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Our club has been invited to participate in a major LEGO event in Hungary. We had two days for setup. The exhibition was running for four days, between 10/25 and 10/28, but only the last day was a holiday - the point is that the exhibition still (...) (17 years ago, 30-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX) !!
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| | Re: AFOLs feelin' no love
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(...) Todd, Just as an aside--DragonCon Volunteers get free admission, have to work 20 hours of the convention minimum, and they get a free T-shirt if they attend two organizational meetings--no free room or anything else. (This is from a person who (...) (17 years ago, 26-Oct-07, to lugnet.events)
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| | Re: Brickfair is official....
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(...) K, I actually LOL'd on that one... Dave K (17 years ago, 26-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickfair is official....
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(...) No, John is saying he sells T-Shirts and therefore has two strikes against Burning Man. They shun commerce so no T-Shirt sales and people running around naked do not wear T-shirts. HAHAHAHA Todd (17 years ago, 26-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Re: AFOLs feelin' no love
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(...) Duane, Sorry poor choice of words. In wrote the statement hurriedly and added the last sentence in an effort to qualify my statement: "And the 'your convention' is used figureatively" If I had more time I might have worded my statement thusly: (...) (17 years ago, 26-Oct-07, to lugnet.events)
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| | Re: AFOLs feelin' no love
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(...) Duane, I do to! But I am also concerned about the purpose of the event. Had I not previously been a marginal part of a scandal, I might not have the question of money formost in my mind, but it is a concern. I have come to call many members of (...) (17 years ago, 26-Oct-07, to lugnet.events)
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| | LEGO Robotics Competition XI
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:: Competition XI Press Release - For Immediate Release! The School of Technology at Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana and the Evansville Chapter 73 of The Society of Manufacturing Engineers announce the student Lego robotics competition XI (...) (17 years ago, 25-Oct-07, to lugnet.loc.us.in.eva, lugnet.events, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.announce.bimp)
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| | Re: SpringBrick: A hypothetical LEGO convention
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(...) It's a hybrid of the two ideas. And yes, I watch too much Food Network. :) (...) I think on some level, I knew this. And I've tossed out this builder's challenge idea to a few friends here and there & I think this came out in discussion, to (...) (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickfair is official....
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(...) I see what this is about.... suffering from a little (URL) peladophobia> are we, Steve? Because, physically, you seem to be reacting in the exact (URL) way!> Beast! :-) JOHN (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickfair is official....
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(...) We've tried that for many years now within the state (i.e. the TexLUG group). The most we've ever pulled together for any event is probably near 15 people. Out of that, there are only 4 or 5 'regulars' that keep the group going. If we did (...) (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.events)
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| | Re: SpringBrick: A hypothetical LEGO convention
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(...) True. And that line of reasoning has driven me batty as well. And for better or worse, what some people in the community are pushing for is a type of Sarbanes-Oxley Act for events, or accountability at some level. Some people come at (...) (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickfair is official....
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(...) And I'm officially creeped out...just kidding john (but really, john naked with the hat on or off, hat off is just too much skin). I'm sorry that the burning man dude can't go to the LEGO event. might I suggest a building challenge for the (...) (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Re: SpringBrick: A hypothetical LEGO convention
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(...) This line of reasoning is driving me batty. Money taken in from a public display is not "profit". As part of the overall budget it is simply revenue that helps pay for the event. If you don't mind paying X amount more per event attendee then (...) (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Re: SpringBrick: A hypothetical LEGO convention
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(...) I've been looking at the LEGO convention model, listening to the on-line criticism thinking to myself that some of the points are very valid. How do you hold a convention without holding a public day? And how do you run it more closer to a (...) (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickfair is official....
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In lugnet.events, Todd Webb wrote: --snip-- (...) --snip-- (...) WOW! Todd, that's a lot more risk than Joe signed on for, I believe, last year with the same hotel. Have they increased their stake as well or are they simply passing the risk on to (...) (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Re: AFOLs feelin' no love
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(...) I never thought of it that way. My decision whether to attend fests has always involved the benefits I will receive from it (fun, community, etc). The talk and discussion is fine. When I wrote that post, Joe was getting mangled from multiple (...) (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.events)
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| | Re: AFOLs feelin' no love
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(...) Did I do that? (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.events)
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| | Re: AFOLs feelin' no love
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In lugnet.events, Marc Nelson Jr. wrote: --snip-- (...) Marc, I agree with you completely. Discussion about these things is good. Closeted knowledge is bad. Todd (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Re: AFOLs feelin' no love
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(...) --Snip-- (...) Duane, Ah, it's a small point, but when you book your convention a month or two in front of a long established existing convention and then at your first convention bad mouth that long established existing convention, you are (...) (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.events)
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| | Re: AFOLs feelin' no love
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Duane, I am always amazed when someone writes a post criticizing others for speaking out and putting in their 2 cents and then calls for others to stop speaking out. I realize that many 'Fest attendees think it is none of their business where the (...) (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.events)
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