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Introducing the LEGO Fan Committee and BrickPortal
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Thu, 9 Jun 2005 01:24:23 GMT
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There have been a number of posts lately about different organizations, and how
these entities are operated. LEGO Fan has been brought up quite a bit as well,
and since we recently re-launched the site, we thought it was worth reiterating
our goals and our long term vision.
LEGOfan.org is a web site owned and operated by a 501c Non-Profit organization
called BrickPortal, L.L.C, registered in the state of Delaware. BrickPortal was
started to help preserve the goals of LEGO Fan, as well as to setup a formal
structure to ensure that LEGO Fan continues to be fan-run, fan-owned, and a
positive influence on the community.
BrickPortal has obtained written permission from TLG (the LEGO Group) to use the
LEGO (trademark) in our domain name. TLG still owns the rights to the domain
name. We are currently the only fan-site who has this permission.
Our Mission Statement:
LEGOfan.org will provide an in-depth, ever-changing resource that brings
together fans online and offline, while providing a clear and easily digestible
picture of and introduction to the entire LEGO community landscape.
This site will focus on bringing users closer together, increasing visiblity of
fans sites and projects, and a tighter integration of the LEGO.com site and the
fan sites, as well as the LEGO Group.
Current Organizing Committee Board Member List:
Geoff Gray (President of BrickPortal, L.L.C.)
Richard Morton (primary developer and admin of the LEGOfan.org website)
Shaun Sullivan (Chief Financial Officer of BrickPortal L.L.C.)
Scott Costello (member of Operations committee)
Joe Meno (Media/Press secretary for LEGO Fan)
Jake McKee (TLG Representative)
The BrickPortal charter is set to always include at least one member who is an
employee of TLG. This member will act as a liason, and will be a voting member
of the group. They will not, however, have authority to make any decisions
without majority consent of the rest of the board members.
We also have a wonderful cast of characters helping on specific tasks to keep
the project running.
The current committee (listed above) is meeting regularly to help expand the
services our site offers, and to find new ways of helping out the community.
We have internally created many positions that are defined in the charter filed
in our Letter of Incorporation. These positions will insure LEGO Fan runs
smoothly over the long term. If an individual decides to back down, the position
will be filled by a new member. The committee also has exclusive rights (by
majority rule)to vote ANYONE off of the committee, including the TLG
representative. This allows LEGO Fan to keep control of the direction and not
allow TLG to take over this site. It also allows us to re-evaluate the committee
at any time.
All of this has been setup so that we can act in the best interests of the
community at large, which includes the AFOLs and the adults and children who are
new to the community. We will see many changes as we move forward, but we will
always embrace the core philosophy that our organization exists to help others
and to provide a means of tying the community together. If anyone has questions,
please feel free to reply to this thread. We are adding an email feedback
feature to our site and will post information about that as soon as it is ready.
Sincerely,
The LEGO Fan Organizing Committee
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Introducing the LEGO Fan Committee and BrickPortal
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| (...) Thanks, this was very helpful. As a relative newbie around here, I wasn't at all clear on what LEGOfan.org was all about. On a related note, I was also unsuccessful at finding an "About LEGOfan.org" link anywhere on the site. I would suggest (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jun-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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