrator
WAMALUG Member
and of course, .space paparazzi!
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Hi all,
WAMALUG (Washington and Metro area LUG), along with members from NCLUG (North
Carolina LUG) and other LEGO builders will be involved with the National Air and
Space Museum with Exploring the Universe Family Day:
You can find the
release here.
If you are in the area, drop by and see a Moonbase, Star Wars creations by
Gareth Bowler and
Galen
Fairbanks, planes, spacecraft and even a
model of the museum!
Many thanks to the members of WAMALUG and NCLUG who will be participating, and
to the many builders who sent me models to show! There will be an event report
afterward that will fully credit the participants!
Joe Meno
Display Coordinator, NCLUG Administrator, WAMALUG, um, member, and
.space paparazzi!
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Hi all,
In January, the North Carolina LEGO Users Group was asked to provide displays
for the first LEGOPalooza at Morehead Planetarium, in Chapel Hill, NC, February
26. As Administrator for NCLUG, I decided to make a call from some friends in
other LUGs to help me out, since this was space-oriented and I wanted a little
more depth in that building area, most notably the Moonbase layout.
And they answered the call..
from Ohio
Adrian Drake
from Pennsylvania
Shane Larson
from Illinois
Felix Greco
from DelVaLUG
Jim Foulds
Tim Caffey
Philip Thorne
from WAMALUG
Christina Hitchcock
Magnus Lauglo
Robert Gurskey
Nick Kappatos
Fradel Gonzales
This was one of many wonderful surprises...our membership joined in in a large
way, with this event becoming one of the largest in recent memory in member
participation. Participants included:
well, me (Moonbase Modules and spacecraft)
Mike Walsh (Train and Moonbase Modules)
Adam Skelding (Moonbase Modules)
in the distance...
Carin Proctor (Moonbase Modules)
building away..
Gareth Bowler (Star Wars UCS customs)
Sabrina Gravatt (Star Wars and Classic Space sets)
- with her Star Destroyer
and the Star Wars table
David Winegar (Moonbase Modules)
his garden with Adrian Drale’s Jonh Deere
Everyone jumped in and built and helped each other...and Carin built some of the
neatest modules with her Crabtree Valley Malldule and monorail/train
station...and Paulo Chiquito and his son showed off their MINDSTORMS biped
walkers...
and Rafe Donohue brought a Ball Contraption!
All this added to the most wonderful surprise...attendance was originally
estimated to be 200 for the whole day.
We did that in the first 2 hours. Total attendance was around 1000! People were
waiting for us to open (and we were a little behind schedule) And some other
great things!
There was a contest for best sculpture...with a family membership to the
Planetarium and this award being the prize
Our club brick was used for this, and my guess that maybe a few entries would be
built by the kids. By the end of day, there were over 300 entries, and this was
left of the club brick, which usually almost fills this tub
This will give you an idea of the number of entries:
Tommy Armstrong arrived with engraved bricks and donated them to the planetarium
for awards, which was another surprise!
and the final surprise...
we sold minifigs for the event, with all proceeds ($2) going toward the
Planetarium for summer camp memberships. By the end of the event, $130 was
earned, which was enough to get one child in the camp! Also, the rest of the
minifigs were donated to the Planetarium, which will sell them with the proceeds
going a summer camp scholarship in NCLUG’s name!
We got media coverage from the two local newspapers and two TV stations, and
things look really good for another event with the Planetarium...
so from me, thanks to everyone who helped out! This was a wonderful event thanks
to all of you!
Joe Meno
Administrator, NCLUG
PS More pix will be coming...
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In lugnet.org.us.nclug, Cary Clark wrote:
> In lugnet.org.us.nclug, Steven D. Weiser wrote:
> > I will be moving to Franklin, N. Carolina in March or April of 2005 and was
> > wondering if any members live in that area. I'd like to get in touch by the time
> > I make the move.
> >
> > Steven Weiser
>
> The western-most AFOL I've met in North Carolina is Thomas Main in Boone. Your
> best bet may be to try the North Georgia folks since it is far closer. I don't
> know if there's an 'NGLUG', but there is an NGLTC. http://www.ngltc.org
>
> Cary
Steven,
no problem here, except you need to get through the mountains in GA to get down
towards us (sometimes a bit of a pain). Even if you want to do NGLTC and NCLTC
stuff, I don't see a problem. It's not like clubs are competing for people--as
I recall, there's quite a few of us in multiple clubs.
If you want, join the NGLTC yahoo newsgroup and you can start from there. If
you like more than trains, you can also join the DixieLUG newsgroup as well.
Scott Lyttle
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In lugnet.org.us.nclug, Cary Clark wrote:
> In lugnet.org.us.nclug, Steven D. Weiser wrote:
> > I will be moving to Franklin, N. Carolina in March or April of 2005 and was
> > wondering if any members live in that area. I'd like to get in touch by the time
> > I make the move.
> >
> > Steven Weiser
>
> The western-most AFOL I've met in North Carolina is Thomas Main in Boone. Your
> best bet may be to try the North Georgia folks since it is far closer. I don't
> know if there's an 'NGLUG', but there is an NGLTC. http://www.ngltc.org
There isn't a NGLUG but there is DixieLUG http://www.dixielug.org
jt
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In lugnet.org.us.nclug, Steven D. Weiser wrote:
> I will be moving to Franklin, N. Carolina in March or April of 2005 and was
> wondering if any members live in that area. I'd like to get in touch by the time
> I make the move.
>
> Steven Weiser
The western-most AFOL I've met in North Carolina is Thomas Main in Boone. Your
best bet may be to try the North Georgia folks since it is far closer. I don't
know if there's an 'NGLUG', but there is an NGLTC. http://www.ngltc.org
Cary
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I will be moving to Franklin, N. Carolina in March or April of 2005 and was
wondering if any members live in that area. I'd like to get in touch by the time
I make the move.
Steven Weiser
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Hi All,
NCLUG hosted a display at the North Carolina Museum of
Life and Science July 17 to commemorate the Apollo 11 moonshot. This was the
first space-oriented display done by our group, so there were things done by
builders of all themes in the display. A local robotics group was also invited,
which was to bfing a life-size Mars Rover, but the rover didn’t show.
Builders from NELUG (Teddy Welsh), WAMALUG (Nick Kappatos and Fradel Gonzalez),
NCLUG (me, Mike Walsh, Cary Clark, Gareth Bowler, Cyndi Bradham, Evangeline
Reynolds,Samuel Cox, and David Winegar and SciBrick (Chris Giddens - also of
DixieLUG)participated in the display. There is also another builder who is
currently unaffiliated who provided models, Shane Larson.
There was a total of 11 Moonbase modules that were presented and a multitude of
spacecraft, including those built by the kids who cam in and played with the
K-8!
The folder has all the
photos.
Considering that there was very little publicity concerning this event, except
for a modest press release sent out literally a few days before, there was good
turnout, with lots of rushes and then suddenly dead spots. Two TV crews showed
up and I got interviewed by the local NBC station, which actually was shown on
the 6 pm news. Another news clip can be found
here
Some fun things:
Spaceship by Samuel Cox. Moonbase modules by: (front row, left-right) Ssamuel
Cox, Joe Meno - my first!!, (Second row-blue corridor addition) Cary Clark,
(third row - grey building) Mike Walsh, (fourth row - Moonbase a Go-Glow) Mike
Walsh.
Gareth’s AT-AT - it’s first public showing!
Teddy Welsh’s Lunar Cheese Mine, with Nick Kappato’s Excavator assisting...and a
certain washer bot on the side:)
The spacey version of the NCLUG sign, done by David Winegar.
Old and new..
And the crew (l - r) Teddy Welsh, Cyndi Bradham, and Gareth Bowler.
Many thanks to all those who participated! And who knows, a lot of this may end
up at BrickFest!
Joe Meno
.space paparazzi
NCLUG Benevolent Dictator
BrickFest Assistant Coordinator
See you NEXT MONTH in Arlington!!!
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