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(...) I'd like to see LUGNET leverage the power of member-created webpages. Right now, members can setup FTX-based webpages. I just made one tonight, displaying some (URL) new LDraw colors> (not a stellar example, but it was handy). But these pages (...) (19 years ago, 5-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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| | And now for something complete different (a.k.a Let's help Rene design the future of LUGNET)
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Let's start a thread to help define what we would like LUGNET to evolve into...to update the LUGNET Plan. First of all, if you haven't read the plan, check it out... (URL) lot of the focuses in the plan have been implemented to some degree by many (...) (19 years ago, 5-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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First, I apologize if I am not posting this message in the correct arena. I'm kind of new to this type of thing. I have been reading various negative comments regarding Lugnet and its administration. I believe there is a perceived lack of discipline (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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| | Re: Bloviate (was Re: Warnings( was: WAKE UP!))
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David Koudys wrote: (snip) (...) and you get no sleep (...) (snip) (...) its ALWAYS a good time for PYRO!!! :) Chris www.ThePyroGuys.com (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I've been there. If I may expound a little-- Having about 30 cubs running around your ankles at a cub camp on a weekend when it's rained the entire time and the kids are miserable, and you get no sleep 'cause you have to chase down the (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.admin.general, C. L. GunningCook wrote: <snip> (...) You go girl! Janey always makes me happy :) Dave K (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hi Jake! I didn't make the point as clear as maybe I should have. I'll try to keep it concise-- Constructive criticism = good Example-- "Maybe we should think about enabling a new message interface so we can put pictures and stuff in our (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I didn't miss it. However, you haven't post here or on your (URL) blog> since August. Rumor was that you had decided against giving Lugnet to Rene, and that was backed up by seven months of silence. Part of making a decision is following (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) I do indeed understand. Another issue, especially with the long absense of Adminship, is to restore the feeling that there is law and order. That happens with people seeing consequences. If Eric had just suddenly stopped posting, there would (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Another question: Assumming the rules are stated and understood by all, and "sentences" are fairly standardized, need non-admins be informed of the duration of something like a time-out? I worry about this because I don't want to see people (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yes. When it comes to mechanics, I see this as the only way. It simplifies the process, avoids potential chaos and builds respect for the authority. But that doesn't mean the admin need not be influenced by, say, an outcry from the people. (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) This is a difficult question to answer in specifics. I'm tempted to re-word your question from, "Should admins disregard.." to, "Should admins consider.." which makes it an easy: "Yes." LUGNET users' voices are always counting for something, (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Lugnet: WAKE UP!
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(...) Thanks Suz, Sorry to have to dump this here, it just keeps coming up over and over, and I felt it should be addressed. In happier news, I hope once the Lugnet dust settles, you enjoy your well deserved break, and I hope to see you, at a fest, (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Cheers to you both for doing your own thing and for doing it well. I see JLUG as an example of some natural evolution within a community. There was a need for a bar to hang on, and you built it. bravo. -Suz (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Some people seem to think I'm in the midst of a decision. Jake, Lenny and others have refered to "making up my mind" or somesuch about what to do with the website. Perhaps those people missed what I said here: (URL) recently I said that there's been (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) JLUG - The Inherent Evil Agenda?(1) With the on going comments, I refuse to sit idly and watch the same ppl that told us to get our own place now complain that we have. I must say, I find the criticism of JLUG absolutely hilarious. JLUG was (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Bloviate (was Re: Warnings( was: WAKE UP!))
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[snip] David, you rock. I admit it: I'm a wuss. I need handholding to do a job I don't like. And over the years it was often YOUR posts and private mails that got printed out and (literally) posted on my refridgerator to get me through the more (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Gee! I thought that we were here because of Legos. What a batch of wachoes. You all need to take some prozack, that is a drug given to bad behaved children. Get back to the basics, legos. What a bunch of trash for the younger members to see. You all (...) (19 years ago, 1-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) That's not quite a good analogy. A government is imposed upon you. LUGNET is a free service that you use (yes, I know there are memberships, but they're structured more like donations). It's sort of like complaining about, say, Google or (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Personally, I don't think that's fair. That's the same thing as telling people who disagree with a governmental policy in a certain country to like it or leave it. That doesn't benefit anyone - things only get better when people standup and (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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